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Results


NCFL Nationals
Washington, D.C.
25-28 May 2018
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Back: Christina Lee, Angie Zhu, Anika Sridhar, Amit Fudim, Gaby Lewis, Tobi Henzer ('16),
Amy Xiao, Nayleth Lopez-Lopez, Joel Metcalf, Josh Cohen, Jim & Lisa Honeyman
Front: Mike Ryter, Jay Garg, Daniel Abdulah, Hannah Phan, Ben Anderson-Krim, Ben Timbers

​Mike Ryter - Finalist in Congressional Debate
Ben Timbers - Semi-finalist in Extemporaneous Speaking
Hannah Phan & Daniel Abdulah - Triple-Octafinalists in Public Forum Debate
Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar - ​Triple-Octafinalists in Public Forum Debate

Debate Tournament Of Champions
Lexington, KY
April 27-30, 2018


Anika Sridhar & Jay Garg
​     1st place in Public Forum Debate
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BACK: Anika Sridhar, Amit Fudim, Jack Sinclair, Jay Garg, Mike Ryter
FRONT: Daniel Abdulah, Hannah Phan, Ben Silvian ('16)

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Speech States
7 April 2018
​NSHS - 4th Overall

SECOND PLACE
Matthew Cole - Declamation
Benjamin Anderson-Krim - Extemp

FOURTH PLACE
Eu Ro Wang - Extemp

​FIFTH PLACE
Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature Reading
​Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate


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​SEVENTH PLACE
Max Plottel  - Congressional Debate

SUPER SESSION - Congressional Debate
Leah Goodkin ​

​​SEMI-FINALIST
Lee Ding - Prose Reading




HONORABLE MENTION
Varun Mann - Extemp
David Hu - Extemp
Coco Lheritier - Play Reading

TOP NOVICE
Coco Lheritier - Play Reading
Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature Reading
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Debate States
24 March 2018
​NSHS - 3rd Ovearll
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Varsity Division - Public Forum Debate (62 teams, 124 debaters)
  • State co-champions (both final round teams were from NSHS) 
    • Amit Fudim & Gaby Lewis
    • Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar
  • Semi-finalists: Daniel Abdulah & Hannah Phan
  • Speaker awards
    • 1st - Daniel Abdulah
    • 2nd - Kevin Kim
    • 4th - Hannah Phan
    • 9th - Amit Fudim
Novice Division - Public Forum Debate (54 teams, 108 debaters)
  • State champions: Sam Jones and Andrew Li
  • Quarter-finalists
    • Akshay Ramana & Dana Silvian 
    • Austin Cheng & Gilad Kestenberg
  • Speaker awards
    • 1st - Maya Makarovsky
    • 3rd - Anais Mobarak

March Merryness
Needham High School
17 March 2018
NSHS 2nd Place Overall
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FIRST PLACE
David Hu - Varsity Extemp
Kiran Maypole & Simone Hernandez - Mixed Duo

SECOND PLACE
Sophie Gu - Novice Extemp
Lee Ding - Tabloid Extemp

THIRD PLACE
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp
Si-Rong Lin - Novice Extemp
​David Hu - Impromptu
​Nayleth Lopez-Lopez - Original Oratory
Eu Ro Wang - Tabloid Extemp
Christina Lee & Paulina Hruskoci - Mixed Duo

FOURTH PLACE
Ben Timbers - Tabloid Extemp
​Coco Lheritier - Freeze Improv
Maya Makarovsky - Public Forum Debate Speaker


​FIFTH PLACE
Zoë McCreary - Radio Broadcasting
David Hu - Tabloid Extemp
Stephanie Tian - Freeze Improv
Coco Lheritier - Dramatic Performance

Eliza Madigan & Anna Zhang - Public Forum Debate
​Joel Metcalf - Congressional Debate
SIXTH PLACE
Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature Reading
Aidan Higgins - Varsity Extemp
Angie Zhu & Brenden Julian - Mixed Duo
Ellen Yang - Congressional Debate

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SEVENTH PLACE
Eu Ro Wang - Varsity Extemp
​Annette Sebastian & Joanna Folta ​- Public Forum Debate

​SUPER-SESSION
Itamar Nadler - Congressional Debate
Laila Polk - Congressional Debate

TOP NOVICE
​Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature Reading
Aidan Higgins - Varsity Extemp
Coco Lheritier - Freeze Improv
​Coco Lheritier - Dramatic Performance
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HONORABLE MENTION
Kiran Maypole - Original Oratory
Aishwarya Rajapur - Original Oratory
Kiran Maypole - Impromptu
​Annette Sebastian & Joanna Folta - Public Forum Debate

Mardi Gras Tournament
Shrewsbury High School
3 March 2018
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Alan Tannenwald - recipient of the Dave Berridge "Semper Fi" Award.
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Varsity Extemp Finalists
Mike Ryter (2nd), Ben Timbers (1st), Ben Anderson-Krim (4th)
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FIRST PLACE
Benjamin Timbers - Varsity Extemp
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SECOND PLACE
Lee Ding - Novice Extemp
Mike Ryter - Varsity Extemp
Isabella Xie - Prose Reading

THIRD PLACE
Leah Goodkin - Novice Extemp
Zoë McCreary - Informative Speaking

​SEMI-FINALISTS
Jessica Wu & Ellen Deng - PF Debate
​Jonathan Stolow & Max Marrinan - PF Debate
FOURTH PLACE
Benjamin Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp
Ariel Hirschhorn - Original Oratory

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FIFTH PLACE
Nayleth Lopez-Lopez - Original Oratory
Isabella Xie - Radio Broadcasting

SIXTH PLACE
Brigitte Tang - Play Reading

SEVENTH PLACE
Lee Ding - Poetry Reading
Ellen Yang - Congressional Debate

TOP NOVICE
​Aidan Higgins - Varsity Extemp

Harvard Invitational
17-19 February 2018

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Public Forum Debate - Varsity Division: 356 teams, ~ 700 debaters 
Double octa-finals (top 32 teams) - Anika Sridhar and Jay Garg
Triple octa-finals (top 64 teams) - Hannah Phan and Daniel Abdulah
Ninth speaker (!) - Daniel Abdulah

Public Forum Debate - Junior Varsity Division: 295 teams, ~ 600 debaters
Second place (!) - Dana Silvian and Akshay Ramana
Octa-finals (top 16 teams) - Anais Mobarak and Maya Makarovsky
Triple octa-finals (top 64 teams) - Max Marinnan and Gilad Kestenberg

Congressional Debate ~ 440 entries
Mike Ryter - Semi-finalist (top 54 entries)
Mike Ryter - Leadership Award (voted by competitors as top in his chamber)
Max Plottel - Semi-finalist (top 54 entries)

Extemporaneous Speaking ~ 225 entries
Ben Timbers - Semi-finalist (top 12 entries)
Ben Anderson-Krim - Octo-finalist (top 48 entries)
Varun Mann - Octo-finalist (top 48 entries)
Eu Ro Wang - Octo-finalist (top 48 entries)

Informative Speaking ~ 160 entries
Lee Ding - Octo-Finalist (top 48 entries)

NCFL National Qualifiers
Shrewsbury High School
10 February 2018




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Congressional Debate
Joel Metcalf
Mike Ryter
Amy Xiao
Max Plottel - First Alternate

Original Oratory
Nayleth Lopez-Lopez

Extemporaneous Speaking
Ben Anderson-Krim
Ben Timbers 
David Hu - First Alternate

​Public Forum Debate
Daniel Abdulah & Hannah Phan
Amit Fudim & Gaby Lewis

Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar
Deika Albert & Jack Sinclair - First Alternate
Duo Interpretation
Christina Lee & Angie Zhu 

​Declamation
Matthew Cole - First Alternate

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Oral Interpretation
Stephanie Tian - First Alternate


NSDA National Qualifiers
February 2-3, 2018
NSHS - 1st place overall sweepstakes

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Duo Interp
Angie Zhu & Christina Lee

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Public Forum Debate
Hannah Phan & Daniel Abdulah

Congressional Debate
Max Plottel - House
​Mike Ryter - First Alternate - Senate
Original Oratory
Nayleth Lopez
Kiran Maypole

​Informative Speaking
Lee Ding
​Zoë McCreary - First Alternate

International Extemp
Ben Anderson-Krim
Ben Timbers
Ilan Rotberg - Second Alternate

U.S Extemp
​David Hu
​Mike Ryter - First Alternate
​Javid Kasraie - Second Alternate

Brandeis University
January 27, 2018

Semi-finalists - Public Forum Debate
     
Maya Makarovsky & Anais Mobarak

​Quarter-finalists - Public Forum Debate
     
Eliza Madigan & Anna Zhang
     
Andrew Li & Akshay Ramana
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Speaker awards - Public Forum Debate
     
1st place - Hannah Phan
     
8th place - Andrew Li 
     
10th place - Benjamin Moshes
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Columbia University Invitational
January 19-21, 2018
​New York, NY
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First Place
Hannah Phan & Daniel Abdulah - Public Forum Debate

Second Place
Gil Alon & Deika Albert - Public Forum Debate

Fourth Place
Max Plottel - Congressional Debate

Sixth Place
David Hu - Extemporaneous Speaking

​Super-Session - Congressional Debate
Mike Ryter (8th place)

Semi-Finalist
Kiran Maypole - Original Oratory
Eu Ro Wang - Extemporaneous Speaking

Quarter-Finalist
Ariel Hirschhorn - Original Oratory
Lee Ding - Oral Interp
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Octo-Finalists - Public Forum Debate
Amit Fudim & Jack Sinclair
Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar
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"Big Lex" Debate
January 13-14, 2018
Lexington, MA

Varsity team awards (136 teams)
Semi-finalists - Jay Garg and Anika Sridhar
Octa-finalists - Gil Alon and Deika Albert
Double-octafinalists - Caleb Lazar and Jessica Wu
Runoffs
     
Daniel Abdulah and Hannah Phan
     
Amit Fudim and Jack Sinclair
Varsity speaker awards (272 debaters)
     
1st place - Jack Sinclair
     
2nd place - Jay Garg​

​Novice team awards (68 teams)
Semi-finalists - Dana Silvian and Andrew Li
Quarter-finalists - Maya Makarovsky and Anais Mobarak
​Novice speaker awards (136 debaters)

     2nd place - Maya Makarovsky
     
3rd place - Andrew Li
     
4th place - Anais Mobarak
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6th place - Dana Silvian
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NSDA Congress Qualifiers
January 13, 2018
Burlington, MA

Max Plottel - Qualified in the House division of Congressional Debate
Mike Ryter - 1st alternate in the Senate division of Congressional Debate
Leah Goodkin - Distinguished Presiding Officer - House 

Winter Festival at Newton South
January 6, 2018
3rd Place overall
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FIRST PLACE
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
​Matthew Cole - Declamation
Ben Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp
Aidan Higgins - Novice Extemp
Maya Makarovsky  & Sam Jones - PF ​Debate

SECOND PLACE
Hope Zhu - Radio Broadcasting
Zoë McCreary - Informative Speaking

THIRD PLACE
Varun Mann - Varsity Extemp
Varun Mann - Impromptu
​The Tar Baby - Multiple Reading
​Maya Makarovsky - PF Debate Speaker

FOURTH PLACE
Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp
Julian Fefer - Novice Extemp
Isabel Autor - Play Reading
FIFTH PLACE
Ilan Rotberg

SIXTH PLACE
Euro Wang - Varsity Extemp

SEVENTH PLACE
Lydia Emmanouilidou & Zenia McLanahan - DUO Interp

TENTH PLACE
Dana Silvian - PF Debate Speaker

Congress - Supersession
Leah Goodkin
Amy Xiao​

TOP NOVICE
Coco Lheritier - Dramatic Performance
​Iris Weinstock - Play Reading
Javid Kasraie - Varsity Extemp
​​Maya Makarovsky  & Sam Jones - PF Debate
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Holly Festival
December 16, 2017
​3rd Place overall

First Place
Isabella Xie - Radio Broadcasting

Second Place
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
Isabella Xie - Pentathlon

Third Place
Isabella Xie - Play Reading
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp
Isabella Xie - Programmed Poetry

Fourth Place
Ariel Hirschhorn - Original Oratory

Fifth Place
Isabella Xie - Press Conference
Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature
Brigitte Tang - Extemp Kiddie Lit

Sixth Place
Joel Metcalf - Congressional Debate
Zoë McCreary - Informative Speaking
Lee Ding - Novice Extemp
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Finalist
Leah Goodkin - Congressional Debate

Top Novice
Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature
Joel Metcalf - Congressional Debate

Blake Tournament
Minneapolis, MN
December 15-16, 2017

​PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

Amit Fudim & Jack Sinclair - 2nd Place
Ellen Deng & Gaby Lewis - Triple Octofinalists 
Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar - Triple Octofinalists 

Lincoln-Sudbury
December 9, 2017
​3rd Place overall

Second Place
Ben Timbers - Varsity Extemp
Ariel Hirschhorn - Original Oratory
​Max Plottel - Congressional Debate

Semi-Finalists

Gil Alon & Maya Makarovsky - Public Forum Debate
​Hannah Phan & Ben Moshes - Public Forum Debate
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Third Place
Nayleth Lopez-Lopez - Original Oratory

Fourth Place
​Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature Reading
Aidan Higgins - Novice Extemp
​Coco Lheritier - Play Reading

​Fifth Place
Christina Lee & Angie Zhu - Duo Interp
Ben Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp
Javid Kasraie - Novice Extemp

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Sixth Place
Julian Fefer - Novice Extemp
Isabella Xie - Play Reading
​Leah Goodkin - Congressional Debate

Quarter-Finalists
​​Jessica Wu & Caleb Lazar - Public Forum Debate

Public Forum Speaker Awards
Anais Mobarak - 1st Place 
Hannah Phan - 3rd Place 
Gil Alon - 7th Place 
Dana Silvian - 9th Place
Daniel Abdulah - 10th Place 
Kevin Kim - 12th Place 
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Top Novice
​Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature Reading
​Ritika Dudani & Coco Lheritier - Duo Interp
​Coco Lheritier - Play Reading

Princeton University
December 1-3, 2017

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Extemporaneous Speaking Results
David Hu - Semi-Finalist 
EuRo Wang - Quarter Finalist 


Congressional Debate Results
Mike Ryter - Semi-finalist - Congressional Debate

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Public Forum Debate Results
Gaby Lewis - 5th Speaker
Hannah Phan & Daniel Abdulah - Double-Octafinals
Anika Sridhar & Jay Garg - Double-Octafinals
​Gil Alon & Deika Albert - partial Triple-Octafinals
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Little Lex
November 18, 2017
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Final Placements
Benjamin Moshes & Andrew Li - 1st Place - Novice PF Debate

Anais Mobarak & Maya Makarovsky - 2nd Place - Novice PF Debate
Austin Cheng & Jackson Nesin-Perna - 4th Place - Novice PF Debate
Dana Silvian & Hannah Phan - 4th Place - Varsity PF Debate
Frank Jiao & Jonathan Stolow - 5th Place - Varsity PF Debate
Speaker Awards
Hannah Phan - 2nd Speaker - Varsity PF Debate
Andrew Li - 2nd Speaker - Novice PF Debate
Ellen Deng - 6th Speaker - Varsity PF Debate
Jack Sinclair - 6th Speaker - Varsity LD Debate
Anais Mobarak - 7th Speaker - Novice PF Debate

Gracia Burkill Memorial
November 11, 2017
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Second Place
Ben Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp

Fourth Place
Varun Mann - Varsity Extemp

Fifth Place
Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature
Ilan Rotberg - Varsity Extemp
Elana Volfinzon - Radio Braodcasting

Finalist
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate

Top Novice
Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature Reading
Ritika Dudani & Coco Lheritier - Duo Interp
Coco Lheritier - Play Reading
First Place in a Round
Stephanie Tian - Children's Literature Reading
Angie Zhu - Children's Literature Reading
Ben Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp
David Hu - Varsity Extemp
Varun Mann - Varsity Extemp
Ilan Rotberg - Varsity Extemp
Nayleth Lopez - Original Oratory
Coco Lheritier - Play Reading
Lee Ding - Prose Reading
Sheetal Krovi - Congressional Debate
Joel Metcalf - Congressional Debate
​Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate

Honorable Mention
Emily Goetzler - Original Oratory
Laura Braudis - Prose Reading

Manchester-Essex
October 27-28, 2017
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Team Awards - Public Forum Debate
Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar - Finalists
Daniel Abdulah & Hannah Phan - Semi-finalists
Kevin Kim & Veer Sawhney - Quarter-finalists
Lucy Chae & Daniel Sivachenko - Octo-finalistis
 Speaker Awards - Public Forum Debate
1st place - Jay Garg
2nd place - Anika Sridhar
3rd place - Daniel Abdulah
​9th place - Jack Sinclair

Dighton-Rehoboth
October 28, 2017
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First Place - Varsity Extemp - David Hu
Second Place - Radio Broadcasting - Ariel Hirschhorn
Third Place - Children's Literature Reading - Angie Zhu
Third Place - Varsity Extemp - Ben Timbers
Third Place - Novice Extemp - Javid Kasraie
Fourth Place - Novice Extemp - Sophie Gu

Revere Kick-Off
October 21, 2017
NSHS 4th place overall
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FIRST PLACE
Ben Anderson-Krim - Varsity Extemp
Isabel Autor - Play Reading
Anika Sridhar - PF Speaker 

SECOND PLACE
Ben Timbers - Varisty Extemp
Coco Lheritier - Play Reading
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate
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THIRD PLACE
Eu Ro Wang - Varsity Extemp
Julia Geller - Play Reading
​Amy Xiao - Congressional Debate
FIFTH PLACE
David Hu - Varsity Extemp
Veer Sawhney & Kevin Kim - PF Debate
Daniel Abdulah - PF Speaker
Joel Metcalf - Congressional Debate
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SIXTH PLACE
​Ilan Rotberg - Varsity Extemp
Leah Goodkin - Congressional Debate
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EIGHTH PLACE
Jay Garg - PF Speaker

TOP NOVICE
Play Reading - Coco Lheritier

NYC Invitational
October 13-15, 2017
Bronx HS of Science, NY

Double Octas (top 32 of ~200)
     Jack Sinclair & Amit Fudim
Run-offs
     Daniel Abdulah & Hannah Phan
​15th Speaker (out of ~400)
​     Jack Sinclair
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Novice Tournament
October 14, 2017
Arlington High School
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Yale University
September 15-17, 2017
​NSHS 8th Place Overall
Finalists
Jay Garg & Anika Sridhar - 2nd place - PF Debate

Semi-Finalists
Ben Timbers - Extemporaneous Speaking
Mike Ryter - Congressional Debate

Quarter-Finalists
Ben Anderson-Krim - Extemporaneous Speaking
Lee Ding - Humorous Interp

Octo-Finalists
David Hu - Extemporaneous Speaking
Nayleth Lopez-Lopez - Original Oratory

Varun Mann - Extemporaneous Speaking
​Kiran Maypole - Original Oratory
Ilan Rotberg - Extemporaneous Speaking
Eu Ro Wang - Extemporaneous Speaking

Triple Octo-Finalists

Daniel Abdulah & Hannah Phan - PF Debate
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