Author: Lawrence Zhou

The 2019 March April Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic is Resolved: The illegal use of drugs ought to be treated as a matter of public health, not of criminal justice. Topics

The 2019 March Public Forum Debate Topic is Resolved: The United States should promote the development of market rate housing in urban neighborhoods. Topics

Congratulations to Greenhill’s Anna Myers for winning the 2019 Barkley Forum Invitational. In finals, Anna defeated St. Andrew’s Episcopal’s Ishan Bhatt. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Hunter College’s Michael Ning for winning the 2019 Columbia University Invitational. In finals, Michael defeated Harrison’s Ava Zinman. Congratulations to Michael for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Santa Monica’s Rex Evans for winning the 2019 Harvard-Westlake Debates. In finals, Rex defeated Greenhill’s Anna Myers on a 3-0 decision (Phillips, Pandey, Stidham). Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Charlotte Catholic’s David Edwards for winning the 2019 Cavalier Invitational at Durham Academy. In finals, David defeated Collegiate School’s Christopher Wong. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Cambridge Rindge & Latin School’s Andrew Garber for winning the 2019 Lexington Winter Invitational. Andrew was declared the champion based on seeding. Congratulations to Andrew for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Spencer Paul and Vishan Chaudhary for closing out the 2019 debateLA Round Robin. In semifinals, Spencer defeated Greenhill’s Anna Myers on a 3-0 decision (Robertson, Eisenstadt, Cooper) and Vishan defeated Santa Monica’s Rex Evans on a 2-1 decision (Paramo, Randall, Zhou*). Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to American Heritage Plantation’s Robbie Gillespie for winning the 2019 Sunvitational. In finals, Robbie defeated Lake Highland Prep’s Jaya Dayal on a 3-0 decision (Forrest, De La O, Choudhary). Congratulations to West Broward’s Ethan Massa for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Montgomery’s Grayson Constantine and Houston Memorial’s Andrew Qin for co-championing the 2019 University of Houston Cougar Classic. In semifinals, Grayson defeated Village’s Aditya Iyer and Andrew defeated Strake Jesuit’s Wyatt Hatfield. Congratulations to Seven Lakes High School’s Rohan Rao for being top speaker. Full pairings and results can be found here.