Shadman Zaman Wins Yale Title
Shadman Zaman and Jake Nebel
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — After a weekend of debates among three hundred competitors across the varsity and J.V. Lincoln-Douglas debate fields at the Yale Invitational, two debaters met in the varsity final round and two debaters met in the J.V. final round. Sacred Heart High School’s Shadman Zaman faced off against Trinity Preparatory School’s Jake Nebel in the varsity match-up; Shadman took the title on a 7-0 decision. In the less-experienced division, Walt Whitman High School’s Ben Lewis defeated Hunter College High School’s Cara Eckholm on a 4-1 decision. Congratulations to all the finalists! (Coaching credits, a photograph of the J.V. finalists, and full varsity results follow. I am in the process of completing the J.V. results.)
Shadman is coached by Beena Koshy and Chetan Hertzig. Jake is coached by Petey Gil-Montllor and Darcy Butrimas.
Cara Eckholm and Ben Lewis
Ben is coached by Anjan Choudhury, Tanya Choudhury, and Elyse Lyons. Cara is coached by Noel Selegzi.
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(33) Hunter College AB (Alex Bores)
DOUBLES
(1) Berkeley Carroll IB def. (32) Upper St. Clair JG (J.P. Gooderham)
(31) Stuyvesant JDu def. (2) Berkeley Carroll PD (Peter Damrosch)
(3) Ridge AT def. (30) Perkiomen Valley LK (Lisa Kapp)
(4) Millburn TM def. (29) Collegiate JY (Jon Yip)
(5) Trinity Prep JN def. (28) Great Neck South JK (Jesse Klinger)
(6) Sacred Heart SZ def. (27) Chaminade MC (Michael Contillo)
(7) Trinity Prep RS def. (26) Atholton NK (Nikhil Karnik)
(25) Niskayuna SSy def. (8) Pocono Mountain West ZP (Zak Pyzik)
(9) Scarsdale NL def. (24) Ridge SC (Stephanie Caravias)
(23) Collegiate MW def. (10) Stuyvesant YS (Yan Slavinskiy)
(11) Bronx Science MP def. (22) East Chapel Hill MS (Mohit Sahoo)
(12) Millburn US def. (21) Niskayuna SD (Samit Dharia)
(13) Bronx Science VS def. (20) Niskayuna SG (Sam Grondahl)
(14) Collegiate JM def. (19) Stuyvesant TS (Tom Sanford)
(18) San Marino VS def. (15) Berkeley Carroll AM (Aarian Marshall)
(17) Perkiomen Valley KG def. (16) Ridge SR (Shireen Rudina)
OCTAS
(1) Berkeley Carroll IB def. (17) Perkiomen Valley KG (Karlyn Gorski)
(Anthony Berryhill, Jon Gordon, Sean Mumper)
(31) Stuyvesant JDu def. (18) San Marino VS (Vikas Srinath)
(Ali Boyle, Charlie Furman, Tari Owi)
(3) Ridge AT def. (14) Collegiate JM (Jack Marzulli)
(Petey Gil-Montllor, Beena Koshy, Peter Petraro)
(4) Millburn TM def. (13) Bronx Science VS (Vineet Singal)
3-0 (Loralynne Krobetzky, Adam Nelson, Michael O’Connell)
(5) Trinity Prep JN def. (12) Millburn US (Usha Sahay)
3-0 (Jon Cruz, Chetan Hertzig, Sara Robinson)
(6) Sacred Heart SZ def. (11) Bronx Science MP (Melanie Plaza)
2-1 (*Michael Bacon, Anjan Choudhury, Cristie Bendi)
(7) Trinity Prep RS def. (23) Collegiate MW (Marc Wallach)
3-0 (Foster, Susan Morrow, Zayn Siddique)
(9) Scarsdale NL def. (25) Niskayuna SSy (Sohail Syed)
(Caitlin Halpern, Dario Camara, Ren Chen)
QUARTERS
(1) Berkeley Carroll IB def. (9) Scarsdale NL (Nikita Lalwani)
3-0 (Michael Bacon, Jon Cruz, Abby McCartney)
(7) Trinity Prep RS def. (31) Stuyvesant JDu (Jared Dummit)
3-0 (Ren Chen, Chetan Hertzig, Anthony Berryhill)
(6) Sacred Heart SZ def. (3) Ridge AT (Alan Tong)
3-0 (Jon Gordon, Rick Brundage, Petey Gil-Montllor)
(5) Trinity Prep JN def. (4) Millburn TM (Tess McNulty)
3-0 (Anjan Choudhury, Beena Koshy, Ali Boyle)
SEMIS
(5) Trinity Prep JN def. (1) Berkeley Carroll IB (Isaac Bloch)
5-0 (Anthony Berryhill, Anjan Choudhury, Jon Gordon, Chetan Hertzig, Adam Nelson)
(6) Sacred Heart SZ def. (7) Trinity Prep RS (Ravi Sankar)
4-1 (*Pam Brown, Ali Boyle, Rick Brundage, Charlie Furman, Susan Morrow)
FINALS
(6) Sacred Heart SZ def. (5) Trinity Prep JN (Jake Nebel)
7-0 (Pam Brown, Rachel Foster, Dylan Gadek, Lauren Hallett, Matt Levinson, James Luccarelli, Shaina Wright)
CHAMPION
(6) Sacred Heart SZ (Shadman Zaman)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Jake Nebel — Trinity Preparatory School (FL)
2. Shadman Zaman — Sacred Heart High School (MA)
3. Mohit Sahoo — East Chapel Hill High School (NC)
4. Ravi Sankar — Trinity Preparatory School (FL)
5. Isaac Bloch — Berkeley Carroll School (NY)
6. Peter Damrosch — Berkeley Carroll School (NY)
7. Zakary Pyzik — Pocono Mountain West High School (PA)
8. Emily Chertoff — The Potomac School (DC)
9. Nikita Lalwani — Scarsdale High School (NY)
10. Marc Wallach — The Collegiate School (NY)
11. Alan Tong — Ridge High School (NJ)
12. Tess McNulty — Millburn High School (NJ)
13. Yan Slavinskiy — Stuyvesant High School (NY)
14. Melanie Plaza — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
15. Matt Thomas — Monticello High School (NY)
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J.V. DOUBLES
Arroyo Grande CA def. Ridge KS
Bronx Science CL def. Hunter College AG
Walt Whitman SR def. Bronx Science SM (Stephanie Mazursky)
Hillsborough AS def. Syosset JK
Hunter College CE def. Chicago Latin DA
Hunter College IP def. Westhill EB
Bronx Science AK def. Hunter College TM
Monticello DC def. Stuyvesant TA
Randolph BW def. Western CR
Arthur L. Johnson SK def. Ridge HA
Scarsdale ET def. Poly Prep VP
Stuyvesant SC def. Trinity Prep DD
Timothy Christian SW def. Bronx Science BE (Bobby Esnard)
Walt Whitman BL def. Arthur L. Johnson CJ
Walt Whitman NA def. Millburn RE
Westhill SP def. Half Hollow Hills East RQ
J.V. OCTAS
J.V. QUARTERS
Hillsborough AS def. Bronx Science AK (Arielle Kellman)
Hunter College IP vs. Walt Whitman NA
Stuyvesant SC vs. Hunter College CE
Walt Whitman BL vs. Arthur L. Johnson SK
J.V. SEMIS
Hunter College CE vs. Hillsborough AS
Hunter College IP vs. Walt Whitman BL
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September 29th, 2007 17:17
congrats to hiba and kshia on clearing
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September 29th, 2007 17:48
Any coverage on the varsity debaters? Keep the action rolling.Thanks
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September 29th, 2007 19:06
Congratulations to all sciencites! Good luck to carolyn, arielle, stephanie, and bobby!
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September 29th, 2007 19:37
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September 29th, 2007 19:53
FYI- A list of LD Dubs participants is at yale.tabroom.com
Posted from: 72.255.51.213
September 29th, 2007 20:02
Oh. lol. Yea that.
Posted from: 24.149.63.108
September 29th, 2007 20:18
Congrats to Sohail, Sam Dharia, and Sam Grondahl on clearing. You better bring back some bids.
Posted from: 72.255.36.212
September 29th, 2007 20:24
Congrats Vineet, Karlyn, Steph, Shireen, and Ravi. I had better see some bids reppin NDF.
Posted from: 24.215.130.4
September 29th, 2007 20:26
Congratz Vineet and Melanie, take it home! and all the bronx jvers too, good job guys.
Posted from: 166.217.36.233
September 29th, 2007 20:56
All three Whitman JVers picked up doubles.
Posted from: 24.90.20.221
September 29th, 2007 20:58
congrats vineet, melanie, jake, ravi, and isaac
Posted from: 68.196.202.236
September 29th, 2007 21:24
congrats to Arielle and Bobby
Posted from: 69.151.219.61
September 29th, 2007 21:29
congrats to isaac, vineet, shadman, nikita and jake
Posted from: 221.221.16.60
September 29th, 2007 22:57
Nice going Nikhil. ;) keep it up.
Posted from: 140.247.40.17
September 30th, 2007 00:11
CONGRATULATIONS TESS!!!
My sister is wonderful.
Posted from: 65.66.217.220
September 30th, 2007 00:20
Congrats Tess, AND WILL YOU BE AT BRONX?
Posted from: 72.93.211.189
September 30th, 2007 06:28
Congrats Peter, Isaac, Melanie, and Marc
Posted from: 152.17.57.232
September 30th, 2007 09:57
Congrats Melanie, Vineet, Arielle, Caroline, Stephanie and Bobby- what a great start to the season!
Congrats Isaac and team Berkeley Carroll! I am sure you were looking fabulous! So well deserved!!
Posted from: 205.221.2.61
September 30th, 2007 09:58
Congrats Jake and Ravi!
Posted from: 205.221.2.61
September 30th, 2007 09:59
Congrats Jake and Ravi!!
Posted from: 69.118.235.253
September 30th, 2007 10:22
good job nikita
Posted from: 64.69.123.130
September 30th, 2007 10:55
congrats tess on the bid, usha and vineet on actas and BEN LEWIS!!!!
Posted from: 138.16.32.79
September 30th, 2007 11:37
congrats to nikita, shadman and isaac on the bids.
Posted from: 70.59.103.246
September 30th, 2007 12:40
Congrats Ben!!
Posted from: 205.188.116.76
September 30th, 2007 12:44
Congrats to Melanie, Vineet, Stephanie, Arielle, Bobby, Carolyn, Shireen and Hiba!
Posted from: 72.66.69.108
September 30th, 2007 12:55
congrats to stefanie, nathaniel, and ben!!
Posted from: 38.118.23.100
September 30th, 2007 13:02
anjan, please contact me about judging around the maryland area.
Posted from: 146.115.112.5
September 30th, 2007 14:37
major congrats to alan tong on an incredibly well deserved first bid
congrats everyone else also
Posted from: 69.120.236.168
September 30th, 2007 14:43
NICE JOB KARLYN!
Posted from: 24.151.21.99
September 30th, 2007 14:56
wow! congrats to AT, karlyn, nikhil,grondahl, dharia, klinger, ravi , steph, vineet, mike contillo, nikita and Mo on great performances
Posted from: 205.188.116.76
September 30th, 2007 15:38
congrats to lisa, karlyn, steph, shireen, hibs, ravi, sags, nikita,and alan, nice job guys!
Posted from: 66.134.202.161
September 30th, 2007 16:09
i heard that shadman beats jake in finals?
Posted from: 24.149.63.114
September 30th, 2007 16:19
congrats to mo, akshay, nikita, ravi, vineet, mike, dharia, sohail, and shadman on impressive rounds
Posted from: 69.118.235.253
September 30th, 2007 16:20
congrats to Lolwani on the bid and to Thurm for rockin’ the JV circuit
also to Shadman and Jake, congrats.
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
September 30th, 2007 16:24
congrats to mo, vineet, mike, dharia, and marc wallach, and ofcourse to nikita, absolutely destroyed me
Posted from: 24.46.207.84
September 30th, 2007 16:25
Congrats to contillo, nikita, grondahl, dharia, sohail, ravi, and klinger in varsity
Also, congrats to jherna and rob in JV
Posted from: 69.118.230.217
September 30th, 2007 16:30
congrats Nikita and Shadman
Also congrats to Ravi, Jake and Isaac
Posted from: 72.93.80.175
September 30th, 2007 16:34
anyone know more results?
Posted from: 74.70.110.205
September 30th, 2007 16:37
congrats to JP, Mo, Grondhal, Sohail, Nikita, Karlyn, Lisa, Contillo, Nikhil, Marc, Vineet, and Zak.
Posted from: 205.188.116.76
September 30th, 2007 16:37
Oops, sorry, Karlyn–congrats!
Posted from: 67.87.135.47
September 30th, 2007 16:41
Some results/decisions
Octas:
Trinity JN def. Millburn US (3-0)
Quarters:
Berkeley Carroll IB def. Scarsdale NL (3-0)
Trinity JN def. Millburn TM
Sacred Heart SZ def. Ridge AT
Trinity RS def. Stuyvesant JDu
Semis:
Sacred Heart SZ def. Trinity RS (4-1)
Trinity JN def. Berkeley Caroll IB
Finals:
Shadman won. I forget how many judges there were, but it was unanimous.
Posted from: 70.19.29.23
September 30th, 2007 16:43
Berkeley Carroll IB vs. Trinity Prep JN
Sacred Heart SZ vs. Trinity Prep RS
Finals:
Sacred Heart SZ vs Trinity prep JN
Shadman won on a 7-0 decision
Posted from: 70.19.29.23
September 30th, 2007 16:44
hmm…i didnt see thrums post.
Posted from: 67.87.135.47
September 30th, 2007 16:46
Nice… Lol. But at least we got the number of judges in finals.
Posted from: 68.192.165.197
September 30th, 2007 17:18
Congrats to Alan, Nikita, and Tess on the bid!
Posted from: 24.186.38.46
September 30th, 2007 17:29
Major congrats to Lisa, Karlyn, Klinger, Sam, Sohail, Samit, Usha, and Marc.
Posted from: 70.112.18.162
September 30th, 2007 17:44
Congrats Jake! You’re awesome, dude…
Posted from: 67.80.221.134
September 30th, 2007 17:47
thanks gabe :o)
Posted from: 67.80.221.134
September 30th, 2007 17:47
contrats to shadman, an incredibly talented debater who i’m sure will have amazing success this year.
contrats to tess and nikita on swt bids
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
September 30th, 2007 17:53
Props to Damrosch, Marc, Mike, Vineet, and Jonathan Yip.
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
September 30th, 2007 17:54
haha forgot i posted, man im tired
Posted from: 169.229.110.149
September 30th, 2007 18:30
i said it before and i’ll say it again: alan tong is going to tear it the fuck up this year.
congrats to everyone who cleared and especially to shadman
Posted from: 69.253.230.13
September 30th, 2007 18:31
what a fun tournament!
congrats to…
isaac, JP, mo, sam, zak, shireen, nikita, shadman, mike, steph, ravi, and nikhil.
as well as everyone else who broke!
awesome job.
and thanks eric, akshay, sam, alicia, nicole, and mike.
Posted from: 66.108.209.140
September 30th, 2007 18:36
I’m curious. Does anyone know why they used double hi-lo to rank the speakers at this tournament. In JV there were only five rounds. That meant that after wins. In varsity four ballots were being dropped.
Should a JV who received these speakers points:
30 29 28 26 25
really be ranked higher than someone who received:
30 30 27 27 27
Average points would seem a coarse, but better way to rate judges than to take the median ballot.
Double hi-lo was ranked fourth (after wins, hi-lo and total speakers points) back when we had to order teams without computers and couldn’t calculate judge’s variance or strength of opposition. For a tournament to use it as a second tie-breaker when tabbing with a computer seems odd to me.
Posted from: 66.92.210.146
September 30th, 2007 18:43
Jake Nebel is a balla.
Posted from: 24.25.142.244
September 30th, 2007 18:52
Congrats to Ravi and Shadman for a hella intense semis round. As well as to John Yip and Tess and the Niskayuna team.
Posted from: 63.246.171.93
September 30th, 2007 18:56
Jake Nebel, you are uncontrollable.
Nice way to follow your Greenhill awesomeness.
Also congrats to Issac.
Who affirmed and who negated in finals?
Posted from: 69.253.230.13
September 30th, 2007 18:59
jake affirmed
Posted from: 70.247.119.247
September 30th, 2007 19:08
which case did jake run in finals???
Posted from: 24.161.65.27
September 30th, 2007 19:10
Again, congrats Ravi, Karlyn, Vineet, Steph, Shireen, and Nikita.
And especially to Ravi and Nikita on the bids.
Posted from: 69.153.236.97
September 30th, 2007 19:23
nice Shadman
way to represent B213!
Posted from: 66.27.96.17
September 30th, 2007 19:29
Awesome job Vineet!
(especially considering he had to flow with a broken thumb)
Posted from: 146.115.112.5
September 30th, 2007 19:51
Noel:
What’s the distinction between Hi-Lo and Double Hi-Lo?
Posted from: 70.59.103.246
September 30th, 2007 20:01
Way to go Ben!!
Congrats!!
Posted from: 69.134.16.205
September 30th, 2007 20:21
Congrats to Shadman on an impressive negation in finals. I didnt think Id see a spread like Nikita’s against Sohail but somehow he topped that.
Congrats to Nikhil, Both Nisky Sams on Dubs. Karlyn for Octas as a sopho (clearly off the pretty vote right?) :). Nikita on the well deserved bid, and an amazing word coverage. Sohail on Octas Vineet and Melanie.
Ashlyn on going 4-2 low.
Posted from: 70.241.75.2
September 30th, 2007 20:32
good job Shadman
Posted from: 66.108.94.165
September 30th, 2007 20:41
Congratulations Shadman and Jake, and congratulations Ben and Cara!
Special shout out to the Bronx Science crew for a lot of very organized, very disciplined hard work this weekend. I am pleased.
And thanks to Menick, Joe, and Chris for all the laughs. :o)
Posted from: 130.58.235.238
September 30th, 2007 20:50
Congratulations Whitman! Great job.
Posted from: 69.134.16.205
September 30th, 2007 21:13
Special shoutout to Jon for being Jon. He is clearly very good at being so. :) And also saying hi to like everyone and being nice to like everyone
Posted from: 76.30.71.86
September 30th, 2007 22:02
congrats to shadman and jake.
Posted from: 68.48.175.11
September 30th, 2007 22:21
Of course, major congrats Ben, and thank you for all your hard work already this year — and the same to Nathaniel, Stef, and all the Whitmanites — yall are a wonderful team.
Also major kudos to Jake and Shadman. Jake, I’m not sure if I’ve ever voted for someone that many times within 24 hours. Shadman, if you keep winning tourneys, I may even accept the resemblance at some point….may…. anyhow, congrats!
Posted from: 149.68.7.92
September 30th, 2007 22:29
contrary to whatever the packet may say, i did not judge rd 3 between tess mcnulty and jake nebel.
Posted from: 134.173.92.185
October 1st, 2007 00:58
a huge congrats is in order to isaac, whose break out performance this weekend will surely be the first of many. also congrats to jake, ravi and shadman. yall are real good.
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
October 1st, 2007 05:47
3-0 in my octas round
2-1 in my dubs round (Berryhill, Furman, idk*)
Posted from: 69.253.230.13
October 1st, 2007 07:49
isaac picked up 3-0 in octas
Posted from: 69.140.170.118
October 1st, 2007 08:49
Way to gooooooo Ben Lewisss! you rock! Congrats!
Posted from: 66.108.94.165
October 1st, 2007 09:13
I forgot to mention before that the YDA debaters were really helpful both before the tournament and throughout the weekend in terms of logistics and organization. Grant May, one of the tournament directors, was particularly awesome in helping us with the hotel over the summer, but the Rookie of the Year awards from what I could tell should be going to freshmen Pam Brown and Tommy Bodeau. They just seemed to know the answer to everything. (Except for when Pam actually insisted that Ariel was not a true Disney Princess. Needless to say, I set the record straight.) Future tournament directors, anyone?
Posted from: 161.6.195.123
October 1st, 2007 09:58
yay shadmannnnnn!
Posted from: 160.39.90.114
October 1st, 2007 10:05
Thanks to the Yale staff for another great tournament. Congrats to Jake on his consistently excellent performances, and to Shadman (not Shodman) on not sucking. :)
In case anyone’s interested, the semis and finals panels and decisions were as follows:
SEMIS
(5) Trinity Prep JN def. (1) Berkeley Carroll IB (Isaac Bloch)
5-0 (Anthony Berryhill, Anjan Choudhury, Jon Gordon, Chetan Hertzig, Adam Nelson)
(6) Sacred Heart SZ def. (7) Trinity Prep RS (Ravi Sankar)
4-1 (Pam Brown*, Charlie Furman, Susan Morrow…I think this is right, but I’m not sure who the other judges were)
FINALS
(6) Sacred Heart SZ def. (5) Trinity Prep JN (Jake Nebel)
7-0 (Pam Brown, Rachel Foster, Dylan Gadek, Lauren Hallett, Matt Levinson, James Luccarelli, Shaina Wright)
Posted from: 192.12.13.2
October 1st, 2007 10:20
the judges in
(6) Sacred Heart SZ def. (7) Trinity Prep RS (Ravi Sankar)
were
(Boyle, Brundage, Furman, Morrow, Brown*)
so baller.
Posted from: 12.104.197.132
October 1st, 2007 11:07
congrats jake, ravi, and shadman
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October 1st, 2007 12:43
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Posted from: 169.226.84.109
October 1st, 2007 13:00
Big congrats to all who cleared, especially the kids at Nisky, who will bring home those bids soon enough. Keep at it, guys,
Posted from: 70.231.149.37
October 1st, 2007 13:48
ben lewis = YES!
Posted from: 146.115.112.5
October 1st, 2007 14:20
Yale this year was probably the best it’s been in the three years i’ve been coming. I had excellent judging, especially in the rounds that really counted. The tourney ran remarkably efficiently. Major kudos to vaughan/menick/the tabroom in general for making this run so well.
side note: I realize that the move to a more compact venue was probably integral to the greater efficiency, but i’d really like to see the tournament brought back to campus next year, just because there’s more to do there.
Posted from: 207.172.150.37
October 1st, 2007 14:59
congrats to Ben, Nathaniel, and Stefanie!
Posted from: 205.188.116.76
October 1st, 2007 15:12
Congrats to Stefanie and Nathanial and especially Ben Lewis for winning it all! Awesome job! Also, congrats to Nikita and Isaac on the bid
Posted from: 72.75.91.42
October 1st, 2007 15:28
congrats to stef, nathaniel, and especially ben for winning jv! awesome job.
Posted from: 65.33.134.237
October 1st, 2007 15:35
jake and ravi — you guys are awesome
mohit — ‘grats for 3rd speaker & dubs
also congrats to vineet and sohail for octas and sam and dharia for dubs
Posted from: 75.73.208.213
October 1st, 2007 16:15
congrats jake and ravi!!!
Posted from: 75.73.219.166
October 1st, 2007 16:27
congrats jake and ravi!!!!
Posted from: 71.236.138.137
October 1st, 2007 16:42
Congratulations to both debaters.
Why do I think that Ben just copied and pasted Davids comment…
Posted from: 71.185.80.3
October 1st, 2007 16:56
Congratulations to Mike C, Lisa, Karlyn, Zak, Samda, and of course the other JG from Pa.
Posted from: 71.82.128.131
October 1st, 2007 18:26
Congrats to Jake, Ravi and Shadman.
Posted from: 129.170.46.231
October 2nd, 2007 09:03
congrats to nikita and thurm!
its nice to see some up and comers back when i was debating now become forces to be reckoned with. congrats to sam dharia, vineet singal, marc wallach, isaac bloch and sohail syed!
Posted from: 75.67.192.249
October 2nd, 2007 18:44
I have to say this tourney was the best run I have been to in the four I have been attending. Much thanks to the tab staff - I know its exhausting but ya’ll did do a fantatic job.
I have to say I was incredibly impressed by a number of debates I saw in the 17 rounds I judged (I don’t think I have ever judged that many in a year - much less ONE tourney!) But special props to Issac Blok (SP?) and Jake Nebel (which I still don’t know how to pronounce!) who just kicked it into high gear this past weekend. I look forward to watching many more interesting/educational rounds from many other debaters this year!
Of course, I have to thank my financial responsibility too! Chetan you rock my world!
Congrats SHODMON! :) Love, your brown mama (the other one . . . of course!)
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October 31st, 2007 03:21
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