November Bid Recap: Trinity Prep, Greenhill, Coppell, and Nueva Win Big while Miami Beach, Hocakday, Velasquez, and Carlmont Gain Their Bids

Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament

In the final round, Trinity Prep Penguins debated on the proposition against Miami Beach Senior High TVR on the opposition. On a 2-1 decision, Trinity Prep won the round. Congratulations to Trinity Prep’s Lorenzo Cavalieri, Jack Borgman, Nathan James, and Alejandro Castillo for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Miami Beach’s Jonathan Toledo, Isabella Valderrama, and Ethan Rice for receiving the other bids! Ghost bids were also awarded to Miami Beach’s Chase Goldberg, Silas Adorno, and Mark Tcirkunov.

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Shi Hao – American Heritage Broward CHCP

2. Sofia Bennani – Winter Park BTAD

3. Jonathan Toledo – Miami Beach Senior High- TVR

4. Jess Pan – Trinity Prep PWS

5. Lucas Calderon – American Heritage Broward CHCP

6. Maya Moore – Robinson MBKP

7. Blaire Bowles – Robinson MBKP

8. Wonder Covington – Lake Brantley CLCBS

9. Silas Adorno – Miami Beach Senior High- GAT

10. Zayn Azam – Winter Park BTAD

Full results can be found here.

Hockaday (11/7-8)

In the final round, Hockaday Dubai Chocolate debated on the proposition against Greenhill Platinum. By a 2–1 decision, Greenhill won the round. Congratulations to Greenhill’s Vijay Naidu, Benjy Beckman, Arhaan Iyer, Josephina Qiu, and Marleigh Massoud for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Hockaday’s Vivian Zhou, Anusha Chowdhary, and Kaitlyn Ouyang for receiving the other bids!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Josephina Qiu – Greenhill

2. Hannah Bubb – Blake

3. Kaitlyn Ouyang – Hockaday

4. Safiya Azam – Coppell

5. Sivaank Pothukoochi – Coppell

6. Emma Zhao – Coppell

7. Mahek Verma – Coppell

8. Christina Zhu – Hockaday

9. Aashritha Shankar – Hockaday

10. Vikram Aggarwal – Collegiate

Full results can be found here.

Harvard Debate UKTOC International Qualifier ISDI 2 (11/21-11/23)

In the final round, Velásquez YKSFC debated on the proposition against Coppell AAT. By a 2-1 decision, Coppell won the round. Congratulations to Coppell’s Satvik Avadhanam, Gautam Ajwani, and Aarav Thilop for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Velásquez’s Yimeng Yuan, Nicole Kim (SSHS), Prahi Shah, Max Furberg, and Rosa Castillo for receiving the other bids! The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Satvik Avadhanam – Coppell

2. Jacob Miers – Cardinal Gibbons

3. Lucas Himawan – Cardinal Gibbons

4. Gautam Ajwani – Coppell

5. Prahi Shah – Velásquez

6. Aarav Thilop – Coppell

7. Max Furberg – Velásquez

8. Ariana Shahriari – Westminster

9. Dawn Rosas – Mount Vernon

10. Soham Pandya – Westminster

Full results can be found here.

John Lewis SVUDL Invitational (11/21-22)

In the final round, Nueva SWCMC debated on the proposition against Carlmont COR. By a 2-1 decision, Nueva won the round. Congratulations to Nueva’s Ritika Savla, Eliya Wee, Keira Chari, Carson Middleton, and Kevin Chen for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Carlmont’s Neilson Chien, Tsukina Ohashi, and Alina Robinson for receiving the other bids! 

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Lucy Chong – Trinity Prep

2. Leticia Feliciano Seda – Trinity Prep

3. Sofia Haddadin – Trinity Prep

4. Victoria Sanchez – Penn

5. Tsukina Ohashi – Carlmont

6. Motoko Iwata – Palo Alto

7. Alejandro Bernhard – Nueva

8. Mira Yaradi – Penn

9. Christos Rooth – Trinity Prep

10. Eliya Wee – Nueva

Full results can be found here.

Alumni Shoutouts

Congratulations to the following alumni:

1. Nysa Nayak (‘24-25, Hockaday, Semis)

2. Mahek Verma (‘24, Hockaday, Semis, 6th Speaker tie)

3. Sidharta De (‘23, Hockaday, Semis)

4. Siddharth Boinapalli (‘24, Hockaday, Semis)

5. Dhanushi Raval (‘24, Hockaday, Semis)

6. Safiya Azam (‘23-25, Hockaday, Quarters, 4th Speaker)

7. Sivaank Pothukoochi (‘23, Hockaday, Quarters, 5th Speaker)

8. Emma Zhao (‘24-25, Hockaday, Quarters, 6th Speaker tie)

9. Iniya Nandakumar (‘24, Hockaday, Quarters)

10. Jayanth Yamunan (‘23, Hockaday, Quarters)

11. Bhargav Narayanan (‘24, Hockaday, Quarters)

12. Ananya Nair (‘23 & ‘25, Hockaday, Quarters)

13. Anjana Boppana (‘23, Hockaday, Quarters)