pinecrest open 2020

On Saturday September 26th 103 members of the Cary Academy Speech and Debate team, the most ever for a single tournament, competed virtually in the Pinecrest Open hosted by Pinecrest High School. The team turned in a dominant performance winning overall sweepstakes at this tournament for the thrid straight year. The following individual student placements contributed to the team's overall victory:
Alex Lim-1st Place, Dramatic Performance
Julia Young-1st Place, Extemporaneous Speaking & 4th Place, Original Ora
Bayla Sheshadri-1st Place, Informative Speaking
Sydney Tai-1st Place, Program of Oral Interpretation
Adam Farris & Andrew Lake-1st Place, Varsity Public Forum Debate
Maggie Su-1st Place, Novice Congressional Debate Chamber 1
Angelika Wang-1st Place, Novice Congressional Debate Chamber 2
Emily Zhen-2nd Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Sophia Liu-2nd Place, Impromptu Speaking & 3rd Place, Informative Speaking
Adam Levin & Maddie Alvarez-2nd Place, Novice Public Forum Debate
Jordan Miller-2nd Place, Program of Oral Interpretation
Sanjana Jotwani & Miles Rameee-2nd Place, Varsity Public Forum Debate
Austin Marchand-2nd Place, Novice Congressional Debate Chamber 1
William Capps-2nd Place, Novice Congressional Debate Chamber 2
Camryn Friedman-2nd Place, Varsity Congressional Debate Chamber 1
Emma Tang-3rd Place, Impromptu Speaking & 6th Place, Informative Speaking
Nitya Nalamothu-3rd Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Samuel Lee-3rd Place, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Dhiren Parvathaneni & Matthew Corkey-3rd Place, Novice Public Forum Debate
Elise Boyse-3rd Place, Original Oratory
Han Zhang & Aryan Nair-3rd Place, Varsity Public Forum Debate
Oliver Moore-3rd Place, Varsity Congressional Debate Chamber 2
Owen Kadis-4th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Kareena Sheshadri-4th Place Impromptu Speaking
Claire Ferris-4th Place, Program of Oral Interpretation
Katherine He-4th Place, Informative Speaking & 5th Place, Original Oratory
Salim Alvi-4th Place, Novice Congressional Debate Chamber 1
Alexander Moore-4th, Novice Congressional Debate Chamber 2
Priyanka Patel-4th Place, Varsity Congressional Debate Chamber 1
Ella Gupta-5th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Arjun Manhare-5th Place, Dramatic Performance
Lexie Davila-5th Place, Declamation & 6th Place, Impromptu Speaking
Grace Jaeger-Sandruck-5th Place, Program of Oral Interpretation
Allie Chandler-5th Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Maya Shah-5th Place, Novice Congressional Debate Chamber 2
Mickey Lewis-6th Place, Declamation
Anisha Rustogi-6th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Thuy Dzu & Sawyer Spector-6th Place, Novice Public Forum Debate
Dena Etkin-6th Place, Original Oratory
Christina Polge-6th Place, Program of Oral Interpretation
Natasha Sachar-6th Place, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Claire Kim-6th Place, Varsity Congressional Debate Chamber 2
Jiayin Hu & Aditi Ahuja-7th Place, Novice Public Forum Debate
Allen He & Neha Sharma-11th Place, Varsity Public Forum Debate