The team competed at the Bellaire Forensic Tournament as the only middle school with over 50 high school teams. See the list of breaks!

​Novice Poetry
Analisa Fernandez-Weir – 2nd
 
Novice Oratory
Grace Shearer – 3rd
Gargi Rakhade – 4th
Zayn Malik – 5th
Mitsuki Jiang – 7th
Stephanie Huang – 8th
 
Duet Acting
Mitsuki Jiang & Cristina McInnis – 3rd
Zara Khandwalla & Elif Okumus – 5th
Bobo Obali & Jessica Ton – 6th
 
Novice Impromptu Speaking
Rushil Chetty – 3rd
 
Novice Prose
Analisa Fernandez – 1st
Gargi Rakhade – 3rd
Grace Shearer – 4th
 
Senior Prose
Hope Nguyen – 5th
Lucas Salaberry – 6th
 
Novice Extemp
Gargi Rakhade – 4th
 
Novice Congressional Debate
Lakshmi Sunder – 2nd
 
Novice Public Forum
Ishan Dubey & Austin Fiorito – 1st
Suraj Vadapalli & Yanke Wang – quarterfinalists
Varun Manickam & Sway Panigrahi - octafinalists
 
Novice Lincoln-Douglas
Sonya Kulkarni – Semifinalist
Cindy Cui - Quarterfinalist

This weekend the team travels to Bellaire for their high school tournament. We will be the only middle school there along with 50 high school teams. The tournament is spread over two days:

Friday
Students in impromptu speaking, poetry, oratory, duet acting and debate will report to the Lanier foyer at 12:30 to take buses to Bellaire. Rounds begin at 2:00 p.m. Students can be picked up at Bellaire Friday night since there won't be a bus returning to Lanier.

Saturday
Students in extemporaneous speaking, humorous, prose and debate need to report directly to Bellaire (7:45 a.m. for debaters and extempers and 8:15 a.m. for others.)  Students will be picked up at Bellaire once they are done. 

1st PLACE SWEEPSTAKES

Oral Reading
Mitsuki Jiang – 1st
Amy Park – 3rd
Zayn Malik – 4th
 
Lincoln-Douglas
Lucas Salaberry – 2nd
Diya Vettical - Semifinalist
Speaker Awards
Diya Vettical – 1st
Lucas Salaberry – 2nd
 
 
Congressional Debate
Yash Semlani – 1st
Lakshmi Sunder – 3rd
 
Public Forum Debate
Ishan Dubey & Austin Fiorito – 1st
Rayleigh Nam & Saarang Ramabhadran – 2nd
Ankit Burudgunte & Nathan Chang – Semifinalists
Speaker Awards
Saarang Ramabhadran – 1st
Rayleigh Nam – 2nd
Austin Fiorito – 3rd