September 27-28, 2014
A group of students in grades 7-10 participated in the first tournament of the school year.
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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East Mountain Tournament — October 18-19-2014
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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St. Mark’s in Dallas — October 18-19, 2014
This event was the first national tournament Albuquerque Academy has participated in this year.
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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Highland Tournament — October 25-26, 2014
Academy came home with 2nd Place in School Sweepstakes — an impressive performance for a 16-student team!
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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Thank you to parents Michelle Potter, Maria Rifkin, Terry Schleder, Anita Warrier, Larry and Cookie Auster, and Janelle Anthone for their assistance in judging.
Congratulations to all, including the coaches: Susan Ontiveros, Sheridan Johnson, Jeremy Pena, and Sonia Roth.
