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Hockaday Closes Out the Vassar Round Robin

posted by Jon Cruz on September 10th, 2006

Joan Gass and Lindsay Dolan

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - The Vassar Round Robin has just concluded with the first close-out in its history: the Hockaday School’s Joan Gass and Lindsay Dolan advanced to the final exhibition and were declared co-champions. The tournament drew sixteen very talented and highly promising third- and second-year debaters from across America to the Vassar College campus for two days.

Joan and Lindsay are coached by Stacy Thomas, Tom Evnen, and Matt Shields.

THE FINAL EXHIBITION
Hockaday JG and Hockaday LD close out.

CO-CHAMPIONS
Hockaday JG (Joan Gass)
Hockaday LD (Lindsay Dolan)

—
ROSE
1. Joan Gass (The Hockaday School, TX) [14-0]
2. Kyle Tatz (Scarsdale High School, NY) [12-2]
3. Corey Metzman (Montgomery Bell Academy, TN) [8-6]
Muthu Allagapan (Bellaire High School, TX)
Hana Ahmed (Lake Highland Preparatory School, FL)
Isaac Bloch (Berkeley Carroll School, NY)
Michael Grassmeyer (St. Louis Park High School, MN)
Rohit Ramkumar (Lynbrook High School, CA)

GRAY
1. Lindsay Dolan (The Hockaday School, TX) [12-2]
2. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Preparatory School, FL) [10-4]
3. Billy Ray (Mount Vernon High School, WA) [9-5]
Maeshal Abid (Valley High School, IA)
Robbie Grabowitz (Hendrick Hudson High School, NY)
Melanie Plaza (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
Usha Sahay (Millburn High School, NJ)
Phillip Wiggins (Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School, TX)

—
TOP SPEAKERS
1. Joan Gass (The Hockaday School, TX)
2. Lindsay Dolan (The Hockaday School, TX)
3. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Preparatory School, FL)

—
THE FIRST ROUND
Bellaire MA vs. Berkeley Carroll IB (Peter Petraro, Petey Gil)
Hockaday JG vs. Scarsdale KT (Adhar Srivastava, Chris Blaine)
Lynbrook RR vs. Lake Highland HA (Gary Johnson, Rebecca Sivitz)
St. Louis Park MG vs. MBA CM (Dave McGinnis, Michael Boyle)

Hendrick Hudson RG vs. Trinity Prep RS (George Clemens, Todd Fine)
Millburn US vs. Hockaday LD (Elizabeth Zahler, Caitlin Halpern)
Mount Vernon BR vs. Strake Jesuit PW (Shoshana Gordon-Ginsburg, Jim Shapiro)
Valley MA vs. Bronx Science MP (Matt Shields, Chetan Hertzig)

THE SECOND ROUND
MBA CM vs. Lynbrook RR (Chris Blaine, George Clemens)
Lake Highland HA vs. Bellaire MA (Elizabeth Zahler, Shoshana Gordon-Ginsburg)
Berkeley Carroll IB vs. Hockaday JG (Rebecca Sivitz, Ernie Rose)
Scarsdale KT vs. St. Louis Park MG (Jim Shapiro, Todd Fine)

Hockaday LD vs. Mount Vernon BR (Chetan Hertzig, Gary Johnson)
Bronx Science MP vs. Millburn US (Peter Petraro, Michael Boyle)
Strake Jesuit PW vs. Hendrick Hudson RG (Caitlin Halpern, Matt Shields)
Trinity Prep RS vs. Valley MA (Nick Camp, Adhar Srivastava)

THE THIRD ROUND
Bellaire MA vs. MBA CM (Adhar Srivastava, Jim Shapiro)
Hockaday JG vs. Lake Highland HA (Dave McGinnis, Todd Fine)
Lynbrook RR vs. Scarsdale KT (Peter Petraro, Elizabeth Zahler)
St. Louis Park MG vs. Berkeley Carroll IB (Matt Shields, George Clemens)

Hendrick Hudson RG vs. Hockaday LD (Petey Gil, Michael Boyle)
Valley MA vs. Strake Jesuit PW (Chris Blaine, Rebecca Sivitz)
Millburn US vs. Trinity Prep RS (Ernie Rose, Shoshana Gordon-Ginsburg)
Mount Vernon BR vs. Bronx Science MP (Caitlin Halpern, Nick Camp)

THE FOURTH ROUND
MBA CM vs. Hockaday JG (Joe Vaughan, Petey Gil)
Scarsdale KT vs. Bellaire MA (Ernie Rose, Chetan Hertzig)
Berkeley Carroll IB vs. Lynbrook RR (Michael Boyle, Nick Camp)
Lake Highland HA vs. St. Louis Park MG (Chris Blaine, Caitlin Halpern)

Hockaday LD vs. Valley MA (Todd Fine, Peter Petraro)
Trinity Prep RS vs. Mount Vernon BR (Matt Shields, Rebecca Sivitz)
Strake Jesuit PW vs. Millburn US (Dave McGinnis, Adhar Srivastava)
Bronx Science MP vs. Hendrick Hudson RG (Gary Johnson, Shoshana Gordon-Ginsburg)

THE FIFTH ROUND
Scarsdale KT vs. Lake Highland HA (Peter Petraro, Petey Gil)
Hockaday JG vs. Lynbrook RR (Chetan Hertzig, Caitlin Halpern)
Bellaire MA vs. St. Louis Park MG (Rebecca Sivitz, Nick Camp)
Berkeley Carroll IB vs. MBA CM (Todd Fine, Shoshana Gordon-Ginsburg)

Millburn US vs. Hendrick Hudson RG (Joe Vaughan, Dave McGinnis)
Strake Jesuit PW vs. Bronx Science MP (Tracey Bessire, Ernie Rose)
Hockaday LD vs. Trinity Prep RS (Jim Shapiro, Chris Blaine)
Mount Vernon BR vs. Valley MA (Elizabeth Zahler, Gary Johnson)

THE SIXTH ROUND
St. Louis Park MG vs. Hockaday JG (Peter Petraro, Shoshana Gordon-Ginsburg)
Scarsdale KT vs. MBA CM (Gary Johnson, Nick Camp)
Lake Highland HA vs. Berkeley Carroll IB (Adhar Srivastava, Chetan Hertzig)
Lynbrook RR vs. Bellaire MA (Todd Fine, Matt Shields)

Bronx Science MP vs. Hockaday LD (Dave McGinnis, Joe Vaughan)
Trinity Prep RS vs. Strake Jesuit PW (Michael Boyle, Elizabeth Zahler)
Valley MA vs. Millburn US (George Clemens, Jim Shapiro)
Hendrick Hudson RG vs. Mount Vernon BR (Ernie Rose, Chris Blaine)

THE SEVENTH ROUND
Bellaire MA vs. Hockaday JG (Gary Johnson, Chris Blaine)
Lynbrook RR vs. St. Louis Park MG (Petey Gil, Adhar Srivastava)
Berkeley Carroll IB vs. Scarsdale KT (Caitlin Halpern, Dave McGinnis)
MBA CM vs. Lake Highland HA (Michael Boyle, Ernie Rose)

Hockaday LD vs. Strake Jesuit PW (Nick Camp, Joe Vaughan)
Valley MA vs. Hendrick Hudson RG (Elizabeth Zahler, Peter Petraro)
Millburn US vs. Mount Vernon BR (Todd Fine, George Clemens)
Bronx Science MP vs. Trinity Prep RS (Chetan Hertzig, Rebecca Sivitz)

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74 Responses to “Hockaday Closes Out the Vassar Round Robin”

  1. j he
    Posted from: 64.136.27.227

    September 9th, 2006 06:26
    1

    woot melanie! we’re cheering for you swtie =)

    M A P

  2. Tom Blaser
    Posted from: 12.207.22.14

    September 9th, 2006 06:38
    2

    go maeshal go.

  3. Glenbrook North JP
    Posted from: 75.2.81.199

    September 9th, 2006 07:02
    3

    good luck Corey and Maeshal!

  4. Juli
    Posted from: 209.98.146.245

    September 9th, 2006 07:04
    4

    Go Michael - choose well!

  5. GOD
    Posted from: 64.136.27.227

    September 9th, 2006 07:10
    5

    I vote Melanie Anne Plaza!

  6. Jordan G
    Posted from: 69.23.241.111

    September 9th, 2006 07:13
    6

    Nice, now that Tatz and Maeshal are in separate pods, I can support them both…

  7. Alyson Promes
    Posted from: 67.8.181.39

    September 9th, 2006 07:17
    7

    Hana you rule and I

  8. SymHom
    Posted from: 71.247.92.60

    September 9th, 2006 07:18
    8

    Good luck Mel!

  9. Alyson Promes
    Posted from: 67.8.181.39

    September 9th, 2006 07:20
    9

    k so my original post didn’t work. it was supposed to read “you rule and i heart you, you go guuurrrrlll” k thanks.

  10. Siddhartha Gautama
    Posted from: 64.136.27.227

    September 9th, 2006 07:20
    10

    He who sees the Plaza, sees a champion; he who sees a champion, sees the Plaza.

    Seek Enlightenment and follow the way of the Dhamma - vote M. A. Plaza.

  11. pam
    Posted from: 72.153.43.173

    September 9th, 2006 07:25
    11

    yay corey, grassmeyer, and maeshal!

  12. narayan
    Posted from: 67.161.35.149

    September 9th, 2006 07:28
    12

    good luck rohit!

  13. Allah through Muhammad
    Posted from: 64.136.27.227

    September 9th, 2006 07:40
    13

    Look to the east where the sun rises then the west where it sets - I will gladly ride a camel to Vassar in support of MP!

  14. Jesus Christ
    Posted from: 64.136.27.227

    September 9th, 2006 07:49
    14

    Forgive those Father, who drop Melanie Ann, they know not what they do. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from loss. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, Now and Forever. Amen.

  15. L. Ron Hubbard
    Posted from: 64.136.27.227

    September 9th, 2006 07:57
    15

    Although I failed physics, I never fail to support Bronx Science MP.

  16. Ganesha
    Posted from: 64.136.27.227

    September 9th, 2006 08:16
    16

    I shall extend one of my many arms in your favor, young MAP.

  17. Jason Zhou
    Posted from: 146.115.67.50

    September 9th, 2006 08:19
    17

    Shylock and Maeshal win win win

  18. Unitarian Universalists
    Posted from: 64.136.27.227

    September 9th, 2006 08:23
    18

    Go Melanie!

  19. archit
    Posted from: 71.135.33.15

    September 9th, 2006 08:49
    19

    lets go rohit

  20. Elizabeth
    Posted from: 150.108.232.37

    September 9th, 2006 09:00
    20

    GO MELANIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  21. pace az
    Posted from: 24.99.106.184

    September 9th, 2006 09:12
    21

    yeaaa corey

  22. Jeff Damasco
    Posted from: 66.245.10.130

    September 9th, 2006 09:51
    22

    Go Billy! Way to represent the west coast and the Vaughan/Parker/Levi advar lab!

  23. Bronx Science team
    Posted from: 205.188.116.204

    September 9th, 2006 09:59
    23

    Melanie’s gonna ROCK vassar!!!!!

  24. Anna Ward
    Posted from: 71.146.40.229

    September 9th, 2006 10:43
    24

    come on, arew!

  25. New Yorker
    Posted from: 64.12.116.139

    September 9th, 2006 11:39
    25

    Isaac and Melanie bring it back to N.Y.
    We love and respect you both.

  26. lynbrook
    Posted from: 67.120.92.35

    September 9th, 2006 12:00
    26

    GO ROHIT!! We’re rooting for you!

  27. Naveen Jayaraman
    Posted from: 69.115.223.185

    September 9th, 2006 13:40
    27

    go chris blaine! yeah!

  28. Miles
    Posted from: 161.253.35.100

    September 9th, 2006 14:45
    28

    good luck, ravi

  29. JSun
    Posted from: 66.32.121.9

    September 9th, 2006 15:48
    29

    go kick ass corey

  30. Nixxi
    Posted from: 64.115.229.186

    September 9th, 2006 16:03
    30

    So, people are going to be judged by the judge they supplied also??
    GO MELANIE!!

  31. Jon Cruz
    Posted from: 75.193.139.219

    September 9th, 2006 16:37
    31

    Nixxi, what are you talking about?

  32. Dave McGinnis
    Posted from: 12.33.93.2

    September 9th, 2006 19:01
    32

    I still say it should have been the Rose and McGinnis pods.

  33. Muthu Fan
    Posted from: 207.235.225.1

    September 9th, 2006 19:24
    33

    Muthu’s ballot count will be among the stars!

  34. Jishnu
    Posted from: 72.177.166.171

    September 9th, 2006 20:02
    34

    Good luck Muthu and Philip

  35. Jon Kwan
    Posted from: 70.137.137.113

    September 9th, 2006 20:06
    35

    rohit represent!!

  36. lynbr00k
    Posted from: 71.141.148.32

    September 9th, 2006 20:26
    36

    w00t ROHIT

  37. Laura Bomes
    Posted from: 207.200.116.74

    September 9th, 2006 20:26
    37

    Goodluck Usha, Phil, Isaac and Melanie : )

  38. panda
    Posted from: 71.250.170.2

    September 10th, 2006 06:28
    38

    i like people

  39. Jake McNulty
    Posted from: 69.249.68.171

    September 10th, 2006 06:42
    39

    Is Chris Blaine moving to Chicago? I hope he stays in New Jerz…he’s awesome

  40. panda
    Posted from: 71.250.170.2

    September 10th, 2006 06:51
    40

    jake: from wat he told us at districts he was goinggggg. not sure tho.

  41. VS
    Posted from: 162.84.210.176

    September 10th, 2006 08:13
    41

    Wow!

    Great job to all who represented, especially Melanie who did excpetionally well.Also, congrats to Kyle for being 2nd in his pod.

  42. matt aks
    Posted from: 152.163.100.71

    September 10th, 2006 08:24
    42

    SWT TATZ!

  43. Laura R
    Posted from: 72.64.66.195

    September 10th, 2006 08:25
    43

    congrats to joan and lindsay! you girls deserve it

    also, props to phil

  44. panda
    Posted from: 71.250.170.2

    September 10th, 2006 08:42
    44

    o snap! go joan and tatz!

  45. Alok
    Posted from: 68.119.117.51

    September 10th, 2006 08:46
    45

    JOAN! - and then I saw your faceeeee…

    haha congrats joan. Corey - congrats for repping the TN district.

  46. Jake Nebel
    Posted from: 68.202.19.152

    September 10th, 2006 08:49
    46

    hooray for hockaday and, of course, mr. sankar!

  47. Allison Huberlie
    Posted from: 69.21.250.240

    September 10th, 2006 08:53
    47

    Even though Joan is the troublemaker of the Rawls lab, she’s still great—congrats!

    Congrats also to Lindsay on a second consecutive final round appearance at the Vassar RR-awesome job!

  48. narayan
    Posted from: 67.161.35.149

    September 10th, 2006 08:59
    48

    congrats rohit on ur first rr!

  49. eric perelman
    Posted from: 69.167.124.106

    September 10th, 2006 09:23
    49

    congrats corey

  50. j he
    Posted from: 64.136.27.227

    September 10th, 2006 09:23
    50

    congrats hockaday! what an achievement!

    you did an awesome job melanie - we’re all very proud of you. i know you’re going to be a great ND next week =)

    lots and lots of love

  51. Naveen Jayaraman
    Posted from: 69.115.223.185

    September 10th, 2006 09:41
    51

    congrats to everyone and stuff

    jake: his facebook says he’s still in NJ working someplace but facebook is hella sketch anyway so…i guess that’s sort of an answer to your question.

  52. Jordan G
    Posted from: 69.23.241.111

    September 10th, 2006 09:47
    52

    Tatz pwns n00bz.

  53. neil basu
    Posted from: 162.83.192.230

    September 10th, 2006 09:48
    53

    troublemaker joan wreaks havoc with a big bad 14-0… good job repping a very strange rawls lab

    ttaaaaaatttzzzz… congrats on being awesome

  54. kevin
    Posted from: 71.70.246.134

    September 10th, 2006 10:21
    54

    congrats joan

    nice job corey!

  55. abby m
    Posted from: 128.36.89.24

    September 10th, 2006 10:53
    55

    Way to rock it, Hockaday! your alums are very proud :)

  56. panda
    Posted from: 71.250.170.2

    September 10th, 2006 11:01
    56

    i love neil basu :)

  57. Anjan
    Posted from: 69.140.147.77

    September 10th, 2006 11:15
    57

    Congrats to the Hockadaisies and the extraordinary coaching staff of Stacy, Tom, and Matt!

  58. aaron m
    Posted from: 70.104.139.213

    September 10th, 2006 11:34
    58

    Congrats, Kyle.

  59. Greer Feick
    Posted from: 69.3.114.242

    September 10th, 2006 12:34
    59

    congrats lindsay!

  60. Sophie
    Posted from: 68.202.28.105

    September 10th, 2006 13:36
    60

    I love Hana Ahmed

  61. JSun
    Posted from: 66.32.121.9

    September 10th, 2006 13:55
    61

    nice job corey, cya at wake

  62. Alyson Promes
    Posted from: 67.8.181.39

    September 10th, 2006 13:58
    62

    I too love Hana Ahmed; she rocks my world.

  63. Matt Hershey
    Posted from: 69.118.141.9

    September 10th, 2006 15:54
    63

    Good job Tatz

  64. Chetan
    Posted from: 71.232.110.115

    September 10th, 2006 16:02
    64

    I spent approximately 18 hours in a car this weekend, but it was worth it (I think).

    Congrats to all the competitors, especially Lindsay and Joan (the Troublemaker to End All Troublemakers), and thanks to Jon for doing his usual spectacular job.

  65. Miles
    Posted from: 161.253.35.100

    September 10th, 2006 16:19
    65

    congrats to hockaday for the close out, and to ravi, who will be a force to be reckoned with for the next two years

  66. mostafa
    Posted from: 24.16.112.123

    September 10th, 2006 16:27
    66

    RESPEK TO MY MAIN MAN BILLY MF RAY

  67. Michael Boyle
    Posted from: 66.92.163.42

    September 10th, 2006 17:01
    67

    How Chetan spent more time in a car than me is a question best left unanswered (and I drove to and from DC - but I averaged 80 on the highway on the way back and 75 on the way up). Nice to meet some new faces in the coaches and students, all of whom have a very good future in front of them.

    And, of course, thanks to Dave McGinnis and Jon Gordon for the tournament entertainment :) !

  68. Melanie Plaza
    Posted from: 152.163.100.71

    September 10th, 2006 17:33
    68

    Congratulations Lindsay and Joan! You’re both awesome.

    Thank you J Cruz for running a great RR. The food, judging, and the pretty trophies made Vassar amazing. The participants made the competition intense, but the down time fun.

  69. Charlie
    Posted from: 147.9.41.181

    September 11th, 2006 10:25
    69

    I just want to say that Joan is absolutely amazing. I debated her last year and it was so much fun.

    And to hockaday as a whole, way to turn out so many debaters that are not only good, but fun for everyone to debate.

  70. Chris Castillo
    Posted from: 64.12.116.139

    September 11th, 2006 10:43
    70

    congratulations joan, lindsay, and stacy thomas. very impressive.

  71. Will Hix
    Posted from: 24.2.30.160

    September 11th, 2006 13:41
    71

    Joan, you know I love you darling…sorry you couldn’t be at the Classic but I’m sure we’ll meet up at Greenhill. Congrats to all the winners! Dude! 14-0! z0mg!

  72. nathan abell
    Posted from: 67.164.149.57

    September 11th, 2006 19:10
    72

    i fear hockaday.

    yayyyy joan and lindsay.

  73. john lewis
    Posted from: 129.116.12.44

    September 11th, 2006 19:49
    73

    this is only the beginning for stacy thomas and the hockaday machine…grats to lindsay and joan

  74. Dan Sheehan
    Posted from: 71.139.189.74

    September 11th, 2006 20:05
    74

    congrats to the hockaday girls and stacy/tom/matt - the whole team keeps on amazing me

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