Joan Gass Wins Big Bronx XXXVII
Joan Gass and Jake Nebel
THE BRONX, N.Y. — The thirty-seventh annual New York City Invitational began with over one hundred and thirty competitors representing forty-nine schools across fifteen states. After seven preliminary rounds, the top thirty-two debaters faced off in the sextodecimofinals; after battling through the remaining elimination rounds on Sunday, the initial field was reduced to two. Congratulations to the Hockaday School’s Joan Gass and Trinity Preparatory School’s Jake Nebel for advancing to the final round! Jed Glickstein, Chetan Hertzig, Amanda Liverzani, Sarah Smith, and Jude Volek adjudicated. On a 3-2 decision — Volek, Hertzig, and Smith made up the majority, while Glickstein and Liverzani dissented — Joan defeated Jake to win the tournament’s title. Joan will take home the Richard B. Sodikow Award, a towering perpetual trophy carrying the engraved names of every previous champion of the tournament. (Coaching credits and extended results follow.)
Joan is coached by Stacy Thomas, Tom Evnen, and Andy Werner. Jake is coached by Petey Gil-Montllor and Darcy Butrimas.
—
(33) Chaminade HL (Harry Liberman)
SEXTODECIMOS
(1) Trinity Prep JN def. (32) St. Joseph’s Prep RZ (Ryan Zehner)
3-0 (Tommy Clancy, Steve Liu, Susan Morrow)
(2) Millburn TM def. (31) Scarsdale MS (Matt Salant)
2-1 (Chris Castillo, *Quinn Olivarez, Jason Baldwin)
(3) Lexington JZ def. (30) Hendrick Hudson RG (Robbie Grabowitz)
3-0 (Josh Anderson, Christian Tarsney, Matt Wilson)
(4) Trinity Prep RS def. (29) Westlake AW (Andrew Waks)
3-0 (Peter Petraro, Jim Shapiro, Chetan Hertzig)
(5) Strake Jesuit DD def. (28) Scarsdale MH (Matt Hershey)
3-0 (Jed Glickstein, Jordan Michel, Bill Cooper)
(6) Kinkaid BT def. (27) Great Neck South JK (Jesse Klinger)
2-1 (*Jason Woehler, Michael Bacon, Chris Blaine)
(7) Hockaday JG def. (26) Carnegie Vanguard RV (Rachel Vogel)
3-0 (Douglas Jeffers, Sarah Smith, Anjan Choudhury)
(25) Newtown AA def. (8) Foothill CF (Cody Fielder)
2-1 (*Sean Mumper, Hasan Massey, Kathryn Harris)
(24) Hunter College AB def. (9) Collegiate MW (Marc Wallach)
2-1 (Seamus Donovan, Tim Kane, *Andy Werner)
(10) Scarsdale KT def. (23) Lexington KS (Kartik Shastri)
3-0 (Amanda Liverzani, Ryan Hamilton, Michael O’Connell)
(22) Walt Whitman DW def. (11) Berkeley Carroll IB (Isaac Bloch)
2-1 (Tom Evnen, John Lewis, *Chrissy Kugel)
(21) Chaminade MC def. (12) Scarsdale AY (Ardevan Yaghoubi)
2-1 (Petey Gil-Montllor, Joseph McPeak, *Sam Duby)
(20) Scarsdale KH def. (13) Pace AZ (Alex Zhang)
3-0 (Gary Johnson, Laurence Golden, Mira Chernick)
(14) Walt Whitman EN def. (19) St. Louis Park CT (Catherine Tarsney)
2-1 (Antoinette Fuoto, *Charlie Furman, Michelle Topal-Teleky ‘99)
(18) Walt Whitman JK def. (15) Millburn US (Usha Sahay)
2-1 (Jennie Savage, Samantha Kelley, *Patrick Diehl)
(16) Strake Jesuit PT def. (17) Ridge SC (Stephanie Caravias)
2-1 (*Joe Vaughan, Elizabeth Tam ‘06, Caitlin Halpern)
OCTAS
(1) Trinity Prep JN def. (16) Strake Jesuit PT (Paul Tyger)
3-0 (Josh Anderson, Matt Wilson, Amanda Liverzani)
(2) Walt Whitman JK def. (18) Millburn TM (Tess McNulty)
2-1 (Sarah Smith, Peter Petraro, *Joe Vaughan)
(3) Lexington JZ def. (14) Walt Whitman EN (Ellen Noble)
3-0 (Jennie Savage, Quinn Olivarez, John Lewis)
(20) Scarsdale KH def. (4) Trinity Prep RS (Ravi Sankar)
2-1 (Anjan Choudhury, Caitlin Halpern, *Andy Werner)
(5) Strake Jesuit DD def. (21) Chaminade MC (Michael Contillo)
2-1 (Tommy Clancy, Jason Baldwin, *Chetan Hertzig)
(6) Kinkaid BT def. (22) Walt Whitman DW (David Winer)
3-0 (Douglas Jeffers, Kathryn Harris, Charlie Furman)
(7) Hockaday JG def. (10) Scarsdale KT (Kyle Tatz)
3-0 (Jed Glickstein, Steve Liu, Gary Johnson)
(24) Hunter College AB def. (25) Newtown AA (Akshay Agashe)
2-1 (Tom Evnen, *Christian Tarsney, Petey Gil-Montllor)
QUARTERS
(1) Trinity Prep JN def. (24) Hunter College AB (Alex Bores)
2-1 (Jed Glickstein, Caitlin Halpern, *Joe Vaughan)
(7) Hockaday JG def. (18) Walt Whitman JK (Jane Kessner)
2-1 (Chetan Hertzig, *Amanda Liverzani, Sarah Smith)
(3) Lexington JZ def. (6) Kinkaid BT (Becca Traber)
3-0 (Tommy Clancy, Anjan Choudhury, Tom Evnen)
(5) Strake Jesuit DD def. (20) Scarsdale KH (Ken Hershey)
3-0 (Josh Anderson, Jennie Savage, Petey Gil-Montllor)
SEMIS
(1) Trinity Prep JN def. (5) Strake Jesuit DD (David Donatti)
3-0 (Sarah Smith, Anjan Choudhury, John Lewis)
(7) Hockaday JG def. (3) Lexington JZ (Jason Zhou)
3-0 (Josh Anderson, Gary Johnson, Jennie Savage)
FINALS
(7) Hockaday JG def. (1) Trinity Prep JN (Jake Nebel)
3-2 (Jude Volek ‘99, *Jed Glickstein, *Amanda Liverzani, Chetan Hertzig, Sarah Smith)
CHAMPION [Richard B. Sodikow Award]
(7) Hockaday JG (Joan Gass)
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SUPERIOR SPEAKERS
1. Jake Nebel — Trinity Preparatory School (FL) [Peter Colavito Award]
2. Jason Zhou — Lexington High School (MA)
3. Ravi Sankar — Trinity Preparatory School (FL)
4. David Donatti — Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX)
5. Becca Traber — The Kinkaid School (TX)
6. Isaac Bloch — Berkeley Carroll School (NY)
7. Todd Liipfert — Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX)
8. Ardevan Yaghoubi — Scarsdale High School (NY)
9. Alex Zhang — Pace Academy (GA)
10. Devin Race — Westlake High School (TX)
11. Joan Gass — The Hockaday School (TX)
12. Ellen Noble — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
13. Cody Fielder — Foothill High School (NV)
14. Jenney McCartney — The Hockaday School (TX)
15. Usha Sahay — Millburn High School (NJ)
—
PRELIMS
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Posted from: 205.134.251.132
October 12th, 2007 04:58
[…] Big Bronx XXXVII: Live coverage of the New York City Invitational will be provided by members of the Bronx Science Debate Team. […]
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 12th, 2007 08:58
YAY!
Posted from: 68.238.166.58
October 12th, 2007 13:22
My son is competing at the big bronx this weekend so I wanted to know how often you might be updating during the tournament or is their a link or source to see the results as they are posted. Thanks
Posted from: 69.249.79.130
October 12th, 2007 15:11
go millburn!!!
Posted from: 69.115.223.185
October 12th, 2007 15:49
go steph, david chen, jackie, kevin, and executor tong.
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 12th, 2007 16:30
The Trifecta lives on! Um, and Arielle’s butterfingers are horrible.
Posted from: 209.98.146.179
October 12th, 2007 17:05
Intell Dad -
You’ve come to the best place for results and updates.
Speaking of which … pairings?
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 12th, 2007 18:48
some random records:
Me + Matt Hershey=2-1
jake nebel, ravi= 2-1 or 3-0
Ken Hershey + Tatz= 2-0
etc
Posted from: 66.108.94.165
October 12th, 2007 21:27
My apologies for the delays on pairings. We will have the first four rounds up in the morning, and we will have live coverage thereafter!
Posted from: 69.118.235.253
October 12th, 2007 21:27
Kyle and I are 3-0
Posted from: 67.151.0.90
October 12th, 2007 21:36
the anchor inn has the worst smelling shampoo ever.
jon, next year please sample the tournament hotel’s shampoo before booking it
Posted from: 68.199.12.178
October 12th, 2007 21:40
I love Hen Hud housing. Thanks Guys!
More random records:
Me and Dan are 2-1.
Posted from: 69.120.236.168
October 12th, 2007 21:59
I’m 1-2 Sam Sanders is 0-3
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 13th, 2007 05:03
usha and tess are 3-0
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 13th, 2007 06:40
im sorry sam sanders.
Posted from: 198.140.202.1
October 13th, 2007 08:48
go hockaday!!!! much love from Andover..
Posted from: 69.86.99.243
October 13th, 2007 09:54
are there any policy updates?
Posted from: 137.124.9.20
October 13th, 2007 10:01
There are never any policy updates. :(
Posted from: 68.238.166.58
October 13th, 2007 11:39
Can anyone give me an update on the PF teams from Randolph-Macon Academy??
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 13th, 2007 13:22
Alan Tong 4-2
Tess Mcnulty - 6-0
Catherine Tarsney - 5-1
Steph Caravias - 4-2
Usha Sahay - 5-1
March Wallach - 5-1
Posted from: 69.86.99.243
October 13th, 2007 16:39
whos doing really well in policy, what schools broke?
Posted from: 69.249.79.130
October 13th, 2007 17:02
go tess and usha!!!
Posted from: 64.12.116.76
October 13th, 2007 17:17
Congratulations to David, Ellen and Jane.
Breaking in such a strong field is EXTREMELY impressive. Do it to it.
Posted from: 24.149.63.114
October 13th, 2007 17:23
congrats to akshay, mike, alex, matt, and ken.
Posted from: 69.249.94.118
October 13th, 2007 17:24
congrats to usha, tess, marc, and jane!
Posted from: 216.49.159.164
October 13th, 2007 17:24
Congrats to Harry for almost breaking and contillo for breaking
Also congrats to Kartik for clearing also, i guess you won’t be quitting debate now haha.
Posted from: 72.66.72.77
October 13th, 2007 17:30
Congrats to Jane, Ellen, and David!!
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 13th, 2007 17:39
Strake Jesuit PT def. Ridge SC
Posted from: 70.231.153.13
October 13th, 2007 17:56
KARTIK!
Posted from: 64.12.116.76
October 13th, 2007 17:56
congrats to akshay!!!
Posted from: 71.184.89.191
October 13th, 2007 18:13
congrats kartik and jz
Posted from: 24.149.63.114
October 13th, 2007 18:41
does anybody have full dubs results?
Posted from: 69.134.16.205
October 13th, 2007 18:42
Congrats to Michael, Akshay!!, Catherine!, Usha, and David
Posted from: 72.80.247.74
October 13th, 2007 18:45
ATTENTION DEBATERS:
The Session II VBI Cooper Jeffers Lab has recieved more representation on the national circut.
Jane Kessner
Has advanced to the octofinal round!
–Beware debaters, Cooper/Jeffers is on the rise!
Posted from: 66.27.96.17
October 13th, 2007 18:56
Nice job Cody, Alex, and Ellen!
Posted from: 71.247.26.147
October 13th, 2007 19:18
These are the breaks I for sure know of,I don’t want to mess up with the others. The only outround I watched was the confederate general taking on cat nat champion and it was a 3-0 for the confederate. (nebel v zehner for the uninformed)
(1) Trinity Prep JN
(2) Millburn TM
(3) Lexington JZ
(4) Trinity Prep RS
(5) Strake Jesuit DD
(6) Kinkaid BT vs.
(7) Hockaday JG
(25) Newtown AA
(10) Scarsdale KT
(21) Chaminade MC
(20) Scarsdale KH
(14) Walt Whitman EN
(16) Strake Jesuit PT
Posted from: 71.247.26.147
October 13th, 2007 19:23
and by breaks i mean, double octa winners/ or sextodecimanononuevecincofinals.
Posted from: 69.249.94.118
October 13th, 2007 19:24
a member of the cooper/jeffers lab will win the toc this year, just watch
the hot shit k outweighs things that outweigh themselves
Posted from: 69.134.16.205
October 13th, 2007 19:26
(9) Hunter College AB
(22) Walt Whitman DW
(18) Walt Whitman JK
(10) Scarsdale KT
That should finish it out =]
Posted from: 64.12.116.76
October 13th, 2007 19:32
I dropped to becca on 2-1, Usha (Millburn US) dropped on a 2-1 also diehl on bottom, Ravi picked up on a 2-1 petraro on bottom
Posted from: 66.108.91.47
October 13th, 2007 19:39
hello all. anyone by chance have the results for superior speakers in pf?
Posted from: 24.151.121.125
October 13th, 2007 19:40
Congrats Akshay!
Posted from: 64.198.208.210
October 13th, 2007 19:49
damn, tess is tearin’ it up!
Posted from: 64.198.208.210
October 13th, 2007 19:50
and omg go walt whitman!
Posted from: 24.151.42.71
October 13th, 2007 20:24
Lets go Akshay!
Congrats on the performance.
Posted from: 69.140.239.225
October 13th, 2007 20:53
Keep it going Akshay! Also congrats to Jake, Ravi, and Whitman.
Posted from: 74.70.110.205
October 13th, 2007 20:59
Congrats to Zehner, Salant, Robbie, Matt and Ken, Kartik, Akshay, Bores, Marc, and Mike Contillo.
Posted from: 12.72.208.182
October 13th, 2007 22:31
yo mistah wallach
why you so balla
9th seed
9th speaker
who’s this guy
going 6-1
mistah wallach that’s the one
Posted from: 71.36.51.243
October 13th, 2007 22:41
Major Congrats to Ellen, David, and Jane!! You guys are soooo AMAZING!!
Posted from: 66.108.91.47
October 14th, 2007 06:16
Just checking again now that its morning… anyone know the superior speakers in public forum. jon?
Posted from: 209.98.146.245
October 14th, 2007 06:51
The links for rounds 6 and 7 don’t work.
Posted from: 221.221.17.79
October 14th, 2007 06:58
Congrat’s Akshay–knew you had it coming ;)
Posted from: 24.149.63.114
October 14th, 2007 07:17
are octas results out yet?
Posted from: 66.108.91.47
October 14th, 2007 07:31
still searching for Public Forum superior speakers. jon, anyone, have this?
Posted from: 24.115.128.87
October 14th, 2007 07:34
I dont remember the names for public forum but 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd were all regis, and then the scarsdale public forum team was first speakers.
Posted from: 70.104.138.216
October 14th, 2007 08:01
who won in public forum?
Posted from: 74.68.51.212
October 14th, 2007 08:34
If I remember correctly, Regis HS closed out PF, although I am not sure and do not remember the teams.
Posted from: 68.192.165.197
October 14th, 2007 08:40
congrats to March, Stephanie, Ken, and Tess for breaking! Also congrats to AT for owning the field but getting a hard draw the last three prelims
Posted from: 152.3.158.184
October 14th, 2007 08:44
well done akshay. congrats! keep goin!
Posted from: 74.68.51.212
October 14th, 2007 09:08
from what i am hearing…
Nebel, Zhou, and Donatti are in semis. The other round is pending
Posted from: 74.68.51.212
October 14th, 2007 09:10
Congrats: Robbie, Ravi, Steph, and Akshay.
Posted from: 69.249.94.118
October 14th, 2007 09:22
matt - who is in that ‘other round?’
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 14th, 2007 09:22
Semis are
Joan Gass vs. Jason Zhou
David Donatti vs. Jake Nebel
Posted from: 69.134.16.205
October 14th, 2007 09:29
The Don vs JZ in finals. I called it first
Posted from: 71.233.42.30
October 14th, 2007 09:32
JZ AND KARTIK CONGRATS
Posted from: 24.46.207.84
October 14th, 2007 09:44
Congrats to Akshay, Matt hershey, Jesse, salant, ravi, and contillo!!
Also, congrats to Harry for 33rd, nice job man!
Posted from: 71.163.172.9
October 14th, 2007 10:07
Congrats Jane, David, and Ellen!! you’re amazzzzingggg
Posted from: 75.16.34.46
October 14th, 2007 10:32
Congrats to Paul, Cody, Joan, Isaac, Becca and David. You guys are rockin.
Posted from: 69.249.94.148
October 14th, 2007 10:36
finals is gass v. nebel
Posted from: 68.209.198.15
October 14th, 2007 10:40
congrats jake, ravi, ken, and matt
Posted from: 75.73.219.166
October 14th, 2007 10:47
yay for jake + ravi + jason
Posted from: 69.140.172.123
October 14th, 2007 10:52
CONGRATULATIONS Ellen, David and Jane! Sooo amazing!!
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 14th, 2007 10:56
awesome tournament
Posted from: 69.134.16.205
October 14th, 2007 11:10
Woooow this sucks.. I called the wrong two people in both rounds :(
Posted from: 71.233.42.30
October 14th, 2007 11:48
whos in final?
Posted from: 71.139.7.39
October 14th, 2007 12:03
Jake v. Joan
Posted from: 69.249.94.148
October 14th, 2007 12:13
according to a friend still at the tourney joan won on a 3-2. don’t know the panel
Posted from: 165.155.200.7
October 14th, 2007 12:45
Yes, it is true, Joan Gass defeated Jake Nebel on a 3 -2 decision in finals. The panel was Smith, Liverzani, Glickstein, Volek and Hertzig. Glickstein and Liverzani dissented. Specific pairings and outround results will be up soon.
Posted from: 75.73.208.213
October 14th, 2007 12:58
Congrats to Jake, Ravi, Jason, and all the Vanderbabbians!
Posted from: 66.108.54.50
October 14th, 2007 13:20
Congrats to Alan and Marco for almost breaking, Usha, Catherine, Alex, Isaac and Robbie for doubles, Becca, Jason and Mike for beasting, and Jake/Joan for finals.
Also, thanks/congrats to Jon for hosting a sweet tournament that ran on time, and that had great food, competitors and judging.
Posted from: 69.249.94.148
October 14th, 2007 13:35
congrats to usha, cody, alex, ellen, paul, david, akshay, and tess, who has had an unbelievable start to her debate season (undefeated in prelims and 2nd seed at a tourney with some nasty competition)! congrats are also due to alan, who had a really tough draw after being 4-0, as well as to harry, who was half a speaker point away from breaking.
i’d like to second marc by saying thanks to Jon and nice job on running such an awesome tournament. I had a lot of fun, the competition was intense, and the food was an improvement from last year, although I was dissapointed in the lack of the promised hot shit:(
Posted from: 69.249.94.148
October 14th, 2007 13:38
o yeah, and besides seconding him, i’d also like to congratulate marc
Posted from: 69.118.235.253
October 14th, 2007 13:51
congrats first to my team-mates: Salant, Ardevan, Tatz, and Mhershey. I also wanted to congratulate Ravi (who I debated twice at the tournament) as well as Jake for having some of the most original cases I’ve ever seen.
Posted from: 68.238.166.58
October 14th, 2007 14:27
Are there any final results for PF??
Posted from: 66.209.65.163
October 14th, 2007 14:38
dis tourney is legit… unfortunately it doesn’t give money to charity or have a belt.
word to my homies on the east side.
congrats joan.
Posted from: 165.155.200.9
October 14th, 2007 15:04
Glen: there was hot shit, but it was eaten really quickly. Chris Castillo enjoyed it.
Posted from: 69.118.235.253
October 14th, 2007 15:22
this:
Trinity Prep RS def. Scarsdale KH (Ken Hershey)
(Anjan Choudhury, Caitlin Halpern, Andy Werner)
is wrong.
Posted from: 71.185.80.3
October 14th, 2007 16:04
Congrats to Ryan, Mike, Bores and Steph
Posted from: 24.149.63.114
October 14th, 2007 16:10
From what I’ve heard, I think it should be
Hunter College AB def. Newtown AA (Akshay Agashe)
2-1 (Tom Evnen, Christian Tarsney*, Petey Gil-Montllor)
Posted from: 152.17.115.52
October 14th, 2007 16:19
Congratulations to Mike Contillo for continuing his great start to what I’m sure will be a fantastic year.
Posted from: 24.186.38.46
October 14th, 2007 18:02
First off, congrats to my teammate Harry on just missing break.
Next, congrats to Akshay, who I had the pleasure of hiting in prelims, on octas.
Finally, congrats to Marc, Klinger, Steph, and Usha on doubles.
This tournament was awesome. As people have already said, the pool was intense, the judges were great, and the scheduling ran smoothly.
I don’t know if they’re looking to fill in missing information, but my octas result was:
Strake Jesuit DD def. Chaminade MC (Michael Contillo)
2-1 (Tommy Clancy, Jason Baldwin, Chetan Hertzig*)
Posted from: 12.42.47.198
October 14th, 2007 18:15
yaay that’s cool
Posted from: 68.48.175.11
October 14th, 2007 18:19
I’ve been to this tournament for the last 3 years, and I continue to maintain that it offers the strongest competition in the NE, and frankly anywhere. Yet again, just looking at the outrounds gives you a sense of how intense everything was. And, again, look above at how fantastic the judging is.
But most importantly, thank you to Jon and to the Bronx Family for showing us all wonderful hospitality (esp. Arielle and Mr. Kellman who went out of their way to give me a ride when I really needed one!).
On a personal note, I just want to thank all five of my Whitman students at this tournaments for being so amazing and hard working. Marco and Emily, yall came very close, showed a lot of pride in round 7, and did an awesome job helping your teammates. David and Ellen, you did awesome getting to octos with super hard draws and did yourself proud. And Jane — what can I say - 2 tournaments your sophomore year, and 2 bid rounds - amazing.
This is the kind of weekend that reminds me why it is great to be a debate coach.
Posted from: 24.215.130.4
October 14th, 2007 18:35
Congratz to Jason, Cody, Marc, Isaac, Alex Z, Robbie, Scarsdale, Strake, and especially Walt Whitman on beastin!
Posted from: 64.12.116.76
October 14th, 2007 18:36
how did ravi win in octos and then not move on to quarters? or is that a mistake?
Posted from: 69.119.93.209
October 14th, 2007 18:43
you guys should all know that all the action was happening at the concession stand
Posted from: 69.123.127.183
October 14th, 2007 20:17
Just a friendly correction, the 33rd seed is Harry Liberman, not Lieberman
Posted from: 68.48.175.11
October 14th, 2007 20:21
To post 95, Octos should read:
Scarsdale KH def. Trinity Prep RS (Choudhury, Werner*, Halpern).
Posted from: 72.93.211.189
October 14th, 2007 22:30
Congrats to Catherine, Marc, Becca, Jake, Isaac, Joan, and Ardy.
Also, congrats especially to my team.
Lara/Zendeh for winning, Priya/Apoorv on your ghost bid, Hao/Willy on octas, JBox/Nikita on octas too, and Kartik for doubles (also Hao for 7th speaker and Zendeh for 8th).
Posted from: 75.73.214.91
October 15th, 2007 00:25
Woo Trinity Prep.
Posted from: 75.80.139.173
October 15th, 2007 00:28
CONGRATS JOAN!!!!
Posted from: 67.168.66.202
October 15th, 2007 00:38
Jane, you are a-mazing. =D
Congrats to everyone else, too! There were some way intense rounds this weekend. It’s so awesome to spend time around ppl that like to think really hard/critically just for the fun of it.
Posted from: 207.207.127.254
October 15th, 2007 02:49
great job joan!!!
keep up the good work!
Posted from: 64.251.53.81
October 15th, 2007 07:17
I would just like to second everyone by saying this is quite possibly the best overall tournament I have ever been to. The judging, food, and atmosphere were superb and the tournament was run well on time despite the large field and 7 prelims.
There are a lot of people to congratulate.
Bores and Jane on making it quarters.
Mike Contillo, Ellen and David on octas
Klinger, Kartik, MHershey, Steph and Alex Zhang on Dubs.
And Marco and AT for being so close.
Posted from: 70.19.107.5
October 15th, 2007 11:58
Great job Mike, you did outstanding at a ridu-hard tournament yet again. Hopefully your draws will be a little bit easier in the future. I also want to extend an apology to whoever the other non-breaking 5-2 is.
Posted from: 129.15.131.248
October 15th, 2007 12:14
I’d like to thank Jon Cruz for providing a very educational experience, and showing a lot of people, possibly me in particular. That the NE has very legit judging and extremely legit competition.
Posted from: 76.202.59.222
October 15th, 2007 12:31
Thank you Jon, Joe, Jim, and all the Bronx parents,debaters, and administration who made this tournament one of the best experiences our team has had. There are a LOT of reasons why Palo Alto chose to fly all the way across the country to this tournament on this weekend and we are *so* thankful that we did.
The contestant and judging pools were near the best we’ve experienced anywhere and the tournament administration (from the food to the open tab to the housing to the transportation options) was fantastic. Going to the Big Bronx is now a Palo Alto High School tradition.
Thanks again, all.
Posted from: 70.121.249.66
October 15th, 2007 13:42
Any news on the round robin?
Posted from: 24.186.38.46
October 15th, 2007 14:26
from what i heard, it was Sankar vs. Donatti in finals.
Posted from: 70.121.249.66
October 15th, 2007 14:48
Jake says (by phone) that Ravi won and that he (Jake) was top speaker there, too. Congrats Ravi and Jake, you totally took this tournament (almost) :D
Posted from: 75.73.208.213
October 15th, 2007 15:04
Awesome job Trinity prep!!
Posted from: 216.89.93.4
October 15th, 2007 15:10
I think its pretty clear that Bronx is one of the best tournaments out there and def one of the hardest semis bids of all time. The judging was great at both the tournament and the round robin. The field was a amazing at both as well. The results posted about the round robin are correct Jake was (I’m pretty sure the third of all time) top speaker at both the tournament and the round robin. Ravi (neg) def David (aff) on a 3-2 decision with the student vote (7-2), Tarsney and Castillo making up the majority and Clancy and Baldwin on bottom.
Posted from: 67.151.0.90
October 15th, 2007 15:15
Excellent judging, competition, trophies, and food. I look forward to attending again in the future.
Congrats to Trinity Prep and Strake on their strong showings.
Posted from: 72.93.80.175
October 15th, 2007 15:30
I’d like to thank the Bronx team for an amazing tournament, run very well and tons of great judges
Apart from that, congrats to jz for being a baller, ryan and akshay for sweet showings, and all the lex policy teams that owned the tournament
Posted from: 205.188.116.76
October 15th, 2007 17:18
BTW… best line of the whole weekend goes to Chris Castillo for the…. After ballot count we had to go to two tie breakers first adjusted speaker points and then… Rep. It was great
Posted from: 69.248.217.251
October 15th, 2007 17:47
Harry–I’m the other non-breaking 5-2. Thanks for the empathy and I’d like to extend an apology to you as well.
And congrats to Zehner and Steph for breaking.
Posted from: 71.156.54.173
October 15th, 2007 17:48
man, jake is such a baller
Posted from: 76.167.135.190
October 15th, 2007 19:37
Congratulations to Jake and Joan. I was, as usual, impressed with you both this weekend.
Also, congrats to David and Jason for battling through some amazingly tough competition to get bids.
Thanks to Jon and the Bronx Science crew for a great weekend. This tournament is a lot of fun–I recommend it to any and all.
Posted from: 68.34.22.122
October 15th, 2007 21:50
Diehl squirrelled in doubles.
Posted from: 141.149.189.141
October 16th, 2007 17:30
Congrats to Marc, Issac, and Steph. This tournament will be huge. Count on it
Posted from: 65.33.216.205
October 16th, 2007 18:27
First, congrats to Joan on a great run, it was a really fun final round, and a worthy rematch of the VBI demo round.
Second, I’d like to thank Jon and the Bronx Science team for an extremely well-run tournament; it’s definitely the best of the Northeast in my opinion. I’d really recommend it to anyone next year who wants solid judging and competition, and the Round Robin is awesome. Bottom line: GO2BRONX.
Also, congrats to fellow confederate Ken Hershey for getting to quarters (although at Ravi’s expense), Joe Vaughan for breaking five debaters, JZhou for getting the bid and second speaker, Tess for going undefeated in prelims, Patrick Diehl for surviving his first Northeast tournament, and Sean Wynn for being the true winningest.
See you next year in the NYC.
Posted from: 70.253.61.215
October 16th, 2007 20:16
Congrats to jake, joan, david, and jason. But also, Joan is such a good speaker that she got both 7th and 11th.
wow.
Posted from: 66.108.94.165
October 16th, 2007 20:28
Nice way to tiptoe around calling out the accidental omission of your name, Mr. Liipfert.
Thank you to all who came! We hope to have you back for the thirty-eighth annual New York City Invitational next year. I appreciate the feedback I’ve been getting here and via e-mail, and the positive comments are much appreciated, both by me and the entire Bronx Science program.
Posted from: 216.83.253.42
October 16th, 2007 20:49
Congrats to Joan and Jake
Also, thanks to Jon Cruz for running an awesome tournament and doing everything possible to make it feasible for Vestavia to attend. Highly recommend it to anyone for next, plus theres no way it won’t have an octas bid so its definitely worth it.
Posted from: 69.118.143.130
October 16th, 2007 21:12
I just wanted to thank jon for running an awesome tournament and an equally awesome round robin. I agree with Anjan that this tournament probably has the best competition and judging in the northeast…congrats to Ken, Salant, both Matts and ardi and also to joan jake ravi etc.
Posted from: 69.154.177.46
October 17th, 2007 14:19
Jon you more than outdid yourself this year in the round robin and tournament itself. Both were well run with great competition, good food and stellar judging. This should be a quarters bid at a minimum. You can expect us back next year.
Posted from: 155.33.71.140
October 17th, 2007 14:33
Congrats Jason and Kartik, and, of course, all of Lexington policy.
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 19th, 2007 08:46
There was indeed hot shit… I made it. Chris why wasn’t that part of your thank you???