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Shivani Vohra is 2009 National Champion

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Individual Events, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Nationals 2009, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate, Results (2008-09) category

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In the final round of perhaps the most competitive season in the history of Lincoln-Douglas debate, the Hockaday School’s Shivani Vohra and Trinity Preparatory School’s Jake Nebel met to vie for the championship title of the National Forensic League. In finals, Shivani defeated Jake to win. This was a historic accomplishment for [...]

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Top Speakers Announced in Policy Debate

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Nationals 2009, Policy Debate category

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The National Forensic League has announced the top fourteen speakers in policy debate. The eighth through fourteenth speakers will be recognized following the final round of policy debate; the top seven speakers will be recognized at the awards ceremony.
Speaker Awards:
Andrew Arsht - Utah
Josh Dean - Kansas
Mario Feola - Utah
Kendall Kaut - [...]

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Double Elimination: Policy & Individual Events

Posted by Bietz in the Individual Events, Nationals 2009, Policy Debate category

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Congratulations to those who advanced into Round 7! This article will serve the home base for policy debate and Individual Events coverage from Round 7 to the conclusion of the tournament. For pairings for Rounds 1 through 6, click here.
The National Forensic League uses a double-elimination system in debate; beginning with Rounds [...]

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Prelim Pairings: Policy Debate

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Nationals 2009, Policy Debate category

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Many thanks to Jeff Liu and Larry Liu for painstakingly taking pictures of each and every preliminary round pairing for this year’s National Tournament. (The tournament uses only preset preliminary rounds. There is no power-pairing in the preliminary rounds.)
POLICY DEBATE
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
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Sharing Codes: CX & IEs

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Individual Events, Nationals 2009, Policy Debate category

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Victory Briefs Daily has for many years provided a space for code sharing. NFL Nationals — which begins this Sunday — uses numerical codes for competitors, so sharing codes helps to make our reporting more meaningful to those at home. We encourage coaches and contestants to stop by the Victory Briefs table, [...]

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Field Report: Nationals

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Individual Events, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Nationals 2009, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate, Student Congress category

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — While the National Forensic League does not traditionally release a final field report organized by event, a list of qualifiers (but not alternates who may be attending in place of qualifiers) has been released for all events, organized by district.
You can access the list of qualifiers in Lincoln-Douglas debate and Public [...]

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History Made in Kentucky: Chris Theis Wins 2nd TOC

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate, Results (2008-09), Student Congress, TOC 2009 category

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The final round of the 2009 National Tournament of Champions featured defending champion Chris Theis of Apple Valley High School and challenger Daniel Moerner of Los Altos High School.
On a 6-1 decision, Chris defeated Daniel to defend his title. Chris is the first-ever repeat TOC champion in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Congratulations to both [...]

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