nsda districts 2020

20 members of the Cary Academy Speech and Debate team competed in the Tarheel East NSDA District Tournament for Speech and Debate events hosted virtually over the weekend of April 25th-26th. CA had an outstanding showing finishing second overall in sweepstakes and adding an additional 9 qualifers to the National Tournament in June. Qualifying to the Nationals were:

• Will Aarons-Lincoln Douglas Debate
• Arielle Curtis-Dramatic Interepretation
  
• Alex Lim-Humorous Interpretation
  
• Anisha Rustogi-International Extemporaneous Speaking
• Bayla Sheshadri-Original Oratory
  
• Sydney Tai-Program of Oral Interpretation
  
• Vicky Jin-United States Extemporaneous Speaking
• Han Zhang-World Schools Debate
  
• Emily Wang-World Schools Debate

The full results of the district tournament were as follows:
Will Aarons-3rd Place, Lincoln Douglas Debate
Abby Li & Sarah Zhao-5th Place, Public Forum Debate
Arielle Curtis-4th Place, Dramatic Interpretation
Jared Siedel & Chalilyn Washington-Thompson-3rd Place, Duo Interpretation
Alex Lim-1st Place, Humorous Interpretation
Bayla Sheshadri-3rd Place, Informative Speaking; 3rd Place, Original Oratory
Vicky Jin-2nd Place, International Extemporaneous Speaking; 2nd Place, United States Extemporaneous Speaking
Anisha Rustogi-3rd Place, International Extemporaneous Speaking; 4th Place, United States Extemporaneous Speaking
Julia Young-5th Place, Original Oratory
Sydney Tai-2nd Place, Program of Oral Interpretation
Olivia Zimmerman-4th Place, Program of Oral Interpretation