Ross Brown is Great Midwestern Novice Champion; Des Moines Roosevelt Takes Public Forum; St. Paul Central Wins Policy
Ross Brown and Rachel Umans
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Its name suggests something regional, but its field demonstrates how national it is: the Great Midwestern Novice Championships took place this weekend at Iowa City West High School. The final round featured a competitor from Iowa and a competitor from Maryland; in the round, Valley High School’s Ross Brown defeated Walt Whitman High School’s Rachel Umans to claim the GMNC title. Congratulations to both!
Ross is coached by Dixie Waldo, Ernie Rose, and Derek Smith. Rachel is coached by Anjan Choudhury and Tanya Choudhury.
Christopher Oman & Bianca Flores and Alex Edelman & Aaron Schifrin
Congratulations to the Des Moines Roosevelt High School team of Christopher Oman and Bianca Flores and the Walt Whitman High School team of Alex Edelman and Aaron Schifrin for advancing to the final round of Public Forum Debate. In the round, Des Moines Roosevelt bested Walt Whitman to win the tournament.
Christopher and Bianca are coached by Harry W. Strong, Nathan Fredericks, and Lori Glawe. Alex and Aaron are coached by Anjan Choudhury and Tanya Choudhury.
Congratulations as well to the team of Laura Johnson and Steve Quam from St. Paul Central High School and to the team of Luke Allen and Noah Rocklin from City High School in Iowa City. The two teams advanced to the final round in policy debate. Ultimately, St. Paul Central defeated Iowa City City to win the tournament.
Laura and Steve are coached by Dan Allen. Luke and Noah are coached by Benjamin A. Hamburger.
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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
PARTIAL DOUBLES
(1) Walt Whitman CS advances without debating
(2) Iowa-City West KT advances without debating
(3) Walt Whitman RU advances without debating
(4) Walt Whitman SR advances without debating
(5) Valley RB advances without debating
(6) Valley MK advances without debating
(7) Lynbrook KG advances without debating
(8) Walt Whitman BL advances without debating
(9) Valley AL advances without debating
(10) Lynbrook CT advances without debating
(11) Walt Whitman PG advances without debating
(12) Lynbrook CK advances without debating
(13) Lynbrook CS advances without debating
(14) Lynbrook KS def. (19) Chesterton MA (Megan Adamczewski)
(15) Lynbrook CX over (18) Lynbrook JC (Jonathan Cousins)
(16) West GT def. (17) Latin School of Chicago SR (Stark Riedesel)
OCTOFINALS
(1) Walt Whitman CS def. (16) West GT (Graham Tierney)
(15) Lynbrook CX def. (2) West KT (Kui Tang)
(3) Walt Whitman RU def. (14) Lynbrook KS (Kavya Shankar)
(13) Lynbrook CS def. (4) Walt Whitman SR (Stefanie Rohde)
(5) Valley RB def. (12) Lynbrook CK (Cathy Kong)
(11) Walt Whitman PG def. (6) Valley MK (Matt Kawahara)
(7) Lynbrook KG over (10) Lynbrook CT (Caroline Tan)
(9) Valley AL def. (8) Walt Whitman BL (Ben Lewis)
QUARTERFINALS
(9) Valley AL def. (1) Walt Whitman CS (Caroline Sherrard)
(15) Lynbrook CX over (7) Lynbrook KG (Kevin Gan)
(3) Walt Whitman RU over (11) Walt Whitman PG (Perry Green)
(5) Valley RB def. (13) Lynbrook CS (Carl Shan)
SEMIFINALS
(5) Valley RB over (9) Valley AL (Anna Lyons)
(3) Walt Whitman RU def. (15) Lynbrook CX (Cathy Xu)
FINALS
(5) Valley RB def. (3) Walt Whitman RU (Rachel Umans)
GREAT MIDWESTERN NOVICE CHAMPION
Valley RB (Ross Brown)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Caroline Sherrard (Walt Whitman High School, MD)
2. Kui Tang (Iowa City West High School, IA)
3. Rachel Umans (Walt Whitman High School, MD)
4. Stefanie Rohde (Walt Whitman High School, MD)
5. Ben Lewis (Walt Whitman High School, MD)
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PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
PARTIAL QUARTERFINALS
(1) Walt Whitman ES advances without debating
(2) Walt Whitman PW advances without debating
(3) Des Moines Roosevelt OF advances without debating
(5) Harker AC def. Des Moines Roosevelt MC (Amelia Martin/Adele Crane)
SEMIFINALS
(1) Walt Whitman ES def. (5) Harker AC (Raghav Aggarwal/Caitlin Contag)
(3) Des Moines Roosevelt OF def. (2) Walt Whitman PW (Elie Pommier/Ben Wolcott)
FINALS
(3) Des Moines Roosevelt OF def. (1) Walt Whitman ES (Alex Edelman/Aaron Schifrin)
GREAT MIDWESTERN NOVICE CHAMPIONS
Des Moines Roosevelt OF (Christopher Oman/Bianca Flores)
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POLICY DEBATE
QUARTERS
(1) St. Paul Central JQ advances without debating
(2) Henry Sibley BN advances without debating
(3) Iowa City City AR advances without debating
(4) Cedar Rapids Washington def. (5) Dowling Catholic BD
SEMIS
(1) St. Paul Central JQ def. (4) Cedar Rapids Washington CK
(3) Iowa City City AR def. (2) Henry Sibley BN
FINALS
St. Paul Central JQ def. Iowa City City AR (Luke Allen/Noah Rocklin)
GREAT MIDWESTERN NOVICE CHAMPIONS
St. Paul Central JQ (Laura Johnson/Steve Quam)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Luke Allen (Iowa City City High School, IA)
2. Danny Bernick (Henry Sibley High School, MN)
3. Laura Johnson (St. Paul Central High School, MN)
4. Hannah Nemer (Henry Sibley High School, MN)
5. Tamar Kaplan (Highland Park High School, MN)
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Posted from: 66.41.180.32
March 25th, 2007 08:37
wow wow whitman! congrats to all.
Posted from: 65.15.94.79
March 25th, 2007 08:51
Congratulations to all of our champions! I’m hoping that everyone had a great time. Thank you to all of our student, college and adult judges who helped to make this a great experience by judging beyond their commitments in a lot of cases.
We have just concluded policy. Congratulations to Iowa City City High School for their runner-up finish…continuing the Allen family tradition :c) A HUGE congratulations to St. Paul Central, who, as the champions for this year, took home the mini-coffee table sized plaque :c).
Thanks to everyone for making this another great tournament and we hope to see lots of you here next year (especially to compete in the Evidence Interpretation, Pen Twirling and Tub Toss)!
Thanks also to Anjan Choudhury for covering the results for VB :c)
Posted from: 24.6.159.5
March 25th, 2007 10:20
Congrats to Ross.
Posted from: 141.156.180.211
March 25th, 2007 10:41
Way to go Whitman!
Posted from: 205.134.251.132
March 25th, 2007 11:17
[...] This weekend has two major opportunities for the nation’s younger debaters to shine: the Second-Year and Novice Nationals at Woodward Academy and the Great Midwestern Novice Championships at Iowa City West High School. Check our coverage of the GMNC — which featured Lincoln-Douglas, policy, and Public Forum debate — in our “Policy Coverage by Michigan Debate.” — [...]
Posted from: 12.207.66.253
March 25th, 2007 11:42
HUGE congrats to Ross and Anna!!! You are both rockstars! And also to Chris and Bianca!!! I am so proud of you two! We will all miss you Bianca next year :(
Posted from: 64.12.117.11
March 25th, 2007 12:50
Congrats Whitman, you guys rock.
Posted from: 68.121.148.142
March 25th, 2007 18:27
Props to Ross.
Remember, you can’t achieve nouns.
Posted from: 70.56.6.249
March 25th, 2007 18:36
Yes. I think that has to be one of the dumbest things I have ever said in a debate round. It made it bery funny though…haha.
Posted from: 70.56.6.249
March 25th, 2007 20:23
*very
Posted from: 67.53.75.54
March 26th, 2007 05:36
It distracted the crowd from that annoying car alarm that just wouldnt stop. Props for not being too distracted.
Posted from: 68.34.96.109
March 26th, 2007 07:55
I just wanted to thank Cyndy and the entire IC-West crew for hosting a fantastic tournament with excellent judging. If you are looking to attend a first-year novice national championship next year, I highly recommend this one, as it was definitely worth the long trip from DC for us.
Also, I just wanted to offer props out to the squads from Valley and Lynbrook. With respect to Lynbrook, those power-matched prelims definitely felt like we were doing the debate equivalent of the East Coast-West Coast hip hop battles of the 1990s, as I think there were upwards of 15 Whitman-Lynbrook showdowns. Needless to say, those programs are stacked for years and big props to their coaches for spending so much time working with their youngest students.
And of course, I am so proud of team Whitman, and happy you all got some recognition this weekend. You are a fantastic group of young debaters, and I know yall will have a wonderful future in this activity.
Finally, the biggest thanks and props to my sister Tanya. She is one of the hardest-working, nicest, and most talented coaches in the activity, and there is no way I could ever have gotten through this weekend or this year without you T! Thank you!
Posted from: 64.12.117.11
March 26th, 2007 14:54
is ross brown related to grant?
Posted from: 207.28.191.106
March 26th, 2007 15:09
nope. he is related to former valley debaters, though–the cousin of brian and tim fletcher, i believe
Posted from: 69.118.141.9
March 26th, 2007 17:51
green?
Posted from: 68.34.96.109
March 26th, 2007 18:59
And let’s not forget that Ross has a great last name…
Posted from: 75.73.105.13
March 26th, 2007 19:56
A couple errors with the Policy results:
1. Danny was second speaker and Laura was third.
2. Henry Sibley High School is in Minnesota not Iowa.
3. The SPC team was Laura Johnson/Steve Quam not Hannah Johnson/Steve Quam.
Posted from: 66.108.86.201
March 26th, 2007 20:03
Fixing. Sorry, I posted what was sent to me. Thanks for the corrections, though!
Posted from: 12.207.66.253
March 27th, 2007 19:26
Lori Glawe is the Drama Teacher and Director at Roosevelt… not the Debate coach :)
Posted from: 128.135.219.249
March 30th, 2007 03:10
Way to go Stark!!!
Posted from: 129.170.202.222
July 29th, 2008 17:22
im still crying from the defeat by st. paul central. every night the vivid memory haunts my dreams. i wake up startled to find that i have wet myself and cucumbers are all over my bed and my pants. laura is my hero i think she is really hot. and hahahahahahahaha i won speaker, suck that dan.
Posted from: 129.170.202.222
July 29th, 2008 17:26
i am so abusive. if i was at tournament i would have owned the sunset c/p. hannah nelson krishnan is not innocent. stop having play fights it is getting really annoying. also props to all the debaters. you guys are the greatest. heg leads to extinction. heidegger is a nazi. “heg” “nuclear war” “kteb” “aids” “extinction” “yes there is a value to life”
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