October 24th TOC Recap: Greenhill Wins while Phillips Exeter, Sage Hill, and Liangyi Earn Bids; Genesis School, Saigon South, OPEN 3, and Debate For All Vietnam Claim Bids Too

Harvard Debate UKTOC International Qualifier ISDI 1

In the final round of Harvard Debate UKTOC International Qualifier ISDI 1, Phillips Exeter DKAO debated on the proposition against Greenhill CDMIC on the opposition. On a 3-0 decision, Greenhill won the round. Congratulations to Greenhill’s Carys Diamond, Tim Csallner, Arhaan Iyer, Marleigh Massoud, and Cindy Chou for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Phillips Exeter’s Valmik Dangayach, Aryan Agarwal, Emre Oklu, and Minseung (Minnie) Kim for receiving the other bids! Semifinal bids were also awarded to Sage Hill HLYZL’s Zack Hubbard, Charlie Lee, Troy Yeh, Ivan Zheng, and Elizabeth Lu, as well as Liangyi Youth Leadership AJTS’s Anny Jiao, Ellen Tan, Isabella Seow, and Kathryn Anderson.

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Armaan Dhawan – Westminster AADSS

2. Elizabeth Lu – Sage Hill HLYZL

3. Ellen Tan – Liangyi Youth Leadership AJTS

4. Sarah Hargrove – Westminster HOCPM

5. Charlie Lee – Sage Hill HLYZL

6. Zack Hubbard – Sage Hill HLYZL

7. Maggie Tsay – Polytechnic MGTC

8. Ananya Mehta – NextGen PBM

9. Grace Yun – HMDC YCRW

10. Joanne Alexander – Westminster AADSS

Full results can be found here.

Olympia International Debate and Speech Championship

At the Olympia International Debate and Speech Championship, congratulations to all four teams on earning bids:

• Genesis School Hanoi’s Le, Pham, Giang, & Nguyen

• Saigon South International’s Truong, Pham, Phan, & Nguyen

• OPEN 3’s Bui, Nguyen, Dinh, & Pham

• Debate For All Vietnam’s Khuất, Doan, Kim, & Park