DUKE 2019

37 members of the Cary Academy Speech and Debate team traveled to Durham on Saturday October 5th to compete in the inaugural Duke Invitational hosted by the Duke University Speech team. CA had a fantastic showing winning sweepstakes after placing first out of a field of 39 schools representing 11 different states. The team's effort was led by a close out of Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, and first place finishes in both Declamation and Humorous Interpretation. The following students individual placements contributed to the team's overall victory:
Alex Lim-1st Place, Humorous Interpretation
Sydney Tai-1st Place- Declamation; 2nd Place- Program of Oral Interpretation
Bryan Fang-1st Place and 1st Place Speaker, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Kaeshev Alapati-2nd Place and 4th Speaker, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Bayla Sheshadri-2nd Place, Original Oratory
Noor Alam-4th Place, Declamation; 6th Place-Impromptu Speaking
Christian Herrara and Nash Brown- 4th Place, Novice Public Forum Debate
Emily Zhen-5th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Olivia Zimmerman-5th Place, Program of Oral Interpretation
Claire Ferris-6th Place, Program of Oral Interpretation
Camryn Freidman-6th Place, Novice Congressional Debate
Michael Singleton & Evan Wirth-6th Place, Novice Public Forum
Casey Powell-7th Place & 3rd Place Speaker, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Sarah Zhao-7th Place Speaker, Varsity Public Forum Debate
Travis Kimball & Price Taylor-8th Place, Novice Public Forum Debate
Nash Brown-8th Place Speaker-Novice Public Forum Debate
William Su & Arjun Mandhare-9th Place-Novice Public Forum Debate
Emily Wang-12th Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Allie Chandler-16th Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate