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Lanier Speech & Debate
Over 25 years of Excellence 
in Speech & Debate
​Established 1997

Team Takes 2nd At Taylor HS

1/26/2025

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Congressional Debate
Amanuddin Mohammed - 4th
Kanishka Iyer - 6th
Jayden Shin - 8th

Public Forum Debate
* Finals Close Out
Dhruv Goyal & Vivaan Sadare - 1st*
Preston Kyle & Luka Rahman - 2nd*
Sohum Bhardwaj & Aarav Saini - Semifinalists
Misha Fabre & Diego Santos - Quarterfinalists
Rohin Joshi & Adarsh Mohanty - Quarterfinalists
Killian Chao & Pierce Ozoude - Quarterfinalists

Lincoln-Douglas
Zoe Ralhan - 1st
Ari Desai - 3rd

Duet Acting
Yara Hakki & Dulce Nunez -1st
Gabi McCauley & Emma Wallace - 2nd
Emelie Lu & Rowan Russell - 3rd
Pardis Angeles & Jinisha Singhaniya - 4th
Daisy McPherson & Caroline Miller - 6th

Duo Interpretation
Mo Bynum & Nyla Phillips-Lockett - 3rd
Ellery Orton & Maria Vassallo-Lezaun - 4th

Extemporaneous Speaking
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Dhruv Goyal - 4th
Viraj Keswani - 5th

Humorous
Maggie James - 2nd

Impromptu Speaking
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd
Ahilan Eswaran - 5th
Anaya Arain - 6th

Informative Speaking
Kiran Bansal - 2nd
Karina Witono - 4th
Nora Feld - 6th



Original Oratory
Ahilan Eswaran - 1st
Camila Carrette - 6th

Original Spoken Word Poetry
Dulce Nunez - 3rd
Jade Cruz - 5th

Program of Oral Interpretation
Jade Cruz - 1st
Amy Li - 5th
Talia Torrez - 6th
Zain Mohsin - Finalist
Diyan Jagushte - Finalist

Senior Poetry
Dyllan Ellis - 1st
Amy Li - 3rd
Kadence Smith - 4th
Michelle Trewick - 5th
Nyla Phillips-Lockett - 6th

Senior Prose
Kadence Smith - 2nd
Jade Cruz - 3rd
Dyllan Ellis - 4th
Kiran Bansal - 5th

Storytelling
Rayan Bhardwaj - 3rd
Yara Hakki - 4th
Ellery Orton - 5th

Solo Improvisation
Sophia Bush - 2nd
Maggie James - 6th

Readers Theatre
Mo Bynum, Sophia Bush, Taylor Browning, Gianni Ravizzini & Javier Josic - 1st

Duet Improvisation
Mo Bynum & Gianni Ravizzini - 1st
Ben Haren & Javier Josic - 2nd
Pardis Angeles & Camila Carrette - 3rd
Yara Hakki & Catherine Blackwell - 4th

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2nd Place Sweeps - PF Semis Close-Out at Austin HS

10/21/2024

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Congressional Debate
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd
Anaya Arain - Finalist
Ahilan Eswaran - Finalist
Serena Bentsen - Finalist

Public Forum Debate
(1st, 2nd and Semis based on seeding)
Rohin Joshi & Adarsh Mohanty - 1st
Preston Kyle & Luka Rahman - 2nd
Colin Donovan & Joseph Hurtado - Semifinalists
Killian Chao & Pierce Ozoude - Semifinalists
S. Bhardwaj & Aarav Saini - Quarterfinalists
Adam Razouki & Andrew Taaffe - Quarterfinalists

PF Speaker Awards
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Adarsh Mohanty - 2nd
Colin Donovan - 3rd

Declamation
Amy Li - 6th

Extemporaneous Speaking
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Colin Donovan - 2nd
Jasper Lin - 4th
Aditya Lavi - 6th

Humorous
Maggie James - 3rd
Ben Haren - 6th

Impromptu
Rohin Joshi - 2nd
Anaya Arain - 3rd
Sophia Bush - 4th
Jasper Lin - 5th
Nyla Phillips-Lockett - 6th

Informative Speaking
Kiran Bansal - 3rd
Kennedy McDonald Williams - 4th
Shayna Hassid - 5th
Taylan Sahin - 6th

Junior Poetry
Amy Li - 1st

Junior Prose
Amy Li - 1st

Duet Acting
Pardis Angeles & Abbi Perry - 1st
Rayan Bhardwaj & Aiden Vettical - 2nd
Camila Carrette & Luna Frangulie - 3rd
Yara Hakki & Jinisha Singhaniya - 4th
Azariyah Adjei & Avni Vachani - 5th
Lillian Eoff & Emma Ledford - 6th

Duo Interpretation
Mo Bynum & Nyla Phillips-Lockett - 4th
Hadley Hall & Joselle McPherson - 5th

Original Oratory
Amanuddin Mohammed - 3rd
Jasper Lin - 5th

Original Spoken Word Poetry
Jade Cruz - 1st
Ellery Orton - 2nd
Talia Torrez - 4th
Zain Mohsin - 5th

Senior Prose
Lillian Eoff - 1st
Sophia Bush - 2nd
Jade Cruz - 3rd
Rowan Russell - 4th
Norah Morosan - 6th

Senior Poetry
Dyllan Ellis - 1st
Lillian Eoff - 3rd
Jade Cruz - 4th
Nyla Phillips-Lockett - 5th
Emma Ledford - 6th 

Storytelling
Ellery Orton - 4th 

TV Commercial
Norah Morosan - 3rd
Adon Sergeant - 6th
Yara Hakki - 7th
Ellie Moody - 8th

Duet Improvisation
Mo Bynum & Gianni Ravizinni - 3rd
Pardis Angeles & Camila Carrette - 6th

Vocal Solo
Sophia Bush - 1st

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Team Makes Strong Showing at Elkins

9/24/2024

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2nd PLACE OVERALL SWEEPSTAKES
Champ Public Forum Debate
Colin Donovan & Joseph Hurtado - Quarterfinalists

Champ PF Speaker Awards
Colin Donovan - 1st

Novice Public Forum Debate
Rohin Joshi & Adarsh Mohanty - 2nd
Jiayang Chen & Vivaan Sadare - Semifinalists
Preston Kyle & Luka Rahman - Quarterfinalists
Sohum Bhardwaj & Aarav Saini - Quarterfinalists

Novice PF Speaker Awards
Aarav Saini - 3rd

Congressional Debate
Amanuddin Mohammed - 3rd
Ahilan Eswaran - Finalist
Kanishka Iyer - Finalist
Jayden Shin - Finalist

Novice Congressional Debate
Serena Bentsen - 1st
Adi Sanghavi - 4th

Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking
Rohin Joshi - 1st

Original Oratory
Ahilan Eswaran - 5th

Duet Acting
Zoey Mandevill & Giuliana Presenti - 4th
Emelie Lu & Rowan Russell - 5th
Pardis Angeles & Camilla Carrette - 7th

Duo Interpretation
Ellery Orton & Maria Vassallo Lezaun - 3rd
Abigail Perry & Danna Wu - 5th

Impromptu Speaking
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd
Jasper Lin - 3rd
Rohin Joshi - 4th
Nyla Phillips-Lockett - 5th
Sophia Bush - 6th
Aditya Lavi - 7th

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Micah Lindsey - 2nd
Bayden Brandt - 3rd
Arius Desai - 4th
Srihith Gadigota - 5th
Simon Jefferis - 6th

Poetry
Kadence Smith - 3rd
Cecilia Waterhouse - 5th
Maya Sriramula - 6th

Prose
Sophia Bush - 1st
Serena Bentsen - 2nd
Amy Li - 5th
Lillian Eoff - 6th
Cecilia Waterhouse - 7th

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LSD Starts Strong At College Park

9/2/2024

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Congressional Debate
Amanuddin Mohammed - 7th
Harvey Dai - Finalist

Varsity Public Forum
Colin Donovan & Joseph Hurtado - 2nd
Preston Kyle & Luka Rahman - Quarterfinalists

Duo Interpretation
Hadley Hall & Joselle McPherson - 6th
Nihira Lingamaneni & Mia Varughese - 7th

Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate
(3 Round - Round Robin)
Zoe Ralhan - 1st
Elizabeth Cheng - 4th

Poetry
Dyllan Ellis - Semifinalist
Amy Li - Semifinalist

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Marylou Keller - 5th
Taylan Sahin - 6th

Impromptu Speaking
Amanuddin Mohammed - 3rd
Rohin Joshi - 4th
Aditya Lavi - 5th
Sophia Bush - 6th
Dhruv Goyal - Semifinalist
Nyla Phillips-Lockett - Semifinalist

Informative Speaking
Kiran Bansal - 4th

Prose
Cecilia Waterhouse - 6th
Sophia Bush - Semifinalist

Original Oratory
Ahilan Eswaran - 5th

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2024-2025 Tournament Schedule

8/2/2024

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Here's our current and tentative schedule for this year:
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College Park TFA Tournament                    Aug. 30 & 31        College Park High School

Elkins High School Tournament                 Sept. 20 & 21        Elkins High School
Afterschool Debate Club                             Sept. 24        North “Hutch” Patio - 4 pm to 5 pm
Top Dawg MS Tournament                          Oct. 19            Stephen F. Austin HS (Fort Bend)
Fall Showdown MS Tournament                 Nov. 9            Seven Lakes High School
Middle School Classic                                   Nov. 16            College Park High School
​6th Grade Tournament                                  Dec. 13 & 14        Lanier Middle School

Tournament                                                     Jan. 24 & 25        Hastings High School
Bellaire Forensic Tournament                     Feb. 7 & 8        Bellaire High School
Olle Owl Invitational                                      late Feb/early March  E.A. Olle Middle School
TJSDA State                                                   May 2 & 3        Dallas, TX (Host TBD)
Debate Banquet                                             May 2025        TBD
Nats Camp                                                     June 9 - 16        Lanier Middle School - Noon to 4 pm
NSDA MS Nationals                                     June 17-21    Des Moines, Iowa
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Lanier Speech & Debate at 2024 NSDA MS Nationals

6/22/2024

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Congressional Debate
Vir Sanghavi - Finalist
Amanuddin Mohammed - Finalist
Tyler Morosan - Finalist
Alexander Zhao

Public Forum Debate
Colin Donovan & Joseph Hurtado - Semifinalists
Jackson Poullard & Tripp Somers - Double Octafinalists
Jake Oswald & Sunil Vadapalli
Jiayang Chen & Vivaan Sadare
Preston Kyle & Aarav Saini
Adarsh Mohanty & Luka Rahman
Colin Donovan - Top Speaker - 3rd

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Valentina Briones - 2nd
Swathi Saravanan - Double Octafinalist
Sahana Dillibabu
Valentina Briones - Top Speaker - 3rd

​Dramatic Interpretation

Victory Cintron - Quarterfinalist

Declamation
Alav Madani
Coral Walia

Duo Interpretation
Leyla Borasino & Zyed Lakdawala - Quarterfinalists

Extemporaneous Speaking
Rohin Joshi - 3rd Place
Jaya Ramineni - Semifinalist
Adrian Alli
Dhruv Goyal

Humorous Interpretation
Lena Beddar - Quarterfinalist
Victory Cintron - Quarterfinalist
Will Giesen

Original Spoken Word Poetry
Brier Bickley - Semifinalist
Leyla Borasino - Semifinalist
Victory Cintron - Semifinalist

Impromptu Speaking
Alav Madani - 6th Place
Rohin Joshi - Quarterfinalist
Jaya Ramineni - Quarterfinalist
Adela Kusinski
Nyla Phillips Lockett
Siddharth Reddy

Informative Speaking
Mia Natali - Semifinalist
Lena Beddar
Adela Kusinski
Ella Naglis
Coral Walia

Original Oratory
Lena Beddar - Quarterfinalist
Siddharth Reddy - Quarterfinalist
Mia Natali
Will Giesen

Poetry
Victory Cintron - Semifinalist
Dyllan Ellis - Quarterfinalist
Violet Irwin

Prose
Allegra Marx - Quarterfinalist
Ella Naglis - Quarterfinalist
Kai Krugly

Storytelling
Allegra Marx
Ella Naglis

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Team Takes 3rd At TJSDA State

4/29/2024

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Congressional Debate
Vir Sanghavi - 3rd
Amanuddin Mohammed - 5th
Ahilan Eswaran - Finalist
Tyler Morosan - Finalist
Alexander Zhao - Semifinalist
Serena Bentsen - Semifinalist
Swami Nathan - Semifinalist
Anaya Arain - Semifinalist

Public Forum Debate
Colin Donovan & Joseph Hurtado - 2nd
Preston Kyle & Luka Rahman - Semifinalists
Jake Oswald & Sunil Vadapalli - Quarterfinalists
Sohum Bhardwaj & Aarav Saini - Quarterfinalists
Adarsh Mohanty & Pierce Ozoude - Octofinalists

Preston Kyle - Top PF Speaker

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Swathi Saravanan - Quarterfinalist

Sahana Dillibabu - Top LD Speaker

Extemporaneous Speaking
Dhruv Goyal - 4th
Siddharth Reddy - 5th
Jaya Ramineni - Semifinalist

Declamation
Fatima Alghafir - 5th
Coral Walia - Semifinalist

Duet Improvisation
Will Giesen & Isaac Moody - 2nd
Dyllan Ellis & Ellie Moody - Semifinalists

Dramatic Interpretation
Victory Cintron - Semifinalist

Duo Interpretation
Allegra Marx & Jaya Ramineni - Semifinalists
Fatima Alghafir & Adela Kusinski - Semifinalists
Kelcie Christian & Maryam Elkady - Semifinalists

Humorous
Victory Cintron - 3rd

Impromptu Speaking
Fatima Alghafir - 2nd
Rohin Joshi - 3rd
Alav Madani - Semifinalist
Nyla Phillips-Lockett - Semifinalist
Adela Kusinski - Semifinalist

Informative Speaking
Mia Natali - 2nd
Lena Beddar - 3rd
Ella Naglis - 4th
Kiran Bansal - Semifinalist
Zoe Ralhan - Semifinalist
Adela Kusinski - Semifinalist

Original Oratory
Siddharth Reddy - 6th
Will Giesen - Semifinalist
Lena Beddar - Semifinalist
Mia Natali - Semifinalist

Original Poetry
Victory Cintron - 3rd
Leyla Borasino - Semifinalist

Program of Oral Interpretation
Aiden Vasquez - 5th

Poetry
Victory Cintron - Semifinalist
Kai Krugly - Quarterfinalist
Danielle Harris - Quarterfinalist

Prose
Ella Naglis - 4th
Fatima Alghafir - Quarterfinalist
Elizabeth Cheng - Quarterfinalist
Kiran Bansal - Quarterfinalist

Storytelling
Giuliana Presenti - Quarterfinalist
Simran Patel - Quarterfinalist
Sophia Bush - Quarterfinalist

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Team Finishes Strong at Jordan

4/7/2024

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Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Valentina Briones - 1st
Sahana Dillibabu - Quarterfinalist

Public Forum Debate
Finals close out - places based on seeding
Jiayang Chen & Vivaan Sadare - 1st
Jackson Poullard & Tripp Somers - 2nd
Jake Oswald & Sunil Vadapalli - Semifinalists

Congressional Debate
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd
Vir Sanghavi - 6th
Swami Nathan - Finalist
Serena Bentsen - Finalist
Tyler Morosan - Finalist
Ahilan Eswaran - Finalist

Extemporaneous Speaking
Colin Donovan - 1st
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd
Dhruv Goyal - 4th
Adarsh Mohanty - 6th

Dramatic
Victory Cintron - 1st

Duet Improvisation
Jazmin Contreras & Allegra Marx - 2nd
Pardis Angeles & Camila Carrette - 5th

Duo Interpretation
Allegra Marx & Jaya Ramineni - 2nd
Ella Naglis & Simran Patel - 4th

Humorous
Victory Cintron - 3rd
Rayan Bhardwaj - 5th

Impromptu Speaking
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Alav Madani - 3rd
Fatima Alghafir - 5th

Informative Speaking
Mia Natali - 1st
Ella Naglis - 2nd
Coral Walia - 4th

Junior Poetry
Amy Li - 5th
Khaled Sabbagh - 6th

Original Oratory
Mia Natali - 1st

Senior Poetry
Victory Cintron - 2nd
Jade Cruz - 6th

Junior Prose
Jade Cruz - 2nd
Sophia Bush - 5th
Amy Li - 6th

Senior Prose
Victory Cintron - 1st
Alav Madani - 2nd
Fatima Alghafir - 4th
Zoe Ralhan - 5th

Original Poetry
Victory Cintron - 1st
Leyla Borasino - 4th

Program of Oral Interpretation
Victory Cintron - 2nd
Aiden Vasquez - 3rd

Storytelling
Giuliana Presenti - 5th

TV Commercial
Jazmin Contreras - 6th

Solo Improvisation
Sophia Bush - 3rd

Readers Theatre
Sophia Bush, Cooper Nelson, Gianni Ravizzini, Mo Bynum & Adon Sergeant - 1st
Jaya Ramineni, Jake Oswald, Adrian Alli, Naomi Nitsun, Zoey Salazar Kai Krugly - 2nd
Elizabeth Cheng, Hadley Hall, Zoe Ralhan & Joselle McPherson - 3rd

Lip-Sync
Jaya Ramineni, Naomi Nitsun, Zoey Salazar & Kai Krugly - 4th
Coral Walia, Ella Naglis & Simran Patel - 5th

Vocal Solo
Sophia Bush - 1st
Giuliana Presenti - 4th
Zoe Ralhan - 5th

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Team Wins Olle For First Time Since 2016

2/25/2024

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Congressional Debate
Vir Sanghavi - 1st
Amanuddin Mohammed - 4th
Alexander Zhao - Finalist

World Schools Debate
Adrian Alli, Kai Krugly, Jake Oswald, Jaya Ramineni & Sunil Vadapalli - Semifinalists

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Valentina Briones - Semifinalist

Public Forum Debate
Jackson Poullard & Tripp Somers - 2nd
Preston Kyle & Luka Rahman - Semifinalists
Sohum Bhardwaj & Aarav Saini - Quarterfinalists

Declamation
Valentina Briones - 1st

Dramatic
Victory Cintron - 2nd

Duet Improv
Will Giesen & Isaac Moody - 4th
Lucas Sawakuchi & Adon Sergeant - 5th

Extemporaneous Speaking
Colin Donovan - 4th

Humorous
Victory Cintron - 3rd

Impromptu Speaking
Alav Madani - 2nd
Jackson Poullard - 3rd
Siddharth Reddy - 5th
Nyla Phillips-Lockett - 8th

Informative Speaking
Kiran Bansal - 6th

Junior Poetry
Alex Boyles - 4th

Junior Prose
Zoe Ralhan - 3rd

Original Oratory
Will Giesen - 2nd
Siddharth Reddy - 3rd

Original Spoken Word Poetry
Victory Cintron - 1st
Leyla Borasino - 2nd
Brier Bickley - 5th

Program of Oral Interpretation
Victory Cintron - 1st
Aiden Vasquez - 4th

Readers Theatre
Lena Beddar, Brier Bickley, Leyla Borasino, Victory Cintron & Maia Henderson - 4th 

Senior Poetry
Danielle Harris - 4th
Leia Lacson - 6th

Senior Prose
Fatima Alghafir - 1st
Victory Cintron - 3rd

Solo Improvisation
Sophia Bush - 1st

Storytelling
Giuliana Presenti - 4th
Ella Naglis - 5th

Television Commercial
Isaac Moody - 2nd
Will Giesen - 4th
Sophia Galicia - 5th

Amber Bonner-Mackey Spirit Award
Fatima Alghafir

Ernest M. Evans II Individual Sweepstakes Award 
Victory Cintron - 1st






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Qualifying For State & Nationals

2/19/2024

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Here's how your child qualifies for State and/or Nationals:
Both of those tournaments are open tournaments at the Middle School level. But because our team is so large and there are entry limits, we have a criteria called "national points." Modeled after the same concept that the high schools use for State qualification here in Texas, our Nats points system allows competitors to earn points on the following scale:

Debate Events (PF/LD/WSD)                              Speech Events + Congress
1st or 2nd Place - 10 points                                 1st Place - 10 points
Semifinalists - 7 points                                         2nd Place - 7 points
Quarterfinalists - 4 points                                    3rd Place - 4 points
Octafinalists - 2 points                                         4th - 6th - 2 points

Sometimes different scales are used depending on how the competitive the tournament/event is. Points are doubled in high school varsity events and can be halved in middle school novice events or if the event doesn't have any elimination rounds. Points are not stacked; ex: getting to semifinals in debate earns 7 points, not 7+4+2 etc.

The last chance for students to qualify for State or Nats is the Olle Tournament on Feb. 23 & 24.

STATE
The top 4 point earners in each event are invited to represent us for TJSDA State. Depending on the event, we may invite up to 6 in an event. Students who compete in both debate and speech cannot do both at State. State this year is at Elsik High School April 19 & 20. There will be days after school devoted to prep starting after Spring Break. The fee for State is anticipated to be $150, which covers entry fees and buses (financial assistance available). 

NATIONALS
Any student earning 20 points or more in total is qualified for Nationals. The event(s) a competitor does at Nats is determined on a case-by-case basis, depending on what event(s) they've competed in and had consistent success in throughout the year. Students who compete in both debate and speech cannot do both at Nats. As the coach, I do reserve the right to make executive decisions about students going based on behavior and/or not having 20 points. There is a prep camp for Nationals from June 10-17, noon to 4 p.m. at Lanier. We depart for Des Moines, Iowa on June 18 and return June 22. The fee for Nationals is anticipated to be $950. This will cover airfare, hotel, ground transport and entry fees (financial assistance available).

After the Olle Tournament, students who have qualified for State and Nats will be notified. Informational Zoom meetings will be held for Nationals starting Sunday evening, March 3 at 7 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected]
Thanks!
​Franz Hill
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    I began teaching drama in 1998 at J.Will Jones Elem. and then at Long Middle School from 2001 to 2007. I'm currently the debate teacher/coach at Lanier Middle School. I love it.

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