Speech and Debate Teams Succeed in Competitions
Six Summit High School Debate teams competed in the virtual Cypress Bay HS National Circuit Tournament held in November and set a team record by closing out the Junior Varsity division of Public Forum Debate.
The teams Ian Ritter and Ravi Naidu and Sophia Fu and Scott Au-Leung shared the title of JVPF tournament champions.
The debaters also won several speaker awards in JVPF:
1st speaker-Sophia Fu; 3rd speaker -Ian Ritter; 4th speaker-Ravi Naidu
Varsity Public Forum debaters, Anthony Yu and Jeremiah Cohn advanced to the Octa Final round, receiving a silver bid to the Tournament of Champions. On Saturday, November 21, the SHS Speech and Debate Team claimed yet another 1st Place Sweepstakes Award at the Randolph High School Virtual Tournament.
Finalists included:
Varsity Public Forum: 5th-Claire Guo & David Fu
Junior Varsity Public Forum: 2nd -Ravi Naidu and Ian Ritter
Novice Public Forum: 5th- Andrew Cheung & Adam Livnat
Declamation: 1st-Ed Vela; 3rd-Hefziba Hef Campos; and Top Non-Advancing Novice-Chloe Lee
Original Oratory: 1st-Aarav Gupta; 3rd-Juliette Gringeri; 5th-Ana Estupinan
Duo Interpretation: 1st-Thea Rind & Jake Modél; 3rd-Zach Siegel & Matt Hecker; 4th-Carolina Ferronato & Emily Huffman
Oral Interpretation: 5th-Leah Competiello; Top Non-Advancing Novice-Anna Heil
Program Oral Inerpretation: 1st- Josh Daley; 3rd-Sydney Veloso; 5th-Charlotte Butler; 6th-Zach Siegel
Dramatic Interpretation: 1st-Josh Daley; 4th-Jayson Cahillane; 5th-Ella Szabados
Humorous Interpretation: 1st-Lissette Green; 2nd-Charlie Zucker; 6th-Noah Jay; Top Non-Advancing Novice-Clara Schulz
Impromptu Speaking: 1st-Aarav Gupta
Improvisational Acting: 1st-Alex Gallegos; 2nd-Josh Moore
Informative Speaking: 2nd-Brett Colon; 3rd-Matt Polo; 4th-Eli Markowitz
Top Non-Advancing Novice: Matt Lameo
