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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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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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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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