Jake Nebel Wins Big Bronx XXXVIII
GDS Takes Policy; Mountain Brook Wins PF
Drew Vollmer Wins Legislative Debate
THE BRONX, N.Y. — The thirty-eighth annual New York City Invitational — hosted by the Bronx High School of Science — came to a close with an incredible final round that featured Trinity Preparatory School’s Jake Nebel and Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School’s Paul Tyger.
Cherian Koshy, Chris Castillo, and Neil Conrad adjudicated the final round. On a 2-1 decision — Castillo dissented — Jake defeated Paul to win the tournament. He was presented with the Richard B. Sodikow Award.
Jake is the first LD debater in the history of the tournament to appear in the final round twice, and the first to place as top speaker — and thus win the Peter Colavito Award — twice.
This round was recorded and will be available shortly on VBD, along with rounds from every flight of Big Bronx XXXVIII from the first preliminary round through every elimination round.
Jake and Paul advanced, after seven preliminary rounds, out of a field of one hundred and forty debaters from twenty states; the top thirty-two debaters in the tournament cleared into the sextodecimofinals. This was the second final round appearance for both Trinity Prep and Strake Jesuit at the tournament. Jake debated in finals last year; Patrick Mahoney was the reserve champion in 2006.
Full results from the New York City Invitational’s tournaments in Team Debate, Public Forum Debate, and Legislative Debate will be available late on Monday. (Full panels for Lincoln-Douglas Debate will be available then as well!)
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
(33) Palo Alto AA (Avi Arfin)
SEXTODECIMOS
(1) Trinity Prep JN def. (32) Mountain View JM (Jeff Merrill)
3-0 (Anjan Choudhury, Gary Johnson, Christian Tarsney)
(2) Mountain View DG def. (31) Monticello DC (Dan Cook)
3-0 (Chris Castillo, Marc Wallach, Vivian Feig)
(3) Lake Highland GB def. (30) Carnegie Vanguard RV (Rachel Vogel)
3-0 (Joe Vaughan, Daniel Sheehan, Cody Fielder)
(29) Ridge JF def. (4) Walt Whitman CS (Caroline Sherrard)
2-1 (Sohail Syed, *J.R. Thorsen, Peter Lee)
(5) Lakeville South CK def. (28) Scarsdale ET (Eric Thurm)
3-0 (Jacob Levi, Dan Zaleznik, Neil Conrad)
(6) Scarsdale KH def. (27) Newburgh Free BW (Ben Weiss)
3-0 (Anna Ward, Ariana Guzman, Deepa Ramakrishnan)
(7) Millburn TM def. (26) Ridge VJ (Varun Jayaraman)
2-1 (Patrick Diehl, Courtney Erickson, *Jo Russell)
(25) Ridge AT def. (8) Monticello MT (Matt Thomas)
3-0 (Jennie Savage, John Lewis, Mira Chernick)
(9) Hunter College AB def. (24) Strake Jesuit PB (Philip Bartholomew)
2-1 (Taarini Vohra, *Cherian Koshy, Andrew Garvin)
(10) Westlake AW def. (23) Newtown AA (Akshay Agashe)
3-0 (Petey Gil-Montllor, Michelle Topal-Teleky ‘99, Wesley Craven)
(11) South Eugene BS def. (22) Strake Jesuit RH (Roddy Hernandez)
3-0- (Stacy Thomas, Melanie Plaza ‘08, Isaac Bloch)
(12) Pace AZ def. (21) Strake Jesuit NL (Nick Lassus)
2-1 (Kyle Fleeger, Jordan Michel, *Chetan Hertzig)
(20) Scarsdale NL def. (13) Saint Louis Park CT (Catherine Tarsney)
3-0 (Maeshal Abid, Brandon Sherman, Antoinette Fuoto)
(14) Strake Jesuit PT def. (19) Walt Whitman PG (Perry Green)
2-1 (Jason Sun, *Tom Rollins, Abdul Beretay)
(18) Ridge DC def. (15) Altamont SA (Sasha Arijanto)
2-1 (Andy Werner, *Larry McGrath, Ben Berringer ‘02)
(17) Walt Whitman EN over (16) Walt Whitman BL (Ben Lewis)
OCTAS
(1) Trinity Prep JN def. (17) Walt Whitman EN (Ellen Noble)
3-0 (Patrick Diehl, Maeshal Abid, John Lewis)
(2) Mountain View DG def. (18) Ridge DC (David Chen)
3-0 (Anjan Choudhury, Gary Johnson, Wesley Craven)
(14) Strake Jesuit PT def. (3) Lake Highland GB (Gurdane Bhutani)
2-1 (Taarini Vohra, *Daniel Sheehan, Maureen Haver)
(20) Scarsdale NL def. (29) Ridge JF (Jacqueline Ferrentino)
3-0 (Chris Castillo, Neil Conrad, Christian Tarsney)
(5) Lakeville South CK def. (12) Pace AZ (Alex Zhang)
3-0 (Joe Vaughan, Michael O’Connell, Mira Chernick)
(6) Scarsdale KH def. (11) South Eugene BS (Ben Schifberg)
3-0 (Petey Gil-Montllor, J.R. Thorsen, Cherian Koshy)
(7) Millburn TM def. (10) Westlake AW (Andrew Waks)
2-1 (*Melanie Plaza ‘08, Anna Ward, Chetan Hertzig)
(9) Hunter College AB def. (25) Ridge AT (Alan Tong)
3-0 (Jacob Levi, Larry McGrath, Isaac Bloch)
QUARTERS
(1) Trinity Prep JN def. (9) Hunter College AB (Alex Bores)
3-0 (Chris Castillo, Kyle Fleeger, Michael O’Connell)
(2) Mountain View DG def. (7) Millburn TM (Tess McNulty)
3-0 (Jacob Levi, Daniel Sheehan, Mark Webber)
(14) Strake Jesuit PT def. (6) Scarsdale KH (Ken Hershey)
2-1 (Anjan Choudhury, Neil Conrad, *Cherian Koshy)
(20) Scarsdale NL def. (5) Lakeville South CK (Christian Keil)
3-0 (Petey Gil-Montllor, Gary Johnson, Andrew Garvin)
SEMIS
(1) Trinity Prep JN def. (20) Scarsdale NL (Nikita Lalwani)
3-0 (Daniel Sheehan, Neil Conrad, Mira Chernick)
(14) Strake Jesuit PT def. (2) Mountain View DG (Daniel Garber)
3-0 (Patrick Diehl, Petey Gil-Montllor, Cherian Koshy)
FINALS
(1) Trinity Prep JN def. (14) Strake Jesuit PT (Paul Tyger) [Reserve Champion]
2-1 (Cherian Koshy, *Chris Castillo, Neil Conrad)
CHAMPION [Richard B. Sodikow Award]
(1) Trinity Prep JN (Jake Nebel)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Jake Nebel — Trinity Preparatory School (FL) [Peter Colavito Award]
2. Daniel Garber — Mountain View High School (CA)
3. Catherine Tarsney — Saint Louis Park High School (MN)
4. Gurdane Bhutani — Lake Highland Preparatory School (FL)
5. Caroline Sherrard — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
6. Christian Keil — Lakeville South High School (MN)
7. Ken Hershey — Scarsdale High School (NY)
8. Tess McNulty — Millburn High School (NJ)
9. Matt Thomas — Monticello High School (NY)
10. Alex Bores — Hunter College High School (NY)
11. Paul Tyger — Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX)
12. Andrew Waks — Westlake High School (TX)
13. Sasha Arijanto — The Altamont School (AL)
14. Ben Lewis — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
15. Ellen Noble — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
16. David Chen — Ridge High School (NJ)
17. Ilya Gaidarov — Torrey Pines High School (CA)
18. Chris Jeng — Whippany Park High School (NJ)
19. Perry Green — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
20. Madhu Rhamankutty — The Potomac School (DC)
RESULTS PACKETS
LD Bracket
LD Packet
LD Order of Contestants
LD Top Speakers
LD Elims Results
TD Bracket
TD Packet
TD Order of Contestants
TD Top Speakers
TD Elims Results
PF Bracket
PF Packet
PF Order of Contestants
PF Elims Results
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Posted from: 151.198.226.188
October 24th, 2008 12:14
Whippany Park For The Win! Ben don’t be stupid.
Posted from: 74.64.63.162
October 24th, 2008 20:09
millburn tm 1-1
millburn gb 2-0
MILLBURN POLICY 2-0 YEAAHAHHH
Posted from: 69.122.93.209
October 24th, 2008 20:58
great neck south jy 2-0
great neck south sg 1-1
perkiomen valley kg 2-0
chaminade hl 0-2
chaminade pl 1-1
Posted from: 98.14.255.196
October 24th, 2008 22:35
We’ll be in DeWitt Clinton High School tomorrow, which will make live updates difficult because we may not have Internet access. I’ll have the sextodecimofinals posted Saturday night, though!!
Thanks to all for their patience and good cheer this afternoon; this one-time-only conflict with both parent-teacher conferences and the specialized public high school entrance exams — due to our irregular weekend this year — was a real challenge but everyone handled it gracefully. It was a great reminder of why this is such a wonderful community. But more on that later. Back to tournament prep!
Posted from: 76.111.35.144
October 24th, 2008 22:56
go go go zhang
Posted from: 70.3.184.28
October 25th, 2008 10:41
go phil angelides! not sunil though, he is a jorts wearing creeper
Posted from: 74.212.5.250
October 25th, 2008 10:49
Milburn policy is 3 1 gooo!
Posted from: 165.155.200.84
October 25th, 2008 11:08
Running commentary on the Hershey v Nebel Round
This round started pretty late because ms eller accidentally locked the door and the janitor couldn’t find the key. But now that the camera is set up and the audience is settled in, all is good and well in this rematch of glenbrooks finals
AC - Ken reads a Scanlon contractualism case. It’s well nuanced, so lets see how jake handles it.
CX - Jake doesn’t take too kindly to being told what his ground is by the ac
NC - Jake reads a nuanced deontology NC, hijacks the AC framework in 2 places and puts out about 18 arguments on the AC.
CX - Ken asks about the morality of killing a single person to save humanity, a reasonable objection to the NC
1AR - Ken puts out offense on the NC before going to the AC framework and defending contractualism
NR - Jake goes for arguments that prove that quantitative weighing is impermissible, which come off both the AC and NC. The descision calculus is solid, so the 2ar is gonna have to be good
2AR - the 2ar is good, which makes this one of the best rounds i’ve seen on this topic. ken goes for standards analysis that proves that equality is integral to contractualism, and defense off the NC to mitigate jake’s offense. Its all up to Mira now…
Jake wins, with double 30s.
Posted from: 69.232.219.224
October 25th, 2008 13:12
JE VEUX TE VOIR
Posted from: 98.198.172.6
October 25th, 2008 14:50
go kinkaid
Posted from: 74.212.5.250
October 25th, 2008 15:42
Milburn policy is 4-2 get er done!
Posted from: 68.196.201.226
October 25th, 2008 18:40
I second Pyzik! Good luck to everyone else who cleared, especially fellow new jersey-ans (the only one I know who has broken so far is Tess).
Posted from: 128.135.112.81
October 25th, 2008 18:51
speakers i know:
1. (surprise!) nebel
2. gaber
3. catherine
4. gurdane
Posted from: 71.139.11.48
October 25th, 2008 19:38
Doubles results I know:
Mountain View DG def. Monticello DC (Feig, Castillo, Wallach)
Trinity Prep JN def. Mountain View JM 3-0
Posted from: 67.80.208.139
October 25th, 2008 20:00
Congrats team Ridge! With breaks from Alan Tong, David Chen, Varun Jayaraman and Jackie Ferrentino =)
Posted from: 97.57.202.23
October 25th, 2008 20:26
Doubles Results I know:
Ridge DC def. Altamont SA
Hunter AB def. Strake PB
Lake Highland GB def. Carnegie Vanguard RV
Ridge AT def. Monticello MT
Mountain View DG def. Monticello DC
Pace AZ def. Strake NL
Scarsdale NL def. SLP CT
Scarsdale KH def. NFA BW
South Eugene BS def. Strake RH
Strake PT def. Walt Whitman PG 2-1
Trinity Prep JN def. Mountain View JM 3-0 (Choudhury, Johnson, Tarsney)
Ridge JF def. Walt Whitman CS 2-1
Walt Whitman EN OVER Walt Whitman BL
I also know Andrew Waks picked up, and I do not know the outcomes of Christian Keil vs. Eric Thurm or Tess McNulty vs. Varun Jayaraman.
Also, major congrats to Whitman’s Drew Vollmer for winning Congress, and the Whitman PF team Farhi/Niblock for making it to Semifinals!
Posted from: 205.188.116.76
October 25th, 2008 20:34
Christain picked up on a 3-0 and tess on a 2-1
Posted from: 63.246.171.199
October 25th, 2008 20:38
Nice job ANDREW!!
Posted from: 98.198.172.6
October 25th, 2008 21:25
GO KINKAID POLICY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROBERT AND NIKHIL ARE MY HEROES!
Posted from: 206.251.74.247
October 25th, 2008 21:57
[…] Big Bronx XXXVIII — Sextodecimos […]
Posted from: 72.177.121.206
October 25th, 2008 22:24
where are the actual rounds and such?
anyways, I see that Andrew Waks has done super well: !!!!!!
Posted from: 71.204.229.29
October 25th, 2008 22:47
PFD results?
Posted from: 160.39.147.42
October 25th, 2008 22:47
on the other side of the country..
congrats to torrey pines’s amin aalipour for his first toc bid at fullerton just now!!
i believe he’s facing laura bomes from archer right now in finals.
Posted from: 98.201.178.59
October 25th, 2008 23:58
congrats to nick lassus on the bid round tomorrow morning.
vivian, can you email me [by clicking my name] the results of fullerton?
Posted from: 128.253.27.40
October 26th, 2008 01:21
You don’t see that amount of quality on panels in many places. Congratulations to Cruz and Bronx on providing the very best in every aspect of a tournament.
Posted from: 97.57.202.23
October 26th, 2008 03:48
Graeme
I know that semis of PFD was:
Mountain Brook def. Whitman FN 2-1
I don’t know the result of the other Semis which was:
Schreiber EK vs. Manchester
Posted from: 74.212.5.250
October 26th, 2008 05:28
Congrats to DChen for the bid round, good look bro. Also congrats to Thomas, Cookkk, and Akshay. And I must say, the panels look amazing!!!!!
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
October 26th, 2008 07:01
My round was a 3-0
Posted from: 68.196.195.40
October 26th, 2008 07:25
congrats to ridge on repping NJ. Good luck to David, Alan, and Jackie.
Posted from: 74.212.5.250
October 26th, 2008 07:26
Oh and go ellllen noble, i didnt see ur name my bad!
Posted from: 71.169.31.60
October 26th, 2008 07:51
Bids Go To
Millburn TM
Hunter AB
Scarsdale NL
Scarsdale KH
Trinity JN
Strake PT
Mountain Veiw DG
Lakville South CK
Posted from: 71.169.31.60
October 26th, 2008 07:52
*Lakeville
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
October 26th, 2008 08:11
‘grats tess, alex, nikita, paul, and christian
Posted from: 128.135.112.81
October 26th, 2008 09:54
(14) Strake Jesuit PT def. (3) Lake Highland GB
(Taarini Vohra, Daniel Sheehan*, Maureen Haver)
Posted from: 69.122.93.209
October 26th, 2008 10:00
congrats tess, alex, nikita, jake, and CK(!) on the bids :)
Posted from: 24.46.207.84
October 26th, 2008 10:15
Major Congrats to Christian, Nikita, Tess, and Alex on bids and to Akshay, and Matt Thomas on breaking.
Posted from: 138.89.60.235
October 26th, 2008 10:38
When will masters be posted?
Posted from: 65.4.37.49
October 26th, 2008 10:44
Does anyone know how Gabrielle Tandent and Lee Quinn from Mountain Brook High (AL) did today? I know they were in the Octa finals. Thanks!
Posted from: 68.192.28.123
October 26th, 2008 11:00
Good job Ridge + Akshay. And Tess.
Posted from: 72.189.220.176
October 26th, 2008 11:07
Does anyone know who is in finals?
Posted from: 71.139.11.48
October 26th, 2008 11:16
Garber v Tyger on one side at least (C. Koshy, Diehl, Gil) is not done yet.
Posted from: 72.189.220.176
October 26th, 2008 11:23
Did Trinity Prep JN drop?
Posted from: 71.139.11.48
October 26th, 2008 11:57
Finals is Tyger v Nebel
Sems was Trinity Prep JN def. Scarsdale NL
Strake PT def. Mountain View DG
Posted from: 67.9.148.107
October 26th, 2008 12:07
Paul ftw
Posted from: 98.201.178.59
October 26th, 2008 12:26
finally paul is in finals of a tournament, way to not strug it up. and sorry nick lassus, i could’ve sworn last night it said you won doubles. oh, and congrats to nebel too
Posted from: 67.10.129.165
October 26th, 2008 12:28
go paul
Posted from: 69.118.140.49
October 26th, 2008 12:31
Huge congrats to Nikita and Ken for breaking, bidding, and completing their qual
Posted from: 72.67.167.46
October 26th, 2008 12:33
Lets go Paul!
Congratulations to Roddy, Philip, Nick and Jeff for breaking!
Posted from: 128.252.254.28
October 26th, 2008 12:51
LSCK
Posted from: 98.198.172.6
October 26th, 2008 13:03
should be a good final round
Posted from: 68.196.195.40
October 26th, 2008 13:04
congrats to david, alan, and jackie for getting to the bid round, varun for doubles, tess for bidding, and nikita for semis.
Posted from: 70.112.61.21
October 26th, 2008 13:53
Good job Andrew!!
Posted from: 71.247.109.12
October 26th, 2008 13:56
Congrats to Jake Nebel for the win! Good round to both of you and to cruz for making an amazing tournament!
Posted from: 71.141.108.10
October 26th, 2008 14:05
So close Avi, Good job all of you!!!!!!
Posted from: 68.196.201.226
October 26th, 2008 14:19
Avi Isreal you were so close… Great try man, you’ll get it next time.
Congrats to team ridge for getting three people to the bid round, and to tess for completing the qual. And team monticello, they are cool too.
Posted from: 68.196.201.226
October 26th, 2008 14:19
*Israel. I can spell, I swear.
Posted from: 32.136.131.171
October 26th, 2008 14:57
Great job again Jake
Posted from: 75.22.78.224
October 26th, 2008 16:59
ahh!! Avi!!! soo close! good job!
Posted from: 69.118.137.26
October 26th, 2008 17:45
If anyone is interested, Scarsdale knows an individual who would be interested in judging speech at the Glenbrooks. The student attends North Western and would need to travel to the high school by train. If anyone wants more information please email me.
matt hershey
Posted from: 69.253.230.13
October 26th, 2008 17:52
ahh, i forgot to congratulate whitman on yet another fantastic showing. y’all rock :)
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
October 26th, 2008 18:19
good job whitman and scarsdale as well for dominant team performances as usual
Posted from: 71.213.179.210
October 26th, 2008 18:36
nice work sasha!
Posted from: 66.251.99.126
October 26th, 2008 18:58
I just wanted to thank Jon Cruz for running an awesome tournament. The Big Bronx was definitely the most fun and hospitable major tournament I’ve ever attended, the free food was incredible and the judging phenomenal.
Posted from: 128.36.87.198
October 26th, 2008 19:46
Thanks to Jon for rearranging some things at the last minute that allowed me to come down and judge.
Posted from: 72.147.78.133
October 26th, 2008 20:38
yay sasha!!
Posted from: 69.120.236.168
October 26th, 2008 20:40
Great tournament- every bump in the road was handled well. The judging was great, even after they single flighted rounds 5, 6, and 7.
Congrats to Gurdane on 4th speaker and dropping in the bid round, Christian on the bid and Matt and Nick on sextodecimos- breaking in this field alone was definitely an accomplishment.
Posted from: 128.36.78.60
October 26th, 2008 20:48
Congrats to everyone who did well, and props especially to Akshay for a fourth straight break this year; this kid’s too smart, technically sound, and dedicated to not have a major breakout soon.
This was my third year at the tournament, and my first as a coach/judge. Thanks to Jon for making it just as great of an experience as in the past, and especially for maintaining excellent judging in the single flighted rounds 5-7. That was epic.
Posted from: 24.164.191.184
October 26th, 2008 21:02
thanks to jon and the bxsci team for running a fantastic tournament as usual. the free food was great, the judging was amazing, and everything ran exceptionally well, even given some obstacles.
Posted from: 128.12.94.63
October 26th, 2008 21:19
Congrats bro. Also good job to paul, garber, ken, and gurdane on elims
Posted from: 69.118.137.26
October 26th, 2008 22:05
that trophy is insulting.
congrats to jake, paul, nikita, and thurm
Posted from: 128.252.254.28
October 26th, 2008 22:23
with a trophy that big, Nebel’s GOTTA be compensating for something.
Posted from: 72.130.138.114
October 26th, 2008 22:23
Props to Jon Cruz for an extremely well-run tournament, to Whitman for a great showing, and to all who got bids. Also Avi for coming massively close.
Posted from: 98.150.248.115
October 26th, 2008 22:40
congrats to avi israel for being on the brink of clearing, matt, tess, paul, waks, and all the other session 2 people. congrats to jake for winning it.
looking forward to the videos.
Posted from: 71.139.37.163
October 26th, 2008 23:14
Congratulations to Jon Cruz for running, yet again, the perfect tournament. Competition, judging, and hospitality at the Big Bronx are unparalleled, and it’s now permanently on Palo Alto’s travel calendar.
Many thanks as well to the wonderful Ilene Dunay and her amazing group of parent volunteers who helped make our team’s experience so great. And a shout out to Seth, Matt, Josh, and the rest of the Bronx LD squad who helped us immeasurably throughout the tournament.
Posted from: 128.12.127.237
October 27th, 2008 00:12
Props to Jake on winning, and big ups to Avi on a great tournament with a tough break. You’ll get em next time.
Three rounds I judged:
Octos: Strake PT vs. Lake Highland GB was a 2-1 (Vohra, Haver, *Sheehan)
Quarters: Millburn TM vs. Mountain View DG was a 3-0 (Sheehan, Levi, Webber)
Semis: Trinity Prep vs. Scarsdale was a 3-0 (Sheehan, Conrad, Chernick)
Posted from: 64.25.27.130
October 27th, 2008 04:58
Congrats Jake, you’re insatiable hunger for winning speaks to your competitive nature.
Also, nice job on the tournament Cruz and the Bronx squad (including the parents, who I think we can agree might be the nicest people in the whole world)- It makes coming all the way out to NYC worth it 10x over.
And nice Paul, your round with Garber was just nasty.
Posted from: 128.113.236.140
October 27th, 2008 09:56
JR dissented in Ridge JF v Walt Whitman CS
Posted from: 68.192.28.123
October 27th, 2008 14:10
I guess I did run stupid things. =P
And belated condolences to Avi Arfin! :[
Posted from: 24.90.84.59
October 27th, 2008 14:47
Quite the awesome tournament.
Good job Alex, Matt, Dan, Sasha for breaking and to Bronx/Cruz for keeping the tournament well run.
Posted from: 116.71.12.86
October 27th, 2008 14:53
You don’t see that amount of quality on panels in many places. Congratulations to Cruz and Bronx on providing the very best in every aspect of a tournament.
Posted from: 70.116.19.103
October 27th, 2008 17:41
just like last year, this was a fantastic tournament. jon and bronx do a great job at putting on one of the best weekends in debate. if you haven’t already attended, you should seriously consider doing so.
congrats to paul on being (reserve) champion, and to andrew waks, alex zhang, varun jayaraman, dan cook, and roddy.
Posted from: 76.186.244.15
October 27th, 2008 17:59
Congratulations to all that competed! a special congratulations to Jake and Paul, as well as Garber, Scarsdale, Alex, Whitman and Westlake.
Posted from: 98.195.66.198
October 27th, 2008 18:21
Anyone know if the packet will be available online?
Posted from: 76.246.92.80
October 27th, 2008 19:02
Omg, wow, winning both the Bronx invitational and the round robin, and top speaker??? That’s a complete domination? I really wonder how many trophies he has….
Posted from: 170.140.111.105
October 27th, 2008 20:29
long hair don’t care
Posted from: 165.123.66.93
October 28th, 2008 11:09
phenomenal tournament.
Posted from: 71.191.251.116
October 28th, 2008 12:09
Congrats to everyone - this was an awesome tournament - great debates and overwhelming hospitality.
Posted from: 67.171.212.124
October 28th, 2008 13:01
For anyone undecided about attending the Bronx tournament next year or for anyone who could potentially make it to the tournament next year, read on:
So many people have already congratulated Jon and the Bronx team on their incredible tournament that anyone reading this thread must conclude this tournament is one of the best in the country and they would need an incredible reason not to add it to their schedule for next year.
My perspective on what makes a tournament worth going to is similar to most peoples; quality of competition, quality of judging, hospitality, timeliness, ease of logistical planning, coolness of trophies :)
But anyone who has coached high school debate knows that any guarantee that the above criteria will be met comes directly from the person who directs the tournament and those that help that person. Jon Cruz and the Bronx team proved this weekend that they are among the best in the nation at planning and executing the highest caliber of tournament a high school debater can attend.
Every tournament has a thousand variables and potential monkey wrenches that can disrupt or derail the tournament and the final test of a tournament director and their staff is how they handle those situations. Jon and the Bronx team didn’t just handle those few situations they managed to do it and remain helpful, pleasant and gracious while delivering on the promise that they would meet those criteria.
Jon has sacrificed so much of his life and effort for our community and he deserves our unequivocal thanks and respect. Thank you Jon and thank you Bronx Science for all that you did this weekend and throughout the year for my team and our community. We will be seeing you next year not just for the food, the judging, the hospitality, the smiles or the competition…but because we want to get an even cooler trophy. :)
On the fence about going to Bronx next year? I’d like to know what your excuse is… Thursday morning I woke up at 4 a.m. having just recovered from a migraine headache, flew across the country from Oregon to New York and missed my friend’s birthday party. No offense to my friend (who was a debater so hopefully I’m off the hook)…but it was totally worth it.
Congrats to everyone on the tournament, thanks jon and I’ll see you there next year.
Posted from: 66.193.126.2
October 28th, 2008 13:45
This is the second year I’ve come to Bronx… and it’s been great both years. Needless to say there were plenty of hurdles that could have made a lesser tournament thoroughly unenjoyable - but not this one. It was a great weekend, and a fantastically well-run tournament. I hope that I end up in the Northeast for college so I can attend again next year!
Posted from: 68.196.195.40
October 28th, 2008 16:43
Will masters be available?
Posted from: 128.135.100.102
October 28th, 2008 16:58
thanks to jon for running an awesome tournament. despite some difficulties and having to single flight more rounds than previously anticipated, the quality of the tournament and the judging pool wasn’t sacrificed. i had a great time, and any teams unsure about bronx should definitely add it to their schedule next year.
Posted from: 12.52.248.131
October 28th, 2008 16:59
At some risk of redundancy, I want to thank Jon Cruz for running such a fine tournament. Jon and the Bronx crew dealt with several unexpected obstacles, never lost their cool, and took great care to ensure that everything was taken care of during the tournament and the round robin. What I find most striking though is the quality of competition and judging that Jon is able to attract. Given the trend at other tournaments on the national circuit these days, Jon’s relentless pursuit of hiring qualified judges was impressive and the results of which truly refreshing.
Posted from: 68.174.9.153
October 28th, 2008 21:26
when will full results be up ?
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 29th, 2008 11:45
An extended reply from me is coming — I appreciate the very kind words being shared here — but I just wanted to take a moment to let everyone know that the full results will be online tonight.
Posted from: 138.89.63.112
October 29th, 2008 17:43
Where will they be posted?
Posted from: 75.35.210.38
October 30th, 2008 08:45
I think that Wes and Neil summed things up pretty well. Big Bronx was well-run logistically and offered high-quality competition, judging, and food. Jon really went out of his way for hospitality. I would highly recommend this tournament to people considering it.
Posted from: 165.155.200.10
October 30th, 2008 11:23
Thank you to all! Results have been posted right here in the main article.
Posted from: 128.36.78.60
November 1st, 2008 09:47
As I said earlier, this tournament was incredibly-well run, and I’m really thankful that Jon did such a tremendous job with it.
Nevertheless, I just wanted to point out an unfortunate tab error that happened to Akshay. In rd. 7, tab entered him as having received 24 speaks, instead of the 29 speaks that the judge actually gave him. This means that he should have received 143.5 instead of 142.5 H/L, and 201.5 instead of 196.5 total speaks. That would have made him the 20th speaker, and would have made him 20th, instead of 23rd seed. This sort of thing isn’t inconsequential: the 20th seed managed to make it to semis. So, I just wanted to express some sympathy for Akshay. Rough, but things will get better.