9/19 Weekend Recap: Riverdale, Stockdale, USA Gold, Ridge Point, Kinkaid, and ACE Win At Home & Abroad
Yale Invitational 2025
At the Yale Invitational 2025, Myers Park debated on the proposition, and Riverdale Country debated on the opposition.
The decision was a 3-0 for Riverdale Country on the opposition. Congratulations to Sebastian Irausquin-Petit, Alice Goldberg, Madison Wu, Grant Henry, and Phillip Hyun
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Rohan Tatlow – School Without Walls
Yintong Chen – Harbinger XWC
Nathan James – Trinity Prep BPBJW
Venya Gulati – School Without Walls
Andrew Moszuti – Regis CAKMK
Dennis Shen – Vancouver SLSL
Jess Pan – Trinity Prep BPBJW
Maggie Lu – Vancouver SLSL
George Pace – Regis MPAMB
Kelsi Lo – Issaquah
Full results can be found here.
Jack Howe Memorial Tournament
At the Jack Howe Memorial Tournament, Stockdale (BDKBB) debated on the proposition, and West Los Angeles Violet (CCGMY) debated on the opposition.
The decision was a 3-0 for Stockdale on the proposition. Congratulations to Ronak Bose, Tanav Doddapuneni, Kai Kim, Sofia Bye, and Gurvin Basra!
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Nate Bomze – Nueva BCMBL
Zack Hubbard – Sage Hill HLZ
Oliver Schwartz – Notre Dame GMSB
Alejandro Bernhard – Nueva BCMBL
Charlie Lee – Sage Hill HLZ
Betty Zhang – Sage Hill HLZ
Jacob Montgomery – Sage Hill HMSY
Andie Martin – West Los Angeles Violet CCGMY
Sofia Bye – Stockdale BDKBB
Emma Angel – Notre Dame AGN
Full results can be found here.
Greenhill Fall Classic
At the Greenhill Fall Classic, NSDA Team USA (Babu, Yi, Quazi, Liu) debated on the proposition, and Texas (Ghebrelul, VanWormer, Sangapu, Sevak) debated on the opposition.
The decision was a 5-0 for USA Gold on the proposition. Congratulations to Anthony Babu, Alice Yi, Ishaan Quazi, and Iva Liu.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Anthony Babu – USA Gold
Alice Yi – USA Gold
Aaron Tian – USA Blue
Ananya Nair – Coppell Aurora
Anusha Chowdhary – Hockaday White
Natalie Mathews – Texas Inferno
Ishaan Quazi – USA Gold
Vivian Zhou – Hockaday White
Anjana Boppana – Coppell Aurora
Aimee Hsu – Hockaday Green
Full results can be found here.
Elkins HS 23rd Annual Speech and Debate Tournament
At the Elkins HS 23rd Annual Tournament, Ridge Point FTWZR and Ridge Point CMMMS closed out the division. Congratulations to Gage Fagan, Annmary Thomas, Zirong Wang, Gracie Zhang, and Wynston Rodriguez & Jazmin Clark, Jana Manuel, Elizabeth Murray, Meredith Murray, and Krathu Sankaranarayanan!
Full results can be found here.
Seven Lakes Spartan Symposium TFA
At the Seven Lakes Spartan Symposium TFA, Grand Oaks (HLRMP) debated on the proposition, and Kinkaid (YPPBP) debated on the opposition.
The decision was a 3-0 for Kinkaid on the opposition. Congratulations to Kyle Yang, Aashi Pawar, Lily Prichard, Sage Barreto, and John Patterson!
Top 10 speakers were as follows:
Reagan Riley – Grand Oaks HLRMP
Aravind Dasu – Tompkins SICDM
Helena Kandaria – Woodlands EGKAA
Manha Khan – Tompkins RVKV
Ayush Patel – Grand Oaks HLRMP
Saanvi Mothukuri – Tompkins SICDM
Benjamin Bedwell – Grand Oaks MBNB
Shree Veruva – Tompkins RVKV
John Patterson – Kinkaid YPPBP
Aahana Rao – Tompkins RVKV
Full results can be found here.
Asia Worlds Championship Series I
At the Asia Worlds Championship Series I, The Bears debated on the opposition, and ACE debated on the proposition. The decision was a 6-1 for ACE on the opposition. Congratulations to Luolin Zhang, Yukiu Wang, Qianhui Gao, Ruihong Yan, and Linke Xiong!
Full results can be found here.
WOWI Shoutouts
Huge shoutout the following alum:
Malia Hadley (‘25, Seven Lakes Spartan Symposium TFA, Finalist)
Ananya Nair (‘25, Greenhill, Quarterfinalist, 4th speaker)
Aditi Shah (‘23 & ‘25, Greenhill, Quarterfinalist)
Nysa Nayak (‘24 & ‘25, Greenhill, Quarterfinalist)
Safiya Azam (‘23-25, Greenhill, Quarterfinalist)
Anjana Boppana (‘23, Greenhill, Quarterfinalist, 9th speaker)
Mahek Verma (‘23, Greenhill, Quarterfinalist)
Sivaank Pothukoochi (‘23, Greenhill, Quarterfinalist)
