Congratulations to CA’s Speech and Debate team for taking top prize at the Pinecrest Open at Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines, NC on September 29. Students participated in Original Oratory, Extemporaneous Speaking, Program Oral Interpretation, Impromptu Speaking, Lincoln Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, and Congressional Debate. CA placed in every event in which we participated.
Team: First place – Overall Sweepstakes
Bayla Sheshadri: First place – Original Oratory
Becca Segal: First place – Impromptu Speaking
Lexi Klein: First place – Varsity Congressional Debate
Sydney Tai: Best Declamation and all-around Declamation Champion
Grace Wissink: First place – Program Oral Interpretation
Emily Zheng: Sixth place – Declamation
Becca Segal: Fourth place – Extemporaneous Speaking
Shannon Jenkins: Fourth place – Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Will Aarons: Fifth place – Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Isaac Fan and Matthew Schaefer: Fifth place – Varsity Public Forum Debate
An extra congratulations to our debate novices on an impressive showing at their first competitive tournament.
Folu Ogundipe: Second place – Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Emily Wang: Third place – Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Allie Chandler: Fourth place – Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Casey Powell: Sixth place – Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Safiya Alvi, Owen Kadis, Maddi Macchi, Allen He: Honorable mentions – Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Alek Palakuruthi and Aryan Nair: Second place team – Novice Public Forum Debate
Adam Farris and David Howard: Third place team – Novice Public Forum Debate
Miles Ramee and Sanjna Jotwani: Fifth place team — Novice Public Forum Debate
Andrew Holland and Oliver Moore; Annya Sachdeva and JR Cobb: Honorable mentions – Novice Public Forum Debate
Meirav Solomon Fourth place – Novice Congressional Debate
Andrew Lake: Fourth place – Novice Congressional Debate
Jane Sihm: Fifth place – Novice Congressional Debate
Kelsey Welch: Sixth place – Novice Congressional Debate