Chris Catterton Wins Voices Round Robin
Presentation High School Hosts Fundraising Event
SAN JOSE, Cali. — The Voices Foundation held its annual Lincoln-Douglas debate round robin at Presentation High School this weekend. All fees and donations collected during the weekend will go directly to supporting Voices initiatives that focus on John McKay’s original mission to address deficiencies of financial and educational resources that deter many students from fully participating in Lincoln-Douglas debate.
The final round of the weekend featured Analy High School’s Chris Catterton and Mountain View High School’s Daniel Khalessi. A panel of Tim Case, Adam Nelson, Alex Smith, Wesley Craven, and the combined student vote adjudicated; it was a 5-0 decision for Chris. Congratulations to both debaters!
Chris is coached by Lynette Williamson, Mike Spirtos, and Corbin Cass; Daniel is coached by Eric Palmer and Stephen Hess.
SEMIS
Analy CC def. Monta Vista OA (Om Alladi)
4-1 (*Ryan Lawrence, Patrick Mahoney, Adam Nelson, Wesley Craven, Sanjeet Mitra)
Mountain View DK def. South Eugene BS (Ben Schifberg)
4-1 (*Stephen Babb, Corbin Cass, Alex Smith, Ashan Peiris, Navot Tidhar)
FINALS
Analy CC def. Mountain View DK (Daniel Khalessi)
5-0 (Tim Case, Adam Nelson, Alex Smith, Wesley Craven, Students [Daniel Garber, Amanda Signorelli, Adrienne Keamy, Om Alladi, Ben Schifberg, Gaurav Gupta, Ryan Altamare, *Mostafa Al-Alusi)
“I understand there are eight students there,” notes Mike Spirtos. “No explanation….”
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Chris Catterton — Analy High School (CA)
2. Amanda Signorelli — The Meadows School (NV)
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THE COMPETITORS
Mustafa Al-Alusi — Torrey Pines High School (CA)
Om Alladi — Monta Vista High School (CA)
Ryan Altamare — Rocky River High School (OH)
Chris Catterton — Analy High School (CA)
Daniel Garber – Mountain View High School (CA)
Gaurav Gupta — Lynbrook High School (CA)
Adrienne Keamy — The Meadows School (NV)
Daniel Khalessi – Mountain View High School (CA)
Natalee Pei – Mountain View High School (CA)
Ben Schifberg — South Eugene High School (OR)
Amanda Signorelli — The Meadows School (NV)
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Posted from: 75.58.37.226
April 27th, 2008 20:31
Way to go Chris!
Posted from: 24.6.159.5
April 27th, 2008 20:59
Patrick Mahoney also judged/coached for MVLA this weekend.
Posted from: 66.27.88.190
April 27th, 2008 21:30
Nice job everyone!
Posted from: 24.6.159.5
April 28th, 2008 08:57
There were only 8 competitors on the student panel (as opposed to 11) because 2 of us were debating and 1 had to leave.
Posted from: 128.135.188.173
April 28th, 2008 09:11
What would have happened with a 4-4 split?
Posted from: 66.240.48.106
April 28th, 2008 10:39
Garber’s ballot would not have counted.
Posted from: 74.73.176.171
April 28th, 2008 12:22
Congratulations to Chris and Daniel!
Sheila, Tim, and the rest of the Voices volunteers should be commended for their work in putting this event together and raising money for the good works done by the organization.
I have to admit, I’m a little confused as to why Daniel Garber was voting in the first place if his teammate was in the final round. (Not that I don’t doubt his ability to remain objective, but why be put in that situation?)
Posted from: 76.95.164.213
April 28th, 2008 13:04
I also wanna congratulate Om who was 1st seed after hitting khalessi, garber and catterbaby
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
April 28th, 2008 13:43
Congrats to DFK and Catterton
Posted from: 206.180.133.78
April 28th, 2008 13:51
Looks like an awesome event. Congrats to everyone.
I think what Adam is saying is that Garber wasn’t really ever “voting”, if his ballot didn’t count in a 4-4 tie at every point each debater needed to win 4 of the 7 others to get the student vote. So calling it an 8-0 is probably not completely accurate, since only 7 of the ballots ever counted.
Posted from: 69.118.235.253
April 28th, 2008 14:42
congrats Chris and DFK
Posted from: 165.254.143.3
April 28th, 2008 14:50
Sam’s post makes sense. So it was really a 4-3. :o)
Posted from: 71.60.209.85
April 28th, 2008 15:06
congrats to dfk and catterton. nice work
Posted from: 67.159.51.154
April 28th, 2008 16:53
whose name is navajo?
and you finally changed the deceptive “will not be displayed” description next to mail, eh cruz?
Posted from: 74.73.176.171
April 28th, 2008 17:40
Deceptive? Not intentionally. I kind of just forgot it was there; thank you to Michael Mangus for pointing that out.
Posted from: 71.198.1.9
April 28th, 2008 18:13
Apparently, I am Navajo. I don’t know how, but I guess it’s easier to pronounce.
Anyway, congrats to Om for top seed, DFK for getting to finals, and Catterton for having an excellent streak from harker till now.
Also, much props to Tim Case and Sheila McKay for running a very excellent and very democratic round robin. One of the best I’ve been to.
Posted from: 128.135.188.173
April 28th, 2008 20:55
lol
Navot whoever i got the panel rom mispronounced your name and that was the best i could do
i sorta like navajo though…
Posted from: 128.2.247.156
April 28th, 2008 21:17
good job om for your first seed status and sems appearance, and I hope you keep up this momentum for toc!
Posted from: 76.212.9.254
April 29th, 2008 01:40
Congratulations to all the competitors this past weekend. It certainly was an interesting and enjoyable experience for me and hopefully the competitors will agree.
I aso wanted to note that Mountain View’s Natalee Pei was 3rd speaker overall.
Congrats to Chris, DFK, Om, and Ben on your performances and congrats to the rest of the field. Many thanks to the coaches and judges for helping make things run smooth.
(On a side note, it didnt seem fair to tell Garber he didnt matter, so I let him cast a ballot [which wound up very objective] despite the fact that as Sam points out, if it came down to it, it wouldnt have counted [sorry Garber])
Posted from: 98.199.179.122
April 30th, 2008 19:48
saaaweet.
Posted from: 208.113.190.18
May 13th, 2008 21:21
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