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Lanier Speech & Debate
Celebrating 25 years of Excellence 
in Speech & Debate
​1997-2022

Team Returns to Olle - Wins 2nd

2/26/2023

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Public Forum Debate
Colin Donovan & Joseph Hurtado - 2nd
Yassin Beheri & Andres Borja - Semifinalists
Anirudh Balivada & Sophia Li - Quarterfinalists

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Valentina Briones - Semifinalist
Graham Erickson - Quarterfinalist

Congressional Debate
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 1st
Vir Sanghavi - 2nd
Armaanuddin Mohammed - 3rd
Amanuddin Mohammed - 5th
Ahilan Eswaran - Finalist

Declamation
Valentina Briones - 6th 

Duet Improvisation
Bella Kalra & Mary-Adeline Leahy - 4th

Duo Interpretation
Bella Kalra & Mary Adeline Leahy - 5th 

Extemporaneous Speaking
Armaanuddin Mohammed - 1st
Sri Koduri - 2nd
Rohin Joshi - 5th
Bode Bosell - 6th

Impromptu Speaking
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Ghazal Mahdzadeh - 2nd
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 4th
Fatima Alghafir - 6th

Informative Speaking
Mia Natali - 1st
Ghazal Mahdzadeh - 3rd
Lena Beddar - 4th

Junior Poetry
Emily Balandran - 1st
Dyllan Ellis - 6th

Junior Prose
Allegra Marx - 4th

Original Oratory
Valentina Briones - 1st
Lena Beddar - 2nd
Rohan Shah - 3rd
Siddharth Reddy - 4th
Original Spoken Word Poetry
Esther Olanrewaju - 2nd
Brier Bickley - 3rd
Victory Cintron - 4th
Andrew Chen - 5th

Program of Oral Interp
Chrisette Wigfall - 1st
Victory Cintron - 4th
Aiden Vasquez - 5th
Lena Beddar - 6th

Senior Prose
Bella Kalra - 4th

Senior Poetry
Esther Olanrewaju - 4th
Mia Governali - 5th

Storytelling
Valentina Briones - 3rd

Vocal Solo
Giuliana Presenti - 3rd
Rohan Shah - 5th

Readers Theatre
Bella Kalra, Mary Adeline Leahy & Rohan Shah - 1st

Solo Improvisation
Jacob Higgs - 6th

Television Commercial
Aaron Anderson - 3rd
Ghazal Mahdzadeh - 4th

Amber Bonney Spirit Award
Danica Du

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Team Effort Takes 1st At Conroe High School

2/20/2023

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Public Forum Debate
(Finals Close-Out - Placement based on seeding)
Anirudh Balivada & Sophia Li - 1st
Andrew Chen & Charles Tang - 2nd
Aditiya Lavi & Jayden Shin - Semifinalists

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Roy Zhao - Quarterfinalist

Congressional Debate
Vir Sanghavi - 1st
Angelina Tao - 2nd
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 3rd
Amanuddin Mohammed - 6th
Alexander Zhao - 7th 

World Schools Debate
Adrian Alli, Nicole Du, Viana Elliyoun, Jake Oswald & Jaya Ramineni - 3rd
Javier Josic, Liam Powers & Luka Rahman - 4th

Dramatic
Victory Cintron - 5th 

Duo Interp
Rory Jackson & Sabrina Vega - 1st
Louise Bagley & Layla Patel - 6th

Duet Improv
Adela Kusinski & Allegra Marx - 3rd

Extemporaneous Speaking
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Bode Bosell - 2nd
Sri Koduri - 3rd
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 4th
Sunil Vadapalli - 5th
Jaya Ramineni - 6th

Impromptu Speaking
Ishan Narkar - 1st
Sri Kodurni - 2nd
Sunil Vadapalli - 3rd
Anaya Arain - 4th
Joseph Hurtado- 5th
Fatima Alghafir - 6th


Oratory
Valentina Briones - 1st

Siddharth Reddy - 2nd
Brier Bickley - 3rd
Amanuddin Mohammed - 5th

Junior Lip-Sync
Dyllan Ellis, Reese Tisdall & Kiran Bansal - 3rd

Poetry
Danielle Harris - 6th
Mia Natali - 7th
Spandan Chaudhari - 8th

Prose
Victory Cintron 3rd
Ella Naglis - 6th

Senior Lip-Sync
Rania Gayle & Giuliana Presenti - 5th 

Solo Improv
Sophia Bush - 1st

Storytelling
Giuliana Presenti - 6th
Coral Walia - 8th
Sophia Bush - 9th

TV Commercal
Victory Cintron & Will Giesen - 1st
Ghazal Mahdzadeh & Arushi Markan - 2nd
Louise Bagley, Maia Henderson, Layla Patel - 6th

Vocal Solo
Giuliana Presenti - 1st
Allegra Marx - 3rd
Zoe Ralhan - 4th 

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Lanier Speech & Debate Easily Takes 1st at Carver

2/8/2023

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Public Forum Debate
(based on record/speaks)
Anirudh Balivada & Sophia Li - 1st
Timothy Kirichenko - 2nd
Batu Ak & Pierce Ozoude - 3rd
Colin Donovan & Joseph Hurtado - 4th
Giovanni Quizon & Harman Tripathy - 5th
Barrett Hall & Jayden Shin - 6th
Adarsh Mohanty & Justin Wang - 7th

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
(based on record/speaks)
Valentina Briones - 1st
Danica Du - 2nd
Roy Zhao - 3rd
Graham Erickson - 4th

Congressional Debate
Vir Sanghavi - 1st
Armaanuddin Mohammed - 4th
Alexander Zhao - 5th
Anaya Arain - 7th
Ahilan Eswaran - 10th

Declamation
Valentina Briones - 1st
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd

Dramatic
Chrisette Wigfall - 1st
Bella Kalra - 2nd
Jacob Higgs - 3rd

Duo Interp
Bella Kalra & Mary Adeline Leahy - 1st
Rory Jackson & Sabrina Vega - 2nd

Duet Acting
Bella Kalra & Mary Adeline Leahy - 1st
Yas Patel & Jackson Poullard - 2nd
Ramsey Kazzaz & Will Parker - 3rd
Angelina Tao & Simran Patel - 4th

Duet Improvisation
Emma Nguyen & Madeline Witz - 2nd
Loyce Beneytez & Holland Miller - 3rd
Rory Jackson & Sabrina Vega - 4th
Mia Governali & Alexa Killian - 5th
Yas Patel & Christopher Reardon - 6th
Bella Kalra & Mary Adeline Leahy - 7th
Simran Patel & Angelina Tao - 8th

Extemporaneous Speaking
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 1st
Sri Koduri - 3rd
Rohin Joshi - 4th
Rohan Shah - 5th
Ishan Narkar - 6th
Charles Tang - 7th
Siddharth Reddy - 8th

Humorous
Valentina Briones - 1st
Adela Kusinski - 2nd
Simran Patel - 3rd
Ella Naglis - 4th

Informative Speaking
Coral Walia - 1st
Mia Natali - 2nd

Impromptu Speaking
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Alexa Killian - 2nd
Fatima Alghafir - 3rd
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 4th
Ishan Narkar - 5th
Zoe Ralhan - 6th
Charles Tang - 7th
Sunil Vadapalli - 8th

Original Oratory
Valentina Briones - 1st
Rohan Shah - 2nd
Amanuddin Mohammed - 3rd
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 4th
Siddharth Reddy - 6th

Poetry
Alexa Killian - 1st
Mia Governali - 2nd
Chrisette Wigfall - 3rd
Esther Olanrewaju - 4th
Victory Cintron - 5th
Coral Walia - 6th

Prose
Bella Kalra - 1st
Mary Adeline Leahy - 2nd
Coral Walia - 3rd
Victory Cintron - 4th
Allegra Marx - 5th
Fatima Alghafir - 6th

TV Commercial
Mia Governali - 1st
Fatima Alghafir - 2nd
Ella Naglis - 4th
Sophia Bush - 5h
Adrian Alli - 6th
Holland Miller - 7th

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Lanier Takes 2nd at Lamar Texan Classic

2/2/2023

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Congressional Debate
Vir Sanghavi - 9th 

Novice Public Forum Debate

Timothy Kirichenko - Top Speaker

Nathan Hadi & Timothy Kirichenko - Semifinalists

Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Valentina Briones - Top Speaker

Valentina Briones - 1st
Danica Du - Semifinalist

Foreign Extemp
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 3rd
Armaanuddin Mohammed - 5th

Domestic Extemp
Jaya Ramineni - Semifinalist
Sri Koduri - Semifinalist
Siddharth Reddy - Semifinalist

Duo Interpretation
Fatima Alghafir & Maryam Elkady - 5th
Bella Kalra & Mary Adeline Leahy - 6th

Impromptu Speaking
Alav Madani - 1st
Ghazal Mahdzadeh - 2nd
Fatima Alghafir - 3rd
Esther Olanrewaju - 6th
Sunil Vadapalli - Semifinalist
Kai Krugly - Semifinalist
Ishan Narkar - Semifinalist
Danielle Harris - Semifinalist

Original Oratory
Valentina Briones - 1st 
Leia Lacson - Semifinalist
Siddharth Reddy - Semifinalist
Amanuddin Mohammed - Semifinalist
Will Giesen - Semifinalist

Prose
Samara Sunde - 1st
Allegra Marx - 3rd
Fatima Alghafir - Semifinalist
Victory Cintron - Semifinalist
Kai Krugly  - Semifinalist
Leia Lacson - Semifinalist
Maryam Elkady - Semifinalist
Violet Irwin - Semifinalist

Poetry
Esther Olanrewaju - 5th
Kai Krugly - 7th
Victory Cintron - 8th 
Spandan Chaudhari - Semifinalist
Emilly Balandran - Semifinalist
Mia Governali - Semifinalist

Dramatic
Bella Kalra - 6th



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Henley Memorial 6th Grade Tournament 2022

12/14/2022

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On Dec. 9 & 10, the Debate Team hosted its annual 6th Grade Tournament. Over 50 6th graders participated in 113 entries in a tournament run by the 8th grade debaters. Below are the finalists!

Congressional Debate
Amanuddin Mohammed - 1st
Evelyn Zhang - 2nd
Anaya Arain - 3rd
Rohin Joshi - 4th
Dhruv Goyal - 5th
Reese Tisdall - 6th 
Kiran Bansal - 7th
Malavika Dwarakanath - 8th
Dyllan Ellis - 9th
Alex Cooper - 10th

Poetry
Dyllan Ellis - 1st
Arabella Vera - 2nd
Delilah Alcazar - 3rd
Barrett Hall - 4th

Oratory
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd
Zoe Ralhan - 3rd
Zain Elkousy - 4th
Barrett Hall - 5th

Duet Acting
Kanishka Iyer & Jason Lozano - 1st
Kaitlyn Png & Arabella Vera - 2nd
Ellery Orton & Joselle McPherson - 3rd
Ellie Moody & Khaled Sabbagh - 4th
Lillian Eoff & Guiliana Presenti - 5th
Ben Haren & Javier Josic - 6th

Storytelling
Zoe Nodler - 1st
Sophia Bush - 2nd
Richa Praveen - 3rd
Barrett Hall - 4th
Joselle McPherson - 5th
Delilah Alcazar - 6th

Impromptu Speaking
Rohin Joshi - 1st
Anaya Arain - 2nd
Dhruv Goyal - 3rd
Jiayang Chen - 4th
Ahilan Eswaran - 5th
Joselle McPherson - 6th 

Prose
Dyllan Ellis - 1st
Maezie Liaw - 2nd
Mo Bynum - 3rd
Adarsh Mohanty - 4th 

​Extemporaneous Speaking

Rohin Joshi - 1st
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd
Dhruv Goyal - 3rd
Jiayang Chen - 4th
Evelyn Zhang - 5th
Luka Rahman - 6th

Declamation
Dyllan Ellis - 1st
Amanuddin Mohammed - 2nd
Maezie Liaw - 3rd
Reese Tisdall - 4th
Grace Ge - 5th
Joselle McPherson - 6th

Duet Improv
Ellie Moody & Richa Praveen - 1st
Grace Ge & Yanni Wang - 2nd
Kiran Bansall & Reese Tisdall - 3rd
Zoe Ralhan & Jasmine Li - 4th
Gianni Ravizzini & Mo Bynum - 5th
Kaitlyn Png & Arabella Vera - 6th
Barrett Hall & Jayden Shin - 7th 

TV Commercial
Colin Donovan - 1st
Anaya Arain - 2nd
Malavika Dwarakanath - 3rd
Reese Tisdall - 4th
Yanni Wang - 5th
Ellie Moody - 6th

Public Forum Debate
Colin Donovan & Joseph Hurtado - 1st
Pierce Ozoude & Joey Viveros - 2nd

Zain Elkousy & Ahilan Eswaran - Semifinalists
Jayden Shin &  Aditya Lavi - Semifinalists

Nolan Kuo, Diego Esparza & Jazmyne Williams - Quarterfinalists
Adarsh Mohanty & Justin Wang - Quarterfinalists
Polina Kan & Leah Kostinovsky - Quarterfinalists
Cameron Erickson & Cooper Nelson - Quarterfinalists

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Team Nets 4th Place at Tompkins/Clear Lake Swing

12/5/2022

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TOMPKINS
Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Brijzha Boyer - 1st
Sri Koduri - 2nd
Jaya Ramineni - 4th


Impromptu Speaking

Fatima Alghafir - 4th
Sunil Vadapalli - 5th
Ishan Narkar - Semifinalist
Mia Natali - Semifinalist
Pietro Monroy - Semifinalist


Informative

Mia Natali - 4th

Oratory

Valentina Briones - 5th
Brier Bickley - semifinalist
Jigyasa Prabhakar - semifinalist


Poetry

Chrisette Wigfall - 5th

Prose

Bella Kalra - 1st
Victory Cintron - semifinalist


Duo Interp

Bella Kalra & Mary Adeline Leahy - 6th

Novice Congressional Debate

Armaanuddin Mohammed - 1st
Lena Beddar - 9th


Novice Public Forum

Nathan Hadi & Timothy Kirichenko -Semifinalists
Anirudh Balivada & Sophia Li - Quarterfinalists


CLEAR LAKE


Novice Extemporaneous Speaking

Jigyasa Prabhakar - 1st
Vir Sanghavi - 3rd


Impromptu Speaking

Alexa Killian - 2nd
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 5th


Oratory

Siddharth Reddy - Semifinalist

Poetry

Alexa Killian - 1st
Chrisette Wigfall - Semifinalist


Prose

Mary Adeline Leahy - 1st Brijzha Boyer - 3rd

​Duo Interpretation

Bella Kalra & Mary Adeline Leahy - 2nd 

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Small Squad Captures 2nd at SFA

11/13/2022

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Public Forum Debate
Timothy Kirichenko & Charles Tang - 1st
Anirudh Balivada & Andres Borja - Semifinalists

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Valentina Briones - 2nd

Congressional Debate
Armaanuddin Mohammed - 1st
Jigyasa Prabhakar - Finalist
Amanuddin Mohammed - Finalist

Declamation
Valentina Briones - 4th 

Dramatic
Chrisette Wigfall - 2nd 

Extemporaneous Speaking
Rohan Shah - 1st
Brijzha Boyer - 2nd
Timothy Kirichenko - 3rd
Rohin Joshi - 4th
Ghazal Mahdzadeh - 5th
Jigyasa Prabhakar - Finalist
Armaanuddin Mohammed - Finalist

Impromptu Speaking
Ghazal Mahdzadeh - 2nd
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 3rd
Fatima Alghafir - 4th
Nicolas Yusim - 6th 

Junior Poetry
Victory Cintron - 3rd

Original Oratory
Rohan Shah - 1st
Valentina Briones - 3rd
Brier Bickley - 4th
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 6th 

Junior Prose
Samara Sunde - 2nd
Victory Cintron - 3rd
Fatima Alghafir - 4th
Spandan Chaudhari - 8th


Senior Poetry
Chrisette Wigfall - 3rd

Senior Prose
Brijzha Boyer - 3rd

Duet Improvisation
Mary Adeline Leahy & Chrisette Wigfall - 5th
Samuel Foytlin & Swami Nathan - 7th

Duet Acting
Fatima Alghafir & Maryam Elkady - 2nd
Esther Olanrewaju & Chrisette Wigfall - 3rd

Original Spoken Word Poetry
Victory Cintron - 3rd
Mia Governali - 4th
Esther Olanrewaju - 6th 

Solo Improvisation
Mia Governali - 1st
Nicolas Yusim - 4th

Storytelling
Valentina Briones - 1st
Mary Adeline Leahy - 6th 

TV Commercial
Maryam Elkady - 5th

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7th Graders (and a few 6th graders) Excel at Albright

10/29/2022

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***2nd PLACE SWEEPSTAKES***
​Duet Improvisation

Fatima Alghafir & Mia Natali - Superior
Holland Miller & Jaya Ramineni - Superior
Alav Madani & Coral Walia - Superior
Adrian Alli & Jake Oswald - Superior
Adela Kusinski & Allegra Marx - Superior

Extemporaneous Speaking
Vir Sanghavi - Superior
Alexander Zhao - Superior
Rohin Joshi - Superior
Siddharth Reddy - Superior

TV Commercial
Jackson Poullard - Superior
Victory Cintron - Superior
Fatima Alghafir - Superior
Sunil Vadapalli - Superior
Tripp Somers - Superior
Adela Kusinski - Superior
Loyce Beneytez - Superior
Alexander Zhao - Superior
Madeline Witz - Superior

Impromptu Speaking
Fatima Alghafir - Superior
Coral Walia - Superior
Siddharth Reddy - Superior
Sunil Vadapalli - Superior
Adela Kusinski - Superior
Jackson Poullard - Superior

Original Oratory
Swami Nathan - Superior
Vir Sanghavi - Superior

Poetry
Adela Kusinski - Superior
Madeline Witz - Superior
Victory Cintron - Superior
Ella Naglis - Superior
Spandan Choudhari - Superior
Allegra Marx - Superior

Prose
Naomi Nitsun - Superior
Samara Sunde - Superior
Violet Irwin - Superior
Coral Walia - Superior

SPAR (Debate event)
Jaya Ramineni - Superior
Jake Oswald - Superior
Vir Sanghavi - Superior
Jackson Poullard - Superior
Colin Donovan - Superior

Impromptu Poetry
Brier Bickley - Superior
Coral Walia - Superior
Samara Sunde - Superior

Storytelling
Valentina Briones - Superior

Solo Improv
Victory Cintron - Superior

Congressional Debate
Alexander Zhao - 1st (Green House)
Amanuddin Mohammed -  1st (Gold House)

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UIL #2 Results

10/18/2022

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Congressional Debate
Jigyasa Prabhakar - 1st
Armaanuddin Mohammed - 4th
Amanuddin Mohammed - Finalist
Sri Koduri - Finalist

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Valentina Briones - Semifinalist
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Public Forum Debate
Nathan Hadi & Timothy Kirichenko - 2nd
​Yassin Beheri & Andres Borja - Semifinalists 


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Revised Debate Schedule

10/3/2022

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Please see our revised debate competition/event schedule
debate schedule oct 3
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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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