Catching Up with Speech and Debate

Varsity Policy Debate
Jess Berry ’15 and Ria Mazumdar ’15 – 1st Place

Novice Policy Debate
Raffy Schleder ’18 and Calvin Abdallah ’18 – 1st Place

Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Julia Potter ’18 – 3rd Place

Oral Interpretation
Lindsey Parcell ’18 – 3rd Place
Lizzy Harris ’18 – Finalist

Great performances also came from: Edwin Lu ’18and Helen Liu ’17 – Public Forum Debate; Tarisiro Muneri ’18 and Harrison Bay ’18 – Novice Policy Debate; Lauren Kiesel ’18, Edwin Lu – Domestic Extemporaneous; and Zach Auster ’20 – Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate.
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Expository
Omar Villescas ’15 – 1st Place

Domestic Extemporaneous
Victor Wu ’15 – 3rd Place

Original Oratory
Victor Wu ’15 – 5th Place

New participants were: Swann Baca ’18, Carly Cockerham ’17, Allison Willner ’17, Carter Abdallah ’18, Tyler Kann ’18, Rosalind Nguyen ’16, Anna Rekow ’16, Lynn Midani ’17, Grace Spratley ’17, Rosa Sun, and Lindsey Parcell ’18; returning members were: Helen Liu ’17, Anh Nguyen ’16, and Elena Purcell ’15.
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Public Forum Debate
EmmaLia Mariner ’15 and Julia Friedmann ’15 – 3rd Place
Julia took first speaker and EmmaLia took fourth speaker overall.

Humorous Interpretation
Blythe Johnston ’15 – Quarter Finals

Great performances also came from: Abi Hunter ’15, Maggie McWethy ’15, Emily Louth ’16, Kathleen Torrez ’15, Emma O’Connell ’15, Emma Wellman ’16, Edwin Lu ’18, Eric Moreno ’17, Margaret Downs ’15, Carrie Hicks ’16, and Raisa Shah ’15.
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Public Forum Debate
Julia Friedmann and EmmaLia Mariner – 1st Place

Novice Policy Debate
Raffy Schleder ’18 and Calvin Abdallah ’18 – 1st Place

Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Julia Potter ’18 – 3rd Place

Other participants: Zach Auster ’20, Helen Liu ’17, Edwin Lu ’18, Eric Moreno ’17, Kevin Xue ’19, Akshay Warrier ’19, Patrick Clark ’17, Eli Binder ’17, Stephanie Rifkin ’19, Brian Bauer ’17, and Ruda Nighot ’17.
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