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Becca Traber, Madeline Vuong Win Lone Star Round Robin Titles

posted by Jon Cruz on March 30th, 2008

DALLAS, Tex. — The Hockaday School’s Lone Star Round Robin — billed as the last ever — came to a close today with the naming of two champions: the Kinkaid School’s Becca Traber in the TOC/Senior Division, and Anderson High School’s Madeline Vuong in the Rising Division. Becca defeated Hockaday’s Joan Gass on a 5-0 in the final round; Madeline defeated Clear Lake High School’s Jessica Jeang on a 5-0 in finals as well. Congratulations to all four debaters!

Becca is coached by Eric Emerson and Ryan Cooper; Joan is coached by Stacy Thomas and Tom Evnen. Madeline is coached by Joseph Uehler; Jessica is coached by Martin Klein and Michael O’Connell.

Rounds commenced on Saturday, with the elimination rounds taking place on Sunday. A series of educational lectures — both on debate strategy and on the practical application of debate skills in the outside world — were held throughout the weekend, bringing together debate coaches and community leaders in this unique forum for top female debaters from across the country.

Each pod in each division was named after an influential female intellectual and political figure from different historical periods. The winner of each pod was awarded a copy of one of the writer’s key works for which her pod was named in addition to Lone Star’s traditional cowboy hat and boot.

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RISING DIVISION

SEMIS
Anderson MV def. Hockaday KF (Kathleen French)
Clear Lake JJ def. Cypress Falls SM (Sara Meghji)

FINALS
Anderson MV def. Clear Lake JJ (Jessica Jeang)
5-0 (Lauren Ford, Elyse Lyons, Brooke Mirabi, Kristen Ray, Student Vote [12-1])

CHAMPION
Madeline Vuong

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Madeline Vuong — Anderson High School (TX)
2. Samantha Sanders — Byram Hills High School (NY)
3. Cathy Creighton — Southlake Carroll High School (TX)

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ANZALDUA POD — Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
1. Jessica Jeang — Clear Lake High School (TX)
2. Francesca Parente — Wayzata High School (MN)
3. Arielle Kellman — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
Jessica Kaushal — Redlands High School (CA)
Megha Motgi — The Hockaday School (TX)
Crystal Williams — Law Magnet High School (TX)

GILLIGAN POD — In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development
1. Sara Meghji — Cypress Falls High School (TX)
2. Carson Chalmers — Marcus High School (TX)
3. Emilija Landsbergis — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
Laura Bomes — Archer School for Girls (CA)
Lara Gatehouse — The Hockaday School (TX)
Stefanie Rohde — Walt Whitman High School (MD)

STEINEM POD — Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
1. Kathleen French — The Hockaday School (TX)
2. Anna Lyons — Valley High School (IA)
3. Alli Gofman — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
Molly Dunn — Northland Christian (TX)
Hailey Lopez — Crowley High School (TX)
Caroline Tan — Lynbrook High School (CA)

BUTLER POD — Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
1. Madeline Vuong — Anderson High School (TX)
2. Samantha Sanders — Byram Hills High School (NY)
3. Cathy Creighton — Southlake Carroll (TX)
Lisa Kapp — Perkiomen Valley High School (PA)
Sarah Ridout — The Hockaday School (TX)
Rachel Umans — Walt Whitman High School (MD)

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TOC/SENIOR DIVISION

SEMIS
Kinkaid BT def. Hockaday SV (Shivani Vohra)
Hockaday JG def. Colleyville Heritage AB (Arti Bhatia)

FINALS
Kinkaid BT def. Hockaday JG (Joan Gass)
5-0 (Laura De La Cruz, Jenn Miller, Kristen Ray, Jessie Stellmach, Student Vote [6-3])

CHAMPION
Kinkaid BT (Becca Traber)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Arti Bhatia — Colleyville Heritage High School (TX)
2. Joan Gass — The Hockaday School (TX)
3. Shivani Vohra — The Hockaday School (TX)

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For semifinals, the three pod winners advanced. The fourth spot in the semis was awarded to the person with the best overall record who had not already cleared.

MILLETT POD — Sexual Politics
1. Becca Traber — The Kinkaid School (Houston, TX)
2. Ellen Nobel — Walt Whitman High School (Maryland)
Emily Allen — Grapevine High School (TX)
Dorlin Armijo — Law Magnet High School (TX)
Lindsay Dolan — The Hockaday School (TX)

WOOLF POD — A Room of One’s Own
1. Joan Gass — The Hockaday School (TX)
2. Danielle Smogard — Greenhill School (Dallas, TX)
Karlyn Gorski — Perkiomen Valley High School (PA)
Courtney Nunley — Northland Christian School (TX)
Melanie Plaza — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)

HOOKS POD* — Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
1. Arti Bhatia — Colleyville Heritage High School (TX)
2. Shivani Vohra — The Hockaday School (TX)
Alex Ackroyd — Palo Alto High School (CA)
Vivian Ho — Marcus High School (TX)
Rachel Vogel — Carnegie Vanguard High School (TX)

* My apologies to bell hooks for the uppercase letters!

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THE JUDGES

Nathan Abell — Hired
Josh Aguilar — Hired
Jackie Allgayer — Anderson High School (TX)
Stephen Babb — Archer School for Girls (CA)
Steffany Batik — Colleyville Heritage High School (TX)
Jane Boyd — Grapevine High School (TX)
Katherine Brainard — Palo Alto High School (CA)
Geoff Caffo — Hired
Mack Coleman — Hired
Wesley Craven — Hired
Laura de la Cruz — Hired
Tom Evnen — The Hockaday School (TX)
BobieJo Ferguson — Hired
Lauren Ford — Hired
Christine Halbert — Greenhill School (TX)
Elyse Lyons — Walt Whitman High School (TX)
Eric Melin — Southlake Carroll High School (TX)
Jennifer Miller — Marcus High School (TX)
Brooke Mirabi — Hired
Michael O’Connell — Hired
Quinn Olivarez — Carnegie Vanguard High School (TX)
Kristen Ray — Hired
Ernie Rose — Valley High School (IA)
Lyndsey Simmons — Grapevine High School (TX)
Jessie Stellmach — Law Magnet High School (TX)
Stacy Thomas — The Hockaday School (TX)
Aaron Timmons — Greenhill School (TX)
Johanna Tyler — Wayzata High School (MN)
Taarini Vohra — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
Debbie Waddell — Cypress Falls High School (TX)
Kris Wright — Hired

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46 Responses to “Becca Traber, Madeline Vuong Win Lone Star Round Robin Titles”

  1. Bobby
    Posted from: 72.80.238.79

    March 28th, 2008 19:28
    1

    GO! ARIELLE MELANIE AND BIG J

  2. Christina
    Posted from: 71.249.115.170

    March 28th, 2008 19:39
    2

    Go, Arielle, Emilija and Melanie!

  3. mezzatesta
    Posted from: 68.126.5.112

    March 28th, 2008 22:30
    3

    cathy creighton and megha motgi — represent.

  4. lonelymom
    Posted from: 216.9.250.42

    March 29th, 2008 06:30
    4

    Happy Sweet 16th to ASK!

  5. maeshal
    Posted from: 216.159.104.202

    March 29th, 2008 08:47
    5

    good luck anna

  6. Whitman Debate Mom
    Posted from: 71.191.137.201

    March 29th, 2008 09:29
    6

    Go Whitman! Ellen, Stef, Rachel…..good luck today!
    (FYI, it’s Ellen NOBLE, not NOBEL.)
    Thank you for covering the Lone Star RR!

  7. David W
    Posted from: 72.66.67.125

    March 29th, 2008 09:34
    7

    Good luck Ellen, Stef and Rachel!

  8. Bobby
    Posted from: 72.80.237.49

    March 29th, 2008 11:00
    8

    Pods?

  9. Nicole
    Posted from: 24.151.51.16

    March 29th, 2008 17:09
    9

    good luck alli lisa sam and karlyn

  10. Matt
    Posted from: 24.164.191.184

    March 29th, 2008 18:33
    10

    records / ballot counts?

  11. Whitman Debate mom
    Posted from: 71.163.39.67

    March 29th, 2008 19:46
    11

    Hey! Any news?????

  12. Regan
    Posted from: 12.227.177.160

    March 29th, 2008 20:48
    12

    Good Luck Valley

  13. eric melin
    Posted from: 70.2.178.67

    March 30th, 2008 00:04
    13

    stuff i have been told:

    Rising:
    Carson Chalmers 5-3
    Cathy Creighton 5-3

    TOC:
    Danielle Smogard 5-1
    Ellen Noble 4-2
    Becca Traber 6-0

    i apologize for any inaccuracies

  14. VBD Weekend Coverage: Mar. 28-30, 2008 | VBD: High School Debate, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Public Forum
    Posted from: 206.251.74.247

    March 30th, 2008 08:24
    14

    […] Midwestern Novice Championships | Lone Star Round Robin (Hockaday) | PHSL State Tournament (Pennsylvania) | NFA State Tournament […]

  15. anna ward
    Posted from: 76.102.128.144

    March 30th, 2008 13:21
    15

    apparently:

    rising - Anderson MV def. Clear Lake JJ

    TOC (happening right now) - Hockaday JG v. Kinkaid BT

  16. Fresca
    Posted from: 68.187.45.79

    March 30th, 2008 14:59
    16

    Rising division semis:

    Anderson MV def. Hockaday KF
    Clear Lake JJ def. Cypress Falls SM

    Rising division finals:

    Anderson MV (neg) def. Clear Lake JJ on a 5-0 (Lyons, Mirabi, Ford, Ray, and students)

    TOC semis:

    Kinkaid BT def. Hockaday SV
    Hockaday JG def. Colleyville Heights AB

    TOC finals:

    Kinkaid BT (aff) vs. Hockaday JG

  17. Anjan
    Posted from: 68.48.175.11

    March 30th, 2008 15:12
    17

    Congrats to Madeline, Becca, Joan, and everyone else. From everything I heard, it was an awesome time.

  18. sriegert
    Posted from: 98.200.138.81

    March 30th, 2008 15:57
    18

    congrats clear lake jj!

  19. nc
    Posted from: 68.173.223.220

    March 30th, 2008 16:01
    19

    Someone needs to take a picture of the cowboy hats.

  20. varun
    Posted from: 69.115.223.185

    March 30th, 2008 18:29
    20

    congrats madeline

  21. jasdeep
    Posted from: 76.166.227.92

    March 30th, 2008 19:17
    21

    good job jessica!!!!!!

  22. Daniel Khalessi
    Posted from: 24.6.159.5

    March 30th, 2008 19:44
    22

    congrats to Jess Jeang and Anna lyons!

  23. Chris Castillo
    Posted from: 69.151.199.148

    March 30th, 2008 20:01
    23

    good job Becca and Madeline

  24. Seth
    Posted from: 24.215.130.4

    March 30th, 2008 20:02
    24

    Congratz to Arielle and Emilija on placing, as well as Cathy, Sam, Kathleen, and Ali for being awesome!

  25. Bobby
    Posted from: 72.80.227.126

    March 30th, 2008 20:04
    25

    CONGRATS BIG J AND ARIELLE FOR PLACING!

  26. Lumpee
    Posted from: 71.86.115.6

    March 30th, 2008 20:21
    26

    I’m not surprised by either winners; both girls are outstanding debaters. Congrats to Becca, Madeline, Jess and Carson

  27. maeshal
    Posted from: 70.56.10.36

    March 30th, 2008 20:30
    27

    nice job anna!

    i’m glad you stuck to our deal

  28. Ryan Lester
    Posted from: 98.194.2.241

    March 30th, 2008 20:31
    28

    Congrats to the Madeline, Jessica, Becca, and Joan. All of you are great debaters as well as just amazing people in general.

  29. ross b
    Posted from: 70.56.6.41

    March 30th, 2008 20:32
    29

    congrats anna!

  30. mezzatesta
    Posted from: 69.111.74.113

    March 30th, 2008 20:54
    30

    Cathy Creighton — FO SHO.

  31. matt hershey
    Posted from: 69.118.235.253

    March 30th, 2008 21:07
    31

    congrats madeline

  32. matt k
    Posted from: 12.216.111.70

    March 30th, 2008 23:10
    32

    gj anna

  33. Ajay Ketkar
    Posted from: 72.179.143.223

    March 31st, 2008 00:33
    33

    congrats to Arti for the first place speaker and the semis appearance!

  34. mjocon
    Posted from: 67.9.146.29

    March 31st, 2008 02:52
    34

    congratulations to jessica jeang on a tremendous weekend (10-0 in her pod, winning semis, and a good performance in finals). lots of juniors did well this year, but don’t think that ‘09 is predetermined yet. you’ll see more of this girl.

  35. Carson
    Posted from: 96.226.57.8

    March 31st, 2008 16:15
    35

    This was an amazing round robin! One of my favorite weekends of the year. Congrats to everyone who was there, it was great seeing you!

  36. jes jeang
    Posted from: 98.199.179.122

    March 31st, 2008 16:48
    36

    The Lone Star Round Robin honestly made me decide against quitting debate.
    I’m really thankful to have been able to participate.
    Congrats to Madeline and Becca on their wins.
    Happy birthday to Arielle.

  37. liz
    Posted from: 128.135.190.43

    March 31st, 2008 18:42
    37

    I am terribly sad that I couldn’t make it out to this tournament. It was wonderful last year and I’m sure it was equally great this year. Congrats to everyone!

  38. nathan abell
    Posted from: 128.83.103.76

    March 31st, 2008 23:43
    38

    GOOD JOB VIVIAN AND CARSON.
    and good job to, like, everyone else.
    and also (just btw) alex ackroyd had an INTENSE ac. seriously, it was awesome. you should ask her about it. since its awesome.

    and the weekend was absolutely delightful and i hope it comes back sometime in the future, even though not next year

  39. nathan abell
    Posted from: 128.83.103.76

    March 31st, 2008 23:45
    39

    oh, ps, i DEF second michael’s comment about next year and jes, and rachel vogel should probably be added to that list as well.

  40. Stacy Thomas
    Posted from: 216.138.113.238

    April 1st, 2008 10:05
    40

    I’m not sure who all is still reading this, but I wanted to say some thank yous that I forgot to say publically this weekend due to being so out of it (lack of sleep). Huge appreciation goes to Nathan Abell, BobieJo Ferguson, and Wes Craven who served as volunteers this weekend so that we could reduce judging fees for some participants who needed the help. Thanks to Ernie Rose, Kristen Ray, and Kris Wright for putting together wonderful lectures for the debaters. All the feedback I got was that these lectures were highly educational and interesting. Thanks to Steffany Batik of Colleyville-Heritage for running tab, and Daryn Paciotti for running the ballot table. You kept us on track and allowed me to simply enjoy this last year of the event. Thanks to my students (especially Berenice Villela and Jenny McCartney who were in charge of food and transportation) and Tom Evnen for all the hard work they did to make this weekend happen. Thanks to the parents who attended and participated. I love seeing parents at this event and was able to have some wonderful conversations with them. It added a lot to our weekend. Then, there are the Hockaday parents/families who housed everybody, provided transportation, cooked food, etc. This support is the only way this round robin happens, so I’m very grateful.

    Several people asked us where we got our timers, so I wanted to give out the information of the company we use. They gave us a great deal and did a terrific job with the art. We use http://www.promopeddler.com. Our sales rep is David Robinson.

    Finally, to those at the event in general (from debaters to judges to observers), personally this was the most special weekend of my debate career, and it is because of you. Thanks to everybody who had conversations with me — until all hours of the morning — and to everyone who has been so supportive over the years of this event, whether it be driving down from Austin to help with our judging pool or staying to help me clean up when I’m exhausted on Sunday despite the fact that you aren’t even my student (thanks Rahim and Ryan and others).

    Finally, congrats to Becca and Madeline. I heard nothing but amazing things about both of you from everyone who watched you debate. Great job to all the other semifinalists and participants. Judges repeatedly told me that the rounds they saw this weekend were incredible.

  41. Stacy Thomas
    Posted from: 216.138.113.238

    April 1st, 2008 10:07
    41

    two finallys… oops, plus I forgot to thank our guest speaker, Kimberly Simpson for working a Sunday presentation into her schedule as a very busy business woman.

  42. Hailey L
    Posted from: 70.249.159.78

    April 1st, 2008 16:52
    42

    Congrats to Becca and Madeline on winning
    As well as Carson!
    It was such an awesome event and a wonderful weekend.

    I want to thank Ms. Thomas for hosting it, it’s definitely been the highlight of my debate career and while I’m sad it’s ending, I hope something better comes out of it in the future.

  43. Rebar Niemi
    Posted from: 24.232.15.135

    April 1st, 2008 17:44
    43

    in a year of good omens, this was great.

    big congratulations madeline.

  44. Rebar Niemi
    Posted from: 24.232.15.135

    April 1st, 2008 17:45
    44

    becca, duh on my part! maj congs.

  45. quinn olivarez
    Posted from: 64.91.217.43

    April 1st, 2008 22:41
    45

    congrats to everyone for doing well, especially to rachel for proving you can roll with the best. and special thanks to stacy once again for hosting my favorite tournament of the year, way to host a great event and bring all different members of the community together.

  46. Jay
    Posted from: 169.229.81.189

    April 2nd, 2008 17:21
    46

    Nice Job Madeline! I knew it all along…

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