The Albuquerque Academy Speech and Debate team competed in the State tournament last month and was a School of Excellence, meaning Albuquerque Academy is a School of Honor in both Speech and Debate.
Here is a list of the students who placed in the tournament:
Varsity Policy Debate
Akshay Warrier ’19 and Gabriel Sandoval ’19, First place
Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Andy Zhang ’18, First place
Julia Potter ’18, Third place
Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Lily Nakakura ’22 and Diana Chinenkova ’21, Both took third place
Public Forum Debate
Raye Myers ’19/Sophie Carroll ’19 and Shea Fitzgerald ’19/Sierra Romero ’20, Closed out for first place
Original Oratory
Hiyab Abraha ’20, Second place
Carolyn Wang ’19, Finaled
Dramatic Interpretation
Savannah Bradley ’18, Second place
Lindsey Parcell ’18, Third place
Program Oral Interpretation
Lindsey Parcell ’18, First place
Moria Tanedo ’20, Second place
Extemporaneous Speaking
Nour Taha ’20, First place
Renan Dennig ’19, Second place
Lauren Kiesel ’18, Third place
Edwin Lu ’18, Finaled
The students making up the rest of the Speech and Debate team are:
AJ Awwad ’19
Johannes Bauer ’21
Harrison Bay ’18
Sonny Ji ’20
Anish Kumar ’19
Pooja Kumar ’18
Maria Metzger ’19
Ethan Richardson ’21
Stephanie Rifkin ’19
Milton Rosenbaum ’20
Christian Viets ’20
Isabella Wilkinson-Brennan ’22Â
