MS and US speech and debate team members rack up solid scores
Harker middle and upper school students competed at three tournaments in March, all against high school students.
San Francisco State University
From March 10-11, 31 schools across two states representing 157 entries competed in debate events. Fifty-one Harker middle and upper school students competed.
Junior Varsity Policy
10th – Helen Li, grade 9, and Mir Bahri, grade 7, 3-2 record
Junior Varsity Lincoln-Dougas
5th – Sascha Pakravan, grade 8, quarterfinalist
Junior Varsity Lincoln-Dougas Speaker Awards
9th – Sascha Pakravan, grade 8
Novice Lincoln-Douglas
5th – Rahul Mulpuri, grade 7, quarterfinalist
Junior Varsity Public Forum Speaker Awards
7th – Alina Yuan, grade 8
8th – Aimee Wang, grade 8
Novice Public Forum
17th – Vijay Vyas, grade 9, and Kabir Buch, grade 6, double-octofinalist
17th – Deeya Viradia, grade 7, and Carol Wininger, grade 7, double-octofinalist
17th – Panav Gogte, grade 6, and Arjun Moogimane, grade 6, double-octofinalist
Intramural No. 5 (Harker Middle School)
On March 21, about 50 Harker middle schools students competed in three distinct events.
Speech (Impromptu & Memorized Interpretation)
1st – Zubin Khera, grade 7
2nd – Madeleine Hansen, grade 8
Public Forum
1st – Krish Mysoor and Ansh Sheth, both grade 6
2nd – Joe Li and Ramit Goyal, both grade 6
Public Forum Speaker Awards
1st – Krishna Mysoor, grade 6
2nd – Ansh Sheth, grade 6
3rd – Deeya Viradia, grade 7
4th – Sathvik Chundru, grade 6
5th – Carol Wininger, grade 7
6th – Lexi Nishimura, grade 7
7th – Joe Li, grade 6
8th – Aniketh Tummala, grade 6
Lincoln-Douglas
1st – Krish Maniar, grade 7
Santa Clara University No. 2
From March 23-25, 87 schools across two states, representing 1,012 entries, competed in speech and debate events. About 75 Harker middle school students competed.
Novice Duo Interpretation
3rd – Nikhil Devireddy and Zubin Khera, both grade 7, finalist
7th – Saumi Mehta, grade 8 and Laurie Jin, grade 7, finalist
Novice Expository Speaking
4th – Michelle Jin, grade 7, finalist
Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
13th – Ansh Sheth, grade 6, semifinalist
14th – Gautam Bhooma, grade 6, semifinalist
Novice Humorous Interpretation
14th – Ariav Misra, grade 6, semifinalist
Novice Impromptu Speaking
4th – Michelle Jin, grade 7, finalist
6th – Nila Dharmaraj, grade 6, finalist
Varsity Impromptu Speaking
11th – Dhruv Saoji, grade 8, semifinalist
Novice Original Oratory
9th – Nila Dharmaraj, grade 6, semifinalist
Novice Thematic Interpretation
4th – Zubin Khera, grade 7, finalist
Varsity Thematic Interpretation
6th – Madeleine Hansen, grade 8, finalist
Varsity Public Forum
17th – Dhruv Saoji and Aaditya Gulati, both grade 8, double-octofinalist
34th – Sascha Pakravan and Rohan Rashingkar, both grade 8, 3-2 record
Novice Public Forum
5th – Ansh Sheth and Krishna Mysoor, both grade 6, (quarterfinalist)
9th – Deeya Viradia and Carol Wininger, both grade 7, (octofinalist)
9th – Max Blennemann and Trisha Variyar, both grade 7, octofinalist
17th – Gordon Chen, grade 7, and Kabir Buch, grade 6, double-octofinalist
17th – Lexi Nishimura, grade 7, and Ella Lan, grade 6, double-octofinalist
17th – Kaitlyn Wang and Angelina Zhu, both grade 6, double-octofinalist
55th – Ramit Goyal and Joe Li, both grade 6, 3-2 record
We look forward to the team’s continued success at two upcoming middle school-only national tournaments in May and June!
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