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Results

NSDA Nationals
11-18 June 2016
Salt Lake City, UT

NSHS - School of Honor in Speech

Semi-finalists
  Aidan Bassett - Original Oratory (13th overall)
  Aidan Bassett - Impromptu

Round 11
  Ben Silvian & Malcolm Davis - PF Debate

Octa-finalists
  James Rao - International Extemp
  Jason Ma - U.S. Extemp
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Back: Alan Tannenwald, James Rao, Isabella Xie, Ben Silvian, Malcolm Davis, Winson Ye, Lisa & Jim Honeyman
Front: Shira Abramovich, Rhea Dudani, Jason Ma, Aidan Bassett

NCFL Nationals
27-30 May 2016
Sacramento, CA

Quarter Finalist
  Aidan Bassett - Original Oratory

Octo-Finalists
  Jason Ma - Extemp
  James Rao - Extemp
 
Double-Octo Finalists
  Kayla Chang & Mitch Gamburg - PF Debate
  Karina Aguilar & Deika Albert - PF Debate
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Back: Kayla Chang, Mitch Gamburg, David Hu, Jason Ma, Lisa Honeyman
Middle: Alan Tannenwald, Karina Aguilar, Ayush Upneja, Aidan Bassett, Shira Abramovich,
Isabella Xie, Isabel Autor, James Rao, Jim Honeyman, Rhea Dudani
Front: Gil Alon, Deika Albert, Josh Cohen, Liel Dolev, Kim Gravlin, Siddhi Krishna, Winson Ye

Seniors 2015-2016
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Front: Veronica Podolny, Ruja Kambli, Sakshi Das, Winson Ye, Shira Abramovich, Jason Ma, Kim Gravlin, Amanda Stavis
Back: Bella Ehrlich, Ben Silvian, Andrew Fu, Sam Fishman, Nighat Ansari, Liel Dolev

Debate TOC
30 April - 2 May 2016
Lexington, KY

Ben Silvian & Malcolm Davis
        Quarter-Finalists in Public Forum Debate
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State Speech Tournament
9 April 2016
​NSHS 4th Place overall
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STATE CHAMPION
Shira Abramovich - Play Reading
Aidan Bassett - Original Oratory

SECOND PLACE
Aidan Bassett - Varsity Extemp

THIRD PLACE
Winson Ye - Varsity Extemp

FOURTH PLACE
Jason Ma - Varsity Extemp
Rhea Dudani & Isabella Xie - Duo Interp

FIFTH PLACE
Lee Ding - Prose Reading
"Heathers" - Multiple Reading
Rhea Dudani - Original Oratory
SIXTH PLACE
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
​James Rao - Impromptu

FINALIST
Bhavik Nagda - Congressional Debate

DOUBLE-ENTRY Awards
Ben Anderson-Krim - PFD & VX
Aidan Bassett - OO & VX
Malcolm Davis - PFD & MULT
​Rhea Dudani - OO & DUO

HONORABLE MENTION

Nighat Ansari - Radio Broadcasting

State Debate Tournament
2 April 2016
​NSHS 3rd Place overall
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PFD SPEAKER AWARDS
1st Speaker - Veronica Podolny
2nd Speaker - Ben Silvian
3rd Speaker - Rebecca Shaar
8th Speaker - Bella Ehrlich
10th Speaker - Malcolm Davis
SEMI-FINALISTS in Public Forum Debate
Rebecca Shaar & Veronica Podolny
Daniel Abdulah & Ben Anderson-Krim

QUARTER FINALISTS in Public Forum Debate
Malcolm Davis & Ben Silvian

March Merriness at Needham
19 March 2016
NSHS 2nd Place overall
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FIRST PLACE
Nick Komarovsky - Novice Extemp
James Rao - Varsity Extemp
Jay Garg - Public Forum Speaker
​James Rao - Tabloid Extemp
Heathers - Multiple Reading
     ​I. Autor, A. Bassett, Y. Dinoor, R. Dudani, E. Martignoni, K. Maypole

SECOND PLACE
Nighat Ansari - Radio Broadcasting
Ilan Rotberg - Novice Extemp
Winson Ye - Varsity Extemp
Shira Abramovich - Freeze Improv

THIRD PLACE
Ben Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp
Kayla Chang & Mitch Gamburg - Public Forum Debate

FOURTH PLACE
Amanda Stavis - Freeze Improv
Ayush Upneja & Gil Alon - Public Forum Debate
​Max Plottel - Student Congress
​FIFTH PLACE
Liel Dolev & Yuval Dinoor - Duo Interp
Juliet Cable - Prose Reading
David Hu - Novice Extemp
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp
Juliet Cable - Mixed Duo
Malcolm Davis - Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Mike Ryter - Student Congress

SIXTH PLACE
Liel Dolev - Dramatic Performance
​Talia Harlow - Novice Reading
Jennifer Kang - Freeze Improv
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SEVENTH PLACE
Lily Borak - Dramatic Performance
Anika Sridhar & Jay Garg - Public Forum Debate


TOP NOVICE
Kiran Maypole - Children's Literature Reading
​Anika Sridhar & Jay Garg - Public Forum Debate
​Max Plottel - Student Congress

Mardi Gras Tournament at Shrewsbury
27 February 2016
NSHS 2nd Place overall
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FIRST PLACE
Aidan Bassett - Original Oratory
Malcolm Davis - LD Speaker Award

SECOND PLACE
Shira Abramovich - Original Oratory
Aidan Bassett - Varsity Extemp
Malcolm Davis - Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Sam Fishman - PFD Speaker Award
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THIRD PLACE
Michael Ryter - Novice Extemp
Winson Ye - Varsity Extemp
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​FOURTH PLACE
Lily Borak - Dramatic Performance
​Jaehun Lee - Play Reading

FIFTH PLACE
Rhea Dudani & Yuval Dinoor - Team Improv
​David Hu - Novice Extemp
SIXTH PLACE
Daniel Abdulah - PFD Speaker Award
​Winson Ye - Impromptu

SEMI-FINALISTS
Daniel Abdulah & Hannah Phan - Public Forum Debate

QUARTER-FINALIST
Jason Ma - Impromptu
James Rao - Impromptu
Amanda Stavis - Impromptu

HONORABLE MENTION
Nighat Ansari - Radio Broadcasting
Lily Borak - Prose Reading
Kim Gravlin - Prose Reading
Kim Gravlin - Poetry Reading
Eu Ro Wang - Novice Extemp

 Millard North
19-20 February 2016
Omaha, Nebraska
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Ben Silvian & Malcom Davis - 1st Place PFD
Karina Aguilar & Deika Albert - Semi-finalists - PFD

Ben Silvian & Malcom Davis - 1st Place PFD Round Robin
Ben Silvian - 1st Place speaker award PFD

Milton Miracle Tournament
20 February 2016


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​FIRST PLACE
James Rao - Varsity Extemp

SECOND PLACE
Lee Ding - Prose Reading

THIRD PLACE
Ben Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp

FIFTH PLACE
Eu Ro Wang - Novice Extemp
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Harvard Invitational
13-15 February 2016

SPEECH EVENTS

FINALISTS
Aidan Bassett - 6th Place - Original Oratory

QUARTER-FINALISTS (top 24)
James Rao - Varsity Extemp 
Winson Ye - Varsity Extemp

OCTO-FINALISTS (top 60)
Jason Ma - Varsity Extemp
Aidan Bassett - Varsity Extemp
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DEBATE

VARSITY DIVISION
Ben Silvian & Malcolm Davis - Octafinalists (top 16)
Hannah Phan & Bella Ehrlich - Triple octafinalists (top 64)
Ayush Upneja & Cam Martin - Triple octafinalists (top 64)

Malcolm Davis - 9th speaker
Daniel Abdulah - 13th speaker
Bella Ehrlich - 15th speaker
Ben Silvian - 17th speaker


​JUNIOR VARSITY DIVISION
Anika Sridhar & Jay Garg - Second Place
Jack Sinclair & Mirea Klee - Double octafinalists (top 32)
Gaby Lewis & Ellen Deng - Double octafinalists (top 32)

NCFL National Qualifiers
6 February 2016
Shrewsbury High School
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Traveling to Sacramento, CA in May in . . . 
ORAL INTERP
  Kim Gravlin

DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
  Isabel Autor
​  Liel Dolev (1st alternate)

DUO INTERP
  Rhea Dudani & Isabella Xie
EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
  David Hu
  Jason Ma
  James Rao
  Winson Ye
ORIGINAL ORATORY
  Shira Abramovich
​  Aidan Bassett

​PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
  Kayla Chang & Mitch Gamburg
  Ayush Upneja & Gil Alon
​  Deika Albert & Karina Aguilar (1st alternate)
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NSDA National Qualifiers
29-30 January 2016
Sweepstakes award for overall excellence in both speech & debate
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Shira Abramovich - Original Oratory
Aidan Bassett - Original Oratory
Rhea Dudani & Isabella Xie - Duo Interp
Jason Ma - U.S. Extemp


James Rao - International Extemp
​Winson Ye - U.S. Extemp
​Malcolm Davis & Ben Silvian - Public Forum Debate
Veronica Podolny & Rebecca Shaar - Public Forum Debate

Newton South Winter Festival
9 January 2016
2nd Place Overall
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FIRST PLACE
Lee Ding - Novice Reading
Kim Gravlin - Program Oral Interp 
Lily Borak - Prose Reading

SECOND PLACE
Rhea Dudani & Isabella Xie - Duo Interp
James Rao - Varsity Extemp

THIRD PLACE
Heathers - Multiple Reading
  E. Martignoni, I. Autor, Y. Dinoor, R. Dudani, M. Sandler & K. Maypole
Bhavik Nagda - Novice Extemp
​Yuval Dinoor - Program Oral Interp
​Winson Ye - Varsity Extemp
Max Plottel - Congressional Debate

​​FOURTH PLACE
Liel Dolev & Yuval Dinoor - Duo Interp
Sam Fishman - Public Forum Speaker Award
​Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
FIFTH PLACE
Amanda Stavis - Impromptu
​Ilan Rotberg - Novice Extemp
​Lily Borak - Play Reading
Juliet Cable - Program Oral Interp

SIXTH PLACE
Liel Dolev - Program Oral Interp
Kim Gravlin - Prose Reading
Jay Garg - Public Forum Speaker Award

NINTH PLACE
Giulio Cataldo - Public Forum Speaker Award

SEMI-FINALIST
​Amanda Stavis - Prose Reading

QUARTER-FINALIST
Hannah Cole & Hannah Phan - Public Forum Debate
Jay Garg & Mirea Klee - Public Forum Debate

TOP NOVICE
Nikolas Lazar - Varsity Extemp
Max Plottel - Congressional Debate

Holly Festival
19 December 2015
2nd Place Overall (by one point!)
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FIRST PLACE
Lily Borak - Drama Audition
Aidan Bassett - Novice Extemp
Aidan Bassett - Programmed Poetry
Lily Borak - Double Entry Award
​Aidan Bassett - Pentathlon Winner

SECOND PLACE
Rhea Dudani & Isabella Xie - Duo Interp
Ben Anderson-Krim - Novice Extemp
Jason Ma - Informative Speaking

THIRD PLACE
Winson Ye - Varsity Extemp
Varun Mann - Novice Extemp
Amanda Stavis - Extemp Kiddie Lit
Karina Aguilar - Group Discussion
Aidan Bassett - Original Oratory

FOURTH PLACE
​"The Book of Murder" - Multiple Reading
   Lily Boark, Aaron Foster, Juliet Cable, Cassandra Luca, Jaehun Lee & Isabella Xie
Deana Korsunsky & Cassandra Luca - Duo Interp
Liel Dolev - Program Oral Interp
​Aidan Bassett - Prose Reading
​FIFTH PLACE
Jason Ma - Varsity Extemp
Nicholas Komarovsky - Novice Extemp
Shira Abramovich - Play Reading
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate

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SIXTH PLACE
Kim Gravlin - Program Oral Interp
Lily Borak - Prose Reading
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SEVENTH PLACE
Jay Garg - Group Discussion
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​SUPER SESSION
Bhavik Nagda - Congressional Debate
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TOP NOVICE
Deana Korsunsky - Prose Reading
​Catherine Granfield - Original Oratory

HONORABLE MENTION
Kiran Maypole - Children's Literature Reading
Winson Ye - Impromptu
David Hu - Novice Extemp
Deana Korsunsky - Prose Reading
Sakshi Das - Radio Broadcasting
​James Rao - Varsity Extemp
Winston Jiang - Radio Broadcasting
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Princeton University
4-6 December 2015
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Mike Ryter - 5th Place - Congressional Debate
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Octafinalists - Public Forum Debate (top 16 teams)
  Karina Aguilar & Deika Albert
  Kayla Chang & Mitch Gamburt
  Ayush Upneja & Gil Alon
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Triple-Octafinalists - Public Forum Debate
  Claire Deng & Daniel Abdulah
George Mason University
​4-6 December 2015

Jason Ma - 4th Place - Extemp Round Robin

Quarter-finalist at Patriot Games
  Jason Ma - Impromptu
  Jason Ma - Extemporaneous Speaking

Lincoln-Sudbury Show Down
5 December 2015
Newton South - 1st Place
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FIRST PLACE
Aidan Bassett - Original Oratory
​Nighat Ansari - Radio Broadcasting
​Niki Samtani & Anna Neumann - Public Forum Debate
​Nicholas Komarovsky - Novice Extemp
"The Book of Murder" - Multiple Reading
   Isabel Autor, Aidan Bassett, Juliet Cable, Cassandra Luca, James Rao & Isabella Xie

SECOND PLACE
Shira Abramovich - Original Oratory
Rhea Dudani & Isabella Xie - Duo Interp
Ben Silvian - PFD Speaker Award
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THIRD PLACE
Kiran Maypole - Children's Literature Reading

FOURTH PLACE
Shira Abramovich & Amanda Stavis - Duo Interp
​Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp

FIFTH PLACE
Maya Michlin - Children's Literature Reading
​Yuval Dinoor - Poetry Reading
​Jared Goodfriend - PFD Speaker Award
SIXTH PLACE
Rhea Dudani - Original Oratory
Hope Zhu - Novice Extemp

SEVENTH PLACE
Matthew Gubenko - Varsity Extemp
​Cassandra Luca - Impromptu

SUPER-SESSION
​Bhavik Nagda - Congressional Debate
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QUARTER-FINALISTS (top 8 teams)
Hannah Cole & Hannah Phan - Public Forum Debate
Victoria Huang & Jack Sinclair - Public Forum Debate
Jared Goodfriend & Ruja Kambli - Public Forum Debate

TOP NOVICE AWARD
​Catherine Granfield - Poetry Reading

Additional PFD SPEAKER AWARDS (among top 15)
Hannah Cole - 8th place
Malcolm Davis - 10th place
Sam Fishman - 11th place

Little Lexington Debate Tournament
21 November 2015
Varsity division 
1st place - Rebecca Shaar and Malcolm Davis
2nd place - Anika Sridhar and Ben Silvian
5th place - Sophia Guan and Carol Zhang
8th place - Kayla Chang and Mitch Gamburg
10th place - Hannah Phan and Hannah Cole

5th speaker - Malcolm Davis
7th speaker - Daniel Abdulah
10th speaker - Ben Anderson-Krim

Novice division 
2nd place - Hanbo Lin and Justin Shuster
9th place - Alec Liberman and Allie Dagg

​5th speaker - Hanbo Lin
​6th speaker - Justin Lin
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Gracia Burkill Memorial Tournament
​14 November 2015
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FIRST PLACE
Ben Anderson-Krim - Novice Extemp
Nighat Ansari - Radio Broadcasting
The Cards of Fate - Multiple Reading
  I. Autor, R. Dudani, K. Gravlin,
​  D. Korsunsky, M. Martignoni, V. Sawhney

SECOND PLACE
Rhea Dudani & Isabella Xie - Duo Interp
The Book of Murder - Multiple Reading
  J. Cable, L. Ding, A. Hirschhorn, J. Lee,
  I. Xie, L. Borak

THIRD PLACE
Sakshi Das - Radio Broadcasting
​Nikolas Lazar - Novice Extemp

FOURTH PLACE
​Maxine Phillips - Novice Extemp
FIFTH PLACE
Kim Gravlin - Poetry Reading

SIXTH PLACE
Lily Borak - Prose Reading
Dalia Paris-Saper - Poetry Reading
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp
Hope Zhu - Novice Extemp
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SUPERSESSION
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
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SEMI-FINALIST
Deana Korsunsky - Prose Reading
Matthew Martignoni - Prose Reading
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TOP NOVICE
Deana Korsunsky - Prose Reading
AWARD for PLACING FIRST in a ROUND
Ben Anderson-Krim - Novice Extemp
Nighat Ansari - Radio Broadcasting
Lily Borak - Prose Reading
Juliet Cable - Prose Reading
Sakshi Das - Radio Broadcasting
Rhea Dudani & Isabella Xie - Duo Interp
Kim Gravlin - Poetry Reading
Deana Korsunsky - Prose Reading
Nikolas Lazar - Novice Extemp
Maya Michlin - Children's Literature
Maya Michlin - Dramatic Performance
Dalia Paris-Saper - Poetry Reading
Maxine Phillips - Novice Extemp
​Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
Brigitte Tang - Children's Literature

Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School
24 October 2015
NSHS 4th Place Overall
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FIRST PLACE

Aidan Bassett - Novice Extemp

SECOND PLACE
Shira Abramovich & Amanda Stavis - Duo Interp 
Varun Mann - Novice Extemp

THIRD PLACE
Rhea Dudani & Isabella Xie - Duo Interp
Rhea Dudani - Original Oratory
Nikolas Lazar - Novice Extemp
Winson Ye - Varisty Extemp

FOURTH PLACE
Shira Abramovich - Original Oratory
James Rao - Varsity Extemp

FIFTH PLACE
Mona Baloch - Original Oratory
Liel Dolev - Poetry Reading
​Jaehun Lee - Radio Braodcasting

SIXTH PLACE
Catherine Granfield - Original Oratory
Jason Ma - Varsity Extemp
Maya Michlin - Children's Literature Reading

SEVENTH PLACE
Maxine Phillips - Varsity Extemp

TOP NOVICE
Catherine Granfield - Original Oratory

HONORABLE MENTION
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp
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Bronx High School of Science
16-18 October 2015
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​5th Place - Extemporaneous Speaking
   Jason Ma

Semi-finalist - Original Oratory
   Aidan Bassett

Sexto-Decimos - Public Forum Debate
   Ben Silvian & Malcolm Davis

Round 8 Run-off - Public Forum Debate
   Veronica Podolny & Rebecca Shaar
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Novice Tournament
10 October 2015
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Yale University
18-20 September 2015

5th Place - Original Oratory
     Shira Abramovich 

5th Place Speaker - Public Forum Debate
​     Ben Silvian


Quarter-Finalists
     Liel Dolev - Oral Interp
     Aidan Bassett - Original Oratory

Octa-Finalists
     James Rao - Extemp
     Winson Ye - Extemp

Triple Octa-Finalists
     Bella Ehrlich & Hannah Phan - PFD
     Ben Silvian & Malcolm Davis - PFD
     Veronica Podolny & Rebecca Shaar - PFD
​     Gil Alon & Ayush Upneja - PFD
     

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