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Lexington Takes the Westchester Classic; Bronx Science Wins Northeast Championships

posted by Ryan Hamilton on March 3rd, 2007

Vineet Singal, Seth Teleky, Matt Dunay, and Saboor Sheerazi

SHRUB OAK, NY - The Westchester Classic — which has a bid to the Tournament of Champions in policy debate at the semifinal level — held its final round of policy debate this morning. Congratulations to the finalists! The round featured Naomi Logan and Tom Burnett from Lexington High School and Robyn Gougelet and Joel Butterly from Hanover High School. Lexington defeated Hanover to claim this year’s Lakeland title.

The Westchester Classic was one part of this year’s expanded Lakeland District Debate Tournament. For the first time, Lakeland High School hosted the Northeast Championships. The Bronx High School of Science closed out both the Lincoln-Douglas debate division and the novice policy debate division. Congratulations to LD co-champions Matt Dunay, Seth Teleky, Saboor Sheerazi, and Vineet Singal! Congratulations as well to the four policy debate co-champions: the team of Diana Tive and Madison Gardiner, the team of Dylan Gorman and David Seidman, the team of Andrew Markoff and Zack Elias, and the team of Regan Bozman and Dee Yusuf.

Matt, Seth, Saboor, and Vineet are coached by Jon Cruz and Douglas Jeffers. Diana, Madison, Dylan, David, Andrew, Zack, Regan, and Dee are coached by Sarah M. Heaton, David Marks, and Todd Fine.


Varun Jayaraman and Adam Silver

In the final round of the Novice Northeast Championship, Bronx Science’s Adam Silver faced off against Ridge High School’s Varun Jayaraman. A panel of critics consisting of Newburgh Free Academy coaches and varsity policy debaters adjudicated, and on a 3-2 decision, Adam defeated Varun to take the novice title.

Adam is coached by Jon Cruz. Varun is coached by David Yastremski and Dario Camara.

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THE WESTCHESTER CLASSIC: POLICY DEBATE

OCTAS
(1) Lexington BL def. (16) Newburgh Free BK (Andrew Berg/Jayanth Kocherlakota)
(Heaton, Wilson, Lecavlier)
(2) Hanover BG def. (15) Lexington BK (Jacob Kim/Harsha Bhisetti)
(Manuel, Waldinger, Crotty)
(3) Edgemont SW def. (14) Bronx Science BM (Tracey Brown/Rosabella Magat)
(Sgro, Antonucci, Maurno)
(4) Lexington KM def. (13) Lexington CZ (Alex Cue/Alex Zendeh)
(5) Okemos GL def. (12) Bishop Guertin FH (Jackie Fabian/Mitch Hagney)
(Berthiaume, Faber, Song)
(6) Oak Park GL def. (11) Lexington MR (Frank Ren/John Mei)
(Anton, Marks, Mitchell)
(7) Cathedral Prep CH def. (10) Newburgh Free BB (Neil Bapodra/Anuj Bapodra)
(Sethan, Smith, Turner)
(8) Bronx Science HG def. (9) Lexington GS (Kelsey Savage/Lucas Gullardo)
(Best, Oliviera, Lantzy)

QUARTERS
(1) Lexington BL def. (8) Bronx Science HG (Lisa Ha/Kristina Gunnarsdottir) 2-1
(2) Hanover BG def. (7) Cathedral Prep CH (Leo Hayes/Mike Carlotti)
(3) Edgemont SW def. (6) Oak Park GL (Jonathan Libgober/Mary Gregg) 2-1
(4) Lexington KM def. (5) Okemos GL (Kevin Li/Tom Gliniecki) 2-1

SEMIS
(1) Lexington BL over (4) Lexington KM (Louis Katz/Stas Moroz)
(2) Hanover BG def. (3) Edgemont SW (Jeremy Sklaroff/Ian Webster)

FINALS
(1) Lexington BL vs. (2) Hanover BG

CHAMPIONS

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Joel Butterly (Hanover High School, NH)

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J.V. POLICY DEBATE BREAKOUT

SEMIS
(1) Newark Science ST def. (4) Eagle VM
(Castle, Marcal, Teng)
(2) Lexington CJ def. (3) Cathedral Prep PW
(Bencosme, Wright, Cajdler)

FINALS
(1) Newark Science ST vs. (2) Lexington CJ

J.V. CHAMPIONS

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THE NORTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIPS: LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

SEMIS
(1) Bronx Science MD, (2) Bronx Science ST, (3) Bronx Science SS, and (4) Bronx Science VS close out.

NORTHEAST CO-CHAMPIONS
(1) Bronx Science MD (Matt Dunay)
(2) Bronx Science ST (Seth Teleky)
(3) Bronx Science SS (Saboor Sheerazi)
(4) Bronx Science VS (Vineet Singal)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Matt Dunay (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
2. Vineet Singal (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
3. Saboor Sheerazi (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
4. Sam Sanders (Byram Hills High School, NY)
5. Ben Weiss (Newburgh Free Academy, NY)

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THE NORTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIPS: NOVICE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
(1) Bronx Science AS def. (8) Scarsdale ET (Eric Thurm)
2-1 (Kirsch, Sweeney, Moreno)
(2) Ridge VJ over (7) Ridge JF (Jacqueline Ferrentino)
(3) Bronx Science BE def. (6) Hendrick Hudson DE (David Eisenberg)
2-1 (Zambito, Karr-Kaitin, Laster)
(5) Ridge HA def. (4) Bronx Science CL (Carolyn Lipp)
2-1 (Harris, *Curtis, Rothstein)

SEMIS
(1) Bronx Science AS def. (5) Ridge HA (Hiba Absousleiman)
3-0 (Jason Zhou, Rob Zambito, Karr-Kaitin)
(2) Ridge VJ def. (3) Bronx Science BE (Bobby Esnard)
3-0 (Andrew Harris, Lucia Moreno, Matt Rothstein)

FINALS
(1) Bronx Science AS def. (2) Ridge VJ (Varun Jayaraman)
3-2 (*Sheryl Kaczmarek, Michael Bacon, Rob Zambito, Henry Curtis, *Lucia Moreno)

NORTHEAST NOVICE CHAMPION
(1) Bronx Science AS (Adam Silver)

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TOP NOVICE SPEAKERS
1. Varun Jayaraman (Ridge High School, NJ)
2. Bobby Esnard (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
3. David Eisenberg (Hendrick Hudson High School, NY)
4. Adam Silver (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
5. Jacqueline Ferrentino (Ridge High School, NJ)
6. Carolyn Lipp (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
7. Arielle Kellman (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
8. Alli Gofman (Hendrick Hudson High School, NY)

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THE NORTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIPS: NOVICE POLICY DEBATE

QUARTERS
(1) Bronx Science GT def. (8) Lexington AU (Noha Ahmed/Rebecca Ukaegbu)
2-1 (Perrotto, O’Donnell, Lowenstein)
(2) Bronx Science GS def. (7) Bishop Guertin KL (Sean Kelly/Teresa Li)
3-0 (Teng, Mizerak, Liskov)
(3) Bronx Science EM def. (6) Lexington CW (Jack Curtis/Peter Wang)
2-1 (Reichert, Nelson, Spanier)
(4) Bronx Science BY over (5) Bronx Science IK (Ian Irlander/Scott Khamphoune)

SEMIS
(1) Bronx Science GT, (2) Bronx Science GS, (3) Bronx Science EM, and (4) Bronx Science BY close out.

NOVICE NORTHEAST CO-CHAMPIONS
(1) Bronx Science GT (Madison Gardiner/Diana Tive)
(2) Bronx Science GS (Dylan Gorman/David Seidman)
(3) Bronx Science ME (Andrew Markoff/Zack Elias)
(4) Bronx Science BY (Regan Bozman/Dee Yusuf)

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TOP NOVICE SPEAKERS
1. Madison Gardiner (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
2. Andrew Markoff (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
3. Dylan Gorman (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
4. Diana Tive (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
5. David Seidman (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
6. Zack Elias (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
7. Dee Yusuf (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
8. Regan Bozman (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)

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49 Responses to “Lexington Takes the Westchester Classic; Bronx Science Wins Northeast Championships”

  1. Ken
    Posted from: 69.118.141.9

    March 3rd, 2007 13:12
    1

    SEMIS
    (1) Bronx Science MD, (2) Bronx Science ST, (3) Bronx Science SS, and (4) Bronx Science VS close out.

    CO-CHAMPIONS
    (1) Bronx Science MD (Matt Dunay)
    (2) Bronx Science ST (Seth Teleky)
    (3) Bronx Science SS (Saboor Sheerazi)
    (4) Bronx Science VS (Vineet Singal)

    way to ruin outrounds for everyone

  2. Ken
    Posted from: 69.118.141.9

    March 3rd, 2007 13:12
    2

    p.s. good job clearing (and possibly winning some outrounds) thurm

  3. Victory Briefs Daily, the #1 website for High School Debaters » Blog Archive » Live from TFA State, OHSSL State, TFL State, FFL State
    Posted from: 205.134.251.132

    March 3rd, 2007 13:29
    3

    […] UPDATE: A list of Florida qualifiers have been posted. Live coverage from the Westchester Classic and Northeast Regional Championships is ongoing as well. […]

  4. Christina H
    Posted from: 162.84.163.204

    March 3rd, 2007 14:06
    4

    Great job everyone from Bronx Science!

  5. Glen
    Posted from: 69.249.94.148

    March 3rd, 2007 14:11
    5

    Dude, Bronx Science OWNED this tournament.
    congrats matt, seth,saboor, and vineet

  6. impressive
    Posted from: 207.172.105.118

    March 3rd, 2007 14:53
    6

    haha bronx science FINALLY did well at a tournament. good job vbi.

  7. Thurm
    Posted from: 67.87.135.47

    March 3rd, 2007 15:43
    7

    Thanks Ken… Good job to Varun and Adam… I’m sure it was/will be a great round.

    And Adam, you better 5-0. Sorry Varun, but that means I was the only one who made him lose a ballot! :P

  8. Thurm
    Posted from: 67.87.135.47

    March 3rd, 2007 15:44
    8

    Oh, and both semis rounds were 3-0, I’m pretty sure.

  9. Thurm
    Posted from: 67.87.135.47

    March 3rd, 2007 15:46
    9

    Too late…

  10. Angela Dallara
    Posted from: 137.238.140.140

    March 3rd, 2007 16:12
    10

    Actually, Bronx Science has done consistently well at tourneys this year. But we’ve been expecting this closeout for a while. ;D I’m in love with Matt, Seth, Saboor, and Vineet. You guys are the best. And congrats Adam and Bobby for not surprising me, either. (Bobby, I told you.. ;D)

  11. Matt Hershey
    Posted from: 69.118.141.9

    March 3rd, 2007 16:18
    11

    haha congrats Vineet, Seth, Matt, and Saboor. Also congrats to Thurm

  12. Elizabeth Tam
    Posted from: 69.86.64.230

    March 3rd, 2007 18:52
    12

    GO BRONX SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!

    CONGRATS MATT, SABOOR, SETH AND VINEET ON A SEMI’S CLOSE OUT, WHAT WHAT!!!

    CONGRATS TO THE NOVICE POLCIY SEMI’S CLOSE OUT, ADAM ON WINNING NOVICE LD, BOBBY, ARIELLE, AND CAROLYN (NOT CAROLINE) ON GETTING TOP SPEAKS!

    YOU GUYS ROCK MY WORLD!!!!!!

  13. Elizabeth Tam
    Posted from: 69.86.64.230

    March 3rd, 2007 18:53
    13

    oh yea, and congrats to matt, vineeeeeeeeeeet, and saboor on being the top 3 speakers!!!!!! i knew you guys could do it!!!

    nice job jon!!!!!!!

  14. naveen
    Posted from: 69.115.223.185

    March 3rd, 2007 18:58
    14

    congrats to those weird kids from the bronx team.

    also, congrats to that weird kid who lives in my house, who totally rocks

  15. .
    Posted from: 65.78.0.128

    March 3rd, 2007 19:00
    15

    yea Peter Wang!

  16. Matt
    Posted from: 74.64.86.170

    March 3rd, 2007 19:05
    16

    Congrats to the Bronx JV LDers who dominated. Nice

  17. sam sanders
    Posted from: 69.120.237.202

    March 3rd, 2007 19:11
    17

    congrats to bronx! they did a consistently excellent job this weekend and completely deserved their incredible closeout in jv ld, among awards in other divisions.

  18. Theresa Tharakan
    Posted from: 68.161.58.51

    March 3rd, 2007 19:22
    18

    YAY MATT, SETH, VINEET, SABOOR, ADAM, AND BOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBY!!!! And of course to all the policy debaters who closed out the novice field and did well in varsity!!!! WHOO Bronx Science!

  19. nc
    Posted from: 24.215.141.51

    March 3rd, 2007 20:21
    19

    Congrats to y’all.
    And I like how I found out from Matt Thomas about the closeout.

    Congrats to Bobby FINALLY finishing his qual :D

    And to post #6, stfu. It’s better than you could do.

  20. Jon Cruz
    Posted from: 68.175.60.62

    March 3rd, 2007 22:35
    20

    Thank you so much to Stefan Bauschard for doing a great job running the annual Westchester Classic, and to Michael Bacon and Sheryl Kaczmarek for creating and directing this new Northeast championship for novices and second-year debaters. We were excited to be a part of this new tournament and I know I speak for the entire team when I thank you for the obvious effort that went into organizing it.

    Congratulations to Matt, Seth, Saboor, Vineet, Adam, Madison, Diana, Dylan, David, Andrew, Zack, Regan, and Dee on their triumphs this weekend, and to all of the other Bronx Science debaters who placed as well!

    I am very proud of you. When I first came to the school three years ago, I knew rebuilding the program would be a process, and I am very excited about and proud of how far ALL of you have progressed since then. It is an honor and a joy to work with all of you. I’m looking forward to seeing you accumulate continued successes this year and down the road.

    Good job.

  21. Stuti
    Posted from: 76.211.240.82

    March 3rd, 2007 22:46
    21

    good job matt d!

  22. yatesh
    Posted from: 75.73.105.13

    March 3rd, 2007 23:27
    22

    The higher seed won all but one (a #5 over a #4) of the completed rounds.

  23. Doug Jeffers
    Posted from: 128.194.66.38

    March 4th, 2007 00:10
    23

    Well done Matt, Seth, Vineet, and Saboor. I’m proud of you guys.

    -Doug

  24. Adam
    Posted from: 75.43.181.66

    March 4th, 2007 00:58
    24

    Congratulations Vineet on another job well done!

    I’m glad to see your hard work has paid off yet again!

  25. greghertz
    Posted from: 69.249.88.35

    March 4th, 2007 07:34
    25

    Varun is soo good!

  26. Joseph Gazzola
    Posted from: 66.108.30.135

    March 4th, 2007 07:39
    26

    Congrats to all of the Bronx Science debaters, especially Matt, Saboor, Vineet, Seth, Tracey, Rosa, Kristina, and Lisa!

    And congrats to Jon Cruz, who has put his heart and soul into this team — and who has the foresight and patience required to build a formidable debate team.

  27. Andrew Lopes
    Posted from: 69.115.173.29

    March 4th, 2007 12:17
    27

    Congratulations to Varun!!

  28. Henry
    Posted from: 67.80.219.183

    March 4th, 2007 13:21
    28

    Congratz Varun!

  29. Melanie Plaza
    Posted from: 64.12.117.8

    March 4th, 2007 14:00
    29

    Congrats Matt, Saboor, Seth, and Vineet. I am overcome with joy for all of you. : )

    Great job Adam, Bobby, and Carolyn! This is just the beginning.

    And congrats as well to Bronx novice policy and Lisa, Kristina, Tracy, and Bella!

    Nice job JCruz.

  30. Saieed
    Posted from: 151.204.150.214

    March 4th, 2007 14:19
    30

    Omg…Bronx Science totally rocks.

    Congrats to Xtina, Lisa. You are so gonna get the at large for your billionth bid round.

    And congrats to all the novices and second yearers both in LD and Policy.

    ANDREW ROCKS MY SOCKS. Woo

  31. Person
    Posted from: 72.80.38.120

    March 4th, 2007 14:46
    31

    Ughh…Bronx…so ignorant but yet so naive

  32. naveen
    Posted from: 69.115.223.185

    March 4th, 2007 15:00
    32

    how are those two things different?

  33. john lewis
    Posted from: 129.116.10.13

    March 4th, 2007 15:19
    33

    good job saboor

  34. saboor
    Posted from: 24.90.121.48

    March 4th, 2007 15:51
    34

    i think we should all take the time to wish naveen a happy birthday!

  35. Edward Kim
    Posted from: 66.65.14.71

    March 4th, 2007 16:32
    35

    jesus christ, good job bronx kids… semis closeout isnt shabby

  36. Jon Cruz
    Posted from: 68.175.60.62

    March 4th, 2007 16:45
    36

    Agreed. Happy birthday!

  37. panda
    Posted from: 68.196.115.198

    March 4th, 2007 16:46
    37

    VARUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

    and i guess the other ridge kidz are ok too. i keeed i keeed.

  38. Melanie Plaza
    Posted from: 152.163.100.198

    March 4th, 2007 17:28
    38

    Happy Birthday Naveen!

  39. Varun Jayaraman
    Posted from: 130.132.143.49

    March 4th, 2007 17:38
    39

    its not naveen’s birthday! Saboor was lying!

  40. naveen
    Posted from: 69.115.223.185

    March 4th, 2007 17:42
    40

    lies!

  41. Pratusha
    Posted from: 71.198.248.243

    March 4th, 2007 17:46
    41

    how does that work? lexington GK’s names seem to be wrong

  42. Jon Cruz
    Posted from: 68.175.60.62

    March 4th, 2007 18:33
    42

    Pratusha - I agree, but those are the names (and the code) that appeared in the results and on the bracket. I’ll fix the code.

  43. Lily
    Posted from: 70.23.62.80

    March 4th, 2007 18:33
    43

    woot woot!! congrats bronx science !!

  44. Emilija Landsbegis
    Posted from: 74.65.202.44

    March 4th, 2007 18:43
    44

    CONGRATS TO BRONX SCIENCE!
    Im soooo proud of you all!
    Bobby, Carolyn, Vinnet, Seth, Dunay Saboor,and adam u rock!!
    And then to Dee,Regan, Diana, Madison, Dylan, David, Andrew, Zack for closing out Semis in policy!

  45. Bobby Esnard
    Posted from: 72.80.223.34

    March 4th, 2007 19:42
    45

    Vamur is soooooooooo good. i can’t believe i was 3rd seed

  46. Varun Jayaraman
    Posted from: 130.132.143.49

    March 4th, 2007 20:45
    46

    was that a typo of my name?

  47. Kartik Shastri
    Posted from: 209.122.160.124

    March 5th, 2007 08:53
    47

    Congrats to Lex for beasting in varsity policy, and to Bronx for dominating

  48. Seth
    Posted from: 24.215.130.214

    March 5th, 2007 19:44
    48

    Happy fake bday naveen!

  49. Abhi Elisetty
    Posted from: 208.120.130.198

    March 18th, 2008 18:41
    49

    —
    TOP SPEAKERS
    1. Madison Gardiner (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
    2. Andrew Markoff (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
    3. Dylan Gorman (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
    4. Diana Tive (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
    5. David Seidman (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
    6. Zack Elias (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
    7. Dee Yusuf (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
    8. Regan Bozman (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
    loll

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