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The first Dogwood league tournament of the year saw 69 members of the Cary Academy Speech and Debate team travel to Fayetteville on Saturday October 12th to compete against competitors from 19 other schools from eastern North Carolina. After an intense day of competition CA emerged as the overall sweepstakes champion, the 8th straight Dogwood tournament that Cary Academy has won.  The teams effort was led by an extremely impressive performance on the speech side with 17 of CA's entries advancing to the final round, as well as a strong showing in Lincoln Douglas Debate taking 4 of the top 7 spots in Varsity and winning both first place and first place speaker in Novice. The following student's individual placements contributed to the team's overall victory:
Alex Lim- 1st Place, Dramatic Performance; 4th Place, Declamation
Sophia Liu-1st Place & Top Novice, Impromptu Speaking
Kat Browning-2nd Place, Impromptu Speaking
Katherine He- 2nd Place, Declamation
Emily Zhen-3rd Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Anisha Rustogi-4th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Sonia Shah-4th Place, Impromptu Speaking
Kali Bate-4th Place, Oral Interpretation
Bayla Sheshadri-4th Place, Original Oratory
Emma Tang-5th Place, Impromptu Speaking
Parker Courts-6th Place, Impromptu Speaking
Noor Alam-6th Place, Declamation; 9th Place, Impromptu Speaking
Chailyn Washington-Thompson & Jared Siedel-6th Place, Duo Interpretation
​Lexi Davlia-7th Place-Declamation
Kareen Sheshadri-8th Place, Impromptu Speaking
Elise Boyse-10th Place, Impromptu Speaking
Nitya Nalamothu-Top Novice, Extemporaneous Speaking
Arielle Curtis- Top Novice, Impromptu Speaking
Bryan Fang-1st Place and 2nd Place Speaker, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Anya Abhayakumar-1st Place Speaker, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Emily Wang-2nd Place  & 4th Place Speaker, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Jessica Zhong-3rd Place and 5th Place Speaker, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Will Aarons-3rd Place Speaker, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Casey Powell-5th Place & 6th Place Speaker, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Folu Ogundipe-7th Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Miles Ramee & Sanjana Jotwani-3rd Place, Varsity Public Forum Debate
Owen Kadis & Sarah Zhao-4th Place, Varsity Public Forum Debate
Andrew Lake-4th Place Speaker-Varsity Public Forum Debate
Eric Xing & Erin Singleton-5th Place, Varsity Public Forum Debate
 Han Zhang-5th Place Speaker, Varsity Public Forum Debate
Owen Kadis-6th Place Speaker, Varsity Public Forum Debate
Andrew Murgitroyd & Evan Chang-4th Place, Novice Public Forum Debate
Kyler Chen & Mark Cunningham-5th Place, Novice Public Forum Debate
Ritvik Nalamothu-3rd Place, Varsity Congressional Debate Chamber 1
Jay Sagrolikar-3rd Place, Varsity Congressional Debate Chamber 2