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2021-2022 Results
NCFL Nationals
Washington, D.C.
May 27-30, 2022

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Quarterfinalists in Public Forum Debate (top 8 teams)
Taban Malihi & Kaveri Krishnamoorthy

Octafinalists (top 48)
Ahona Dam - Oral Interp 
Melinda Yung - Oral Interp
Emma Zhang - Declamation
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University of Kentucky Debate TOCs
online
April 23-26, 2022

PFD Gold - 11th Speaker - Jasper Datta
PFD Gold - 14th Speaker - Theo Datta
PFD Gold Quarterfinalists - Jasper & Theo Datta
PFD Silver Octafinalists - Lily Smith & Pearl Berzin

Speech States
at Acton-Boxborough
​9 April 2022
​NSHS 5th Place overall
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Season Placement
2nd Place Debate
4th Place Interpretation Events
5th Place Platform Events
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THIRD PLACE
Alyssa Feinberg - Program Oral Interp

FOURTH PLACE

​Matan Josephy - Congressional Debate

SIXTH PLACE
Andrea Tang - Informative Speaking
Preethika Vemula - Original Oratory
Denise Chan - Prose Reading
SEVENTH PLACE
Ellen Vaynberg - Novice Oral Interp 
Emma Zhang - Poetry Reading

SUPERSESSION CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
Rose Plottel
Sam Zarr

Debate States
at Chelmsford H.S.
25-26 March 2022
CO-CHAMPIONS - VARSITY PF Debate
​Nolan Anthony & Arman Tendulkar 
​Maya Garg & Enya Kamadolli 
Wasan Rafat & Natalie Jones 

​Jasper Datta & Theo Datta 

CO-CHAMPIONS - NOVICE PF Debate
Ishaan Tewari & Navaa Malihi 
Anahitha Menon & Ella Hurwitz 

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​QUARTER-FINALISTS
​Kassra Ehsan & Neena Tarafdar - Varsity PF Debate

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OCTO-FINALISTS
Taban Malihi & Kaveri Krishnamoorthy - Varsity PF Debate
​​Advik Chandok & Emma Yao - Novice PF Debate
SPEAKER AWARDS
​1st Speaker: Jasper Datta - Varsity PF Debate
1st Speaker: Anahitha Menon - Novice PF Debate
2nd Speaker: Thomas Kinney - Novice PF Debate
3rd Speaker: Theo Datta - Varsity PF Debate

3rd Speaker: Ender Widder - Novice PF Debate
4th Speaker: Maya Garg - Varsity PF Debate

5th Speaker: Jeffrey Guan - Novice PF Debate
6th Speaker: Wasan Rafat - Varsity PF Debate
8th Speaker: Arman Tendulkar - Varsity PF Debate
9th Speaker: Natalie Jones - Varsity PF Debate
10th Speaker: Nolan Anthony - Varsity PF Debate

10th Speaker: Mayuri Fiete - Novice PF Debate

March Merriness
at Needham High School
19 March 2022
​NSHS - 4th place overall
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SPEAKER AWARDS
4th - Anahitha Menon - Novice PF Debate
6th - Maya Garg - Varsity PF Debate
​6th - Ella Hurwitz - Novice PF Debate
9th - Ender Widder - Novice PF Debate
10th - Chloe Hu - Novice PF Debate

SECOND PLACE
Taban Malihi & Kaveri Krishnamoorthy - Varsity PF Debate (4-0 record)
Chloe Hu & Helen Liu - Novice PF Debate (4-0 record)

THIRD PLACE
Ishaan Tewari & Navaa Malihi - Novice PF Debate (4-0 record)


3-1 RECORDS
Enya Kamadolli & Maya Garg - Varsity PF Debate
Jonathan Wei & Matthew Zeng - Varsity PF Debate
Kassra Ehsan & Neena Tarafdar - Varsity PF Debate
Shiv Sawhney & Josh Lim - Varsity PF Debate
 
Ella Hurwitz & Anahitha Menon - Novice PF Debate 
Advik Chandok & Emma Yao - Novice PF Debate 
Ender Widder & Jeffrey Guan - Novice PF Debate 
Sarina Chand & Thomas Kinney - Novice PF Debate 
Bella Patel & Mayuri Fiete - Novice PF Debate ​
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FIRST PLACE
Henry Lopes Rosenbach - Freeze Improv

SECOND PLACE

Emma Zhang - Children's Literature Reading
Arshia Verma & William Masferrer (CM) - Mixed Duo

THIRD PLACE
Mohan Ram - Original Oratory
Andrea Tang - Informative Speaking

FOURTH PLACE
Emma Zhang - Declamation
Jenny He - Poetry Reading
Ellen Vaynberg - Prose Reading
Rose Plottel - Freeze Improv
Andrea Tang - Impromptu Sales

FIFTH PLACE
Alyssa Feinberg - Freeze Improv

SEVENTH PLACE
Ellen Vaynberg - Poetry Reading

CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE SUPER SESSION
Henry Lopes Rosenbach
Rose Plottel

Mardi Gras
at Shrewsbury High School
5 March 2022
​NSHS - 3rd Place overall

SPEECH EVENTS

THIRD PLACE
Ahona Dam - Poetry Reading
Alyssa Feinberg - Program Oral Interp

FOURTH PLACE
Idan Miller - Congressional Debate
Frank Liu & Kate Butts - Team Improv

FIFTH PLACE
Mads Traxler - Original Oratory
Jenny He - Poetry Reading
Angelin Li - Novice Oral Interp

SIXTH PLACE
Kate Butts - Children's Literature Reading
Melinda Yung - Poetry Reading

SEMI-FINALIST
Jenny He - Prose Reading
Denise Chan - Prose Reading
Simran Khatri - Prose Reading

HONORABLE MENTION
Preethika Vemula - Original Oratory
Mohan Ram - Original Oratory

TOP NOVICE
Mads Traxler - Original Oratory
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​PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE


SECOND PLACE
Enya Kamadolli & Noya Stessel - Varsity PF

SEMI-FINALISTS
Kapoor & Guan - NPF

QUARTER-FINALISTS
Widder & Pianykh - NPF

SPEAKER AWARDS
3rd Speaker: Adam Rotberg - Varsity PF
6th Speaker: Michael Chang - Varsity PF
8th Speaker: Abby Shin - Varsity PF



Harvard University Invitational
19-21 February 2022
VARSITY PF DEBATE

2nd Place overall
    Taban Malihi & Kaveri Krishnamoorthy

Quarter Finalists
    Josh Lim & Cat Lu

Double Octas
   Jasper & Theo Datta
   Lily Smith & Pearl Berzin

Triples
    Abby Shin & Zey Celiktas
    Nolan Anthony & Arman Tendulkar  
    Robby Zhang & William Lock
    Claire Ruan & Phoebe Anthony
    Wasan Rafat & Natalie Jones
    Dylan Yee & Janani Ganesh
JV PF DEBATE

2nd Place overall
  Ishaan Tewari & Navaa Malihi

1st Place speaker: Navaa Malihi
2nd Place speaker: Chloe Hu
5th Place speaker: Ishaan Tewari

Double Octas
    Chloe Hu & Helen Liu
    Zain Kapoor & Sarina Chand

NCFL National Qualifiers
12 February 2022
​Shrewsbury High School

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​Declamation
Emma Zhang

Dramatic Performance
Kate Butts

Oral Interpretation of Literature
Ahona Dam
Melinda Yung
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Public Forum Debate
Kassra Ehsan & Neena Tarafdar
Janani Ganesh & Dylan Yee

Kaveri Krishnamoorthy & Taban Malihi
Original Oratory
Mohan Ram
Mads Traxler
Preethika Vemula
Congressional Debate
Rohit Paradkar
Rose Plottel

Henry Lopes Rosenbach

NSDA National Qualifiers (online)
5 February 2022
QUALIFIED To Compete in Louisville, Kentucky
Matan Josephy - Congressional Debate (Senate)
Josh Lim - Big Questions Debate
Navaa Malihi - Big Questions Debate
Tanay Nisar - U.S. Extemp
Rohit Paradkar - Congressional Debate (House)
Preethika Vemula - Original Oratory
FIRST ALTERNATES
Taban Malihi - International Extemp
​Anahitha Menon - Big Questions Debate
Andrea Tang - Informative Speaking
Nolan Anthony & Arman Tendulkar - Public Forum Debate

SECOND ALTERNATES
Alyssa Feinberg - Program Oral Interp

Columbia University Invitational (online)
29 January 2022

Saakshi Challa & Aris Li - Co-Champions - Varsity PF Debate

Quarterfinalistis
Jonathan Wei & Matthew Zeng - JV PF Debat
Nolan Anthony & Arman Tendulkar - Varsity PF Debat


Octafinalists
Jasper & Theo Datta - Varsity PF Debat
Janani Ganesh & Dylan Yee - JV PF Debat



Double Octafinalists
William Lock & Robby Zhang - Varsity PF Debate
Maya Garg & Enya Kamadolli - Varsity PF Debate
Lily Smith & Pearl Berzin - Varsity PF Debate

SPEAKER AWARDS
5th: Abigail Shin - JV PF Debate
10th: Enya Kamadolli - Varsity PF Debate

Malcolm A. Bump Memorial Debate (online)
22 January 2022
4-0 RECORD
Celiktas & Shin - Varsity PF Debate
Malihi & Joseph - Novice PF Debate
Widder & Kapoor - Novice PF Debate
Guan & Pianykh - Novice PF Debate


3-1 RECORD
Lock & Zhang - Varsity PF Debate
Malihi & Milsten-Ockene - JV PF Debate
​Ruan & Liu - JV PF Debate
Kinney & Park - Novice PF Debate
Fiete & Chandok - Novice PF Debate
Menon & Liu - Novice PF Debate
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SPEAKER AWARDS
2nd: Abigail Shin - Varsity PF Debate
2nd: Taban Malihi - JV PF Debate
2nd: Ishaan Tewari - Novice PF Debate
3rd: Robby Zhang - Varsity PF Debate
3rd: Thomas Kinney - Novice PF Debate
4th: William Lock - Varsity PF Debate
4th: Advik Chandok - Novice PF Debate
5th: Michael Chang - Varsity PF Debate
5th: Anahitha Menon - Novice PF Debate
6th: Zeynep Celiktas - Varsity PF Debate
6th: Navaa Malihi - Novice PF Debate
8th: Adam Rotberg - Varsity PF Debate
8th: Sedam Park - Novice PF Debate
​9th: Ender Widder - Novice PF Debate
 

Newton South Winter Festival (online)
22 January 2022
SECOND PLACE
Matan Josephy - Congressional Debate
Tanay Nisar - Varsity Extemp
Mads Traxler - Original Oratory
Alyssa Feinberg - Program Oral Interp

THIRD PLACE
Emma Zhang - Children's Literature Reading
Susan Hong - Poetry Reading

FOURTH PLACE
Gabriella Zaff - Impromptu Speaking
Andrea Tang - Informative Speaking
Melinda Yung - Poetry Reading
FIFTH PLACE
Susan Hong - Poetry Reading

SIXTH PLACE
Jenny He - Poetry Reading
Amy Cheu - Program Oral Interp

TOP NOVICE
​Mads Traxler - Original Oratory

Big Lex
15-16 January 2022
Nolan Anthony & Arman Tendulkar: Co-Champions - Varsity PF Debate
Anahita Menon & Ender Widder: 2nd Place - Novice PF Debate
QUARTER FINALISTS
Mayuri Fiete & Navaa Malihi - Novice PF Debate

OCTAFINALISTS
Saakshi Challa & Aris Li - Varsity PF Debate
Natalie Jones & Wasan Rafat - Varsity PF Debate
Michael Chang & Adam Rotberg - JV PF Debate
Advik Chandok & Zain Kapoor - Novice PF Debate
Ishaan Tewari & Helen Liu - Novice PF Debate
Jeffrey Guan & Chloe Hu - Novice PF Debate

DOUBLE-OCTAFINALISTS
Jasper & Theo Datta - Varsity PF Debate
Taban Malihi & Kaveri Krishnamoorthy - Varsity PF Debate
Lily Smith & Pearl Berzin​ - Varsity PF Debate
SPEAKER AWARDS
1st: Navaa Malihi - Novice PF Debate 
4th: Theo Datta - Varsity PF Debate 
5th: Jasper Datta - Varsity PF Debate 
8th: Charles Kouspakian - JV PF Debate
8th: Anahitha Menon - Novice PF Debate 
9th: Arman Tendulkar - Varsity PF Debate 
10th: Nolan Anthony - Varsity PF Debate 
10th: Ishaan Tewari - Novice PF Debate 

MSDL Online Winter Wonderland Tournament
8 January 2022
SPEECH & CONGRESS

FIRST PLACE
Andrea Tang - Impromptu
Alyssa Feinberg - Program Oral Interp

SECOND PLACE
Andrea Tang - Informative Speaking

THIRD PLACE
Gabriella Zaff - Impromptu

FOURTH PLACE
Idan Miller - Congressional Debate
Frank Liu - Impromptu
Melinda Yung - Prose Reading

FIFTH PLACE
Noa Racin - Prose Reading

SIXTH PLACE
Angelin Li - Novice Oral Interp
Mohan Ram - Original Oratory
Ahona Dam - Prose Reading

CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE SUPER SESSION
Rohit Paradkar
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

SPEAKER AWARDS
1st Speaker: Lily Smith - Varsity PF Debate
2nd Speaker: Pearl Berzin - Varsity PF Debate
3rd Speaker: Wasan Rafat - Varsity PF Debate
4th Speaker: Taban Malihi - Varsity PF Debate
5th Speaker: Kaveri Krishnamoorthy - Varsity PF Debate
7th Speaker: Zain Kapoor - Novice PF Debate
8th Speaker: Ben Perman - Varsity PF Debate
9th Speaker: Saakshi Challa - Varsity PF Debate
9th Speaker: Jeffrey Guan - Novice PF Debate
10th Speaker: Zeynep Celiktas - Varsity PF Debate

​PLACES
Rafat & Jones - 2nd Place - Varsity PF Debate (4-1 record)
Krishnamoorthy & Malihi - 3rd Place - Varsity PF Debate  (4-1 record)
Celiktas & Cheng - 4th Place - Varsity PF Debate  (4-1 record)
Wei & Zeng - 5th Place - Varsity PF Debate  (4-1 record)

MSDL Online Reindeer Tournament
18 December 2021

FIRST PLACE
Andrew Kupovich - Group Discussion

SECOND PLACE
Denise Chan - Prose Reading
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FOURTH PLACE
Emma Zhang - Poetry Reading
Melinda Yung - Prose Reading

FIFTH PLACE
Rose Plottel - Congressional Debate

SEVENTH PLACE
Angelin Li - Novice Oral Interp
Josh Sebastian - Congressional Debate

HONORABLE MENTION
Mads Traxler - Original Oratory
NYCFL Online Christmas Chlassich Debate
18 December 2021

4-0 RECORD
Krishnamoorthy & Rafat - Varsity Public Forum Debate
Jones & Tarafdar - Varsity Public Forum Debate
Guan & Widder - Novice Public Forum Debate
Fiete & Tewari - Novice Public Forum Debate

3-1 RECORD
Ehsan & Zhang - Varsity Public Forum Debate
Ganesh & Loo - Varsity Public Forum Debate
Kapoor & Wei - JV Public Forum Debate
Park & Pianykh - Novice Public Forum Debate
Kinney & Malihi - Novice Public Forum Debate

SPEAKER AWARDS
3rd Speaker: Wasan Rafat - Varsity PF Debate
4th Speaker: Kaveri Krishnamoorthy - Varsity PF Debate
5th Speaker: Zeynep Celiktas - Varsity PF Debate
6th Speaker: Shiv Sawhney - Varsity PF Debate
7th Speaker:  Robby Zhang - Varsity PF Debate
8th Speaker: Neena Tarafdar - Varsity PF Debate
9th Speaker: Kassra Ehsan - Varsity PF Debate
10th Speaker: Ishaan Tewari - Novice PF Debate


Princeton Invitational - Online Classic
3-5 December 2021
SPEECH EVENTS
Alyssa Feinberg: 3rd Place in Program Oral Interp
Phoebe Shin & Gabriella Zaff: 6th Place in Duo Interp
Ahona Dam: semi-finalist Oral Interp of Literature
​Melinda Yung: semi-finalist Oral Interp of Literature
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VARSITY PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
Jasper & Theo Datta: Octafinalists 

JV PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
Jonathan Wei & Matthew Zeng - Semifinalists
Zeynep Celiktas & Abigail Shin - Octafinalists
Phoebe Anthony & Claire Ruan - Double-Octafinalists
Ethan Cheng & Marcus Ye - Double-Octafinalists

Lincoln-Sudbury Showdown Tournament
4 December 2021
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FIRST PLACE
Preethika Vemula - Original Oratory

THIRD PLACE
Matan Josephy - Congressional Debate
Helen Liu - Novice PF Speaker

​FOURTH PLACE
Idan Miller - Congressional Debate
Ellen Vaynberg - Novice Oral Interp


FIFTH PLACE
Frank Liu - Varsity Extemp
Emma Zhang - Poetry Reading
Andrew Loo - Novice PF Speaker
​Aeden Kamadolli - Varsity PF Speaker

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SIXTH PLACE
Susan Hong - Poetry Reading
Jane Shen - Varsity PF Speaker
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CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE SUPER-SESSION
Rohit Paradkar
Sam Zarr

MSDL Harvest Tournament
13 November 2021
FIRST PLACE
Andrea Tang - Informative Speaking
Alyssa Feinberg - Program Oral Interp

SECOND PLACE
Melinda Yung - Poetry Reading

THIRD PLACE
Jenny He - Poetry Reading
Noa Racin - Prose Reading

FOURTH PLACE
Kate Butts - Dramatic Performance
Rose Plottel - Congressional Debate
​FIFTH PLACE
Susan Hong - Poetry Reading
Tanay Nisar - Varsity Extemp
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SIXTH PLACE

Preethika Vemula - Impromptu

SEVENTH PLACE
Andrea Tang - Impromptu
Amy Cheu - Prose Reading
Sam Zarr - Congressional Debate

CONGRESS SUPER-SESSION
Matan Josephy
Henrique Lopes Rosenbach

NYCFL @ Not Monticello
5-6 October 2021
Varsity Public Forum Debate Speaker Awards
2nd: Natalie Jones
3rd: Neena Tarafdar
4th: Theo Datta
5th: Kassra Ehsan
7th: Kaveri Krishnamoorthy
​8th: Lily Smith
Varsity PF Debate Final Places 
1st: Kaveri Krishnamoorthy & Theo Datta
2nd: Kassra Ehsan & Neena Tarafdar

Pumpkin Tournament
30 October 2021
Melinda Yung - 2nd Place - Poetry Reading
​Alyssa Feinberg - 2nd Place - Program Oral Interp
Melinda Yung - 3rd Place - Prose Reading
Kate Butts - 4th Place - Dramatic Performance
Preethika Vemula - 5th Place - Impromptu
Gabriella Zaff - 7th Place - Impromptu

Tim Averill Online
29-30 October 2021
Varsity Public Forum Debate
2nd Place: Natalie Jones & Wasan Rafat
Quarters: Phoebe Anthony & Claire Ruan
Quarters: Taban Malihi & Kaveri Krishnamoorthy
Octos: Neena Tarafdar & Kassra Ehsan
Octos: Zeynep Celiktas & Abigail Shin
Octos: Janani Ganesh & Dylan Yee
Octos: Adam Rotberg & Michael Chang

8th place speaker: Dylan Yee
Novice Public Forum Debate
6th place speaker: Navaa Malihi
7th place speaker: Jeffrey Guan

Top Four Teams (4-0 record)
Jeffrey Guan & Dimitry Pianykh 

Novice Tournament
23 October 2021
Winning Record in Public Forum Debate (4-0 or 3-1)
Navaa Malihi & Ishaan Tewari
Andrew Loo & Ender Widder
Ella Hurwitz & Amber Joseph
Zain Kapoor & Jeffrey Guan
Thomas Kinney & Bella Patel
Sedam Park & Darry Liu
Emma Yao & Advik Chandok

​​New York City Invitational
15-17 October 2021

Varsity Public Forum Debate
7th Speaker: Taban Malihi
8th Speaker: Kaveri Krishnamoorthy




JV Public Forum Debate

Octafinals: Abigail Shin & Zeynep Celiktas
Octafinals: Phoebe Anthony & Claire Ruan
Octafinals: Jonathan Wei & Matthew Zeng

1st Speaker: Jonathan Wei
​7th: Matthew Zeng

Yale University
17-19 September 2021

Emma Zhang - 1st Place - Declamation

Varsity Public Forum Debate
Octafinals: Jasper Datta & Theo Datta
​Triples: Natalie Jones & Wasan Rafat
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​JV Public Forum Debate
Octafinals: Janani Ganesh & Dylan Yee
Octafinals: Taban Malihi & Kaveri Krishnamoorthy
Doubles: Neena Tarafdar & Kassra Ehsan
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