Greenhill Wins 2026 TFA State & Northland Christian Takes Home 2nd Place

In the final round, Greenhill Platinum debated on the proposition against Northland Christian Red on the opposition. On a 3-0 decision, Greenhill won the round. Congratulations to Greenhill’s Vijay Naidu, Benjy Beckman, Arhaan Iyer, Marleigh Massoud, and Josephina Qiu for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Northland Christian’s Makena Elswick, Jackson Leard, Margo Meaney, Kate VanWormer, and Aiden Buchanan for being the runner ups!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Tim Csallner – Greenhill

2. Arhaan Iyer – Greenhill

3. Kate VanWormer – Northland Christian

4. Liam Ianiro – Dripping Springs

5. Natalie Mathews – Hendrickson

6. Zoey Parks – Dripping Springs

7. Anya Jain – Hockaday

8. Kavya Chava – Hockaday

9. Josephina Qiu – Greenhill

10. Christina Zhu – Hockaday

Full results can be found here.

Alumni Shoutouts

Partials

Arnav Kakarala (‘24)

Nethra Tummalapalli (‘24)

Anushka Velala (‘25)

Octos

Mahek Verma (‘23) 

Nysa Nayak (‘24-’25) 

Siddharth Boinapalli (‘24)

Sidharta De (‘23)

Ananya Nair (‘23 & ‘25)

Sivaank S Pothukoochi (‘23)

Anjana Boppana (‘23)

Safiya Azam (‘23-’25)

Siddharth Shah (‘25)

Evelyn Marie Phillips (‘25)

Gabriella Buhl (‘25)

Quarters

Anya Jain (‘25) 

Kathleen Jiang (‘25) 

Emma Zhao (‘23-’24)

Iniya Nandakumar (‘24)

Jayanth Yamunan (‘23)

Bhargav Narayanan (‘24)

Semis

Anya Gupta (‘23)

Medha Kanamarlapudi (‘25)

Maanya Polavarapu (‘24-’25)

Yasha Godha (‘24-25)

Staff Shoutouts

Jeremy Jesse (State Champion, Original Oratory)

Erica Carranza (Semis, World Schools)

Emma Zhao (Quarters, World Schools)

Ananya Nair (Octas, World Schools)

Arnav Kakarala (Octas, World Schools)

Sophie (Octas, Lincoln Douglas)

Safiya Azam (Octas, World Schools)

Natalie (5th Speaker, World Schools)