Congratulations to the Harker School’s Akshay Manglik, Andy Lee, and Deven Shah for closing out the 2021 National Debate Coaches Association National Championship. In semifinals, Akshay defeated Sage Hill’s Max Perin on a 2-1 (Flores*, Ribera, Davidson). Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Andrew Gong for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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The NCFL LD Topic is Electoral College
The 2021 NCFL Nationals Lincoln-Douglas topic is Resolved: The U.S. presidency ought to be decided by a national popular vote instead of the electoral college.
BrieflySamantha McLoughlin wins the King Round Robin
Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Samantha McLoughlin for winning the 2021 King Round Robin. In finals, Sam defeated Dulles’ Abhinav Sinha on a 3-0 decision (McConway, Nails, Stuckert). Congratulations to Sam for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
Briefly2021 TOC At Large Acceptances Announced
Congratulations to the following students for receiving at-large bids to the 2021 TOC in LD! Ayala Adam Mimou Bronx Science Dahlia Bekong Cardinal Gibbons Roberto Sosa Claudia Taylor Johnson Abhived Pulapaka Dougherty Valley Arjun Garg Immaculate Heart Beatrice Culligan Immaculate Heart Felicity Park L C Anderson Aseel Rawashdeh Lexington Jeong-Wan Choi Pembroke Pines Charter Jayvyn […]
BrieflyDeven Shah wins Heart of Texas
Congratulations to Harker’s Deven Shah for winning the 2021 Heart of Texas Tournament. In finals, Deven defeated Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann on a 3-0 (Park, Nails, Davidson). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
BrieflyApril PF Topic is IMF
The 2021 April Public Forum topic is, Resolved: The benefits of the International Monetary Fund outweigh the harms.
BrieflyAnshul Reddy wins Cal
Congratulations to Harker’s Anshul Reddy for winning the 2021 Cal Invitational. In finals, Anshul defeated Loyola’s Ben Cortez on a 3-0 (Wimsatt, Bellavita, Jackson). Congratulations to NSU’s Sebastian Frazier for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
BrieflyAli Ahmad wins Harvard
Congratulations to Harrison’s Ali Ahmad for winning the 2021 Harvard National Forensics Tournament. In finals, Ali defeated Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann on a 3-2 (Bhatt*, Ahuja*, Fees, Caldera, Kivimaki). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
BrieflyAustin Li wins UPenn
Congratulations to Lexington’s Austin Li for winning the 2021 University of Pennsylvania Tournament. In finals, Austin defeated Harrison’s Rebecca Anderson on a 3-0 (Hu, Leong, Wells). Congratulations to Harrison’s Sonali Nicola for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
BrieflySamantha McLoughlin wins Stanford
Congratulations to Harvard Westlake’s Samantha McLoughlin for winning the 2021 Stanford Invitational. In finals, Sam defeated Harrison’s Ali Ahmad on a 2-1 (Mikkelsen*, Nails, Wancewicz). Congratulations to Bellarmine’s Eric Gottlieb for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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