Debate Success Continues Through October
Harker Forensics has continued to do well at competitions across the country. At the Blue Key tournament in Florida, held Oct. 30 through Nov. 1, Michael Tsai, Gr. 11, earned his second Congressional Debate bid after making it to the semifinal round, fully qualifying him to the Congress Tournament of Champions. Meanwhile, sophomores Rohan Bopardikar and Daryl Neubieser made it to round of eight at the Manchester-Essex tournament in Massachusetts that same weekend, thus earning their first bid to the Public Forum Tournament of Champions.
Earlier in October, Kristi Lui and Tyler Koteskey, both Gr. 11, reached the top 21 in the public forum debate category at the Big Bronx Invitational in New York City.
At the New Trier tournament, held in the greater Chicago area, seniors Adam Perelman and Arjun Mody made it to the semifinal round (round of four) and earned a bid to the policy debate Tournament of Champions.