16 membes of the CA Speech and Debate team competed virtually in the annual JV and Novice Championship hosted by the Dogwood Speech and Debate League. Hailey Zhang was the runner in Declamation and was joined in the final round by Kaitlyn Martin who placed 6th. In Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Annie Boyse, Rebecca Liu, and Riley Ro recieved honorable mentions after having a 3-1 record but failing to advance to the elimination rounds based on speaker points.
13 members of the Cary Academy Speech and Debate team competed virtually in the 48th annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament hosted by Harvard University. Katherine He reached the semifinals of Informative Speaking placing her in the top 12 of 127 entries. In JV Lincoln Douglas Debate both Hamza Adnan and Katie Shen reached the Double Octafinal round and Katie Shen was the 11th Place Speaker. In JV Public Forum Debate the teams of Colin Troan & Dhiren Paravathaneni and Eric Xie and Owen Taffar reached the Triple Octafinal round.
Two members of the CA Speech and Debate team competed virtually in the Milo Cup hosted by Millard North High School in Omaha Nebraska. The team of Adam Levin and Ayan Jung reached the Double Octafinal round of Public Forum Debate and Ayan was the 10th Place Speaker.
2 members of the Cary Academy Speech and Debate team competed virtually in the Liberty Bell Classic hosted by the University of Pennsylvannia during the weekend of February 12th and 13th. The Public Forum team of Nash Brown and Evan Chang reached the octafinal round placing in the top 16 of 165 teams.
50 members of the Cary Aacdemy Speech and Debate team competed virtually in the last Dogwood tournament of the season on Saturday February 5th. CA was once again the overall sweepstakes champion for the fifth time this year at a Dogwood tournament. For the seventh year in a row CA was named the overall league champions winning the Carole Hamilton Award. CA had five students recognized as the Points Race Champions in their respective events based on their performances at Dogwood tournaments throughout the season. Those students were:
Will Capps-Congressional Debate Katherine He-Informative Speaking Nitya Nalamothu-Extempornaeous Speaking & Impromptu Speaking Kali Bate-Oral Interpretation fo Literature Anna Berger-Impromptu Speaking In addition 18 CA students were recignized as qualifers to the NCFL Grand National Tournament based at their performances at Dogwood league tournaments this season. Those students include:
The following student's were recognized for placing in their respective events at Dogwood 6: Ivy Nangalia-8th Place, Congressional Debate Akshay Mandhare-11th Place, Congressional Debate Riley Ro-2nd Place & 3rd Place Speaker, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Derek Han-5th Place & 5th Place Speaker, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Allen Huang-6th Place, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Chris Gillam-8th Place, Novice Lincoln Doiglas Sarah Hussian & Rachel Wang-6th Place, Novice Public Forum Debate Casey Powell-1st Place & 1st Place Speaker-Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate Andrew Lim-1st Place, Declamation Jiya Prajapati-3rd Place, Declamation Derek Wang-4th Place, Declamation Maria Schaeffer-5th Place, Declamation Asha Gupta-9th Place, Declamation Alex Liu-11th Place, Declamation Lakshmi Wood-12th Place, Declamation Michael Singleton-2nd Place, Extemporaneous Speaking Maris James-3rd Place, Extemporaneous Speaking & 1st Place, Impromptu Speaking Sophia Liu-3rd Place, Impromptu Speaking Katherine He-1st Place, Informative Speaking Emma Tang-5th Place, Original Oratory 65 members of the Cary Academy Speech and Debate team competed virtually in the fifth Dogwood tournament of the season on Saturday Janaury 22nd. The team placed first in overall sweepetakes based on strong peformances in both speech and debate including placing first in Varsity LD, Varsity PF, Declamation, and Impromptu. The following students individual placements contributed to the team's overall victory:
Will Capps-2nd Place, Congressional Debate Camryn Friedman-9th Place, Congressional Debate Allen Huang-6th Place & 2nd Place Speaker, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Sirem Mehta-7th Place, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Rebecca Liu-13th Place, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Dillan Jagannath & Rebecca Wang-9th Place, Novice Public Forum Debate Allie Chandler-1st Place & 3rd Place Speaker, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate Casey Powell-2nd Place & 1st Place Speaker, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate Fiona Hu & Ella Zhang-1st Place, Varsity Public Forum Debate Adam Farris & Andrew Lake-6th Place, Varsity Public Forum Debate Ella Zhang-2nd Place Speaker-Varsity Public Forum Debate Fiona Hu-6th Place Speaker-Varsity Public Forum Debate Andrew Lim-1st Place, Declamation & 5th Place, Original Oratory Anna Berger-3rd Place, Declamation Tess Courts-4th Place, Declamation Isabel Chang-7th Place, Declamation & 1st Place/Top Novice, Impromptu Speaking Asha Gupta-8th Place, Declamation Nitya Nalamothu-2nd Place, Extemporaneous Speaking & 2nd Place, Impromptu Speaking Michael Singleton-3rd Place, Extemporaneous Speaking JR Cobb-4th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking Sophia Liu-3rd Place, Impromptu Speaking Maris James-7th Place, Impromptu Speaking Katherine He-3rd Place, Informative Speaking Jackson McCall-2nd Place, Novice Dramatic Performance Mickey Lewis-2nd Place, Oral Interpretation Alex Lim-2nd Place, Varsity Dramatic Performance 20 members of the Cary Academy Speech and Debate team competed virtually in the Cavalier Invitational hosted by Durham Academy over the weekend of January 14th thru 17th. The team had an outstanding showing tying for 3rd Place in Overall Sweepstakes out of a field of 88 schools representing 23 states. In Declamation Andrew Lim and Anna Berger closed out the tournament placing first and second respectively. Andrew also broke in Original Oratory reaching the semifinal round. Katherine He was the runner-up in Informative Speaking. In Varsity Public Forum Debate CA had three teams reach the elimination rounds which was tied for the most of any school. The teams of Adam Farris & Andrew Lake; Nash Brown and Evan Chang; and Ayan Jung & Adam Levin all reached the Double Octafinal round. Andrew Lake was also the 3rd place speaker. In Varsity LD both Natasha Sachar and Casey Powell reached the Quarterfinal Round allowing CA to tie for the most students to reach the elimination rounds as well as being the only school with two debaters in Quarters. Casey Powell was also 5th in the LD Challenge held in conjunction with the tournament,
27 members of the Cary Academy Speech and Debate competed virtually over the weekend of December 18th and 19th at the second annual Grey Matter Invitational. In Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate CA had 5 competitors reach the elimination rounds including the top two seeds and only undefeated debaters in the preliminary rounds. Simrem Mehta was eliminated in the octafinal round, Rebecca Liu and Annie Boyse were eliminated in the quarterfinal round, Riley Ro in the semifinal round; and Derek Han advanced to the final round were he was named the tournament runner up after losing on a split 2-1 decision. Rebecca Liu was the 3rd Place Speaker in Novice LD and Riley Ro was the 5th Place Speaker. In Novice Public Forum the team of Dillan Jagannath and Alex Liu reached the semifinal round and Dillan was the 3rd Place Speaker and Alex was 5th. Emma Zhang advanced to the final session of Congressional Debate where she placed 6th. In Declamation CA had four students reach the final round with Isabel Chang placing 1st and being recognized as the Top Novice, Hailey Zhang 2nd, Callie Chang 5th, and Sophia Lokitz 6th. CA also had 3 reach the final round of Impromptu Speaking. Isabel Chang was the Top Novice and placed 3rd, Annika Kadumpalli was 4th, and Tyler Smith was 6th.
53 members of the Cary Academy Speech and Debate team competed virtually in the fourth Dogwood League tournament of the season on Saturday December 11th. CA won first place sweepstakes for the fourth time this season and thrid time at a Dogwood tournament. The team's victory was based on the following individual students' placements:
Will Capps-1st Place, Congressional Debate Ivy Nangalia-3rd Place, Congressional Debate Annie Boyse-2nd Place & 1st Place Speaker, Novice LD Rebecca Liu-3rd Place & 3rd Place Speaker, Novice LD Derek Han-4th Place & 6th Place Speaker, Novice LD Allen Huang-7th Place, Novice LD Riley Ro-10th Place, Novice LD Chris Gillham-12th Place, Novice LD Natasha Sachar-3rd Place & 3rd Place Speaker, Varsity LD Casey Powell-4th Place & 1st Place Speaker, Varsity LD Allie Chandler-6th Place, Varsity LD Adam Levin & Ayan Jung-2nd Place, Varsity PF Ella Zhang & Fiona Hu-3rd Place, Varsity PF Anya Jain-3rd Place Speaker, Varsity PF Adam Levin-5th Place Speaker, Varsity PF Anna Berger-2nd Place, Declamation & 6th Place, Impromtu Speaking Hailey Zhang-4th Place, Declamation Maria Schaeffer-5th Place, Declamation Mickey Lewis-3rd Place, Dramatic Performance & 1st Place, Oral Interpretation Nitya Nalamothu-2nd Place Extemporaneous Speaking & 5th Place, Impromptu Speaking EJ Jo-4th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking Josh Baird-6th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking Isabel Chang-1st Place & Top Novice, Impromptu Speaking Emma Tang-7th Place, Original Oratory 27 members of the CA Speech and Debate team competed virtually in the Patriot Games Classic hosted by George Mason University over the weekend of December 4th and 5th. The team matched it best ever finish at this tournament placing 5th in overall sweepstakes just as we did in 2016 and 2020. 9 of CA's speech entries advanced to the elimination rounds with Andrew Lim and Tess Courts reaching the final round of Declamation placing 2nd and 8th respectively. JR Cobb, Nitya Nalamothu, and Maris James all reached the quarterfinal round of Extemporaneous Speaking; and JR, Nitya, Maris, and Christain Herrera all broke to the quarterfinal round of Impromptu Speaking with JR advancing to the semifinal round before being eliminated. Andrew Lim double broke as well reaching the quarterfinal round of Original Oratory, and Mickey Lewis placed 3rd in Oral Interpretation. On the debate side CA had 4 LDers advance to the elimination rounds the most of any school. Rohen Giralt and Anna Titcomb were octafinalists, Casey Powell lost in quarterfinals on a split 2-1 decision, and Natasha Sachar lost in semifinals on a split 2-1 decision. Natasha was the second place speaker and Casey was the 3rd Place Speaker. In Public Forum Debate the team of Fiona Hu and Ella Zhang reached the double octafinal round, and in Student Congress Will Capps reached the semifinal round after placing 4th in his prelim chamber.
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