Comments on: Walt Whitman Closes Out Big Bronx XXXIX

By: mezzatesta

mezzatesta — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:19:35 +0000

fear the loyola machine (literally), andrew blay!!!!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:00:30 +0000

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!

By: Hendrick Hudson SR

Hendrick Hudson SR — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:35:06 +0000

Thanks to Bronx for hosting such a fantastic tournament, I can’t wait to come back next year!

By: JP Gooderham

JP Gooderham — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:03:00 +0000

Low blow, JRob. Too soon.

By: jrob

jrob — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:34:42 +0000

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.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:31:49 +0000

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…

By: Pyzik

Pyzik — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:33:51 +0000

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

By: Anjan

Anjan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:58:34 +0000

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.

By: quinn olivarez

quinn olivarez — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:25:17 +0000

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

By: Avi Arfin

Avi Arfin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:41:32 +0000

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.

By: mr.morgan

mr.morgan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:30:53 +0000

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.

By: Steven Adler

Steven Adler — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:19:53 +0000

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.

By: sarah

sarah — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:39:51 +0000

results packet?

By: Dylan Scher

Dylan Scher — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:57:56 +0000

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.

By: Jayant Tripathy

Jayant Tripathy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:49:52 +0000

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.

By: Alex Z

Alex Z — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:46:05 +0000

Congrats to Perry and Emily for closing out! (and all Whitman for an amazing team performance). Also nice job Lassus and Varun on breaking.

By: DMA

DMA — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:28:52 +0000

The Dexter Morgan Academy officially congratulates one of its own, Jalon Alexander, for his stellar performance.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:17:59 +0000

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.

By: Tim M.

Tim M. — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:03:26 +0000

Congrats to Blay on the qual and Seber on the speaker award. Loyola represent!

By: Steve McFarland

Steve McFarland — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:05:10 +0000

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!!

By: Adam Johnson

Adam Johnson — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:13:20 +0000

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.

By: Avi Jayaraman

Avi Jayaraman — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:48:56 +0000

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.

By: Maddy

Maddy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:08:11 +0000

congrats to imas on the bid, janda, dylan, and marshall on breaking, and sipe and diana on the runoff rounds!

By: Alex C.

Alex C. — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:56:51 +0000

results packet?

By: Catherine Tarsney

Catherine Tarsney — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:50:27 +0000

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.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:03:12 +0000

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!

By: Christian Keil

Christian Keil — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:45:45 +0000

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.

By: Anjan

Anjan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:43:21 +0000

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.

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:06:15 +0000

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!

By: Elyse Lyons

Elyse Lyons — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:57:38 +0000

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 : )

By: Nadia

Nadia — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:09:13 +0000

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.

By: VBD: High School Debate, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Public Forum

VBD: High School Debate, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Public Forum — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:48:27 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: Julian Switala

Julian Switala — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:16:06 +0000

Impressive, most impressive

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:06:05 +0000

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.

By: Julian Switala

Julian Switala — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:17:23 +0000

LOL @ Jason’s pwn on starcraft

By: Ben Lewis

Ben Lewis — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:16:26 +0000

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.

By: Karlyn

Karlyn — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:15:50 +0000

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!

By: jacob

jacob — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:14:10 +0000

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.

By: Karlyn

Karlyn — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:03:42 +0000

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.

By: Karlyn

Karlyn — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:01:19 +0000

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.

By: WMarble

WMarble — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:26:32 +0000

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.

By: Seber

Seber — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:38:36 +0000

Thanks Bronx for an amazing tournament!!

Congrats Blay on the qual!! And congrats Sasha for quarters and Erik for octos!

By: Dimas

Dimas — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:23:53 +0000

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!

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:22:10 +0000

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. :-)

By: Vineet

Vineet — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:18:38 +0000

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.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:17:55 +0000

Congrats to all of whitman!

By: matt hershey

matt hershey — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:14:11 +0000

congrats to thurm on semis and emily and perry on repping and closing out

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:07:28 +0000

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.

By: Lumpee

Lumpee — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:06:33 +0000

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.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:51:54 +0000

@ 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.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:33:17 +0000

YAY TED AND CARA

By: steve schappaugh

steve schappaugh — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:30:02 +0000

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!

By: SJanda

SJanda — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:24:20 +0000

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.

By: David McNeil

David McNeil — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:00:08 +0000

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.

By: Jalon Alexander

Jalon Alexander — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:51:50 +0000

Oh and to mention The Bodine debaters melanie steve fredrika robert and shaquan. All doing a great job getting tough fun national circut exprience.

By: Jalon Alexander

Jalon Alexander — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:50:40 +0000

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.

By: Jason Zhou

Jason Zhou — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:45:24 +0000

@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.

By: Ali Huberlie

Ali Huberlie — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:15:34 +0000

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.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:57:00 +0000

Rofl SC :P

They’re like Jaedong. Unstoppable.

Team Whitman = Team CJ Entus

(More starcraft jokes :P)

By: blay

blay — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:26:39 +0000

congrats to whitman for never losing an outround this weekend and closing out, you guys are ballers

By: narayan

narayan — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:21:29 +0000

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!

By: m.hassin

m.hassin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:17:54 +0000

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

By: gary

gary — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:16:00 +0000

WHITMAN.

good job josh.

By: brooklyntechNA

brooklyntechNA — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:07:38 +0000

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.

By: asmitty

asmitty — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:07:15 +0000

christian–A+, i lol’d IRL

By: Nathalia

Nathalia — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:51:26 +0000

Congrats to everyone on team Whitman!!

By: Alan Tong

Alan Tong — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:48:06 +0000

KEVIN SHIAAA

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:42:14 +0000

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.

By: Alan Tong

Alan Tong — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:31:57 +0000

KEVIN SHIA

By: Sohail

Sohail — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:18:13 +0000

Congrats to Whitman for a very very impressive feat

By: Abhinav

Abhinav — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:10:19 +0000

Congrats to all of Whitman! Great job!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:57:04 +0000

HUGE congrats to Emily, Perry, and the rest of the Whitman team for an amazing job this weekend!

By: KCheng

KCheng — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:52:06 +0000

congrats emily and perry!
good job on the domination, whitman!

By: Priya

Priya — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:50:05 +0000

Huge congratulations to emily and perry on closing out finals and the rest the whitman crew for all breaking, great job!

By: paula

paula — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:43:25 +0000

yeah whitman!
awesome, awesome job! you guys were amazing, and special congrats to emily and perry!

By: Ellen Noble

Ellen Noble — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:30:57 +0000

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.

By: Thurm

Thurm — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:11:16 +0000

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.

By: paula

paula — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:46:21 +0000

go whitman! u can do it emily and perry!

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:09:03 +0000

take it home josh

By: Cole

Cole — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:06:02 +0000

Great job Josh, win this!

By: logan

logan — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:23:59 +0000

win that shit jrob

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:19:48 +0000

Ridge, ya’ll did great.

Same to you Archi :)

Good job, Thurm, Gareth, Colin, Avi, and Dylan

By: wartinbee

wartinbee — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:59:49 +0000

@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

By: Struver

Struver — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:31:51 +0000

(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?

By: Lucas

Lucas — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:22:16 +0000

congratulations to Avi for getting to octos.
congrats to Nikhil for being the higher seed for a very close run-off round

By: Carlos Astacio

Carlos Astacio — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:03:26 +0000

Good job to everybody, but to the camp buddies!!
Zoe, Neil, Jalon,Diana(you suck…)(much love)

By: JP Gooderham

JP Gooderham — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:19:44 +0000

Octos:

Scarsdale ET def. Perkiomen Valley KG (Karlyn Gorski): 3-0
Walt Whitman PG def. LaSalle SJ (Sean Janda): 2-1

Congrats Thurm.

By: Hendrick Hudson SR

Hendrick Hudson SR — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:19:36 +0000

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.

By: DMeyers

DMeyers — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:03:02 +0000

Congrats to team Whitman. Another dominant weekend in the works

By: Robbie

Robbie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:31:48 +0000

Great job to Jared! And good luck to Jrob. U got this!

By: Robbie

Robbie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:31:12 +0000

Great job Jared! And Jrob good luck to Jrob. U got this!

By: Jon Cruz

Jon Cruz — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:04:05 +0000

Quinn: correct.

See you all for the sextodecimofinals at 9 AM!

By: VBD: High School Debate, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Public Forum

VBD: High School Debate, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Public Forum — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:02:37 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: quinn olivarez

quinn olivarez — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:53:17 +0000

was the run-off round held to make sure all 5-2s had a shot at doubs? or did some 4-3s clear?

By: Hamilton

Hamilton — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:47:19 +0000

Just for clarification, that was not me.

By: Hamilton

Hamilton — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:41:18 +0000

IM DA KING

By: Pyzik

Pyzik — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:32:11 +0000

Karlyn & Janda= PA = Close out?

By: Connor

Connor — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:02:47 +0000

HAMILTON IS GONNA WIN IT ALL! MCMUMP.

By: Juli

Juli — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:32:03 +0000

**Congrats to Catherine!!**

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:21 +0000

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.