Will Leiter Wins the Palo Alto Voices Round Robin

posted by Jon Cruz on April 16th, 2005

Will Leiter

PALO ALTO, CA - Congratulations to Will Leiter of Monte Vista High School and Stephen Hess of Mountain View High School for advancing to the demo round of the Palo Alto Voices Round Robin. Will and Stephen were first and second seeds, respectively. On a 4-1 decision - the round was adjudicated by John McKay, Sonya Mehta, Daniel Sheehan, Alex Smith (who dissented), and a three-person guest panel whose votes were combined and counted as one. (The guest panel of Sophie Asher, Rashmi Rikhy, and Byron Ruby voted 2-1 in favor of Will; Byron was the squirrel.)

Will is coached by David Matley, Larry McGrath, and Ryan Lawrence. Stephen is coached by Eric Palmer and Navot Tidhar.

John McKay, the founder and executive director of the Voices Foundation, notes: “Thanks for all those who came out to judge, many volunteering their time for Voices, and helping us raise over $500 for the foundation. Namely, huge thanks to Thomas Brugato, Ryan Lawrence, Bob Skimmyhorn, Andrew Garvin, Larry McGrath, Shyam Ravindran, Navot Tidhar, and Larry McGrath. Also thanks to Palo Alto High School for letting us use the rooms! Hope everyone had a good time.”

The official web site of the Voices Foundation for the Promotion of High School Debate will be unveiled in the near future.

DEMO ROUND
(1) Monte Vista WL def. (2) Mountain View [CA] SH (Stephen Hess)
4-1 (John McKay, Sonya Mehta, Daniel Sheehan, *Alex Smith, Guest Judges [Sophie Asher, Rashmi Rikhy, Byron Ruby])

CHAMPION
(1) Monte Vista WL (Will Leiter)

RESULTS
1. Monte Vista WL (Will Leiter) [10 ballots]
2. Mountain View SH (Stephen Hess) [7 ballots]
3. Mountain View PR (Prashant Rai) [6 ballots]
Lynbrook SM (Sonya Mehta)
La Jolla AS (Alex Smith)
Palo Alto DS (Daniel Sheehan)

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15 Responses to “Will Leiter Wins the Palo Alto Voices Round Robin”

John McKay
Posted from: 128.12.53.89

April 16th, 2005 21:22
1

Thanks for the post, Jon! One small correction: it was actualy Rashmi Rikhy on the guest panel.
sonya
Posted from: 63.193.118.145

April 17th, 2005 00:57
2

thanks for showing me how much i need to improve, guys. haha. i hope y’all do well at TOC. =)

are pictures going to be up? (especially the RR afterparty couch picture…scurr.)
sonya
Posted from: 63.193.118.145

April 17th, 2005 00:58
3

thanks for showing me how much i need to improve, guys. haha. i hope y’all do well at TOC. =)

are pictures going to be up? (especially the RR afterparty couch picture…scurr.)
douchebag
Posted from: 12.216.108.171

April 17th, 2005 01:08
4

“Thanks for all those who came out to judge, many volunteering their time for Voices, and helping us raise over $500 for the foundation. Namely, huge thanks to Thomas Brugato, Ryan Lawrence, Bob Skimmyhorn, Andrew Garvin, Larry McGrath, Shyam Ravindran, Navot Tidhar, and Larry McGrath. Also thanks to Palo Alto High School for letting us use the rooms! Hope everyone had a good time.”

Larry McGrath’s work was worth TWO thank you’s? awesome!
s.hess
Posted from: 67.124.49.254

April 17th, 2005 01:22
5

Dear douchebag,

yes

sincerely, big jew
josh marshall
Posted from: 138.16.16.206

April 17th, 2005 11:54
6

MARTHA! YES!
menlo atherton ds
Posted from: 67.169.191.28

April 17th, 2005 12:45
7

so alex, does the voices rr go on your list of “tournaments I hate”?
asmitty
Posted from: 204.210.37.132

April 17th, 2005 13:16
8

no, because the judging was great and the competition was fantastic. sorry you see bias where none exists.
s,hess
Posted from: 67.124.49.254

April 17th, 2005 13:21
9

shut up darian.
menlo atherton ds
Posted from: 67.169.191.28

April 17th, 2005 13:38
10

darian314159: you’re good at coming up with constructive criticism
lj asmitty: heres some constructive criticism: don’t be an asshole

HAHAHAHAHAHA WOW
menlo atherton ds
Posted from: 67.169.191.28

April 17th, 2005 13:45
11

sorry alex, it was just kinda funny in the moment, i’ll stop.
John McKay
Posted from: 128.12.53.89

April 17th, 2005 18:13
12

play nice kids
diane
Posted from: 128.12.94.42

April 17th, 2005 20:55
13

dude will, you let john take a photo of you and you/sheehan were throwing fits earlier about having pictures taken. =/

and by that, i mean congrats. =)

i’d also like to make a shoutout to john and everyone who volunteered their time to judge - it’s really great how this all came together. besides, hanging out at stanford in john’s giant room is hella more fun than staying at berkeley and being bombarded by the 490582 ppl who went for cal day.
Jacob Levi
Posted from: 162.84.240.201

April 17th, 2005 21:11
14

how did all the debaters debate the same number of rounds if prai and hess couldnt debate each other?
John McKay
Posted from: 128.12.53.89

April 17th, 2005 21:19
15

They did debate.

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