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Results

NSDA Nationals
June 17-24, 2017
Birmingham, AL

School of Honor
in both Speech & Debate

Aidan Bassett - 7th Place in Original Oratory
Mitch Gamburg & Ayush Upneja - Top 18 in Public Forum Debate
Malcolm Davis - Octafinalist in World Schools Debate (top 16)
        Teammates: Sophia Kurd & Elizabeth Lively from Needham H.S.
Yuval Dinoor - Octafinalist in Original Oratory
Varun Mann - Octafinalist in U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking
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Back: David Hu, Ben Timbers, Lily Borak, Juliet Cable, Rhea Dudani, Malcolm Davis,
Karina Aguilar, Mr. Alan Tannenwald, Mrs. Lisa Honeyman, Mr. Jim Honeyman
Front: Deika Albert, Varun Mann, Yuval Dinoor, Ayush Upneja, Mitch Gamburg, Aidan Bassett
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Aidan placed 7th in Original Oratory
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Pizza after the Awards Ceremony
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We celebrated David's 16th birthday

NCFL Nationals
May 26-29, 2017
Louisville, KY
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Back: Tobi Henzer ('14), Gabby Seligman, Juliet Cable, Jay Garg, Malcolm Davis, Mike Ryter, Rhea Dudani,
Ben Anderson-Krim, Ben Timbers, Varun Mann, Ariel Hirschhorn, Chrissy Amendola ('09)
Middle: Mrs. Lisa Honeyman, Yuval Dinoor, Aidan Bassett, Raquel Fisk, Isabella Xie, Isabel Autor, Lily Borak
Front: Rebecca Shaar, Gil Alon, Kayla Chang, Anika Sridhar, Mr. Jim Honeyman
Masterson Award for Excellence in Speech & Debate

​Ariel Hirschhorn - 3rd Place - Original Oratory

SEMI FINALIST
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate

QUARTER FINALISTS
​Yuval Dinoor - Original Oratory
Juliet Cable - Original Oratory
Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar - Public Forum Debate

OCTO FINALISTS
Raquel Fisk - Declamation
Aidan Bassett - Extemporaneous Speaking
Ben Timbers - Extemporaneous Speaking

DOUBLE-OCTOFINALISTS
​Malcolm Davis & Rebecca Shaar - Public Forum Debate
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Yuval Dinoor & Juliet Cable
Quarter Finalists in Original Oratory
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Anika Sridhar & Jay Garg
Quarter Finalists in Public Forum Debate
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Ariel Hirschhorn
3rd Place in Original Oratory

Speech States
8 April 2017
NSHS - Second Place Overall
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STATE CHAMPIONS
Kiran Maypole - Dramatic Performance
James Rao - Impromptu
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SECOND PLACE
James Rao - Extemporaneous Speaking
​Isabel Autor - Play Reading

THIRD PLACE
Aidan Bassett - Extemporaneous Speaking
Yuval Dinoor - Original Oratory

FOURTH PLACE
Ben Timbers - Extemporaneous Speaking​
Rhea Dudani - Original Oratory
​Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
iCarly! iPsycho! - Multiple Reading
  Isabel Autor, Aidan Bassett, Lily Borak, Rhea Dudani, Lee Ding, Isabella Xie
Rhea Dudani - Double-Entry Award (OO & MULT)

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FIFTH PLACE
Catherine Granfield - Declamation
​Jaehun Lee - Play Reading
Aidan Bassett - Double Entry Award (VX & MULT)

SIXTH PLACE
Christina Lee - Prose Reading

SEVENTH PLACE
Malcolm Davis - Double Entry Award (PFD & IMP)

CONGRESS SUPER-SESSION
Max Plottel ​
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[B] Malcolm Davis, Jaehun Lee, Maya Michlin, Dalia Paris-Saper, Mona Baloch
[F] Lily Boark, Rhea Dudani, James Rao, Yuval Dinoor, Aidan Bassett
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Holly Festival
1 April 2017
NSHS - First Place Overall
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FIRST PLACE
Malcolm Davis - Impromptu
D. Abdulah, M. Davis, E. Deng & A. Fudim - TV News Team
Aidan Bassett - Program Poetry


SECOND PLACE
Raquel Fisk - Declamation
Lily Borak - Drama Audition
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp
Ariel Hirschhorn - Original Oratory
Yuval Dinoor - Original Poetry
Ben Timbers - Impromptu

"Petronella" - Multiple Reading
     I. Autor, N. Lopez-Lopez, K. Maypole, A. Rajapur, I. Xie
Brigitte Tang - Play Reading
Aidan Bassett - Press Conference
Isabella Xie - Program Poetry

THIRD PLACE
Ben Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp
Ben Anderson-Krim - Informative Speaking

Lucia Cataldo - Novice Reading
Rhea Dudani - Original Poetry
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
Aidan Bassett - 2016 Holly Pentathlon
Lee Ding - Program Oral Interp (POI)
​Lee Ding - Prose Reading
FOURTH PLACE
Juliet Cable - Drama Audition
Aidan Bassett - Varsity Extemp

Sebastian Tsao - Novice Extemp
Rhea Dudani - Original Oratory
Max Plottel - Congressional Debate
Lee Ding - Double-Entry Award
​Dalia Paris-Saper - Poetry Reading


FIFTH PLACE
Alex Atalla - Novice Extemp
Isabella Xie - Double-Entry Award

SIXTH PLACE
Aidan Bassett - Prose Reading
​Maya Michlin - Radio Broadcasting


CONGRESS SUPER SESSION
Sheetal Krovi
Amy Xiao

TOP NOVICE
Raquel Fisk - Declamation

HONORABLE MENTION
Cassandra Luca - Impromptu

Debate States
25 March 2017
NSHS - Third Place Overall
VARSITY PFD
​State Champions: Kayla Chang & Gil Alon 
Semi-finalists - Ayush Upneja & Mitch Gamburg
​Semi-finalists - Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar

Quarter-finalists - Rebecca Shaar & Malcolm Davis

Top speakers
1st speaker - Rebecca Shaar - Varsity PFD
1st speaker - Daniel Sivachenko - Novice PFD

2nd speaker - Malcolm Davis - Varsity PFD
3rd speaker - Jay Garg - Varsity PFD
3rd speaker - Kevin Kim - Novice PFD

4th speaker - Kayla Chang - Varsity PFD
5th speaker - Ayush Upneja - Varsity PFD
6th speaker - Mitch Gamburg - Varsity PFD
7th speaker - Gil Alon - Varsity PFD
9th speaker - Anika Sridhar - Varsity PFD
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Needham
18 March 2017
NSHS - Second Place Overall
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FIRST PLACE
Ben Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp
Kayla Chang & Rebecca Shaar - PF Debate
Daniel Sivachenko - PF Speaker Award
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
Ben Timbers - Tabloid Extemp
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SECOND PLACE
Rhea Dudani & Lily Borak - Duo Interp
Max Plottel - Impromptu Sales
Mitch Gamburg & Ayush Upneja - PF Debate

THIRD PLACE
James Rao - Varsity Extemp
Lee Ding - Impromptu Sales
Brigitte Tang - Mixed Duo
"iPsycho" - Multiple Reading
       I. Autor, A. Bassett, L. Borak, R. Dudani, J. Rao, M. Ryter

​FOURTH PLACE
Aidan Bassett - Varsity Extemp
Cassandra Luca - Impromptu
Varun Mann - Tabloid Extemp
​Mona Baloch - Student's Revenge
Caleb Lazar & Jessica Wu - PF Debate
FIFTH PLACE
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp
​Maya Michlin - Radio Broadcsting
Robert Ling - Freeze Improv
Kiran Maypole - Mixed Duo
​Nick Komarovsky - Tabloid Extemp

SIXTH PLACE
​Isabel Autor - Dramatic Performance
​Daniel Abdulah & Hannah Phan - PF Debate
Leah Goodkin - Congressional Debate

SUPERSESSION
Kiran Maypole - Congressional Debate
​Josh Shen - Congressional Debate

QUARTER-FINALIST
Malcolm Davis & Jay Garg - PF Debate
Frank Jiao & Michael Lezhnin - PF Debate

HONORABLE MENTION
Dalia Paris-Saper - Prose Reading

TOP NOVICE
Alex Atalla - Varsity Extemp
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Mardi Gras Tournament
4 March 2017
NSHS - First Place Overall!
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FIRST PLACE
Jaehun Lee - Play Reading
​Sebastian Tsao - Novice Extemp
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​THIRD PLACE
​Lily Boark & Rhea Dudani - Duo Interp
Lee Ding & Jaehun Lee - Team Improv
Emily Miao - Novice Reading
Max Plottel - Congressional Debate
Brigitte Tang - Play Reading

​FOURTH PLACE
Ariel Hirschhorn - Original Oratory
Robert Ling - Novice Extemp
James Rao - Varsity Extemp
James Rao - Impromptu
SIXTH PLACE
Lily Borak & Rhea Dudani - Team Improv
Daniel Abdulah - Public Forum Speaker

​SEVENTH PLACE
Kiran Maypole - Children's Literature
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SUPERSESSION
Sheetal Krovi - Congressional Debate
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QUARTER-FINALIST
Ayush Upneja & Jack Sinclair - PF Debate

TOP NOVICE
Sheetal Krovi - Congressional Debate
​Matthew Lee - Varsity Extemp
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Rhea Dudani & Lily Borak

Tufts University Invitational
25 February 2017
NSHS - First Place Overall!
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​FIRST PLACE
Jaehun Lee - Play Reading
Lee Ding - Program Oral Interp (POI)
Ben Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp
Caleb Lazar - Novice PFD Speaker
​Jessica Wu & Caleb Lazar - Novice PF Debate 
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​SECOND PLACE
Jessica Wu - Novice PFD Speaker
Jennifer Wang & Veer Sawhney - Novice PF Debate
THIRD PLACE​
Julia Geller - Play Reading

FOURTH PLACE
Amit Fudim - Novice PFD Speaker

​FIFTH PLACE
Jaehun Lee - Dramatic Performance
Max Plottel - Congressional Debate
​SIXTH PLACE
Leah Goodkin - Congressional Debate
​Brigitte Tang - Play Reading

SEVENTH PLACE
Isabella Xie - Dramatic Performance


​CONGRESS SUPER-SESSION
Leah Goodkin
Sheetal Krovi
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Harvard University Invitational
16-20 February 2017
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Malcolm Davis & Rebecca Shaar
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Malcolm Davis & Rebecca Shaar: 2nd Place - PFD Round Robin
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Extemporaneous Speaking - A field of approximately 200 entries
    •    James Rao - Fifth Place 
    •    Ben Timbers - Octafinalist (top 48)

Humorous Interp - A field of approximately 165 entries
    •    Jaehun Lee - Octafinalist (top 48)


Junior Varsity PFD - A field of 276 two-person teams:
  • Frank Jiao and Michael Leznin - Double octas (top 32 teams)
Varsity Public Forum Debate - A field of 340 two-person teams:
  • Gil Alon and Kayla Chang - Octa-finals (top 16 teams)
  • Hannah Phan and Daniel Abdulah - Double octas (top 32 teams)
  • Mitch Gamburg and Ayush Upneja - Triple octas (top 64 teams)
  • Anika Sridhar and Jay Garg - Triple octas (top 64 teams)
  • Jay Garg - Sixth speaker

NCFL National Qualifiers
11 February 2017
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EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
Ben Anderson-Krim
​Aidan Bassett
Varun Mann
Ben Timbers

​​​DECLAMATION
Raquel Fisk
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
Gil Alon & Kayla Chang
Malcolm Davis & Rebecca Shaar
​Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar

DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
Isabel Autor
Lily Borak
Isabella Xie
​ORIGINAL ORATORY
Juliet Cable
​Yuval Dinoor
Rhea Dudani
Catherine Granfield
Ariel Hirschhorn

CONGRESS
Mike Ryter

NSDA National Qualifiers
3-4 February 2017
​NSHS - 1st Place Overall Sweepstakes
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INTERNATIONAL EXTEMP
Ben Anderson-Krim - Qualifier
David Hu - Qualifier
Ben Timbers - Qualifier

U.S. EXTEMP
Varun Mann - Qualifier
Mike Ryter - 1st Alternate

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ORIGINAL ORATORY
Juliet Cable - Qualifier
Yuval Dinoor​ - Qualifier
Ariel Hirschhorn - 1st Alternate

DUO INTERP
Lily Borak & Rhea Dudani - Qualifier

HUMOROUS INTERP
Jaehun Lee - 1st Alternate
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
Karina Aguilar & Deika Albert - Qualifier
Mitch Gamburg & Ayush Upneja - Qualifier
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PROGRAM ORAL INTERP
​Lee Ding ​- Qualifier

DRAMATIC INTERP
Isabella Xie - 1st Alternate

Columbia University
January 20-22, 2017
NSHS - First Place Overall!
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FIRST PLACE
Raquel Fisk - Declamation
James Rao - Extemporaneous Speaking

SECOND PLACE
Aidan Bassett - Extemporaneous Speaking
Malcolm Davis & Rebecca Shaar - Public Forum Debate

FOURTH PLACE
Rhea Dudani - Original Oratory

FIFTH PLACE
Juliet Cable - Original Oratory

SIXTH PLACE
Malcolm Davis - PF Debate Speaker Award

NINTH PLACE
Karina Aguilar - PF Debate Speaker Award

TENTH PLACE
Rebecca Shaar - PF Debate Speaker Award
​SUPER-SESSION
Max Plottel - Congressional Debate

SEMI-FINALISTS
​Yuval Dinoor - Original Oratory
Lily Borak - Oral Interp
Rhea Dudani & Lily Borak - Duo Interp
Isabel Autor & Ariel Hirschhorn - Duo Interp


QUARTER-FINALISTS
Daniel Abdulah & Jay Garg - Public Forum Debate
Catherine Granfield - Declamation
​Isabella Xie - Dramatic Performance

OCTA-FINALISTS
Gaby Lewis & Jack Sinclair - Public Forum Debate

​DOUBLE-OCTA-FINALISTS
Karina Aguilar & Deika Albert - Public Forum Debate
Mitch Gamburg & Ayush Upneja - Public Forum Debate
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Big Lex
14-15 January 2017

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
 
1st Place - Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar
Octa-finalists (top 16 teams)
     Malcolm Davis and Rebecca Shaar
     Mitch Gamburg and Ayush Upneja


Double octa-finalists (top 32 teams)
     Gil Alon and Kayla Chang
     Karina Aguilar and Deika Albert

SPEAKER AWARDS
    4th speaker - Karina Aguilar
    12th speaker - Deika Albert
    18th speaker - Rebecca Shaar
    19th speaker - Ayush Upneja


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Newton South Winter Festival
7 January 2017
​NSHS - 2nd Place Overall
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FIRST PLACE
Aidan Bassett - Varsity Extemp
Elana Volfinzon - Radio Broadcasting

SECOND PLACE
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp
Raquel Fisk - Declamation
Ariel Hirschhorn & Isabel Autor - Duo Interp
Sam Nahar - Novice Extemp
Julia Geller - Play Reading
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate

THIRD PLACE
James Rao - Varsity Extemp
Catherine Granfield - Declamation
Rhea Dudani & Lily Borak - Duo Interp
"Petronella" - Multiple Reading
    Isabel Autor, Ariel Hirschhorn, Nayleth Lopez, Kiran Maypole, Aishwarya Rajapur, Isabella Xie
Isabel Autor - Play Reading
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​FOURTH PLACE
Kiran Maypole - Children's Literature Reading
​James Rao - Impromptu
​Alex Atalla - Novice Extemp
​Rhea Dudani - Original Oratory
​Jaehun Lee - Program Oral Interp
Talia Harlow - Prose Reading
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​FIFTH PLACE
Eu Ro Wang - Varsity Extemp
​Kiran Maypole - Dramatic Performance
Juliet Cable & Yuval Dinoor - Duo Interp
SIXTH PLACE
Angie Zhu - Children's Literature Reading
Ben Timbers - Impromptu
​Mirea Klee - Novice Extemp
​Emily Goetzler - Original Oratory
Brigitte Tang - Play Reading
Lee Ding - Program Oral Interp
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SEVENTH PLACE
Amit Fudim - Public Forum Speaker Award
Michael Lezhnin - Public Forum Speaker Award

QUARTER-FINALISTS
Amit Fudim & Michael Lezhnin - Public Forum Debate

SUPERSESSION
Amy Xiao - Congressional Debate

HONORABLE MENTION
Nayleth Lopez - Poetry Reading
Lily Borak - Poetry Reading

TOP NOVICE
Bobby Lovett - Dramatic Performance
Lucia Cataldo - Prose Reading
Elana Volfinzon - Radio Broadcasting
​Amy Xiao - Congressional Debate
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Blake Debate
December 16-18, 2016

Main Tournament
2nd Place Speaker - Malcolm Davis
13th Place Speaker - Rebecca Shaar
18th Place Speaker - Anika Sridhar

Quarterfinalists - Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar
Octofinalists - Malcolm Davis & Rebecca Shaar

Round Robin
Third Place - Malcolm Davis & Rebecca Shaar
Malcolm Davis - 2nd Place Speaker
Rebecca Shaar - 9th Place Speaker
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Lincoln-Sudbury
December 10, 2016
NSHS FIRST Place Overall
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FIRST PLACE
Karina Aguilar - Varsity Public Forum Debate Speaker
Claire Deng & Michael Lezhnin - Public Forum Debate
Yuval Dinoor - Original Oratory
Raquel Fisk - Declamation
Mirea Klee - Novice Extemp
Michael Lezhnin - Novice Public Forum Debate Speaker
​James Rao - Varsity Extemp
"Petronella" - Multiple Reading
    I. Autor, J. Cable, N. Lopez, K. Maypole & A. Rajapur

SECOND PLACE
Lily Borak - Poetry Reading
Jay Garg - Varsity Public Forum Debate Speaker

THIRD PLACE
Juliet Cable & Yuval Dinoor - Duo Interp
Rhea Dudani - Original Oratory
Raquel Fisk - Play Reading
​Mitch Gamburg - Public Forum Debate Speaker
Kiran Maypole - Children's Literature Reading

​​FOURTH PLACE
Catherine Granfield - Original Oratory
​Bobby Lovett - Dramatic Performance
​Varun Mann - Varsity Extemp
Hannah Phan - Varsity Public Forum Debate Speaker
FIFTH PLACE
Emily Goetzler - Original Oratory
​Maya Michlin - Radio Broadcasting

SIXTH PLACE
Brooke Hackel - Varsity Public Forum Debate Speaker
​Christina Lee - Novice Reading
​Jaehun Lee - Dramatic Performance
Cassandra Luca - Impromptu
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EIGHTH PLACE
Sophia Guan - Varsity Public Forum Debate Speaker

NINTH PLACE
Claire Deng - Varsity Public Forum Debate Speaker

​FINALIST
Leah Goodkin - Congressional Debate

TOP NOVICE
Raquel Fisk - Declamation
Raquel Fisk - Play Reading
​Bobby Lovett - Dramatic Performance

HONORABLE MENTION
Alex Atalla - Novice Extemp
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George Mason University
Patriot Games
December 3-4, 2016
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FINALISTS
Aidan Bassett - 3rd Place - Original Oratory
Aidan Bassett - 6th Place - Impromptu Speaking
Aidan Bassett - 8th Place - Student Sweepstakes

​SEMIFINALISTS
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
Max Plottel - Congressional Debate
Lee Ding - Poetry Reading
Jaehun Lee - Prose Reading
Aidan Bassett - Extemporaneous Speaking
QUARTER FINALISTS
Ben Timbers - Extemporaneous Speaking
Ben Timbers - Impromptu Speaking
Lee Ding - Prose Reading
Daniel Abdulah & Hannah Phan - Public Forum Debate

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OCTO FINALISTS
Gil Alon & Kayla Chang - Public Forum Debate

DOUBLE-OCTO FINALISTS
Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar - Public Forum Debate

TRIPLE-OCTO FINALISTS
Gaby Lewis & Ellen Deng - Public Forum Debate

Princeton Classic
December 2-4, 2016

2nd Place
   Mitch Gamburg & Ayush Upneja 
   Public Forum Debate

10th Place Speaker
   Ayush Upneja 
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"Little Lex"
at Lexington High School
19 November 2016

Varsity Public Forum Debate
1st Place
     Malcolm Davis & Amit Fudim
2nd Place
     Mitch Gamburg & Daniel Sivachenko
5th Place
     Varun Oberoi & Hanbo Lin
9th Place
     Ayush Upneja & Frank Jiao

Novice Public Forum Debate
1st Place
​     Jessica Wu & Jennifer Wang
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Gracia Burkill Memorial
at Natick High School
12 November 2016
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FIRST PLACE
James Rao - Varsity Extemp

SECOND PLACE
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp
Juliet Cable - Original Oratory

THIRD PLACE
Yuval Dinoor - Original Oratory
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FOURTH PLACE
Isabel Autor - Play Reading

​FIFTH PLACE
Matthew Lee - Novice Extemp
SIXTH PLACE
Ben Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp
​Rhea Dudani - Original Oratory
Lee Ding - Prose Reading

SEVENTH PLACE
Kiran Maypole - Children's Literature

SEMI-FINALIST
Emma Martignoni - Prose Reading
Bobby Lovett - Prose Reading

​TOP NOVICE
Raquel Fisk - Play Reading
Award for Being First in a Round
Juiet Cable - Original Oratory
Lee Ding - Prose Reading

Yuval Dinoor - Original Oratory
Rhea Dudani - Original Oratory
Raquel Fisk - Play Reading
Nikolas Lazar - Varsity Extemp
Matthew Lee - Novice Extemp
Bobby Lovett - Prose Reading
Emma Martignoni - Prose Reading

Kiran Maypole - Children's Literature
James Rao - Varsity Extemp
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp

Manchester-Essex
28-29 October 2016
​Debate Tournament

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Public Forum Speaker Awards
1st Place - Jay Garg
2nd Place - Anika Sridhar
3rd Place - Daniel Abdulah
4th Place - Hannah Phan
5th Place - Karina Aguilar
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FIRST PLACE 
Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar - Public Forum Debate

SECOND PLACE
Hannah Phan & Daniel Abdulah - Public Forum Debate

QUARTER-FINALISTS
Kayla Chang & Gil Alon ​- Public Forum Debate

​OCTA-FINALISTS
Rebecca Shaar & Malcolm Davis - Public Forum Debate
​Karina Aguilar & Deika Albert - Public Forum Debate
Vicky Huang & Jack Sinclair - Public Forum Debate

Dighton-Rehoboth 
29 October 2016
Speech Tournament
​NSHS 3rd Place overall
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FIRST PLACE
Isabel Autor - Play Reading

SECOND PLACE
Aidan Bassett - Varsity Extemp
Juliet Cable - Original Oratory
Maya Michlin - Radio Braodcasting
Lily Borak & Rhea Dudani - Team Improv

THIRD PLACE
David Hu - Impromptu
Varun Mann - Varsity Extemp
Lily Borak - Poetry Reading
Lee Ding - Prose Reading
FOURTH PLACE
Angie Zhu - Children's Literature Reading
Matthew Lee - Novice Extemp

FIFTH PLACE
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
Isabel Autor & Juliet Cable - Team Improv

SIXTH PLACE
Sam Nahar - Novice Extemp

​TOP NOVICE
Angie Zhu - Children's Literature
Lucia Cataldo - Prose Reading

Novice Tournament
Walpole High School
22 October 2016
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New York Invitational
Bronx High School of Science
14-16 October 2016

SPEECH
  • Aidan Bassett - 5th place, Extemporaneous Speaking
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PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE (202 two-person teams)
  • Octa-finalist (top 16) - Karina Aguilar & Deika Albert
  • Elimination rounds (preliminary record of 5-2 or better) 
    Mitch Gamburg & Ayush Upneja;
    Rebecca Shaar & Malcolm Davis
  • 6th place speaker (> 400 speakers!) - Karina Aguilar

ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT

    • FIRST PLACE - Rebecca Shaar & Malcolm Davis!

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Yale University
16-18 September 2016
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Aidan Basset - 6th Place - Oral Interp (Prose & Poetry Reading)

Malcolm Davis & Rebecca Shaar - semi-finalists - Public Forum Debate

Lily Borak - Quarterfinalist - Oral Interp (Prose & Poetry Reading)

Ben Timbers - Quarterfinalist - Extemporaneous Speaking

Juliet Cable - Quarterfinalist - Original Oratory

Ayush Upneja - 9th place Speaker - Public Forum Debate
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Wake Forest
9-11 September 2016

Jay Garg - 1st Speaker in Public Forum Debate (out of 312 students)

Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar - PFD Double-Octafinalists (Top 32)

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