States 2016

3rd Place in the State

The Lutz Award - a cumulative award based on continued success at the state tournament - and it rocks that we just won it in 2008 and we already have it again.

State Champions in Public Forum - Sid Narayan and Nony Anand - 2nd championship in a row for them!!!)

State Champion in Persuasive -Grace Jin.

Riley Smith - 6th in extemp

Samir Yellapragada - 3rd in Dramatic Interp

Julie Chen and Anmol Anand - semi finalists in Public Forum

Jasmine Mahajan - semis in informative

Brendan Grzyb - semi-finalist in Commentary

Yara El Khatib, Remi Akindele, Varsha Suresh - quarters in Parliamentary Debate

Eric Mi / Gabe Ren and Kimberly DelSignore / Joe Zhao - quarterfinalists in Policy Debate

Zain Mehdi -quarter finalist in impromptu  

Kevin Xu - quarter finalist in radio announcing

Lindsey Shema - Super session in congress

MSF Tournament

Lincoln Douglas Debate

1st: Hannah Shin

2nd: Victoria Ren

3rd: Angela Wu

4th: Sophie Lu

5th: Shejuti Wahed

6th: Hyun Hwang

Public Forum Debate

1st: Anna Liu and Eleanor Park

2nd: Arjun Narayan and Rohan Puri

3rd: Ben Miller and Yaseen Sabil

Speech (no particular order)

1. Tejal Dahake (original orotory)

2. Tyler Prosser and Maeren Quirke (duo interpretation)

3. Claire Majerac (humorous interpretation

NSDA District Tournament

Public Forum Debate

Apoorv Anand and Siddarth Narayan - 1st place

Julie Chen and Elaine Xu - 5th place

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Nila Suresh - 1st place

Original Oratory

Grace Jin - 1st place

Duo Interpretation

Serena El-Khatib and Nandita Kannapadi - 3rd place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Yara El-Khatib - 2nd place

National Catholic Forensic League Districts

Public Forum Debate

Julie Chen and Akshath Jain - 4th place

Samir Yellapragada - 4th place

Zain Mehdi - 3rd place

PHSSL Districts

Policy Debate

Gabe Ren and Eric Mi - 1st Place

Joe Zhao and Kimberly Delsignore - 2nd Place

Parliamentary Debate

Remi Akindele, Yara El-Khatib, Varsha Suresh - 1st Place

Anagha Arunkumar, Julie Karabin, Sravanthi Chintakunta - 3rd Place

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Eric Ricci - 2nd Place

Nila Suresh - 3rd Place

David Bjorkland - 4th Place

Public Forum Debate

Apoorv Anand and Siddarth Narayan - 2nd Place

Eric Dunbar and Nikhil Cherukapalli - 4th Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Riley Smith - 1st Place

Zain Mehdi - 3rd Place

Commentary

Brendan Gryzb - 1st Place

Persuasive Speaking

Grace Jin - 1st Place

Jessica Hood - 3rd Place

Informative Speaking

Jasmine Mahajan - 1st Place

Sara Nill - 4th Place

Prose

Melissa Brkovich - 5th Place

Poetry

Grace Traynor - 5th Place

Duo Interpretation

Careena El Khatib and Skylar Davidson - 4th Place

Dramatic Interpretation

Samir Yellapragada - 1st Place

Alexandra Flagg - 2nd Place

Humorous Interpretation

Adelle Fernando - 1st Place

Olivia Diulus - 3rd Place

Sweepstakes

North Allegheny - 1st place

West Allegheny

Original Oratory - Persuasive

Jessica Hood - 1st Place

Grace Jin - 3rd Place

Original Oratory - Informative

Jasmine Mahajan - 1st Place

Melanie Brkovich - 1st Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Riley Smith - 3rd Place

Brendan Gryzb - 4th Place

Brittany Burmester - 6th Place

Humorous Interpretation

Adelle Fernando -

Impromptu

Sareen Ali - 4th Place

Angela Lu - 6th Place

Lincoln- Douglas Debate

Parliamentary Debate

Remi Akindele, Rebecca Avigad, and Yara El-Khatib - 4th Place

Public Forum Debate

Elaine Xu and Julie Chen- First Place

Siddarth Narayan and Kevin Xu- Fourth Place

Harvard

Public Forum

Siddarth Narayan and Apoorv Anand- Double Octo Finals

Nikhil Cherukupalli and Eric Dunbar- Double Octo Finals

Original Oratory

Grace Jin- Semifinals

Bethel Park

Original Oratory

Natalie Gleeson - Quarter Finals

Lincoln- Douglas Debate

Humorous Interpretation

Jyotsna Bathina - Semifinals

Dramatic Interpretation

Alexandra Flagg - Semifinals

Knoch

Original Oratory

Melanie Brkovich - 6th Place

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Nila Suresh - 4th Place

Joy Fu - 6th Place

Public Forum Debate

Sid Narayan and Nony Anand - 1st Place

Nikhil Cherukupalli and Eric Dunbar - 4th Place

Kevin Xu and Jonathan Wang - 6th Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Riley Smith - 6th Place

Humorous Interpretation

Jyotsna Bathina - 3rd Place

Adelle Fernando - 5th Place

Olivia Diulus - 6th Place

Dramatic Interpretation

Samir Yellapragada - 1st Place

Parliamentary Debate

Varsha Suresh, Becca Avigad, Remi Akindele - 5th Place

Congress

Katre Soran - Superior Speaker

Lindsay Shema - Presiding Officer

Bethany Ricci - Outstanding Speaker

Sareen Ali - Superior Speaker

Mercer

Original Oratory - Persuasive

Grace Jin - 1st Place

Jessica Hood - 2nd Place

Janet Wang - 3rd Place

Roma Ranade - 7th place

Original Oratory -Informative

Melanie Brkovich - 4th Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Yara El-Khatib - 1st Place

Zain Mehdi - 5th Place

Pine Richland

Original Oratory

Grace Jin - 1st Place

Jessica Hood - 2nd Place

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Nila Suresh - 2nd Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Riley Smith - 5th Place

Yara El-Khatib - 6th Place

Humorous Interpretation

Adelle Fernando - 5th Place

Congress

Katre Soran - Merit Speaker

North Allegheny

Extemporaneous Speaking

Zain Mehdi - 2nd Place

Brendan Grzyb - 3nd Place

Yara El-Khatib - 4th Place

Informative Speaking

Ishika Saxena - 4th Place

Gayatri Bharambe - 5th Place

Humorous Interpretation

Aaron Burmester - 6th Place

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Parliamentary Debate

Remi Akindele, Varsha Suresh, and Rebecca Avigad - 2nd Place

Sravanthi Chintakunta, Anagha Arunkumar, and Julie Karabin - 3rd Place

Congress

Central Catholic

Duo Interpretation

David Mrazik and Jack Kairys - 4th Place

Dramatic Interpretation

Samir Yellapragada - 1st Place

Kirthana Kannan - 3rd Place

Extemporaneous Speaking

Brendan Grzyb - 3rd Place

Zain Mehdi - 4th Place

Humorous Interpretation

Shivashree Sekar - 4th Place

Adelle Fernando - 6th Place

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Nila Suresh - 1st Place

Eric Ricci - 2nd Place

Joe Zhao - 6th Place

Public Forum Debate

Akshath Jain and Sid Madala - 3rd Place

Debate Sweepstakes

1st Place

Overall Sweepstakes

1st Place

Poland

Elizabeth Guo - International Extemporaneous Speaking

6th Place

Joe Zhao - Lincoln-Douglas

2nd Place

Eric Ricci - Lincoln-Douglas

5th Place

George Mason Patriot Games

Nikhil Cherukupalli and Eric Dunbar - Public Forum

Semifinalists

Anmol Anand and Anrey Peng - Public Forum

Triple-Octafinalists  

Remi Akindele and Varsha Suresh - Public Forum

Triple-Octafinalists

Joe Zhao - Lincoln-Douglas

Semifinalist

Nila Suresh - Lincoln-Douglas

Octafinalist

Eric Ricci - Lincoln-Douglas

Double-Octafinalist

Princeton Classic

Ratu Raviprakash - Lincoln Douglas

Octofinalist, 15th Speaker

Hampton

Adam McNeill- Congress

Top 5 finish

Lindsey Shema-Congress

Top 5 finish

Vincentian

Katre Soran- Congress

5th place

Yara El-Khatib- Congress

4th Place

USC Novice

Shweta Gudapati - Lincoln Douglas

5th place

Riley Smith - Extemporaneous Speaking

1st place

Zarah Ahmad and Preeti Arumalla - Public Forum

6th place

Quigley Catholic

Anmol Anand and Kevin Xu - Public Forum

Top 5 finish

Joy Fu - Lincoln Douglas

Top 5 finish

Joseph Anand - Impromptu

Top 5 finish

Tom Yang - Extemporaneous Speaking

Top 5 finish

Elizabeth Guo - Extemporaneous Speaking

Top 5 finish

Katre Soran - Congress

Top 5 finish

West Allegheny Novice

Mason Blackburn - Extemporaneous Speaking

New York City Invitational

Nikhil Cherukupalli and Eric Dunbar - Public Forum

Triple-Octafinalists

Samir Yellapragada - Dramatic Interpretation

Finalist - 6th place overall

Yale Invitational

Apoorv Anand and Siddarth Narayan - Public Forum

Triple-Octafinalists

North Catholic

Katre Soran- Congress

Top 5 finish

Lindsey Shema- Congress

Top 5 finish

Ashwin Reddy- Congress

Top 5 finish