Walt Whitman Closes Out Big Bronx XXXIX
THE BRONX, N.Y. — The thirty-ninth annual New York City Invitational at the Bronx High School of Science concluded on Sunday afternoon with only the fourth close out in the tournament’s history: Walt Whitman High School’s Perry Green and Emily Massey emerged on top of a field of 178 debaters to claim the Richard B. Sodikow Award and share the venerable championship.
The Lincoln-Douglas debate tournament featured seven preliminary rounds and a run-off round; the top thirty-two debaters advanced to the sextodecimofinals.
The elimination rounds took place on Sunday. On Saturday, Saint Louis Park High School’s Catherine Tarsney was presented with the Peter Colavito Award for placing as top speaker in her event.
On Friday, Bronx Achievement Awards were conferred upon Chris Castillo of the Altamont School, Jay Rye of the Montgomery Academy, Nicole Serrano of Montgomery Bell Academy, and Joe Vaughan of Scarsdale High School.
In addition to Lincoln-Douglas Debate, the New York City Invitational features competition in Team Debate, Public Forum Debate, and Legislative Debate.
In Team Debate, two teams battled through six preliminary rounds and four elimination rounds — beginning with the sextodecimofinals — before advancing to finals. Layne Kirshon and Nikhil Bontha of the Kinkaid School and Max Plithidies and Matthew Pesce of Woodward Academy elected to hold the final round at a later date to determine the winner of the Big Bronx Bowl.
Layne and Nikhil are coached by Eric Emerson; Max and Matthew are coached by Roy Levkowitz.
On Saturday, Layne was presented with the Eric C. Raps Memorial Award for placing as top speaker in Team Debate.
The Public Forum Debate competition concluded with a final round that featured Hunter College High School’s Ted Mateoc and Cara Eckholm and Walt Whitman High School’s Rachel Umans and Sarah Houston. Michael Berger, Jonathan Peele, and Edison Sanon adjudicated. On a 3-0 decision, Walt Whitman defeated Hunter College to claim the David Yalof Trophy. Congratulations to both teams!
Rachel and Sarah are coached by Anjan Choudhury, Todd Liipfert, Tanya Choudhury, Elyse Lyons, and William Strong. Ted and Cara are coached by Noel Selegzi.
In Legislative Debate, Alex Smyk of Ridge High School — last year’s reserve champion — claimed the New York City Invitational title in his own right by besting the competition across two chambers. He was presented with the Joseph Giovannelli Grand Gavel in recognition of his victory.
Alex is coached by David Yastremski.
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
The first judge listed is the chair.
(44) Albuquerque IEK (Ian Erickson-Kery)
RUN-OFF ROUND
(22) Walt Whitman MT def. (43) Saint Joseph’s Prep SS (Steve Stinson)
3-0 (Matt Dunay ‘09, Ali Huberlie, Neil Conrad)
(23) Ridge VJ def. (42) Berkeley Carroll AT (Andrew Timko)
3-0 (Andrew Waks, Anjan Choudhury, Paul Tyger)
(41) Montgomery HB def. (24) Greenhill AG (Apryl Giraudon)
3-0 (Chris Theis, Jacob Levi, Chetan Hertzig)
(40) Niskayuna AM def. (25) Greenhill TT (Tanya Thanawalla)
3-0 (Isaac Bloch, Christian Keil, Vivian Feig)
(39) Lakeville North JT def. (26) Palo Alto NB (Nikhil Bhargava)
2-1 (Adam Silver ‘09, Max Stevens, Aaron Timmons)
(38) Mercer Island SA def. (27) Vestavia Hills KS (Kevin Sipe)
2-1 (Jennie Savage, Nadia Arid, Jake Nebel)
(28) Bodine JA def. (37) University CA (Carlos Astacio)
2-1 (Jason Sun, Tess McNulty, Rohit Ramkumar)
(36) Ridge KS def. (29) Torrey Pines CS (Colin Scott)
2-1 (Mira Chernick, Shane O’Neal, David McNeil)
(30) Needham ZS def. (35) Hunter College DL (Diana Li)
3-0 (Abdul Beretay, Eric Melin, John Lewis)
(34) Brooklyn Tech NA def. (31) Southlake Carroll PG (Patrick Graham)
2-1 (*Chris Castillo, Ryan Cooper, Jeff Roberts)
(33) Strake Jesuit NL def. (32) Baltimore City GI (Gareth Imparato)
3-0 (Saboor Sheerazi ‘09, Jenn Miller, Devin Race)
SEXTODECIMOS
(1) Walt Whitman PG def. (32) Strake Jesuit NL (Nick Lassus)
3-0 (Matt Dunay ‘09, Ryan Cooper, Fred Robertson)
(2) Scarsdale ET def. (31) Brooklyn Tech NA (Neil Alacha)
3-0 (Shane Stafford, Mike Contillo, John Lewis)
(3) Walt Whitman EM def. (30) Needham ZS (Zoe Staum)
3-0 (Mira Chernick, Devin Race, Isaac Bloch)
(29) Ridge KS def. (4) Saint Louis Park CT (Catherine Tarsney)
3-0 (Anjan Choudhury, Paul Tyger, Larry McGrath)
(5) Blake EL def. (28) Bodine JA (Jalon Alexander)
3-0 (Chetan Hertzig, Jacob Levi, Chris Theis)
(6) Walt Whitman BL def. (27) Mercer Island SA (Steven Adler)
2-1 (Max Stevens, Alex Koren, *Marcus Moretti)
(7) Altamont SA def. (26) Lakeville North JT (Jayant Tripathy)
2-1 (Shane O’Neal, *Ryan Miller, Chris Peak)
(8) Walt Whitman JK def. (25) Niskayuna AM (Archith Murali)
2-1 (Patrick Diehl, Courtney Erickson, *Nadia Arid)
(9) Walt Whitman CS def. (24) Montgomery HB (Hamilton Bloom)
3-0 (Douglas Jeffers, Alok Choksi, Narayan Subramanian)
(23) Ridge VJ def. (10) Kingwood NG (Neil Grigg)
2-1 (*Chris Castillo, Christian Keil, Jason Zhou)
(11) Walt Whitman DI def. (22) Walt Whitman MT (Marshall Thompson)
3-0 (Elizabeth Tam ‘06, Jeremy Dudley, Joe Vaughan)
(21) Loyola AB def. (12) Montgomery CC (Charles Cardinal)
3-0 (Jenn Miller, Aracelis Biel, Ali Huberlie)
(13) Northland Christian JR def. (20) Lone Peak OG (Oliver Gappmeyer)
3-0 (Jay Rye, Sohail Syed, David McNeil)
(14) Valley RB def. (19) Berkeley Carroll DS (Dylan Scher)
3-0 (Andrew Waks, Tess McNulty, Vivian Feig)
(18) Perkiomen Valley KG def. (15) Palo Alto AA (Avi Arfin)
3-0 (Kevin Roberts, Rohit Ramkumar, Jason Sun)
(16) La Salle College SJ def. (17) Northland Christian JW (Jared Woods)
3-0 (Jennie Savage, Rachel Vogel, Charlie Furman)
OCTAS
(1) Walt Whitman PG def. (16) La Salle College SJ (Sean Janda)
2-1 (Patrick Diehl, Jennifer Miller, *Isaac Bloch)
(2) Scarsdale ET def. (18) Perkiomen Valley KG (Karlyn Gorski)
3-0 (Allison Huberlie, David McNeil, Charlie Furman)
(3) Walt Whitman EM def. (14) Valley RB (Ross Brown)
2-1 (*Matt Dunay ‘09, Ryan Cooper, Jason Sun)
(13) Northland Christian JR def. (29) Ridge KS (Kevin Shia)
3-0 (Douglas Jeffers, John Lewis, Nadia Arid)
(21) Loyola AB def. (5) Blake EL (Erik Legried)
2-1 (Chris Castillo, *Anjan Choudhury, Shane O’Neal)
(6) Walt Whitman BL over (11) Walt Whitman DI (Daniel Imas)
(7) Altamont SA def. (23) Ridge VJ (Varun Jayaraman)
3-0 (Eric Melin, Jacob Levi, Chetan Hertzig)
(8) Walt Whitman JK over (9) Walt Whitman CS (Caroline Sherrard)
QUARTERS
(1) Walt Whitman PG over (8) Walt Whitman JK (Jane Kessner)
(2) Scarsdale ET def. (7) Altamont SA (Sasha Arijanto)
3-0 (Andrew Waks, Ryan Cooper, Devin Race)
(3) Walt Whitman EM over (6) Walt Whitman BL (Ben Lewis)
(13) Northland Christian JR def. (21) Loyola AB (Andrew Blay)
2-1 (*John Lewis, Ali Huberlie, Douglas Jeffers)
SEMIS
(1) Walt Whitman PG def. (13) Northland Christian JR (Josh Roberts)
2-1 (Ryan Cooper, *Charlie Furman, Nadia Arid)
(3) Walt Whitman EM def. (2) Scarsdale ET (Eric Thurm)
2-1 (Andrew Waks, Jacob Levi, *John Lewis)
FINALS
(1) Walt Whitman PG and (3) Walt Whitman EM close out.
CO-CHAMPIONS [Richard B. Sodikow Award]
(1) Walt Whitman PG (Perry Green)
(3) Walt Whitman EM (Emily Massey)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Catherine Tarsney — Saint Louis Park High School (MD) [Peter Colavito Award]
2. Erik Legried — The Blake School (MN)
3. Ben Lewis — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
4. Josh Roberts — Northland Christian School (TX)
5. Ross Brown — Valley High School (IA)
6. Sasha Arijanto — The Altamont School (AL)
7. Jane Kessner — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
8. Perry Green — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
9. Eric Thurm — Scarsdale High School (NY)
10. Avi Arfin — Palo Alto High School (CA)
11. Caroline Sherrard — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
12. Emily Massey — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
13. Sean Janda — La Salle College High School (PA)
14. Ian Erickson-Kery — Albuquerque Academy (NM)
15. Jared Woods — Northland Christian School (TX)
16. Sarah Ridout — The Hockaday School (TX)
17. Karlyn Gorski — Perkiomen Valley High School (PA)
18. Dylan Scher — Berkeley Carroll School (NY)
19. Andrew Seber — Loyola High School (CA)
20. Oliver Gappmeyer — Lone Peak High School (UT)
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RESULTS
LD | Bracket | All Contestants in Order | Packet | All Speakers in Order
TD | Bracket | All Contestants in Order | Packet | All Speakers in Order
PF | Bracket | All Contestants in Order | Packet
LEG | Chamber A | Chamber B | Supersession
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Posted from: 209.98.146.245
October 17th, 2009 14:58
The Bronx link under weekend coverage (on the main page) is broken …
Posted from: 24.91.55.55
October 17th, 2009 19:29
GOOO ASEEM AND ROB!!!
Posted from: 75.25.160.95
October 17th, 2009 19:46
GET THE BID COLIN!!!!!!
Posted from: 75.72.250.217
October 17th, 2009 20:10
Congrats to Catherine on taking top speaker, following in the footsteps of such luminaries as Jake Nebel, Jake Nebel, Jake Nebel, and probably some other people too.
Posted from: 97.116.14.103
October 17th, 2009 20:32
**Congrats to Catherine!!**
Posted from: 12.196.160.121
October 18th, 2009 01:02
HAMILTON IS GONNA WIN IT ALL! MCMUMP.
Posted from: 67.194.23.114
October 18th, 2009 01:32
Karlyn & Janda= PA = Close out?
Posted from: 12.50.202.130
October 18th, 2009 01:41
IM DA KING
Posted from: 12.50.202.130
October 18th, 2009 01:47
Just for clarification, that was not me.
Posted from: 98.200.240.94
October 18th, 2009 02:53
was the run-off round held to make sure all 5-2s had a shot at doubs? or did some 4-3s clear?
Posted from: 69.163.185.110
October 18th, 2009 06:02
[...] Big Bronx XXXIX — Sextodecimofinals Bronx Round Robin — Finals: Walt Whitman’s Ben Lewis defeated Saint Louis Park’s Catherine Tarsney on a 2-1 decision. [...]
Posted from: 98.14.255.196
October 18th, 2009 06:04
Quinn: correct.
See you all for the sextodecimofinals at 9 AM!
Posted from: 99.160.197.200
October 18th, 2009 10:31
Great job Jared! And Jrob good luck to Jrob. U got this!
Posted from: 99.160.197.200
October 18th, 2009 10:31
Great job to Jared! And good luck to Jrob. U got this!
Posted from: 68.104.2.152
October 18th, 2009 12:03
Congrats to team Whitman. Another dominant weekend in the works
Posted from: 67.81.3.29
October 18th, 2009 12:19
HUGE congrats to Neil – I am so impressed. Breaking at Bronx is a HUGE achievement and you deserve it 100%.
Irene’s Army! Rough time in runoffs, but congrats to Colin and PGraham for the runoff. REPPIN THE ARMYYY!!!!
Congrats as well to Zoe and Dylan on doubles and Diana and Gareth on the runoff.
Posted from: 71.60.180.172
October 18th, 2009 12:19
Octos:
Scarsdale ET def. Perkiomen Valley KG (Karlyn Gorski): 3-0
Walt Whitman PG def. LaSalle SJ (Sean Janda): 2-1
Congrats Thurm.
Posted from: 67.84.211.237
October 18th, 2009 13:03
Good job to everybody, but to the camp buddies!!
Zoe, Neil, Jalon,Diana(you suck…)(much love)
Posted from: 167.206.203.14
October 18th, 2009 13:22
congratulations to Avi for getting to octos.
congrats to Nikhil for being the higher seed for a very close run-off round
Posted from: 74.88.178.42
October 18th, 2009 13:31
(11) Walt Whitman DI def. (22) Walt Whitman MT (Marshall Thompson)
3-0 (Elizabeth Tam ‘06, Jeremy Dudley, Joe Vaughan)
Is that a mistake, or did they actually debate?
Posted from: 76.201.61.251
October 18th, 2009 13:59
@20: They probly debated so one of em could bid. You have to debate and win an outround to get it, so a walkover would mean no bid. idk for sure tho, that would just make sense
Posted from: 68.192.31.163
October 18th, 2009 14:19
Ridge, ya’ll did great.
Same to you Archi :)
Good job, Thurm, Gareth, Colin, Avi, and Dylan
Posted from: 70.197.228.150
October 18th, 2009 14:23
win that shit jrob
Posted from: 75.17.84.77
October 18th, 2009 15:06
Great job Josh, win this!
Posted from: 68.206.246.126
October 18th, 2009 15:09
take it home josh
Posted from: 69.140.35.64
October 18th, 2009 15:46
go whitman! u can do it emily and perry!
Posted from: 67.87.132.148
October 18th, 2009 16:11
Walt Whitman EM def. Scarsdale ET
2-1 (Waks, Levi, Lewis*)
Walt Whitman PG def. Northland Christian JR
2-1 (Cooper, Arid, Furman*)
Perry and Emily close out.
Major congratulations to Perry 3000 and Eazy E for taking it home for Whitman- you guys are almost literally unbelievable and you both deserve it.
Posted from: 141.140.159.88
October 18th, 2009 16:30
Wow. Congrats to Whitman on breaking seven debaters and not losing a single outround – that is a sweet mix of domination and teamwork. Huge congrats to Perry and Emily on closing out – you guys are awesome! Karlyn – keep rocking it – there are plenty of bids coming your way. Also major congrats to Sarah and Rachel for winning PF! And Jess and Ross for 4th and 2nd in congress! Finally, congrats/thanks to Anjan – this kind of success doesn’t happen by itself.
Posted from: 69.140.35.64
October 18th, 2009 16:43
yeah whitman!
awesome, awesome job! you guys were amazing, and special congrats to emily and perry!
Posted from: 71.178.182.238
October 18th, 2009 16:50
Huge congratulations to emily and perry on closing out finals and the rest the whitman crew for all breaking, great job!
Posted from: 71.178.228.46
October 18th, 2009 16:52
congrats emily and perry!
good job on the domination, whitman!
Posted from: 71.178.181.208
October 18th, 2009 16:57
HUGE congrats to Emily, Perry, and the rest of the Whitman team for an amazing job this weekend!
Posted from: 71.178.165.7
October 18th, 2009 17:10
Congrats to all of Whitman! Great job!
Posted from: 74.70.178.69
October 18th, 2009 17:18
Congrats to Whitman for a very very impressive feat
Posted from: 165.124.112.29
October 18th, 2009 17:31
KEVIN SHIA
Posted from: 75.72.250.217
October 18th, 2009 17:42
omg whitman = crazy imba, n00bs just go whitman and pwn everyone 1a2a3a. they better patch these balance issues soon or there’s no way I’m buying LD2.
Posted from: 165.124.112.29
October 18th, 2009 17:48
KEVIN SHIAAA
Posted from: 71.178.165.75
October 18th, 2009 17:51
Congrats to everyone on team Whitman!!
Posted from: 66.75.244.56
October 18th, 2009 18:07
christian–A+, i lol’d IRL
Posted from: 74.73.97.7
October 18th, 2009 18:07
I just wanted to thank Bronx Science for hosting such a great tournament – the free food and free coffee were awesome, the hospitality was great and they did their best to try and keep everything running on time.
What I enjoyed most of all was the level of competition. I am so glad that I had the opportunity to debate awesome people like Catherine Tarsney and Eric Thurm. I really had fun.
Posted from: 137.54.24.200
October 18th, 2009 18:16
WHITMAN.
good job josh.
Posted from: 74.105.160.141
October 18th, 2009 18:17
starcraft jokes itt. congrats to everyone who did well! and thanks to the whole bronx team for running a great tournament and providing delicious food
Posted from: 209.2.239.233
October 18th, 2009 18:21
I wanted to quickly make a shout out to Walt Whitman for completely dominating this weekend. I wanted to also congratulate Caroline, who I judged in doubles, for being quite outstanding. Keep it up all of you!
Posted from: 216.112.183.3
October 18th, 2009 18:26
congrats to whitman for never losing an outround this weekend and closing out, you guys are ballers
Posted from: 68.192.31.163
October 18th, 2009 18:57
Rofl SC :P
They’re like Jaedong. Unstoppable.
Team Whitman = Team CJ Entus
(More starcraft jokes :P)
Posted from: 165.123.231.116
October 18th, 2009 20:15
Congratulations to Jon and the Bronx Science team on running an absolutely spectacular tournament! The quality of both the competitors and the judges was amazing, and I am so grateful that I was able to attend Big Bronx for the first time in quite a few years.
On a personal note, thanks to Jon for enabling our attendance at the tournament. I remain very grateful that there are people like Jon in the community who are willing to help out programs like Perspectives even when dealing with the responsibility of an enormous tournament.
Finally, congrats to Jalon on his first outround! We are so proud of you.
Posted from: 216.112.183.3
October 18th, 2009 20:45
@45 wrong, so wrong. CJ has a few A-class players (Iris, Skyhigh, and imo Movie) but only one S-class player who’s capable of winning a starleague (effort). Whitman is much more like SKT1 which has a handful of s-class stars (Bisu, Fantasy, and Best who is slumping hard atm) and a few players who can turn on the intensity and really perform when they want to (Hyuk? Canata?).
For non starcraft folks, congrats to Whitman on being a ridiculously dominant team (it’s been said before but not losing a single outround. really?), and to Perry and Emily for closing out a very competitive tournament.
Congrats to Catherine on a great RR finish and the Peter Colavito award, you’re incredibly deserving and I hope those make up for your early loss.
A few debaters I’d like to single out in addition.
Blay – I’m pretty sure this is the first time I judged you and I can’t say I wasn’t impressed. You’re also the only one who took advantage of the easier route to getting a 30 from me (it’s also the one I like more). Congrats on the bid.
Erik – you are one my favorite debaters to watch this year, I don’t think I’ve watched you and not been entertained. Sorry that I’ve now directly and indirectly prevented you from getting a giant gavel and a traveling trophy but you’re definitely one of the best speakers this year.
Patrick – this is the first time I’ve even heard of you but your round in front of me was really impressive. The 29.5 I gave you was the highest I gave all tournament (if you exclude Blay’s 30 since he got +1 for running arguments I like). I’m hoping to see you more in the future.
Thanks Jon for running a great tournament. I enjoyed many great debates and tastes of the world this weekend, in addition to a fantastic feast a Japonica. Bronx was one of my favorite tournaments as a debater and my first time back as a judge/coach didn’t disappoint.
Posted from: 71.185.1.95
October 18th, 2009 20:50
Congraulations on a great tournament Mr. Cruz this was one of the best run tournaments i attended. The food was very good as well.
Congraulations to carlos, zoe and Apryl and tanya on either making run off rounds or clearing in a very tough pool, i can see bids in the future for these debaters.
And congrats to Ali huberlie on allowing us to attend with perspectives and getting home 1 hour early.
And lastly but not least to the great coaching of Aaron Timmons and neil conrad they really helped a bunch and we will def have more sucess in the future.
Posted from: 71.185.1.95
October 18th, 2009 20:51
Oh and to mention The Bodine debaters melanie steve fredrika robert and shaquan. All doing a great job getting tough fun national circut exprience.
Posted from: 146.151.48.53
October 18th, 2009 21:00
Congratulations to Jon, the Bronx team and parents, and to everyone else who made this tournament possible! It was run very efficiently, the food was wonderful, and all the tab room staff and volunteers were really helpful. I had an awesome time judging and being at the tournament, and I would definitely encourage those who haven’t been yet but are considering coming in the future to absolutely do so.
Posted from: 72.92.79.115
October 18th, 2009 21:24
First of all, thanks to the entire Bronx team/parents/coaching staff for putting together a very efficiently run and nice tournament.
Also, congratulations to Karlyn, Ross, DImas, Caroline, and Erik for making it to the bid round. And, congrats to Jrob and Thurm for semis and, of course, major congratulations to Perry and Emily for closing-out.
In addition, I know it’s been said before, but just a major congratulations to the entire Whitman team for absolutely dominating this weekend and grabbing six bids at a quarters bid tournament.
Posted from: 98.211.179.94
October 18th, 2009 21:30
Congrats to all of the students who found their way to elimination rounds. It’s great to see Perry and Emily close out the final round — they were wonderful this summer at camp and put a lot into the activity. Congrats!
Posted from: 72.225.205.12
October 18th, 2009 21:33
YAY TED AND CARA
Posted from: 68.192.31.163
October 18th, 2009 21:51
@ Jason Zhou
I don’t like SKT1’s recent performance at all. I believe CJ Entus has the most potential/is doing pretty well recently. They have some of the most streaky players…ever.
If you were talking about all-time, Air Force ftw.
Then again, I played back when those plays were the most dominant force.
If you want, I’ll play anybody here for fun sometime online.
Sarang.aCe or Sarang[3.33] or Sarang[SHIELD] @ West
I’m pretty sure at least one of those didn’t expire, haha.
Posted from: 216.171.248.2
October 18th, 2009 22:06
I wish I could say I’m surprised at the results of the tournament/round robin, but I’m not. At all.
HUGE congrats to the Whitman crew at another astounding weekend. Particularly to Ben for winning the RR.
And congrats to J-Rob on a great showing.
Posted from: 68.192.31.163
October 18th, 2009 22:07
Actually, let me correct myself.
I’m just a huge diehard CJ Entus fan…so, if you want a more accurate comparison, I’d go with STX Soul.
Posted from: 69.118.234.198
October 18th, 2009 22:14
congrats to thurm on semis and emily and perry on repping and closing out
Posted from: 69.143.171.119
October 18th, 2009 22:17
Congrats to all of whitman!
Posted from: 75.53.122.61
October 18th, 2009 22:18
I really wish I could’ve made it to this year’s tournament, especially since everybody and their mother was there. Prior obligations prevented me from doing so, but I am glad to see that it was another successful tournament for Jon and the Bronx crew.
Congrats to the Whitman crew for a dominant performance, as well as to coaches Anjan and Todd.
I usually don’t opine about bid levels, but I will say that if there’s any quarters bid that deserves to move up, it’s Big Bronx.
Posted from: 75.72.250.217
October 18th, 2009 22:22
Ben, I’d play you a couple games–facebook me when’s a good time for you, or if you’re on West, look for areaverderci. :-)
Posted from: 207.172.84.9
October 18th, 2009 22:23
Congrats to Emily and Perry for closing out! You both are amazing debaters and I’m honored to be your teammate. Props as well to Lassus, Marshall, Dylan, Janda, Karlyn, Shia, Caroline, Varun, Jane, Sasha, Ben, and JRob on your respective successful weekends. Finally, a huge thanks to Anjan and Todd for all of the great coaching and support you’ve given the team this weekend and throughout the year!
Posted from: 71.84.43.236
October 18th, 2009 22:38
Thanks Bronx for an amazing tournament!!
Congrats Blay on the qual!! And congrats Sasha for quarters and Erik for octos!
Posted from: 68.39.40.19
October 18th, 2009 23:26
I echo all the praises of the efficiency, hospitality, judging, competition, and food at this tournament. It was easily one of the most enjoyable tournaments I’ve attended.
Congratulations to Steve Stinson, Dylan, Karlyn, and Sean. And to Whitman, of course, for dominating.
Posted from: 68.80.3.219
October 19th, 2009 00:01
Huge congrats to everyone on Whitman. I can not believe how dominant each of you is, and it’s really awesome to be able to say that OUR teamwork amazes me. Every single person works so hard, both for themselves and for one another. You know a team is something special when they are literally asking each other for work to do to help out.
Marshall, one of your judges raved to me about how amazing you are. She was truly happy to have judged you. That is awesome, and so are you.
Imas and Caroline, way to be ballers. Congrats on the very well-deserved bids :)
Jane, you continue to dominate, and it’s really impressive. You’re going to have such a sick year, keep it up.
Emily and Perry, watching you guys debate this weekend was great – you are both phenomenal debaters, and this came as no surprise. You rock.
Anjan, your wonderful singing and mean jokes are an integral part of Whitman’s success. But really – thanks so much for what you do. I have no idea how you are physically able to function because of how little you sleep; you work harder than anyone I know. Clearly, it pays off. You are the best.
Posted from: 68.80.3.219
October 19th, 2009 00:03
Hahaha, and Ben, you obviously rock too :)
Huge congrats on the rr, and for a fantastic showing in the tournament. Your dedication to the team amazes me — you keep everyone upbeat and focused. I can’t wait to see you continue to succeed this year.
Posted from: 74.64.52.163
October 19th, 2009 00:14
thank you jon for running a flawless tournament, congrats to walt whitman for their superhuman domination, dylan scher for being a g, and the bronx science students/parents for creating tray upon tray of asian delicacies.
Posted from: 68.80.3.219
October 19th, 2009 00:15
Sorry for the triple post…
Janda, congrats (for the millionth time). You will qual, without a doubt. To repeat what I said to Marshall, one of your judges raved to me about you, and that’s really saying something. People take notice of debaters who are great at what they do, and you are one of them.
Congrats also to Catherine, Erik, and JRob and fantastic performances!
Posted from: 71.163.39.7
October 19th, 2009 00:16
It’s hard for me to imagine a better team weekend. Congrats to Perry, Emily, Caroline, Jane, Karlyn, Daniel, and Marshall for a spectacular overall performance. Also, congratulations to JRob, Blay, Thurm, and Sasha for debating particularly well. Finally, a big thank you to Anjan for not only winning three Coach’s awards this weekend, but also doing it in style. You sacrifice so much to help us, and we could not appreciate your support more.
Posted from: 67.61.0.18
October 19th, 2009 00:17
LOL @ Jason’s pwn on starcraft
Posted from: 68.192.31.163
October 19th, 2009 01:06
Hey to defend myself, Julian, I stopped playing competitively two years ago.
I get bragging rights though–I played with Bisu on west and I’ve won one game, BO5, against Nada.
Posted from: 67.61.0.18
October 19th, 2009 01:16
Impressive, most impressive
Posted from: 69.163.185.110
October 19th, 2009 03:48
[...] Big Bronx XXXIX — Finals: Walt Whitman’s Perry Green and Emily Massey closed out, winning the Richard B. Sodikow Award. Earlier in the tournament, Bronx Achievement Awards were conferred upon Chris Castillo, Jay Rye, Nicole Serrano, and Joe Vaughan. Bronx Round Robin — Finals: Walt Whitman’s Ben Lewis defeated Saint Louis Park’s Catherine Tarsney on a 2-1 decision. [...]
Posted from: 128.12.20.94
October 19th, 2009 05:09
I just wanted to thank Jon Cruz and the Bronx students and parents for hosting such a well-run tournament this weekend. The quality of competition was very impressive, the food was great, and the tabroom ran very efficiently (thanks to all the runners who put up with my late ballots).
I think I speak for the Palo Alto team in saying that we are very glad we made the trip to New York and got the chance to take part in the Big Bronx this year. Congrats to all the students who bid, Avi and Nikhil for breaking, and of course the Walt Whitman team on the well-deserved closeout.
Posted from: 140.203.214.235
October 19th, 2009 05:57
Huge congrats to the Whitman debaters and Anjan, Todd and Billy for all your hard work. What an impressive weekend guys!! I’m so proud of the whole team and I’m missing you a ton here in Ireland : )
Posted from: 71.185.122.158
October 19th, 2009 07:06
I’d like to believe Ben but he’s struggling at like 60% wins on wc3 public ladder, and is AWFUL AT DOTA AND LEGION!
Posted from: 98.218.230.121
October 19th, 2009 07:43
I wanted to thank Jon, the Bronx Science team, and the larger extended team of all the Bronx Science debate families. The families were so kind and thoughtful this weekend in providing homes and hospitality to our team. The Bronx army of debaters was sweeping up ballots at every turn to keep the tournament ahead of the schedule (and also providing rousing renditions of Taylor Swift songs outside of the cafeteria, which I highly approve of!). And, of course, there is Jon Cruz, who is superhuman in orchestrating this event. Whitman is fortunate to attend a lot of really wonderful tournaments each year led by some of the most caring individuals in the activity. Even so, I would be hard pressed to imagine another individual who cares more or puts more effort into the complete experience of the hundreds of students who attend the tournament. Thank you for all that you do to bring this experience for our students.
And to all of Whitman* including Karlyn, I say this a lot lately, but I could not be more proud of you. Not so much for the wins which are cool and all, but for how you support each other as a team (and put up with my Taylor Swift and Black Eyed Peas singing!). Just getting to be a part of all yall do is really an honor.
Posted from: 32.138.176.246
October 19th, 2009 07:45
Congrats to Whitman, Wife, JRob, Blay, Legried, and company. You all had legit weekends.
Legried/Blay, sorry for falling asleep in your round. ;) You’re both dominant, and are going to have awesome seasons.
Wife, I’m sorry the pre-round pump-up music didn’t work out. :) Youre still going to break at TOC.
Also, special shout out to Taylor Francois, dominating on aff at her first circuit tournament of the year!
Finally, thanks to the Bronx crew for hosting an awesome
tournament – it’s consistently amazing, and it’s all due to your hard work. Keep it up.
Posted from: 151.198.226.2
October 19th, 2009 12:03
I mean obviously the old school players can’t hold their own now. Top 30 KESPA zergs, imho, can take down Nada and Co pretty consistently.
It’s because everybody macros like OOv now. Unless you’re just insanely innovative–and have godly micro–like Boxer, the old school pros wouldn’t have lasted.
Um…Charles, last time I checked, Ben makes TDA accounts for you because you can’t win enough ladder games to get your own icon.
…and Ben has over three thousand wins on that 60% account. Plus he’s got 80%+ accounts that win tournaments. I have no clue what you’re talking about.
Go search ICCup’s Revival[Zerg]–that was Ben a few seasons back, until he gave it to me. Easily B+ A- with like 50-9 stats.
….I have no clue at all why we’re talking about SC here on VBD.
So, congrats to Whitman–that’s just a ridiculously impressive showing. I don’t know you folks personally, but even I can tell by both depth and breadth wise (for breaks) you guys are one heck of a force to reckon with.
Congrats to Ridge especially. You guys did stunningly well this weekend. Keep repping NJ.
Oh, and I hear Salman was break. That’s amazing–2 years of no debating and he came back right in the thick of things.
Good job everyone!
Posted from: 209.98.146.245
October 19th, 2009 12:50
Major congrats to the Whitman team on yet another incredibly impressive weekend, and to Emily and Perry particularly.
Also congrats to Blay on the bid.
Finally, thanks to Jon and the Bronx team on putting on an incredible tournament. I had a great time and definitely hope to be back in future years.
Posted from: 130.68.94.144
October 19th, 2009 13:56
results packet?
Posted from: 68.196.143.36
October 19th, 2009 14:08
congrats to imas on the bid, janda, dylan, and marshall on breaking, and sipe and diana on the runoff rounds!
Posted from: 165.124.138.196
October 19th, 2009 14:48
I don’t know anyone on the Whitman team personally, but holy shit. All of you, great job this weekend. Running away with six out of eight possible bids in a ~200 person field is absolutely ridiculous. Keep up the hard work I’m sure you all put in to achieve something like this, it’s certainly paying off.
Posted from: 99.20.116.133
October 19th, 2009 15:13
Re:82, Without coming across like a broken record, Whitman’s elim record by my count was 16-0-4-1. 16 wins, 0 real losses, 4 coach overs, and 1 loss where 2 Whitman debaters actually debated each other. THAT IS INCREDIBLE!! Huge Congrats to Team Whitman.
Posted from: 72.78.143.189
October 19th, 2009 18:05
Hey to Mr Cruz and to the entire persons who were in charged of running this wonderful tournament, I really had a great time, it was a tough yet extremely fun tournament. I met alot of great people.
Another Thanks to Ali Huberlie and the organization Perspectives, we had an extremely fun time…hope to more tournaments in the future
Now to my teammate and good friend Jalon Alexander, who broke into his first outround!!!!
Way to go buddy hope to many outrounds in the future and also to the entire Bodine Team way to GO Guys!!
Posted from: 68.181.255.116
October 19th, 2009 19:03
Congrats to Blay on the qual and Seber on the speaker award. Loyola represent!
Posted from: 68.113.106.196
October 19th, 2009 19:17
Thanks so much to Mr. Cruz and the whole Bronx team for hosting such an awesome tournament. Huge congratulations to Catherine, Erik, and Ben for the speaker awards. You three are awesome and really deserve it. Also congratulations to Andrew Seber for the speaker award, Blay for qualing, and Nick Lassus, Charles Cardinal, and Hamilton Bloom for breaking. Also supercalafragacongrats to the whole Whitman team for rocking it especially Jane, Ben, Dimas, Marshall, and Emily. And Anjan.
And mostly congrats to Crystal for the LIFETIME achievement award.
Posted from: 70.15.43.14
October 19th, 2009 19:28
The Dexter Morgan Academy officially congratulates one of its own, Jalon Alexander, for his stellar performance.
Posted from: 71.163.176.92
October 19th, 2009 19:46
Congrats to Perry and Emily for closing out! (and all Whitman for an amazing team performance). Also nice job Lassus and Varun on breaking.
Posted from: 75.134.149.125
October 19th, 2009 19:49
Thanks to everyone from Bronx for a great tournament. It is amazing how efficient and well run everything was. The competition was great and the judging pool was second to none. Bronx is definitely a tournament deserving of an octos bid in the coming years and I hope to come back next year.
Congrats to everyone who did well especially Erik and Catherine for representing MN and being 1-2 speakers and Whitman for completely crushing everyone.
Posted from: 24.90.84.59
October 19th, 2009 19:57
Many thanks to Cruz and the rest of the Bronx team for hosting such a stellar tournament. Along with the great judging, competition, and food, the tournament was run extremely efficiently. I’d highly recommend that anybody who hasn’t attended the tournament come.
Congratulations are in order for Perry and Emily for the close out, as well as the rest of the Whitman team for being absolutely dominant. Also, congrats to Blay, Sasha, Josh, Erik, Avi, and Nick for a successful weekend.
Posted from: 209.240.89.108
October 19th, 2009 21:39
results packet?
Posted from: 24.17.210.22
October 20th, 2009 00:19
I really just want to thank Cruz and all of the staff, volunteers, and students at Bronx Science for running such a great tournament. You guys did me and my teammates a tremendous favor by offering us spots in the tournament after registration had filled up, and for that I could not be more grateful.
Rounds were always posted promptly, the free food was great, and Bronx breaks all 5-2’s; I will definitely return next year.
Posted from: 70.15.35.200
October 20th, 2009 00:30
Congrats to Jalon Alexander in particular for his performance this past weekend! Thank you for repping The DMA with great vengeance and furious fire. Let the good times roll my friend.
Posted from: 76.102.49.67
October 20th, 2009 09:41
I want to extend a huge thank you to Jon Cruz and the whole Bronx team. This was, as always, an extraordinarily well run tournament. The housing program is, of course, incredibly generous of the Bronx families, and the team is willing to meet any request to help those in attendance.
Congrats to Nikhil on the break and everyone else who did well.
And of course Whitman is mind-boggling.
Posted from: 99.188.83.145
October 20th, 2009 11:25
there must be something in the water in baltimore.
congrats to whitman on an unsurprisingly fine showing, northland, dylan, nick and others whom i might have forgotten
Posted from: 208.118.184.3
October 20th, 2009 13:58
There may well be something in the water in Baltimore, but Whitman is located in a Maryland suburb of DC. :-)
Thanks to all for the kind congratulations – these debaters worked very very hard on this topic.
Posted from: 67.194.46.173
October 20th, 2009 21:33
JALON YOUUUUU AREEE THE MAN!!!!!
To break at bronx is an incredible accomplishment, I see great things as long as you work as hard as you have been! GOOD LUCK
Posted from: 68.192.31.163
October 21st, 2009 15:31
Just a random shoutout to the parents at Bronx for having CRAB LEGS available on the last day.
I mean, no tournament will ever top Bronx’s food. Ever. Unless they serve sushi…
Posted from: 76.219.139.225
October 21st, 2009 17:34
Clearly there is something in the water that whitman was drinking since they all got the swine flu post-Bronx, but nonetheless, congratulations on an amazing weekend team whitman.
Also congrats to Thurm. who knew you would go from falling asleep with Lupe Fiasco blaring in your ear to dominating on a weekly basis. good work, bro.
Good job to everyone else who broke, blay, sasha, greenhill, legried, robro, jared, janda, avi, and catherine.
Posted from: 129.81.64.48
October 21st, 2009 18:03
Low blow, JRob. Too soon.
Posted from: 67.81.3.29
October 21st, 2009 22:35
Thanks to Bronx for hosting such a fantastic tournament, I can’t wait to come back next year!
Posted from: 68.174.73.101
October 21st, 2009 23:00
What a great tournament. The pool was extremely competitive, and I learned so much just being in the rounds. The judging was superb, there was never an instance in which I disagreed with my judge’s decision, nor did I ever have reason to doubt their competence. The food was excellent, especially for a debate tournament. I had a great time, and I can’t wait to come back next year!
Posted from: 171.66.83.248
October 22nd, 2009 13:19
fear the loyola machine (literally), andrew blay!!!!