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Emily Massey Takes Vassar

posted by Jon Cruz on September 7th, 2008

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — In the final round of the sixth annual Vassar Round Robin, Scarsdale High School’s Eric Thurm affirmed against Walt Whitman High School’s Emily Massey. On a 4-3 decision — including a 6-5 combined vote by the students! — Emily won the tournament’s title. Congratulations to both debaters!

Mira Chernick, Patrick Mahoney, Daniel Sheehan, and Taarini Vohra negated, while Abdul Beretay, Sheryl Kaczmarek, and the majority of students (6-5) affirmed. (The combined student vote counted as one ballot.)

Emily is coached by Anjan Choudhury, Tanya Choudhury, Elyse Lyons, Todd Liipfert, and Stephanie Caravias; Eric is coached by Joe Vaughan and Patrick Diehl.

A number of service awards were presented throughout the weekend to individuals who have helped the Vassar Round Robin become and remain the special event that it is. The Dolan Family of Texas, Catherine Jennings of Vassar College, Amanda Kaplan of Vassar College (and formerly of the Bronx High School of Science), and Susan Wysocki of Babycakes Cafe were honored.

ROSE
1. Eric Thurm — Scarsdale High School (NY)
2. Jane Kessner — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
3. Adam Silver — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
Dan Cook — Monticello High School (NY)
Eric Fischer — Byram Hills High School (NY)
Alli Gofman — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
Nick Lassus — Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX)
Nina Wexelblatt — Albuquerque Academy (NM)

GRAY
1. Emily Massey — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
2. Michael Hassin — Millburn High School (NJ)
3. Karlyn Gorski — Perkiomen Valley High School (PA)
Nikhil Bhargava — Palo Alto High School (CA)
Charles Cardinal — The Montgomery Academy (AL)
Bobby Esnard — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
A.J. Galainena — The Latin School of Chicago (IL)
Megha Motgi — The Hockaday School (TX)

FINALS
Walt Whitman EM def. Scarsdale ET (Eric Thurm)

CHAMPION
Walt Whitman EM (Emily Massey)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Eric Thurm — Scarsdale High School (NY)
2. Jane Kessner — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
3. Emily Massey — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
4. Michael Hassin — Millburn High School (NJ)
5. Adam Silver — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)

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ROSE PRELIMS

ROUND 1
Albuquerque NW vs. Hendrick Hudson AG (Mira Chernick, Diane D. Steiker)
Bronx Science AS vs. Walt Whitman JK (Brian Kwik, Daniel Sheehan)
Byram Hills EF vs. Monticello DC (Jay Rye, Jason Sun)
Scarsdale ET vs. Strake Jesuit NL (Mike Contillo, Alex Weaver)

ROUND 2
Hendrick Hudson AG vs. Byram Hills EF (Todd Liipfert, Mira Chernick)
Monticello DC vs. Bronx Science AS (Tom Evnen, Eric Perelman)
Strake Jesuit NL vs. Albuquerque NW (Caitlin Halpern, Sabrina Graham)
Walt Whitman JK vs. Scarsdale ET (Abdul Beretay, Emily Sweeney)

ROUND 3
Albuquerque NW vs. Walt Whitman JK (Alex Weaver, Mike Contillo)
Bronx Science AS vs. Hendrick Hudson AG (Deepa Ramakrishnan, Jason Sun)
Byram Hills EF vs. Strake Jesuit NL (Mira Chernick, Caitlin Halpern)
Scarsdale ET vs. Monticello DC (Ben Bassoff, Todd Liipfert)

ROUND 4
Hendrick Hudson AG vs. Scarsdale ET (Eric Perelman, Brian Kwik)
Monticello DC vs. Albuquerque NW (Emily Sweeney, Daniel Sheehan)
Strake Jesuit NL vs. Bronx Science AS (Mira Chernick, Ben Bassoff)
Walt Whitman JK vs. Byram Hills EF (Tom Evnen, Patrick Mahoney)

ROUND 5
Albuquerque NW vs. Scarsdale ET (Jason Sun, Caitlin Halpern)
Byram Hills EF vs. Bronx Science AS (Mike Contillo, Alex Weaver)
Hendrick Hudson AG vs. Strake Jesuit NL (Daniel Sheehan, Tom Evnen)
Monticello DC vs. Walt Whitman JK (Mira Chernick, Deepa Ramakrishnan)

ROUND 6
Bronx Science AS vs. Albuquerque NW (Deepa Ramakrishnan, Todd Liipfert)
Scarsdale ET vs. Byram Hills EF (Caitlin Halpern, Taarini Vohra)
Strake Jesuit NL vs. Monticello DC (Les Phillips, Eric Perelman)
Walt Whitman JK vs. Hendrick Hudson AG (Sheryl Kaczmarek, Joe Vaughan)

ROUND 7
Byram Hills EF vs. Albuquerque NW (Sheryl Kaczmarek, Joe Vaughan)
Hendrick Hudson AG vs. Monticello DC (Mike Contillo, Abdul Beretay)
Scarsdale ET vs. Bronx Science AS (Sabrina Graham, Patrick Mahoney)
Walt Whitman JK vs. Strake Jesuit NL (Jason Sun, Les Phillips)

GRAY PRELIMS

ROUND 1
Chicago Latin AG vs. Montgomery CC (Todd Liipfert, Emily Sweeney)
Hockaday MM vs. Perkiomen Valley KG (Ben Bassoff, Eric Perelman)
Millburn MH vs. Walt Whitman EM (Sabrina Graham, Deepa Ramakrishnan)
Palo Alto NB vs. Bronx Science BE (Caitlin Halpern, Tom Evnen)

ROUND 2
Bronx Science BE vs. Millburn MH (Jason Sun, Mike Contillo)
Montgomery CC vs. Palo Alto NB (Alex Weaver, Ben Bassoff)
Perkiomen Valley KG vs. Chicago Latin AG (Jay Rye, Daniel Sheehan)
Walt Whitman EM vs. Hockaday MM (Deepa Ramkrishnan, Brian Kwik)

ROUND 3
Chicago Latin AG vs. Walt Whitman EM (Tom Evnen, Eric Perelman)
Hockaday MM vs. Bronx Science BE (Joe Vaughan, Sheryl Kaczmarek)
Millburn MH vs. Montgomery CC (Brian Kwik, Daniel Sheehan)
Palo Alto NB vs. Perkiomen Valley KG (Sabrina Graham, Abdul Beretay)

ROUND 4
Bronx Science BE vs. Chicago Latin AG (Alex Weaver, Todd Liipfert)
Montgomery CC vs. Hockaday MM (Abdul Beretay, Jason Sun)
Perkiomen Valley KG vs. Millburn MH (Annie Fuoto, Caitlin Halpern)
Walt Whitman EM vs. Palo Alto NB (Sheryl Kaczmarek, Joe Vaughan)

ROUND 5
Bronx Science BE vs. Walt Whitman EM (Ben Bassoff, Abdul Beretay)
Chicago Latin AG vs. Hockaday MM (Annie Fuoto, Sabrina Graham)
Montgomery CC vs. Perkiomen Valley KG (Sheryl Kaczmarek, Joe Vaughan)
Palo Alto NB vs. Millburn MH (Eric Perelman, Patrick Mahoney)

ROUND 6
Hockaday MM vs. Palo Alto NB (Sabrina Graham, Jason Sun)
Millburn MH vs. Chicago Latin AG (Abdul Beretay, Mike Contillo)
Perkiomen Valley KG vs. Bronx Science BE (Emily Sweeney, Brian Kwik)
Walt Whitman EM vs. Montgomery CC (Mira Chernick, Patrick Mahoney)

ROUND 7
Chicago Latin AG vs. Palo Alto NB (Brian Kwik, Caitlin Halpern)
Montgomery CC vs. Bronx Science BE (Deepa Ramakrishnan, Eric Perelman)
Hockaday MM vs. Millburn MH (Daniel Sheehan, Todd Liipfert)
Walt Whitman EM vs. Perkiomen Valley KG (Tom Evnen, Taarini Vohra)

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61 Responses to “Emily Massey Takes Vassar”

  1. CK
    Posted from: 74.36.136.254

    September 6th, 2008 12:14
    1

    GO POKEMON.

  2. rachel
    Posted from: 207.235.225.1

    September 6th, 2008 14:41
    2

    Lassus I believe in you

  3. catterton
    Posted from: 69.12.136.2

    September 6th, 2008 15:18
    3

    eric thurm will crush all challengers (and hopefully is doing so right now)

  4. kate cygan
    Posted from: 206.169.60.21

    September 6th, 2008 16:14
    4

    nina rrose is still lovely and i am rooting for her “fersure.”

    much love to nina!

  5. Matt Ross
    Posted from: 74.73.188.174

    September 6th, 2008 16:20
    5

    go bronx!

  6. Matt
    Posted from: 24.164.191.184

    September 6th, 2008 17:06
    6

    COOK COOK COOK COOK COOK

  7. Sasha
    Posted from: 70.197.71.10

    September 6th, 2008 20:04
    7

    good luck Adam, Bobnard, Charles Cardinal, Emily, Jane Motghi, Nikhil!

  8. Max Chang
    Posted from: 68.196.201.204

    September 6th, 2008 20:59
    8

    Come on mikey, bring it home for NJ.

  9. Abhi
    Posted from: 208.120.131.125

    September 6th, 2008 20:59
    9

    go nobby+ adam!

  10. Abhi
    Posted from: 208.120.131.125

    September 6th, 2008 21:00
    10

    *bobby

  11. Jujhaar
    Posted from: 70.137.142.97

    September 6th, 2008 21:16
    11

    Let’s go NIKHIL!!!!

  12. Dan Chen
    Posted from: 68.196.195.40

    September 6th, 2008 21:30
    12

    good luck to thurm, alli, and hassin!

  13. Jackie Rossiter
    Posted from: 71.141.132.17

    September 6th, 2008 23:14
    13

    Go Nikhil!!!!!!!

  14. mezzatesta
    Posted from: 68.126.243.119

    September 7th, 2008 01:30
    14

    megha motgi is my beezy

  15. Tyler
    Posted from: 130.253.38.79

    September 7th, 2008 08:56
    15

    Are there any ballot counts?

  16. Ben
    Posted from: 68.192.28.123

    September 7th, 2008 09:20
    16

    um…gl kids i know!

  17. Anjan
    Posted from: 98.218.230.121

    September 7th, 2008 09:28
    17

    Finals is Scarsdale’s Eric Thurm vs. Whitman’s Emily Massey.

    Congrats Em! I’m so proud of you!

  18. Alan
    Posted from: 67.80.215.195

    September 7th, 2008 10:19
    18

    Yay Emily! :o)

  19. Caroline
    Posted from: 72.66.28.63

    September 7th, 2008 10:37
    19

    Congrats Emily!!

  20. Dan Chen
    Posted from: 68.196.195.40

    September 7th, 2008 11:23
    20

    gj thurminator! and to mikey for NJ!

  21. VBD Weekend Coverage: Sep. 5-7, 2008 | VBD: High School Debate, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Public Forum
    Posted from: 206.251.74.247

    September 7th, 2008 11:36
    21

    […] Vassar Finals: Walt Whitman’s Emily Massey’s defeated Scarsdale’s Eric Thurm on a 4-3 decision. Grapevine Finals: Westlake’s Devin Race defeated Greenhill’s Danielle Smogard. […]

  22. Ellen Noble
    Posted from: 71.191.251.116

    September 7th, 2008 11:40
    22

    Major congrats Emily!!! you deserve this so much, you’re gonna have one amazing year. Congrats to Jane too for a great showing and second speaker.

  23. Stefanie
    Posted from: 96.241.51.204

    September 7th, 2008 11:41
    23

    Congratulations Em! :)

  24. patrick
    Posted from: 75.0.190.90

    September 7th, 2008 11:44
    24

    good job thurm! way to start off the season with a bang!

  25. Daisy
    Posted from: 207.172.84.123

    September 7th, 2008 11:56
    25

    We love you emily! congrats

  26. ross b
    Posted from: 71.214.199.128

    September 7th, 2008 12:16
    26

    nice work thurm

  27. Ken
    Posted from: 69.118.137.26

    September 7th, 2008 12:17
    27

    congrats thurm

  28. Ben Lewis
    Posted from: 69.140.171.79

    September 7th, 2008 12:18
    28

    Congrats Emily and Jane for taking Vassar by storm. Also, congrats to Eric, who was totally my former rec baseball teammate.

  29. JP Gooderham
    Posted from: 71.60.209.85

    September 7th, 2008 12:26
    29

    good work thurm.

  30. David W
    Posted from: 72.83.128.219

    September 7th, 2008 12:34
    30

    Congrats Emily and Jane

  31. Anjan
    Posted from: 98.218.230.121

    September 7th, 2008 12:47
    31

    Just wanted to say thank you again to Jon for hosting this event (all on his personal dime and effort) and for including our team. I was sorry I could not attend but via the glory of constant text and phone updates, I know that a great time was had. Thank you so much.

    Emily and Jane, I’m really just so proud of you. You both work so hard, and I’m glad you are getting the rewards you deserve.

  32. matt aks
    Posted from: 138.16.103.72

    September 7th, 2008 13:03
    32

    congrats thurm

  33. Nikita
    Posted from: 69.118.140.49

    September 7th, 2008 13:26
    33

    Congrats thurm on second place and first speaker

  34. Daniel Khalessi
    Posted from: 24.6.159.5

    September 7th, 2008 14:09
    34

    +1 to what JP said.

  35. wade
    Posted from: 130.160.209.52

    September 7th, 2008 14:15
    35

    congrats thurm

  36. Avi Jayaraman
    Posted from: 68.196.201.226

    September 7th, 2008 14:26
    36

    Congrats to Mikey for fourth speaker!

  37. matt hershey
    Posted from: 69.118.137.26

    September 7th, 2008 14:41
    37

    major congrats to eric thurm

    also, thurm is coached by patrick diehl too

  38. Nikhil
    Posted from: 69.140.239.225

    September 7th, 2008 15:02
    38

    Good job Thurm

  39. MK
    Posted from: 12.216.111.70

    September 7th, 2008 15:32
    39

    congrats to thurm.

  40. Oliver
    Posted from: 69.118.230.78

    September 7th, 2008 15:57
    40

    THURMYYYYY

  41. Caroline
    Posted from: 68.49.208.226

    September 7th, 2008 16:28
    41

    Congrats Emily and Jane! You both did fantastic!

  42. Stefanie
    Posted from: 96.241.51.204

    September 7th, 2008 16:39
    42

    Congrats to Jane too on second speaker and second in your pod!!

  43. varun
    Posted from: 68.192.172.63

    September 7th, 2008 16:59
    43

    congrats to emily and thurm

  44. Madeline
    Posted from: 24.174.12.201

    September 7th, 2008 17:11
    44

    Congrats to Emily for winning it all and to Eric for the finals appearance, congrats to KARLYN GORSKI because she rocks my world and is awesome, and congrats to Jane, Adam, Nina, Bobby, etc. you’re all talented :o) See you soon

  45. Bobby
    Posted from: 72.80.230.22

    September 7th, 2008 17:29
    45

    First, some congratulations:
    * Major congrats to Emily for repping the lab!
    * Thurm for a stellar performance.
    * Everyone else, for great rounds & a great start on the september/october topic

    Second, some thanks:
    * Thanks to all of the judges for amazingly useful advice and comments
    * Thanks to all of my friends for making this weekend (what I would call) the most fun-loving debate experience ever. It was great to see you all again and to be reminded that this activity is one that has brought me many friendships.
    * Thank you to Cruz for organizing such an amazing round robin and enhancing the weekend’s events with wonderful hospitality and camaraderie.

  46. Fisch
    Posted from: 69.120.236.168

    September 7th, 2008 18:24
    46

    First off, thanks to Cruz for running an awesome tournament. It was a really good, low pressure tournament to start off the year with, and it definitely helped shape the direction that I want to head in with this topic. The judging was great- there’s not one ballot that I can say was an “illegit” decision. Congrats to Thurm on a job well done, although he didn’t appreciate my artwork.

  47. Karlyn
    Posted from: 69.253.230.13

    September 7th, 2008 18:53
    47

    What a fun weekend! Huge thanks to Mr. Cruz for doing everything he does to make this tournament happen. Also, thanks to all of the judges and other people who helped out. I learned a ton this weekend; it was a completely fantastic way to start out the season. The competition was, of course, great, and all of the rounds were top-notch. I’d congratulate people, but the list would just be me retyping the entire field. Special congrats to Eric and Emily for rockin’ it!

  48. Josh
    Posted from: 69.121.162.215

    September 7th, 2008 19:49
    48

    congratulations to bobby and adam for a great start of the year. nice job!

    and, of course, congrats to emily and eric for being incredible.

  49. Fresca
    Posted from: 24.118.131.11

    September 8th, 2008 04:12
    49

    THURM! Awesome job! Major congrats to Emily too, for winning the whole thing! You are both going to be amazing this year!

  50. Tom Rollins
    Posted from: 98.169.51.84

    September 8th, 2008 08:34
    50

    Congratulations to Whitman all around: To Coach Choudhury, and to Emily and Jane! It will be nice to have you back on the circuit, EM.

  51. Ali Huberlie
    Posted from: 165.123.66.13

    September 8th, 2008 08:37
    51

    I judged with Emily’s (incredibly nice) NDT Champion father at Wake Forest last year. I just think it’s really cool that his daughter is now winning LD tournaments.

    Congrats to Emily and Eric!

  52. Marco
    Posted from: 130.64.153.81

    September 8th, 2008 12:05
    52

    Congrats Emily and Jane!

  53. Paul Tyger
    Posted from: 207.80.127.240

    September 8th, 2008 13:44
    53

    congrats to emily, adam, and nick

  54. Richard
    Posted from: 69.118.233.12

    September 8th, 2008 16:01
    54

    congrats thurm

  55. Catherine Tarsney
    Posted from: 209.98.146.245

    September 9th, 2008 04:44
    55

    Congrats Emily!

  56. alex ackroyd
    Posted from: 76.200.189.92

    September 9th, 2008 11:46
    56

    Congrats Nikhil! reppin the yay is our way

  57. Jordan G
    Posted from: 128.252.254.28

    September 9th, 2008 12:50
    57

    WHO?

  58. alex ackroyd
    Posted from: 76.200.189.92

    September 11th, 2008 03:23
    58

    Palo Alto NB

  59. Katie
    Posted from: 168.212.247.7

    September 11th, 2008 13:26
    59

    congrats Thurm! way to be

  60. Justin Pearce
    Posted from: 75.42.1.123

    September 11th, 2008 18:24
    60

    Congrats Thurm. Representin’ Pete Frampton and TGO

  61. Sahil
    Posted from: 69.118.140.49

    September 11th, 2008 20:24
    61

    Congrats Thurm!

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