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NSDA Districts 

2/21/2016

 

Cary Academy welcomed 21 other schools to campus on the weekend of February 20-21 to compete in the Tarheel East District national qualifying tournament. Cary Academy had an extremely successful weekend turning in one of  its strongest performances at the district tournament ever. CA was the overall tournament sweepstakes champions, as well as the winner in both the Speech sweepstakes and Debate sweepstakes categories. This was CA's first district championship since 2004, and the first time it has ever swept all three of these awards. CA ended the weekend with the following seven national qualifiers:
  • Duo Interpretation: Emma and Evan Ehrhardt
  • Informative Speaking – Alisha Abhayakumar
  • International Extemporaneous Speaking – Divya Vijayakumar
  • LincolnDouglas Debate – Grace Jin
  • US Extemporaneous Speaking – Davidson Braswell
  • US Extemporaneous Speaking – Rachel George
Emma Ehrhardt, Evan Erhrhardt, and Divya Vijayakumar all double qualified for nationals by placing among the top 2 or 3 in both of the events in which they entered.

In addition to these qualifiers the overall team effort was extremely deep and spanned a wide variety of events. In the speech events CA competitors reached the final round in six different events, winning 2 events outright. Winners in the speech events included:
Emma Ehrhardt- 1st, Original Oratory
Divya Vijayakumar- 1st, International Extemporaneous Speaking
Divya Vijayakumar- 2nd, United States Extemporaneous Speaking
Emma Ehrhardt & Evan Ehrhardt- 3rd Place, Duo Interpretation
Evan Ehrhardt- 3rd Place, Dramatic Interpretation
Davidson Braswell- 3rd Place, United States Extemporaneous Speaking
Rachel George-4th Place, United States Extemporaneous Speaking
Alisha Abhayakumar- 4th Place, Informative Speaking
Eve Taylor-6th Place, Dramatic Interpretation
Rachel George- 6th Place, Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking
Eesha Sachdeva- Semifinalist, Informative Speaking
Davidson Braswell- Semifinalist, International Extemporaneous Speaking
Viraj Garg- Semifinalist,  United States Extemporaneous Speaking
Viraj Garg- Semifinalist,  International Extemporaneous Speaking

In Public Forum Debate CA teams placed third and sixth. Mason Reece and Khushi Surana were the first alternates to nationals after placing third. The team of Miles Lambert and Shane Stephens placed 6th.

In Lincoln Douglas Debate all four CA entries advanced to the late elimination rounds. Grace Jin tied for first, Sullivan Morgus was 5th, Grey Spector 6th, and Chelsea Fang 9th. 

CA's qualifications in Duo Interpretation and Dramatic Interpretation are the first in program history. CA has now qualified for the National Tournament for 16 consecutive years, the longest active streak in the Tarheel East District. CA also has a 16 year streak of having at least one Extemper qualify for Nationals, as well as a four year streak of qualifying in Lincoln Douglas Debate.

Liberty Bell Classic

2/15/2016

 
36 Cary Academy students traveled to Philadelphia over the weekend of February 12th - 15th to compete in the Liberty Bell Classic hosted on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. The team had an amazing showing placing 4th overall in sweepstakes. Many students had strong performances to contribute to the the team's outstanding showing. These individual student placements were as follows:

Student Congress
Jack Stafford- 2nd Place
Nate Jones- 3rd Place
Ben Lipson- Finalist
Grace Wissnick- Semifinalist
Anjali Velu- Semifinalist
RJ Jain- Semifinalist

Speech
Divya Vijayakumar- 4th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Eve Taylor- Semifinalist, Dramatic Performance
Aesha Desai- Semifinalist, Oral Interpretation
Kayla Hauessler- Quarterfinalist, Oral Interpretation
Grace Siedel-Quarterfinalist, Declamation
Pauline Pauwels- Quarterfinalist, Dramatic Performance
Rachel George- Quarterfinalist, Extemporaneous Speaking
Rachel Shelton- Quarterfinalist, Extemporaneous Speaking
Davis Braswell- Quarterfinalist, Extemporaneous Speaking

Lincoln Douglas & Public Forum Debate
Miles Lambert & Shane Stephens- Double Octafinals, Public Forum Debate
Riya Thomas & Alex Knott- Triple Octafinals, Public Forum Debate
Grace Jin- Triple Octafinals, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Chelsea Fang- Triple Octafinals, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Viraj Shah- Double Octafinals, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Salma Said- 3rd Place Speaker, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate

In addition to the recognition earned by our students Alexandra Sencer was presented with an award by the tournament for her service to the forensics community.

Dogwood #6

2/6/2016

 
The Dogwood Speech and Debate League's regular season came to an end on Saturday February 6th as the sixth and final Dogwood Tournament was hosted by Cumberland International Early College on the campus of Reid Ross Classical School. CA had an amazing day capturing the inaugural Carole Hamilton School of Excellence Award given to the school who accumulates the most points throughout the league season, winning individual points race championships in six events, placing first in overall sweepstakes for the 5th time in six league tournaments this year, and qualifying 21 students to compete in the NCFL Grand Nationals tournament in Sacramento California in May. The individual points race champions were as follows:
  • Grace Seidel, Declamation
  • Evan Ehrhardt, Dramatic Interpretation
  • Bharat Modi, Extemporaneous Speaking
  • Grace Jin, Lincoln Douglas Debate
  • Alex Knott and Riya Thomas, Public Forum Debate
  • Nate Jones and Jackson Stafford, Student Congress (unbreakable tie)
The Grand Nationals qualifiers were as follows:
  • Emma Zayas, Declamation
  • Grace Seidel, Declamation
  • Madeline Rocket, Declamation
  • Madisen Placzkowski, Declamation
  • Evan Ehrhardt, Dramatic Performance
  • Bharat Modi, Extemporaneous Speaking
  • Divya Vijayakumar, Extemporaneous Speaking
  • Rachel Shelton, Extemporaneous Speaking
  • Viraj Garg, Extemporaneous Speaking
  • Aesha Desai, Oral Interpretation of Literature
  • Eesha Sachdeva, Original Oratory
  • Julia Gong, Original Oratory
  • Ben Lipson, Student Congress
  • Georgia Dietz, Student Congress
  • Jackson Stafford, Student Congress
  • Nate Jones, Student Congress
  • Alex Knott and Riya Thomas, Public Forum Debate
  • Grace Jin, Lincoln Douglas Debate
  • Grey Spector, Lincoln Douglas Debate
  • Chelsea Fang, Lincoln Douglas Debate
​And the following students individual placements helped CA secure sweepstakes for Dogwood #6:
Divya Vijayakumar-1st, Extemporaneous Speaking 
Viraj Shah- 1st, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate 
Anthony Guzzo- 2nd, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Arman Kassam and Tori Borlase- 2nd, Novice Public Forum Debate 
Grace Jin- 2nd, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate 
Jonathan Segal-2nd, Extemporaneous Speaking 
Eesha Sachdeva- 3rd, Informative 
Madisen Placzkowski- 3rd, Declamation 
Viraj Garg- 3rd, Extemporaneous Speaking 
Eesha Sachdeva- 4th, Original Oratory 
Aesha Desai- 5th, Oral Interpretation 
Griffin Cece- 5th, Dramatic Interpretation
Jayman Jethwa- 5th, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate 
Aleksia Kleine- 6th, Student Congress; Best Novice 
Natalie Timinskas- 6th, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Chelsea Fang- 8th, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate

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