October 3rd Recap: TOC: Arizona Chandler & Hockaday Win Big; Palo Alto, Alannah Debates, Riverdale, and FDT Academy Secure Bids

Jack Howe Memorial

In the final round of Jack Howe Memorial Tournament, Palo Alto BLM debated on the proposition against Arizona Teal on the opposition. On a 2-1 decision, Arizona Chandler Independent won the round. Congratulations to Arizona Chandler Independent’s Harini Arun, Aneesh Velicheti, and Aarya Venkat for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Palo Alto’s Ethan Bradley, Medha Muppidi, and Max Yutong Li for receiving the other bids!

Full results can be found here.

Yale Invitational

In the final round of Yale Invitational, Hockaday Green debated on the proposition against Alannah Debates on the opposition. On a 2-1 decision, Hockaday won the round. Congratulations to Hockaday’s Anusha Chowdhary, Lily Vollbrecht, and Adhya Rodda for winning the tournament. Congratulations to Alannah Debates’ Connor Yu, Kaden Wong, Chloe Che, Armaan Singh, and Kayden Taylor for second place and receiving their bids as well! The remaining semifinal bids were given to FDT Academy’s Mingfei Song, Jennifer Liu, Tianyi Li, Jordan He, and Mushel Khan & Riverdale’s Phillip Hyun, Rafa Khan, Annie Singh, Theo Hand, and Audrey Kim.

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Tanvi Myneni – FDT Academy (HS) SZGML

2. Shentao Hong – HMDC WHWCC

3. Tianyi Li – FDT Academy (HS) KSHLL

4. Marie Guan – AI Spiders DGPSW

5. Ying Tong Yu – CYL HCCLY

6. Xuanhe Wang – AI Spiders DGPSW

7. Jiaqi Zou – FDT Academy (HS) SZGML

8. Octavia Cao – CYL HCCLY

9. Eleanor Roden – Hockaday Unicorn

10. Ashley Wang – Lexington BMWS

Full results can be found here.