January/February Bid Recap: Riverdale, St. John’s, Northland Christian, Elkins, Ethos, and Team Charlotte Win Big; Ransom Everglades, Coppell, American Heritage, TAG Earn Bids
Cavalier Invitational at Durham Academy
In the final round, Northland Christian Red debated on the proposition against Ransom Everglades Raiders on the opposition. On a 2-1 decision, Northland Christian won the round. Congratulations to Northland Christian’s Kate VanWormer, Margo Meaney, Aiden Buchanan, Paige Bryant, and LaRya Prince for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Ransome Everglades’s Luisa Duarte, Nick Torres, Mateo Delgado, and Eli Tomassetti for receiving the other bids.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Mason Csantaveri – Team Charlotte
Lucy Chong – Trinity Prep
Alejandro Castillo – Trinity Prep
Luisa Duarte – Ransom Everglades
Sophia Scheinberg – Trinity Prep
Jiya Jolly – Isidore Newman
Nathan James – Trinity Prep
Divija Rao – Charlotte Latin
Aiden Buchanan – Northland Christian
Alison Om – Cuthbertson/NC
Full results can be found here.
Southlake Carroll TOC TFA Dragon Faire
In the final round, Coppell Andromeda debated on the proposition against Elkins Excalibur on the opposition. On a 2-1 decision, Elkins won the round. Congratulations to Elkins’s Dhanuj Paladugu, Sunny Chandrasekhar, Aryan Goel, and Sam Sajo for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Coppell’s Anjana Boppana, Ananya Nair, Safiya Azam, and Sivaank Pothukoochi for receiving the other bids.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Tim Csallner – Greenhill
Sivaank Pothukoochi – Coppell
Aman Pal – Coppell 9th
Amy Huang – Southlake Carroll
Jacob Tamrat – East Ridge
Iniya Nandakumar – Coppell
Cindy Chou – Greenhill
Sophia Wang – Greenhill
Arjun Vasan – Southlake Carroll
Arnav Tomer – Southlake Carroll
Full results can be found here.
MOUNT VERNON Invitational
The tournament concluded with co-champions. Congratulations to St. John's’s Leetyan Chen, Gayatri Konduri, and Arin Kumar, and American Heritage’s Juley Guan, Ian Chen, Christian Pierre, Lucas Calderon, and Archith Venkat for their outstanding performance and bid finishes.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Rhea Farhan – Blake
Ally DeHope – Gig Harbor
Neilson Chien – Carlmont
Leetyan Chen – St John's
Sanvi Budideti – Blake
Mason Erbini – Crown Point
Gayatri Konduri – St John's
Sophia Hong – Newport
Krisha Pillai – Blake
Lucas Calderon – American Heritage Broward
Full results can be found here.
40th Annual Stanford Invitational
In the final round, Texas SMKM debated on the proposition against Ethos ZSCJ on the opposition. On a 2-1 decision, Ethos won the round. Congratulations to Ethos’s Qinrong Valeria Zhao, Anyue(Ema) Sun, Bella Cai, and Chloe Jiang for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Texas’s Sonali Sevak, Natalie Mathews, Gayatri Konduri, and Margo Meaney for receiving the other bids.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Adrian Chan – Phillips Exeter
Amanat Narwal – Mount Vernon
Brian Deng – Ethos
Brooke Gemechu – NSDA Team USA
Aaron Tian – NSDA Team USA
Margo Meaney – Texas
Gayatri Konduri – Texas
Divya Beeram – NSDA Team USA
Adhiraj Johar – AugLi
Sivaank Pothukoochi – Texas
Full results can be found here.
Harvard National Speech and Debate Tournament (In-Person)
In the final round, Riverdale Falcons debated on the proposition against TAG Amethyst on the opposition. On a 2-1 decision, Riverdale won the round. Congratulations to Riverdale’s Alice Goldberg, Madison Wu, Phillip Hyun, and Grant Henry for winning the tournament. Congratulations to TAG’s Terrion Morrow, Sonali Sevak, and Jimin Yoo for receiving the other bids.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Lily Vollbrecht – NSDA Development Team USA
Natalie Mathews – Hendrickson
Madison Wu – Riverdale Country
Josephina Qiu – Greenhill
Rhea Farhan – Blake
Hannah Bubb – NSDA Development Team USA
Nathan Dsilva – NSDA Development Team USA
Grant Henry – Riverdale Country
Ethan Bradley – Palo Alto
Aanika Gadia – Blake
Full results can be found here.
Harvard National Speech and Debate Tournament (Online)
In the final round, Team Charlotte Oxblood debated on the proposition against SpeechCraft CFW on the opposition. On a 3-0 decision, Team Charlotte won the round. Congratulations to Team Charlotte’s Mason Csantaveri, Jackson Willis, Ginevra Voltolina, Evan Horner, and Joseph Holland for winning the tournament. Congratulations to SpeechCraft’s Lucas Chen, Angela Fu, and Jia Yi (Dora) Wang for receiving the other bids.
The top 10 speakers were as follows:
Anaya Deshmukh – Ivy Spires
Aadya Kanchan – AugLi
Jessica Zhi – Socratico
Riyan Bajaj – AugLi
Angela Fu – SpeechCraft
Satvik Avadhanam – Coppell
Virginia Bouknight – Myers Park
Jia Yi (Dora) Wang – SpeechCraft
Xiaowei (Nicole) Liu – Socratico
Kavya Chava – Hockaday
Full results can be found here.
Alumni Shoutouts
Southlake Carroll Dragon Faire
Finalists
Anjana Boppana (‘23), Ananya Nair (‘23 & ‘25), Safiya Azam (‘23-’25), Sivaank Pothukoochi (‘23, 2nd Speaker)
Quarterfinalists
Charvi Manem (‘25), Emma Zhao (‘24-’25), Bhargav Narayanan (‘24), Iniya Nandakumar (‘24, 6th Speaker), Jayanth Yamunan (‘23)
Octofinalists
Kathleen Jiang (‘25), Parshva Jain (‘25), Alok Desai (‘25), Arjun Vasan (‘25, 9th Speaker), Arnav Tomer (‘25), Amy Yan (‘25)
Stanford
Anushka Velala (‘25, Semis), Sivaank (‘23, Semis, 10th Speaker)
Harvard
Peyton Lin (‘25, Semis), Evie Phillips & Gabriella Buhl (‘25, Octas)