Perry Green Wins Harvard
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Walt Whitman High School’s Perry Green is the champion of the thirty-sixth annual Harvard National Invitational, having bested Harvard-Westlake School’s Jake Sonnenberg in the final round on a 6-1 decision. Congratulations to both debaters!
The final round was adjudicated by Coulter King, Alex Zhang, Matt Rubenstein, Diana Wu, Avi Jayaraman, Rachel Vogel, and Matt Wilson. (Rubenstein dissented.)
Perry was presented with the tournament’s new traveling trophy in honor of his achievement.
Perry is coached by Anjan Choudhury, Todd Liipfert, Tanya Choudhury, and Elyse Lyons; Jake is coached by Mike Bietz, Peter D. van Elswyk, and Tara Norris.
During the course of the tournament, Walt Whitman qualified its tenth Lincoln-Douglas debater to this year’s National High School Tournament of Champions, making history by setting the all-time record.
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
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TRIPLES
A: Emerson 104 Walt Whitman MT (Flip) Hendrick Hudson SR Hertzig, C Wright, Kr Zhang, Ale
B: Emerson 104 Randolph HS, Randolph MS (Aff) Scarsdale JY Hertzig, C Wright, Kr Zhang, Ale
A: Emerson 108 Walt Whitman JK (Flip) Ridge VJ Leiter, Wi Race, Devi Marshall,
B: Emerson 108 Hockaday JE (Flip) Perkiomen Valley KG Leiter, Wi Race, Devi Marshall,
A: Sever 101 Hunter College IP (Flip) Brophy College Prep AA Duby, Sam Noble, Ell Long, Davi
B: Sever 101 Whippany Park BY (Flip) Blake PO Duby, Sam Noble, Ell Long, Davi
A: Sever 102 Walt Whitman BL Walt Whitman SF Stafford, Golden, La Backus, Ma
B: Sever 102 Plano CR (Flip) Strake Jesuit College NL Stafford, Golden, La Backus, Ma
A: Sever 103 Altamont ST (Flip) Walt Whitman AZ O’Neal, Sh Waks, Andr Hicks, Bra
B: Sever 103 Hockaday RB (Flip) Greenhill FD O’Neal, Sh Waks, Andr Hicks, Bra
A: Sever 104 Timothy Christian RF (Flip) Walt Whitman SR Conrad, Ne Bloch, Isa Miller, Je
B: Sever 104 Potomac EB (Flip) Bronx Science BE Conrad, Ne Bloch, Isa Miller, Je
A: Sever 105 Needham KV (Flip) Pine Crest Preparator SG Palmer, Er Winer, Dav Alston, Jo
B: Sever 105 Ridge SV (Flip) Strake Jesuit College DM Palmer, Er Winer, Dav Alston, Jo
A: Sever 106 Harvard Westlake Uppe JS (Flip) Stuyvesant AE Lyons, Ely Liipfert, Wilson, Ma
B: Sever 106 Stuyvesant TA (Flip) Berkeley Carroll DS Lyons, Ely Liipfert, Wilson, Ma
A: Sever 107 Walt Whitman EM (Flip) Needham NL Roth, Oliv Moerner, D Coyne, Lyn
B: Sever 107 Bodine Highschool for JA (Flip) Randolph HS, Randolph SD Roth, Oliv Moerner, D Coyne, Lyn
A: Sever 109 Battle Ground Academy GJ (Flip) Montclair Kimberley A AS Massey, Jo Guzman, Ar Marrazza,
B: Sever 109 Hockaday SR (Flip) Ridge AD Massey, Jo Guzman, Ar Marrazza,
A: Sever 110 Whippany Park DC (Flip) Trinity Prep AB Caruso, To Daks, Dani Rudina, Sh
B: Sever 110 Northland Christian CO (Flip) Southlake Carroll PG Caruso, To Daks, Dani Rudina, Sh
A: Sever 111 Greenhill AG (Flip) Needham ZS Thomas, Ma Theis, Chr Jayaraman,
B: Sever 111 Potomac MR (Flip) Loyola Blakefield TC Thomas, Ma Theis, Chr Jayaraman,
A: Sever 112 Altamont SA (Flip) Suncoast CH Chernick, McNulty, T Yao, Norma
B: Sever 112 Hunter College DL (Flip) Loyola Blakefield CA Chernick, McNulty, T Yao, Norma
A: Sever 201 Blake EL (Flip) Northland Christian JR Gil-Montll Pei, Natal Kearl, Ben
B: Sever 201 Ft. Lauderdale NA (Flip) Barrington KP Gil-Montll Pei, Natal Kearl, Ben
A: Sever 202 Greenhill TT (Flip) Lakeville North JT Dunay, Mat Teleky, Se Garber, Da
B: Sever 202 Walt Whitman PG (Flip) Northland Christian JW Dunay, Mat Teleky, Se Garber, Da
A: Sever 203 Scarsdale JB (Flip) Pinecrest HQ Furman, Ch Thomas, St Vogel, Rac
B: Sever 203 Walt Whitman CS (Flip) Hunter College CL Furman, Ch Thomas, St Vogel, Rac
DOUBLES
A: Emerson 105 Hunter College IP (Flip) Northland Christian CO Winer, Dav Backus, Ma O’Neal, Sh
B: Emerson 105 Battle Ground Academy GJ (Flip) Bronx Science BE Winer, Dav Backus, Ma O’Neal, Sh
A: Sever 106 Altamont SA (Flip) Walt Whitman CS Palmer, Er Thomas, St Wright, Kr
B: Sever 106 Blake EL (Flip) Walt Whitman PG Palmer, Er Thomas, St Wright, Kr
A: Sever 202 Harvard Westlake Uppe JS (Flip) Hockaday JE King, Coul Hertzig, C Leveringto
B: Sever 202 Scarsdale JB (Flip) Loyola Blakefield CA King, Coul Hertzig, C Leveringto
A: Sever 203 Needham ZS (Flip) Randolph HS, Randolph MS Moerner, D Roth, Oliv Scarola, M
B: Sever 203 Walt Whitman JK (Flip) Berkeley Carroll DS Moerner, D Roth, Oliv Scarola, M
A: Sever 210 Greenhill TT (Flip) Ft. Lauderdale NA Waks, Andr Bloch, Isa Race, Devi
B: Sever 210 Walt Whitman EM (Flip) Strake Jesuit College NL Waks, Andr Bloch, Isa Race, Devi
A: Sever 213 Walt Whitman MT (Flip) Potomac MR Furman, Ch Marra, Wil Duby, Sam
B: Sever 213 Needham KV (Flip) Greenhill FD Furman, Ch Marra, Wil Duby, Sam
A: Sever 214 Walt Whitman SR (Flip) Ridge AD Teleky, Se Daks, Dani Dunay, Mat
B: Sever 214 Walt Whitman BL (Flip) Randolph HS, Randolph SD Teleky, Se Daks, Dani Dunay, Mat
A: Sever 302 Walt Whitman AZ (Flip) Ridge SV McNulty, T Wilson, Ma Vogel, Rac
B: Sever 302 Trinity Prep AB (Flip) Whippany Park BY McNulty, T Wilson, Ma Vogel, Rac
OCTAS
Walt Whitman PG def. Fort Lauderdale NA (Norah Ashoura)
Harvard-Westlake JS def. Berkeley Carroll DS (Dylan Scher)
Hunter College IP def. Whippany Park BY (Ben Yu)
Ridge SV def. Needham KV (Kaushik Vasudevan)
Altamont SA def. Scarsdale JB (Jonathon Bowyer)
Randolph MS def. Walt Whitman MT (Marshall Thompson)
Strake Jesuit NL def. Walt Whitman SF (Stephanie Franklin)
Walt Whitman SR def. Bronx Science BE (Bobby Esnard)
QUARTERS
Harvard-Westlake JS def. Ridge SV (Susanna Vogel)
Walt Whitman PG def. Strake Jesuit NL (Nick Lassus)
Altamont SA def. Walt Whitman SR (Stefanie Rohde)
Randolph MS def. Hunter College IP (Isabel Patkowski)
SEMIS
Harvard-Westlake JS def. Randolph MS (Maddy Stein)
Walt Whitman PG def. Altamont SA (Sasha Arijanto)
FINALS
Walt Whitman PG def. Harvard-Westlake JS (Jake Sonnenberg)
6-1 (Coulter King, Alex Zhang, *Matt Rubenstein, Diana Wu, Avi Jayaraman, Rachel Vogel, Matt Wilson)
CHAMPION [Traveling Trophy]
Walt Whitman PG (Perry Green)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Drew McCormick — Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX)
2. Jake Sonnenberg — Harvard Westlake Upper School (CA)
3. Farhan Damani — Greenhill School (TX)
4. Ben Lewis — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
5. Shawn Tuteja — The Altamont School (AL)
6. Nick Lassus — Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX)
7. Tanya Thanawalla — Greenhill School (TX)
8. Emily Massey — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
9. Kaushik Vasudevan — Needham High School (MA)
10. Bobby Esnard — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
11. Garrett Jackson — Battle Ground Academy (TN)
12. Dan Chen — Whippany Park High School (NJ)
13. Apryl Giraudon — Greenhill School (TX)
14. Jonathon Bowyer — Scarsdale High School (NY)
15. Jane Kessner — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
16. Erik Legried — The Blake School (MN)
17. Sasha Arijanto — The Altamont School (AL)
18. Phelan O’Neill — The Blake School (MN)
19. Perry Green — Walt Whitman High School (MA)
20. Taha Ahsin — Stuyvesant High School (NY)
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J.V. TRIPLES
A: Sever 204 Natrona County MO (Flip) Walt Whitman DA Roberts, K Raoof, San Waite, Mr.
B: Sever 204 Durham Academy DS (Flip) Stuyvesant LS Roberts, K Raoof, San Waite, Mr.
A: Sever 205 Great Hearts Academy NW (Flip) Hunter College IK Sukh, Mela Beltramino Singer, Co
B: Sever 205 Pinecrest ZH (Flip) Hunter College RK Sukh, Mela Beltramino Singer, Co
A: Sever 206 Bangor ET (Flip) Hockaday CC Quinlan, L Chaevitch, Tai, Amy
B: Sever 206 Regis CL (Flip) Delbarton KL Quinlan, L Chaevitch, Tai, Amy
A: Sever 207 Timothy Christian JJ (Flip) Millburn SM Murphy, Li Yang, Moll Nathan, Vi
B: Sever 207 American Heritage at NK (Flip) Hockaday KQ Murphy, Li Yang, Moll Nathan, Vi
A: Sever 208 Syosset SC (Flip) Great Hearts Academy JK Arena, Jon Mason, Gor Tiller, Mi
B: Sever 208 Stoneman Douglas EH (Flip) Loyola Academy AB Arena, Jon Mason, Gor Tiller, Mi
A: Sever 209 Timothy Christian JH (Flip) Hamilton CD Dunn, Conn Stafford, Feely, Mic
B: Sever 209 Harrison AB (Flip) Stoneman Douglas JF Dunn, Conn Stafford, Feely, Mic
A: Sever 210 Delbarton JW (Flip) Brewster Academy FH Lavji, Naf Williams, Wilson, Jo
B: Sever 210 Scarsdale LM (Flip) Berkeley Carroll CH Lavji, Naf Williams, Wilson, Jo
A: Sever 211 Regis RM (Flip) Great Hearts Academy HD Bentley, W Yu, Xi Maldonado,
B: Sever 211 Harrison RH (Flip) Lexington DA Bentley, W Yu, Xi Maldonado,
A: Sever 212 Delbarton GK (Flip) Montville Township ND Jenkins, K Connelly, Lafortune,
B: Sever 212 Regis BK (Flip) Schaumburg KF Jenkins, K Connelly, Lafortune,
A: Sever 215 Montville Township DD (Flip) Walt Whitman KS Tyre, Dan Agarwala, Kim, Alexa
B: Sever 215 Delbarton BJ (Flip) Harrison CL Tyre, Dan Agarwala, Kim, Alexa
A: Sever 302 Jackson JR (Flip) Barrington EB Wieckowski Wilcher, C Rockett, J
B: Sever 302 Delbarton ML (Aff) Stoneman Douglas JG Wieckowski Wilcher, C Rockett, J
A: Sever 303 Stoneman Douglas EM (Flip) Chaminade JD McHugh, Cl Cohen, Dan Duthie, Al
B: Sever 303 Regis RF (Flip) Trinity Prep AS McHugh, Cl Cohen, Dan Duthie, Al
A: Sever 304 Northland Christian RD (Flip) Scarsdale SF Coughlin, Fields, Wi Pigott, Pr
B: Sever 304 Blake TJ (Flip) Regis JC Coughlin, Fields, Wi Pigott, Pr
A: Sever 305 Trinity Prep MT (Flip) Whippany Park AP Hopper, El Dolfi, Joh Shih, Alle
B: Sever 305 Frederick Douglass Ac KB (Flip) Montville Township JB Hopper, El Dolfi, Joh Shih, Alle
A: Sever 307 Regis BM (Flip) Strake Jesuit College WK Deignan, C Lopez, Vic Pettinato,
B: Sever 307 Montville Township JZ (Flip) Southside HS – Ctr fo VG Deignan, C Lopez, Vic Pettinato,
A: Sever 310 Regis JO Regis KM
B: Sever 310 Regis SL Regis RG
J.V. DOUBLES
A: Sever 101 Hunter College IK (Flip) Regis RF Orcutt, Vi Maldonado, Feely, Mic
B: Sever 101 Montville Township DD (Flip) Scarsdale LM Orcutt, Vi Maldonado, Feely, Mic
A: Sever 105 Timothy Christian JJ (Flip) Regis JC Theophanou Henry, Kel Gower, Cam
B: Sever 105 Trinity Prep MT (Flip) Regis CL Theophanou Henry, Kel Gower, Cam
A: Sever 107 Hockaday CC (Flip) Frederick Douglass Ac KB Pigott, Te Coyne, Lyn Yao, Norma
B: Sever 107 Stoneman Douglas EM (Flip) Hunter College RK Pigott, Te Coyne, Lyn Yao, Norma
A: Sever 109 Scarsdale SF (Flip) Hockaday KQ Coltin, Ke Horowitz, Stafford,
B: Sever 109 Strake Jesuit College WK (Flip) Stuyvesant LS Coltin, Ke Horowitz, Stafford,
A: Sever 111 Montville Township ND (Flip) Lexington DA Pelletier, Lockhart, Gulabani,
B: Sever 111 Hamilton CD (Flip) Stoneman Douglas EH Pelletier, Lockhart, Gulabani,
A: Sever 201 Regis JO Regis SL
B: Sever 201 Barrington EB (Flip) Stoneman Douglas JG Pettinato, Tan, Yihan O’Boyle, B
A: Sever 204 Delbarton JW (Flip) Harrison CL Miller, Je Boghosian, Tarr, Jenn
B: Sever 204 Regis RM (Flip) Schaumburg KF Miller, Je Boghosian, Tarr, Jenn
A: Sever 205 Natrona County MO (Flip) Southside HS – Ctr fo VG Rojas, Cor Qi, Robert Yang, Moll
B: Sever 205 Great Hearts Academy JK (Flip) Harrison AB Rojas, Cor Qi, Robert Yang, Moll
J.V. OCTAS
Sever 101 Frederick Douglass Ac KB (Flip) Regis CL Kim, Jaymi Feely, Mic Gulabani,
Sever 107 Harrison AB (Flip) Stoneman Douglas EH Nathan, Vi Lafortune, Miller, Je
Sever 111 Harrison CL (Flip) Montville Township DD Png, Zhihe Miller, Sy Rojas, Cor
Emerson 101 Hunter College IK Hunter College RK
Emerson 106 Natrona County MO (Flip) Strake Jesuit College WK Coughlin, Maldonado, Scharwath,
Sever 105 Regis JC (Flip) Hockaday KQ Bentley, W Orcutt, Vi Tan, Yihan
Sever 201 Regis RM (Flip) Montville Township ND Tiller, Mi Qi, Robert Horowitz,
Sever 109 Regis SL (Flip) Barrington EB Mason, Gor Pigott, Pr Tran, Tony
J.V. QUARTERS
Barrington EB def. Frederick Douglass KB (Kesewaa Boateng)
Harrison AB def. Hockaday KQ (Kathy Qiu)
Hunter College RK def. Montville Township ND (Neville Dusaj)
Montville Township DD def. Natrona County MO (Maddie Orcutt)
J.V. SEMIS
Harrison AB def. Hunter College RK (Rachel Kaly)
Montville Township DD def. Barrington EB (Evan Blum)
FINALS
Montville Township DD def. Harrison AB (Ally Brabant)
CHAMPION
Montville Township DD (Deep Dheri)
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1. Noah Wuerfel — Great Hearts Academy (AZ)
2. Jack O’Malley — Regis High School (NY)
3. Sophie Chen — Syosset High School (NY)
4. James Weldon — Delbarton School (NJ)
5. Ryan McEvoy — Regis High School (NY)
6. Maddie Orcutt — Natrona County High School (WY)
7. Gregory Keiser — Delbarton School (NJ)
8. Deep Dheri — Montville Township High School (NJ)
9. Jayasai Rajagopal — Jackson High School (OH)
10. Jonathan Horvat — Timothy Christian School (NJ)
11. Robbie Dillard — Northland Christian School (TX)
12. Kesewaa Boateng — Frederick Douglass Academy (NY)
13. Jerry Zhang — Montville Township High School (NJ)
14. Ethan Tremblay — Bangor High School (ME)
15. Amit Singh — Trinity Preparatory School (FL)
16. Varun Gopal (Southside High School Center for International Studies (SC)
17. Robbie Flatow — Regis High School
18. Jennifer Bennett — Montville Township High School (NJ)
19. Jim Meyer — Natrona County High School (WY)
20. Jaime Cobham — Regis High School (NY)
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February 13th, 2010 01:50
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February 13th, 2010 14:05
For anyone interested:
http://nsdebate.org/wordpress/?page_id=6
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February 13th, 2010 14:23
that matt hershey sure keeps it classy.
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February 13th, 2010 15:04
so do anonymous posters LOL
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February 13th, 2010 17:41
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BID IT UP!
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February 13th, 2010 17:45
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I'll help you 'prepare for doubles' <3<3<3
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February 13th, 2010 19:24
Updated results are here:
http://www.joyoftournaments.com/ma/harvard/info.asp?p=8
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February 13th, 2010 20:40
Does anyone how they are power-pairing? Jake Sonnenberg is 2-0 with 30, 29.5 and he is debating Garrett Jackson who has a 30, 28.
Posted from: 71.243.120.33
February 13th, 2010 21:37
@Bietz After looking at the cumes packet through round 2 it seems that the listed seeds for a lot of 2-0s does not correspond to their actual points…
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February 13th, 2010 21:39
For example Arseniy is listed as 6th seed with a 28 and a 28.5 while someone who had a 29.5 and a 28 was listed as the 45th seed.
Posted from: 66.191.157.67
February 13th, 2010 22:21
U think their determining seeding off of opp wins maybe?? THEN they look at speaks??
Posted from: 12.198.178.169
February 13th, 2010 23:08
it seems like the program is implementing high/low within each bracket. therefore, after round two, every debater has 0 speaker points, so the tiebreaker probably goes to opponent wins or judge variance. that is why the seeding seems off within each bracket.
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February 14th, 2010 10:44
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<3<3 Lexington NS: 3-1 or 2-2 <3<3
<3 Lexington PZ: 2-2 <3
Posted from: 140.247.4.92
February 14th, 2010 11:57
oh yeah and Aashik (Asskick) Rao is 3-1 or 2-2
but no hearts for him
(ROCKIN THA DOUBLE 30’s)
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February 14th, 2010 21:55
harvard-westlake def. stuyvesant ae (andrew eckholm)
3-0
hunter college ip picked up
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February 14th, 2010 21:56
Scarsdale JB def Pinecrest HQ 2-1
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February 14th, 2010 22:48
marshall thompson def. sophie ruff (2-1 Wright, Hertzig, Zhang*)
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February 14th, 2010 23:15
Results I know:
Berkeley Carroll DS def. Stuy TA
Blake EL def. Northland JR
Whippany BY def. Blake PO
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February 14th, 2010 23:43
Hockaday JE def. Perkiomen Valley KG
Ridge AD def. Hockaday SR
Greenhill FD def. Hockaday RB
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February 14th, 2010 23:50
results from my two triples panels:
Potomac RK def. Loyola Blakefield TC 3-0 (Matt Thomas, Chris Theis, Avi Jayaraman)
Needham ZS def. Greenhill AG 2-1 (*Matt Thomas, Chris Theis, Avi Jayaraman)
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February 14th, 2010 23:58
Northland Christian CO def. Southlake Carroll PG
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February 15th, 2010 00:20
Another trips result:
Loyola Blakefield CA def. Hunter DL 2-1 (Chernick, Mcnulty, *Mao)
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February 15th, 2010 00:46
here’s the bracket
http://www.joyoftournaments.com/defn/9/0/9008/varsity%20bracket.pdf
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February 15th, 2010 00:52
Wow, Walt Whitman is DOMINANT. Very impressive.
Posted from: 75.72.252.231
February 15th, 2010 00:58
Wow, one quarter of the bracket contains, among others, Tanya, Eric, Josh, Perry, Ben and Emily. The fight for that sems spot is going to be a bloodbath.
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February 15th, 2010 01:13
For clarification, the pairing is a misprint. Walt Whitman SF is coaching over Walt Whitman BL. Congrats to Ben for being a rock star and a great teammate!
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February 15th, 2010 03:05
These panels look so good.
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February 15th, 2010 03:57
Yeah to echo post #27. The panels that were put together for Triples were the best I’ve ever seen at Harvard. I think the tournament made a major improvement in terms of elimination round judging. This is much better than past years where you and 95 of your closest friends had to judge a triples round of JV and then a triple round of varsity.
Here’s hoping this theme continues and we see continued improvement in the prelim judging. It’s great that so many talented debaters came out to Boston. I think the tournament definitely has the ability to tweak the judge assignments in the future to make the experience even better for all participants.
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February 15th, 2010 11:29
Congrats to Shawn for a great prelim run and I believe third speaker.
Also congrats to Ben Yu for qualifying to the TOC.
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February 15th, 2010 11:47
Yay Sneeeeeeeeeeeeeeezy
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February 15th, 2010 12:41
BOWYER! the man…congrats
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February 15th, 2010 13:00
huge congrats to Jon Bowyer and Kaushik for getting their second bids and completing the qual
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February 15th, 2010 13:16
Congrats to Isabel and Ben for finishing their quals
Posted from: 67.9.151.90
February 15th, 2010 13:53
If these pairings are correct, then I believe Whitman has broken the record for number of debaters qualifying to the TOC in one season with 10. That is insane–and so is the thought that roughly 1/7 of the debaters at the tournament will be from Whitman.
In any case, team achievements shouldn’t overshadow individual achievements. Congratulations to Stephanie “Roo” Franklin on completing her qualification. $
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February 15th, 2010 14:03
CONGRATULATIONS to Stephanie “Roo” Franklin for completing her qual to TOC as a sophomore. That alone is amazing, but to do that on a team with so many juniors and seniors who get spots to tourneys is really something. You really earned this Roo, and we are all so proud of you! (And that rhymes.)
Also, sometimes the acts that make the most difference in this activity get the least recognition. Ben Lewis, a Senior in his last regular season invitational tournament of high school who was a very high seed and probably would have gone very far in this tournament, turns around and in a coach over situation gives this young sophomore her chance to shine. Regardless of wins, losses, bids, etc, it is debaters like Ben that make this activity great. Thank you Ben!
Posted from: 140.247.43.24
February 15th, 2010 14:08
Quarters is:
Harvard Westlake JS vs. Ridge SV
Hunter College IP vs. Randolph MS
Whitman PG vs. Strake Jesuit NL
Whitman SR vs. Altamont SA
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February 15th, 2010 14:10
well done whitman.
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February 15th, 2010 15:04
GO JAKE … WIN THIS!!!!!
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February 15th, 2010 15:06
Congrats to Kaushik on qualling to TOCs, and to Nathan and Zoe for breaking!
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February 15th, 2010 15:22
Cmon sasha!! Represent the great state of alabama!!!
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February 15th, 2010 15:31
Let’s go nick and Sasha! You guys got this!!
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February 15th, 2010 15:33
and Jake! :D
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February 15th, 2010 15:36
Westlake JS def Ridge SV 3-0
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February 15th, 2010 15:38
Yeah, Bowyer!!!!!
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February 15th, 2010 15:42
Congratulations Maddy on an absolutely phenomenal achievement! This bid is a long overdue testament to the amount of work and talent that went into your success this weekend, and over the past five weekends. You are on fire this semester; if your performance does not epitomize the idea behind the TOC at large, then I don’t know what does.
GOOD LUCK IN SEMIS!!
Posted from: 129.81.64.48
February 15th, 2010 16:28
Congratulations to Jonathon Bowyer on completing his qual. I know you’ve worked hard for this, and you really deserve it.
Good work to Perry 3K on another solid performance.
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February 15th, 2010 16:28
Congrats to Ben YU for being the first person from Whippany Park to ever qualify to the TOC. Baller.
And to reiterate what others have been saying, the quality of this year’s tournament was really insane. The judging and open tab online were just amazing. Good job to the people running it this year.
Posted from: 75.136.123.25
February 15th, 2010 16:37
Any news on JV Octas and beyond?
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February 15th, 2010 16:48
Can anyone post quarters results?
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February 15th, 2010 17:39
perry3k is champion!!!!!
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February 15th, 2010 17:44
Wow, 2 Octas bids wins in a row.
Whitman is making history with their team, too.
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February 15th, 2010 18:20
Perry 3k is the greatest.
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February 15th, 2010 18:26
The Whitman war machine keeps turning…
Posted from: 72.78.229.45
February 15th, 2010 18:31
Congrats to everybody who did well.
Special congrats, though, to Bowyer for finally finishing the qual and Maddy for getting her first bid–both are very well deserved.
And, of course, major congratulations to Perry 3k for the second win in three weeks–certainly impressive by anybody’s standards. Nice job.
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February 15th, 2010 18:32
BEN YU? YEEEE. I SEE YOU, SON.
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February 15th, 2010 18:35
Congrats to Whitman and all who broke.
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February 15th, 2010 18:48
Ridge is legit. congrats to Susanna on yet another bid. Also to allison for making the bid round.
Varun… WTF! but in all seriousness, good job reppin Ridge and getting the break.
Posted from: 136.152.178.136
February 15th, 2010 18:53
what a boss roommate
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February 15th, 2010 19:25
There was actually a misprint on the schem for JV Semifinals:
Barrington EB advanced over Frederick Douglass Ac KB in quarterfinals, and thus faced Montville Township DD in semifinals and dropped.
On that note, a huge congratulations to Evan Blum. I don’t know anyone who deserves this success more than you do, as I’ve seen you work harder than ever this year. Awesome job, kiddo, you have no idea how proud Natasha and I are of you!
Posted from: 136.152.166.71
February 15th, 2010 19:45
congrats sasha on semis!!! you are sewww amazing
and congrats jake on finals, great job!
Posted from: 69.118.243.47
February 15th, 2010 19:50
Bowyer, congrats on finishing the qual. Jared, you’ll still get it, don’t worry.
Posted from: 69.163.185.110
February 15th, 2010 20:14
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Posted from: 69.117.11.56
February 15th, 2010 21:01
Harvard was a lot of fun this year. I’m glad this tournament worked out for a lot of people.
Huge congrats to Bowyer and Kaushik on completing your TOC quals! You both really, truly deserve it.
Congrats to Jared, Sophie, and Connor on breaking and Susanna and Dylan on picking up another bid. You guys rock.
And finally, YAYAYAY MADDY STEIN – YOU FINALLY BID! You are amazing, I’m really proud of you and I know you’re going to get that at-large.
This was my last national circuit tournament. To my friends and anyone who has debated me or judged me over the years- thanks for making these past 2 years memorable. I’m really going to miss debate.
Posted from: 68.174.73.101
February 15th, 2010 21:30
Congrats to Isabel on finishing the qual, and doing it in an awesomely traditional way. Congrats to Rachel Kaly in JV who got to Semis as a novice. Congrats to Diana Andrew and Taha for breaking, maybe next year we’ll win this.
Posted from: 68.174.73.101
February 15th, 2010 21:31
Also congrats to Sophie, but everyone’s used to you breaking by now :)
Posted from: 74.101.160.43
February 15th, 2010 22:33
Huge congrats to Bowyer!
Posted from: 208.54.7.141
February 15th, 2010 22:55
Big ups to Maddy, Whitman, and Altamont for some awesome performances. Special congratulations to Tess for judging doubles and Rachel for judging finals. I love you guys.
Posted from: 69.118.245.125
February 15th, 2010 22:55
BOWYER/KAUSHIK/MADDY
Posted from: 98.199.128.106
February 15th, 2010 23:06
Nice job Stephanie. Nick, nice job on quarters man. Cole, atta boy.
TEX #1 speaker – that’s something I can hang my hat on. I’m chomping at the bits to congratulate you.
Keep hopping all the way to the TOC roo.
Posted from: 71.105.74.22
February 15th, 2010 23:39
Way to qual roo!
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Posted from: 98.236.187.225
February 15th, 2010 23:42
perry for president; congrats maddy, good luck on the at large
Posted from: 71.243.120.33
February 15th, 2010 23:44
Big congrats to Amit, Mihir, and Arseniy on breaking in LD
Posted from: 67.81.3.29
February 15th, 2010 23:47
HUGE congrats to maddy on the bid. you’ve waited a long time and you really deserve it. congrats to julia on the bid round, you have been in SO many bid rounds it is insane, and i KNOW you will get it!
also congrats to bowyer and kaushik for the quals!
congrats to dylan, susanna, and nick on the additional bids :)
and to charlie, jared, diana, patrick, and andrew for breaking.
finally, i just want to say that after the stories i’ve heard about this tournament in the past, they must have seriously stepped it up this year. the judging i experienced was nothing to complain about, i loved the online open tab, and the schedule was very relaxed. i am definitely glad that i came. thanks also to the scarsdale team for bringing me along, i appreciate that.
Posted from: 72.76.19.109
February 16th, 2010 00:09
first, Maddy YOU ARE AMAZING! You’ve had a ridiculously amazing second semester breaking at vbt and emory. If you don’t deserve to get the at large, I don’t know who would.
also, congrats to bowyer, ben, and kaushik on finishing your quals and to connor and allison for making it to the bid round.
Posted from: 71.243.120.33
February 16th, 2010 00:26
Huge congrats to the entire Whitman team on domination in many events. The LD crew, of course, was fantastic. Huge congrats in particular to Perry for yet another win, to Roo for finishing her qual, and to Ben for being the definition of a fantastic teammate.
Congrats also to Nikhil for getting 2nd in HI, and to the Congress and PF debaters for their respective accomplishments.
Whitman is a powerhouse in so many ways, and you all continue to impress me with your ability to be some of the most kind and caring individuals in the activity, while simultaneously wrecking the competition. THAT is thug life ;)
Posted from: 169.232.72.87
February 16th, 2010 00:36
congrats to everyone, especially jake for being top seed and making it to finals. jake- you’re amazing! can’t wait to see you bring it at the toc this year…
Posted from: 67.83.96.71
February 16th, 2010 00:53
OMG Madz we have been through way too much together and I am oh so proud of you. This bid is simply another thing to add to our growing book of friendship: “baby’s first bid” It seems like just yesterday it was “baby’s first case.” But honestly you were awesome today as always and I cannot wait to see what you have in store for next season. Good luck with the at large, I have faith you will get it and I know you will do amazing at TOC and i will be there in spirit cheering you on as always and calling your mom to tell her about it all while simultaneously keeping up with your crazy Starbucks orders. I love you and I am so very proud of you. Keep it up girl <3
Posted from: 98.113.172.186
February 16th, 2010 01:12
IZZY!
what a bamf. seriously. qualling is long overdue after a bunch of bid rounds.
same goes to kaushik and bowyer; you guys are the best and i’m so proud of you.
congrats to maddy on finally getting a bid after doing consistently well this season :) go for the at-large! congrats also to allison on the bid round as well as charlie, allison, sophie, taha, and andy.
Posted from: 98.113.172.186
February 16th, 2010 01:19
oops sorry for congratulating allison twice, haha
Posted from: 70.231.243.158
February 16th, 2010 02:39
Stephanie, you are incredible! Congratulations on bid numero dos
Posted from: 96.255.150.93
February 16th, 2010 09:52
Congratulations to everyone from whitman for an amazing weekend! Especially to ROO for getting a 2nd bid as a sophmore, to perry for winning the whole tournament and Chandini and Lydia for getting their first toc bid in PF.
Posted from: 98.14.255.196
February 16th, 2010 10:27
Special congratulations to our team of Andrew Markoff and Zack Elias, who won the Harvard Round Robin in policy debate and placed second at the tournament; and special congratulations to GBS’s Richard Day and Will Thibeau, and to their ever-awesome Tara Tate — they placed second in the round robin and won the tournament. We always enjoy our debates with you.
And, back to LD:
Congratulations to Perry and his coaches — Anjan, Todd, Elyse, Tanya — for the big win. And, as I noted on the other article, Walt Whitman’s TENTH qualifier is one for the history books. The program’s domination this season is a testament to a whole lot of hard work by a whole lot of kids.
Congratulations to Jake and his coaches — Bietz, PDVE, and Tara — for beating out a lot of East Coast competition on the Big Weekend. Intense stuff.
And finally, YAY to Bobby Esnard for his third bid to the TOC, and YAY to Matt Ross for a solid performance in the Harvard Round Robin. The “4-2 screw” at Harvard is painful.
Finally:
Thanks to Liz Rogers Brannen, Stefan Bauschard, Dallas Perkins, and Sherry Hall for an excellent tournament. Harvard is a behemoth, and the nature of the tournament makes it difficult to please everyone. Given that, I was so impressed by the implementation of open tabulation this year and by the general improvements in the once-dreaded triples round. This was noticed and appreciated, and demonstrates that tournaments are often willing to explore improvements when folks proactively and constructively contact the directors.
Posted from: 67.159.44.138
February 16th, 2010 10:37
The Northeast has way too many bids..
Posted from: 69.125.253.65
February 16th, 2010 11:28
congrats to susanna on another amazing performance, bowyer on the qual, and also to marshall, dylan, garrett, allison, alex, diana, jrob, sophie, and jared!
Posted from: 141.140.176.29
February 16th, 2010 15:25
Huge congrats to Perry on the big win – you are one of the smartest people I know and just dominated this weekend. Major congrats to Roo on the qual and for hopping for the first time! Oh and congrats to Nikhil for 2nd in HI! Also, this isn’t Ben’s first time making big sacrifices for teammates – he continuously puts the team and his friends before himself and it’s really admirable. Finally, congrats to Anjan and all the assistant coaches for creating such a dominant program and setting records.
Posted from: 68.55.219.228
February 16th, 2010 17:08
Huge congrats to Perry and the rest of the Whitman team.
Also, Ben thank you so much for being such a great teammate & congrats on the Round Robin!
Posted from: 72.83.117.244
February 16th, 2010 18:03
Congratulations to Perry for winning his second octas bid in such a short period of time, to Roo for hopping over the competition and qualifying to the TOC as a sophomore, and to the rest of the Whitman team for awesome performances across the events! Finally, thanks to Ben for being a true team player, and to the rest of my teammates for making my last regular season tournament a great experience.
Posted from: 207.172.84.9
February 16th, 2010 18:44
Major congrats to Perry for winning 2 octas bids on this topic, to Roo for the qual as a sophomore, to Ben for being an awesome teammate, and to everyone else on the Whitman* team for a great all-around weekend. Finally, congrats to Maddy on the long overdue bid, and to Varun, Dylan, Lassus, and Sasha on great weekends.
Posted from: 165.124.138.228
February 16th, 2010 23:18
There are way too many congratulations in order after this tournament, but I want to give a special shout-out to the Whitman team as a whole for just being damn good. There was not a single round where I judged any of you (and as you guys all know, it was A LOT OF EFFING ROUNDS) where I was not thoroughly impressed with the quality of argumentation and technical skills. Great job to everyone else who broke/bid as well. And my condolences to all the seniors who got the 4-2 screw at the last regular season tournament of their careers, but don’t let one tournament ruin what was probably a great few years.
That being said, the quality of the tournament this year was FAR superior to last year in terms of judging, and community prefs did nothing but help that even more. It’s great to see that such a big tournament which was notorious for poor judging in the past has turned it all around in one year. I am looking forward to returning next year, and at the rate things are going I can only imagine how fun and educational it will be.
Posted from: 96.255.164.197
February 17th, 2010 18:07
HUGE congrats to Steph for completing the qual! You worked hard and it definitely payed off :) Also, congrats to Perry for winning, Nikhil for 2nd in HI, and Chandini and Lydia for the bid in PF!
Posted from: 74.36.105.146
February 17th, 2010 22:11
Congrats to everybody that did well. Whitman for winning/dominating, Bowyer for the bid (I forgot to thank you for the oppwins btw haha) Phela for the top speaker run, Erik for almost getting the bid despite the hardest trips/dubs draws imaginable, and Harvard for running a good tournament. Posting stuff online while the tournament went on was a really good idea and will hopefully be looked into by other tournaments. The judging etc. was fantastic as well.
Posted from: 204.52.215.134
February 18th, 2010 12:52
I just wanna say congrats to Sophie Ruff, Jalon Alexander,Dylan Scher, Varun, Susana & to anyone else from jersey who cleared.
Congrats to finalists as well and congrats to ALJ CJ who went 4-2 but didn’t clear
Posted from: 98.14.255.196
February 18th, 2010 21:12
I know that both Liz Rogers Brannen and Sherry Hall are checking up on this thread for feedback from the tournament. I suspect that if you have additional feedback to send their way, they’d be happy to receive it, whether posted here or sent via e-mail.
Posted from: 68.3.222.50
February 23rd, 2010 02:44
I think you should list the top 30 speakers.
Posted from: 24.56.159.157
February 23rd, 2010 09:33
Match Game Question:
Charles Riley wants the top 30 speakers posted because he was the BLANK BLANK.