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2022 Districts
Congratulations to all of our NSDA Nationals Qualifiers!  
Michael Moschello - Congress (House)
Shree Manivel - Congress (House)
Ashwin Sasane - Congress (Senate)
Chloe Yang - 
Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Kevin Li - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Sameer Wadhwa - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Alyssa Kim - Dramatic Interpretation
Jocelyn Tan and Yejin Lee - Duo Interpretation 
Anjali Dadlani - Humorous Interpretation
Minaal Kauser - Informative Speaking
Diya Jain - International Extemporaneous Speaking

Amy Cao - International Extemporaneous Speaking
Shruti Narayanabhatla - Lincoln Douglas Debate
Emilija Petric - Original Oratory
Andrew Cui and Pranav Mahesh - Public Forum Debate

Vivian Zhu - World Schools Debate
 
Mariam Khan - World Schools Debate
Ginny Kim - World Schools Debate



Joey Huang - Congress (House) - 1st alternate
Helen Joseph - Humorous Interpretation - 1st alternate

Akhil Vanka - International Extemporaneous Speaking - 1st alternate
Shruti Narayanabhatla - Lincoln Douglas Debate - 1st alternate
Navya Raju - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 2nd alternate
Anjali Dadlani - Humorous Interpretation - 2nd alternate
Logan Aviles - Lincoln Douglas Debate - 2nd alternate
Aayush Bhakey - Original Oratory - 2nd alternate 
Mariam Khan and Vivian Zhu - Policy Debate - 2nd alternates
Sameer Bagga - Congress (House) - 3rd alternate

Alyssa Kim - Dramatic Interpretation - 3rd alternate
Akhil Vanka - Congress (House) - 6th alternate
Chloe Yang - Congress (House) - 8th alternate


​2021 Districts
Congratulations to all of our NSDA Nationals Qualifiers!
Ashwin Sasane - Congress (House)
Shree Manivel - Congress (House)
Reya Brahmbhatt - Congress (Senate)
Chloe Yang - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Kevin Li - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Maaz Farooqi - Dramatic Interpretation
Angelina Yang & Anjali Dadlani - Duo Interpretation
Audrika Chattaraj - Informative Speaking
Amy Cao - International Extemporaneous Speaking
Nikayla Karda-Marok - International Extemporaneous Speaking 
Shruti Narayanabhatla - Lincoln Douglas Debate
Minaal Kauser - Original Oratory
Divya Krishnan - Programmed Oral Interpretation
Tanya Dadlani - Programmed Oral Interpretation
Nurah Kutty & Benny Sun - Public Forum Debate


Yejin Lee - Dramatic Interpretation - 1st Alternate
Amy Huang - International Extemporaneous Speaking - 1st Alternate
Nabeeha Mamun - Informative Speaking - 2nd Alternate
Samarth Nagaraj - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 2nd Alternate



National Speech and Debate Association 
2021 National Championships

​Congratulations to all NSDA qualifiers!
Divya Krishnan - Prose - CHAMPION
Shruti Narayanabhatla - Extemporaneous Debate - 2nd
Reya Brahmbhatt - Congressional Debate (Senate) - Finalist
Audrika Chattaraj - Extemporaneous Commentary - Quarterfinalist
Kevin Li - Extemporaneous Commentary - Quarterfinalist
Audrika Chattaraj - Prepared Prompt - Quarterfinalist
Kevin Li - US Extemporaneous Speaking - Quarterfinalist
Audrika Chattaraj - Expository - Octofinalist
Chloe Yang - Extemporaneous Commentary - Octofinalist
Maaz Farooqi - Dramatic Interpretation - Octofinalist
Kay Vollmar - Poetry - Octofinalist
Divya Krishnan - Programmed Oral Interpretation - Octofinalist
Yejin Lee - Prose - Octofinalist
Nikayla Karda-Marok - Prepared Prompt - Octofinalist
Minaal Kauser - Prepared Prompt - Octofinalist
Chloe Yang - Prepared Prompt -Octofinalist
Chloe Yang - US Extemporaneous Speaking - Octofinalist
Amy Cao - Extemporaneous Commentary - Double Octofinalist
Tanya Dadlani - Programmed Oral Interpretation - Double Octofinalist
Anjali Dadlani - Prepared Prompt - Double Octofinalist
Kay Vollmar - Prose - Double Octofinalist
Nurah Kutty & Benny Sun - Public Forum Debate - Elimination Round 11
Shruti Narayanabhatla - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Elimination Round 9
Mariam Khan - Extemporaneous Debate - Elimination Round 7




2021 NCFL Grand National Tournament Qualifiers​
Congress

Ashwin Sasane, Joey Huang, Shree Manivel, Reya Brahmbhatt, Bharat Sanka, and Michael Moschello
 
Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Meera Shukla, Diya Jain, Gargi Koul, Shruti Narayanabhatla, and Vikram Saigal
Esha is the first alternate.

 
Varsity Public Forum Debate
Nurah Kutty and Benny Sun, Aniket Rai and Akhil Khade
 
Extemporaneous Speaking
Mayin Puri, Nikayla Karda-Marok, Kevin Li, Chloe Yang, Samarth Nagaraj, and Amy Huang
Josh is the second alternate.

 
Oral Interpretation
Alyssa Kim, Katrina Vollmar, Yejin Lee, Jocelyn Tan, Riya Bhalla, and Angelina Yang
 
Declamation
Minaal Kauser, Emilija Petric, and Abigail Lee
Amy is the second alternate.

 
Original Oratory
Audrika Chattaraj, Nabeeha Mamun, Humphrey Chen, and Bryan Liu
 
Dramatic Performance
Anjali Dadlani, Divya Krishnan, Maaz Farooqi, and Alexandra Green
 
Duo Interpretation
Sathya Gopinath and Laasya Gaddipati, Riya Bhalla and Minaal Kauser
 
 
 2021 National Catholic Forensic League Grand Nationals
Congratulations to all NCFL qualifiers!
Reya Brahmbhatt - Congressional Debate - 3rd
Laasya Gaddipati & Sathya Gopinath - Duo Interpretation - 4th
Minaal Kauser - Declamation - 5th
Jocelyn Tan - Oral Interpretation - 5th
Ashwin Sasane - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Abigail Lee - Declamation - Semifinalist
Emilija Petric - Declamation - Semifinalist
Michael Moschello - Congressional Debate - Quarterfinalist
Bharat Sanka - Congressional Debate - Quarterfinalist
Divya Krishnan - Dramatic Performance - Quarterfinalist
Kevin Li - Extemporaneous Speaking - Quarterfinalist
Chloe Yang - Extemporaneous Speaking - Quarterfinalist
Riya Bhalla - Oral Interpretation - Quarterfinalist
Yejin Lee - Oral Interpretation - Quarterfinalist
Nurah Kutty & Benny Sun - Public Forum Debate - Quarterfinalists
Anjali Dadlani - Dramatic Performance - Octofinalist
Nikayla Karda-Marok  - Extemporaneous Speaking -Octofinalist
Meera Shukla - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Octofinalist
Shruti Narayanabhatla - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Octofinalist
Alyssa Kim - Oral Interpretation - Octofinalist
Kay Vollmar - Oral Interpretation - Octofinalist
Akhil Khade & Aniket Rai - Public Forum Debate - Octofinalists
Vikram Saigal - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Double Octofinalist
Gargi Koul - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Triple Octofinalist

 
2021 Tournament of Champions
Yejin Lee - Oral Interpretation - 3rd
Divya Krishnan - Dramatic Interpretation - 4th
Sathya Gopinath and Laasya Gaddipati - Duo Interpretation - Semifinalists
Chloe Yang - Extemporaneous Speaking - Quarterfinalist
Reya Brahmbhatt - Congressional Debate - Quarterfinalist
Divya Krishnan - Programmed Oral Interpretation - Quarterfinalist



2020 National Qualifiers
Congratulations to all of our NSDA Nationals Qualifiers!
Bharat Sanka - Congressional Debate Senate
Dylan Saini - Congressional Debate House
Reya Brahmbhatt - Congressional Debate House
Gordon LI - Congressional Debate House
Sathya Gopinath - Program Oral Interpretation
Divya Krishnan - Dramatic Interpretation
James Gao - US Extemp
Samarth Nagaraj - US Extemp
Audrika Chattaraj - Informative
Mayin Puri - International Extemp
Amy Huang - International Extemp
Nicholas Ge - Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Joshua Lee - Original Oratory
AR Raviarasan + Aman Singh - Public-Forum Debate
Esha Tripathi - World School Debate
Gargi Koul - World School Debate




National Speech and Debate Association 
2020 National Championships
​Congratulations to all NSDA qualifiers!
​James Gao - US Extemp - NATIONAL CHAMPION!
Reya Brahmbhatt -  Congressional Debate (House) - Semifinalist
​Mayin Puri - International Extemp - Octofinalist





2020 NCFL Grand National Tournament Qualifiers
​Lincoln-Douglas Debate:
Tanvi Namjoshi, Kevin Tang, Gargi Koul, Nicholas Ge, Logan Avilles
 
Public Forum Debate:
Aman Singh & AR Raviarasan, Nurah Kutty & Julie Wang
 
Congressional Debate:
Grace Zhu, Injae Lee, Reya Brahmbhatt, Raheel Abubakar, Dylan Saini
 
Extemporaneous Speaking:
James Gao, Samarth Nagaraj, Mayin Puri, Daniel Zhang, Aditi Sharma
 

Dramatic Interpretation:
Divya Krishnan
 
Oral Interpretation:
Kathy Wei, Riya Bhalla
 
Original Oratory:
Audrika Chattaraj, Nihal Kurki, Caroline Lidz
 
Declamation:
Humphrey Chen, Bryan Liu, Serena Lin
 
Duo Interpretation:
Laasya Gaddipatti & Sathya Gopinath
 


2020 UK Tournament of Champions
Audrika Chattaraj - Original Oratory - 6th
Divya Krishnan - Dramatic Interpretation- Semifinalist
Reya Brahambhatt - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Sathya Gopinath - Program Oral Interpretation - Quarterfinalist
James Gao - Extemporaneous Speaking - Quarterfinalist
James Gao - Informative Speaking - Quarterfinalist​ 




​
2019 Districts
Congratulations to all of our NSDA Nationals Qualifiers!
Miah Vesotsky - Dramatic Interpretation
Kathy Wei - Programmed Oral Interpretation
Jimmy Gao - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Emma Reilly - Humorous Interpretation
John Tondora- Humorous Interpretation
Udheesh Gaddipati - World Schools Debate
Vikram Agrawal - World Schools Debate
Tanvi Namjoshi - World Schools Debate
Aadhavaarasan Raviarasan - World Schools Debate
Kevin Tang - World Schools Debate


Tanvi Namjoshi - Lincoln Douglas Debate - 1st Alternate
Aditi Sharma - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 1st Alternate
Kathy Wei - Dramatic Interpretation - 1st Alternate
Kent Hairston - Humorous Interpretation - 2nd Alternate
​
2019 District Congress - Montville
​
House Qualifiers:

Mason Krohn
Grace Zhu
Raheel Abubakar
Jimmy Gao
Dylan Saini


Senate Qualifiers:
Injae Lee

2019 NCFL Grand National Tournament Qualifiers

​Lincoln-Douglas Debate:
Kevin Tang, Jerry Yang, Tanvi Namjoshi, Daphne Tang, Gargi Koul 
Vikram Agrawal is the first alternate.

Public Forum Debate:
Udheesh Gaddipati & Andrea Zhang, Albert Wen & Aadhavaraasan Raviarasan, Nurah Kutty & Julie Wang

Congressional Debate:
Kishan Gandham, Mason Krohn, Injae Lee, Raheel Abubakar, Grace Zhu
Jonathan Nemetz and Gordon Li are the first and second alternates, respectively.

Extemporaneous Speaking:
James Gao, Rohan Jinturkar
Aditi Sharma and Shriya Kosuru are the first and second alternates, respectively.

Dramatic Performance:
Siddarth Rahalkar-Sasane, John Tondora

Oral Interpretation:
Kathy Wei, Sonali Pai, Neha Razak, Sathya Gopinath

Original Oratory:
Nihal Kurki, Charlize Chen
Caroline Lidz is the second alternate.

Declamation:
Daniel Zhang, Nikayla Karda-Marok
Audrika Chattaraj is the first alternate.


Tournament of Champions
Siddarth Rahalkar-Sasane & Sonali Pai - Duo Interpretation - CHAMPIONS!!

James Gao - Extemporaneous Speaking - 3rd
Divya Krishnan - Oral Interpretation - 5th
Kathy Wei - Oral Interpretation - Semifinalist
John Tondora - Humorous Interpretation - Semifinalist
Siddarth Rahalkar-Sasane - Programmed Oral Interpretation - Semifinalist
Rayhan Murad - Extemporaneous Speaking - Semifinalist
Audrika Chattaraj - Original Oratory - Semifinalist
Kathy Wei - Programmed Oral Interpretation - Semifinalist
Mason Krohn - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Injae Lee - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Kishan Gandham - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Siddarth Rahalkar-Sasane - Dramatic Interpretation - Quarterfinalist
Maxwell Su - Original Oratory - Quarterfinalist
Rohan Jinturkar - Extemporaneous Speaking - Quarterfinalist
Miah Vesotsky - Dramatic Interpretation - Quarterfinalist


National Speech and Debate Association
2018 National Championships

​Congratulations to all NSDA qualifiers!
Kyle Watkins - Storytelling - Semifinalist (Top 18)

John Tondora - Storytelling - Semifinalist (Top 18)
Camille Furst - Programmed Oral Interpretation - Quarterfinalist (Top 30)

Albert Wen - World Schools Debate - Double Octofinalist (Top 32)
Albert Wu - World Schools Debate - Double Octofinalist (Top 32)
Kevin Tang - Extemporaneous Debate - Elimination Round 7 (Top 34)
Rohan Jinturkar - Extemporaneous Debate - Elimination Round 7 (Top 34)
Jimmy Gao - Impromptu Speaking - Elimination Round 4 (Top 39)
Maxwell Su - Original Oratory - Octofinalist (Top 60)
Rayhan Murad - International Extemporaneous Speaking - Octofinalist (Top 60)

Rohan Jinturkar - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Octofinalist (Top 60)
Jimmy Gao - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Octofinalist (Top 60)
Kishan Gandham - Congressional Debate (House) - Semifinalist (Top 80)​
Siddarth Sasane - Prose - Elimination Round 5
Jerry Yang - Extemporaneous Debate - Elimination Round 5 
Andrea Zhang - Extemporaneous Debate - Elimination Round 5 
Udheesh Gaddipati - Extemporaneous Debate - Elimination Round 4
Brandon Lu and Aadhavaarasan Raviarasan - Public Forum Debate - Elimination Round 3
Kevin Tang - Lincoln Douglas Debate - Elimination Round 2 
Katherine Wang and Emily Wang - Policy Debate - Elimination Round 2
Vikram Agrawal - Extemporaneous Debate - Elimination Round 1
Katherine Wang - Extemporaneous Debate - Elimination Round 1
Emily Wang - Extemporaneous Debate - Elimination Round 1
Rayhan Murad - Extemporaneous Debate - Elimination Round 1


 2018 National Catholic Forensic League Grand Nationals
Congratulations to all NCFL qualifiers!
Rayhan Murad - Extemporaneous Speaking - 2nd
Libah Farooqi - Declamation - 3rd
​Jennifer Huang - Lincoln Douglas Debate - Semifinalist (3/4)
Anjini Mathur - Oral Interpretation - 6th
Sanil Torani - Student Congress - Finalist
Malaika Ravindran - Student Congress - Semifinalist
​Arnav Gupta - Student Congress - Semifinalist
James Gao - Extemporaneous Speaking - Quarterfinalist
Maxwell Su - Original Oratory - Quarterfinalist
Albert Wu and Albert Wen - Public Forum Debate - Octofinalists
Omar Bekdash - Extemporaneous Speaking - Octofinalist
Nihal Kurki - Declamation - Octofinalist
Lucy Wei - Oral Interpretation - Octofinalist
Kyle Watkins - Dramatic Performance - Octofinalist
Tanvi Namjoshi - Lincoln Douglas Debate - Double Octofinalist
Katherine Wang and Emily Wang - Policy Debate - Double Octofinalists

2018 Tournament of Champions
Congratulations to all TOC Qualifiers!
Anjini Mathur - Oral Interpretation - CHAMPION
Siddarth Sasane - Programmed Oral Interpretation - 3rd
Julien Wadhwa - Original Oratory - Semifinalist
Anvitha Prasad - Original Oratory - Semifinalist
Malaika Ravindran - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Sanil Torani - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Injae Lee - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Mason Krohn - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Camille Furst - Programmed Oral Interpretation - Quarterfinalist
Lucy Wei - Oral Interpretation - Quarterfinalist
Maxwell Su - Original Oratory - Quarterfinalist
Sonali Pai - Oral Interpretation - Quarterfinalist
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2018 Districts
Congratulations to all of our NSDA Nationals Qualifiers!
Camille Furst - Programmed Oral Interpretation - 1st
Rohan Jinturkar - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 1st
Rayhan Murad - International Extemporaneous Speaking - 1st
Andrea Zhang and Udheesh Gaddipati - Public Forum Debate - 1st
Vikram Agrawal - Big Questions Debate - 1st
Jerry Yang - Lincoln Douglas Debate - 1st
Maxwell Su - Original Oratory - 2nd
Jimmy Gao - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 2nd
Emily Wang and Katherine Wang - Policy Debate - 2nd
Brandon Lu and Aadhavaarasan Raviarasan - Public Forum Debate - 2nd
John Tondora - Humorous Interpretation - 3rd
Siddarth Sasane - Programmed Oral Interpretation - 3rd
Kyle Watkins - Humorous Interpretation - 5th
Albert Wen - World Schools Debate - Qualifier
Albert Wu - World Schools Debate - Qualifier


​Other Finalists:
Albert Wen and Albert Wu - Public Forum Debate - 1st Alternate
Alan Liu and Alex Smyth - Policy Debate - 1st Alternate
Kevin Tang - Lincoln Douglas Debate - 1st Alternate
Juliet Nolt - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 3rd Alternate
Shriya Kosuru - International Extemporaneous Speaking - 3rd Alternate
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2018 NCFL Grand National Tournament Qualifiers

Congress:
Sanil Torani, Arnav Gupta, Kishan Gandham, Malaika Ravindran

Extemporaneous Speaking:
Omar Bekdash, Rayhan Murad, Rohan Jinturkar, Jimmy Gao

Duo Interpretation:
Nick Casey & Akshaj Pandey, Camille Furst & Siddarth Sasane

Oral Interpretation:
Lucy Wei, Anjini Mathur

Dramatic Performance:
Aashita Dixit, Allen Wang, Kyle Watkins, John Tondora

Declamation:
Raheel Abubakar, Libah Farooqi, Nihal Kurki

Original Oratory:
Anvitha Prasad, Julien Wadhwa, Charlize Chen, Maxwell Su

Public Forum Debate:
Albert Wu & Albert Wen, Udheesh Gaddipati & Andrea Zhang

Lincoln Douglas Debate:
Jennifer Huang, Marko Cukar, Jerry Yang, Daphne Tang, Tanvi Namjoshi

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2018 District Congress - Montville
Rayhan Murad - NSDA QUALIFIER
Kishan Gandham - NSDA QUALIFIER

Arnav Gupta - First Alternate
Mason Krohn - First Alternate
Adit Roy - Second Alternate
Grace Zhu - Second Alternate


National Speech and Debate Association
2017 National Championships

School of Excellence in Debate!
Shankar Krishnan - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - 3rd
Jen Huang - Extemporaneous Debate - 3rd
Kishan Gandham - Congressional Debate - Finalist
Sanil Torani - Congressional Debate - Finalist
Daanyal Farooqi - Expository - Top 20
Malaika Ravindran - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Collin Montag - International Extemporaneous Speaking - Octofinalist
Anvitha Prasad - Original Oratory - Octofinalist
Daanyal Farooqi - Informative Speaking - Octofinalist
National Catholic Forensics League Grand National Tournament
School of Excellence in Debate!
School of Excellence in Speech!

Lucy Wei - Oral Interpretation - 4th
Sanil Torani - Congressional Debate - Finalist
Adit Roy - Congressional Debate - Finalist
Kishan Gandham - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Tarun Puppala - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Vikram Kalghatgi - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Quarterfinalist
Collin Montag - Extemporaneous Speaking - Quarterfinalist
Albert Wu & Albert Wen - Public Forum Debate - Octofinalists
Jen Huang - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Octofinalist
Daanyal Farooqi - Extemporaneous Speaking - Octofinalist
Matt Perez & Chandni Singhvi - Duo Interpretation - Octofinalists
Sid Sasane - Oral Interpretation - Octofinalist
Hannah Usadi - Oral Interpretation - Octofinalist
Sonali Pai - Oral Interpretation - Octofinalist
Shankar Krishnan - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Double Octofinalist

Additionally, congratulations to Albert Wu and Albert Wen for receiving an automatic qualifier to the 2018 TOCs!
Tournament of Champions
Malaika Ravindran - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Adit Roy - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Camille Furst - Humorous Interpretation - Semifinalist
Lucy Wei - Oral Interpretation - Semifinalist
Matt Perez - Original Oratory - Quarterfinalist
Brandon Lu and Rajan Gupta - Silver Public Forum Debate - Octofinalists

2017 Districts
Congratulations to our NSDA national tournament qualifiers!
Udheesh Gaddipati and Albert Wu - Public Forum Debate - 1st
Matt Perez - Original Oratory - 1st 
Druhi Vandse - Informative Speaking - 1st 
Collin Montag - International Extemporaneous Speaking (pref) - 1st
Omar Bekdash - International Extemporaneous Speaking - 2nd
Shankar Krishnan - Lincoln Douglas Debate - 2nd
Camille Furst - Humorous Interpretation - 2nd
Anvitha Prasad - Original Oratory - 3rd
Jerry Yang - Lincoln Douglas Debate - 3rd
Daanyal Farooqi - Informative Speaking (pref) - 4th
Jen Huang - World Debate - NJ Team
Mason Krohn - Big Questions - NJ Team

Other Finalists:

Collin Montag - Informative Speaking - 3rd
Daanyal Farooqi - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 3rd

Siddarth Sasane - Programmed Oral Interpretation - 4th
Rayhan Murad - International Extemporaneous Speaking - 4th
Anjini Mathur and Camille Furst - Duo Interpretation - 4th
Brian Pescatore - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 5th 


2017 District Congress

​House:
Sanil Torani - Qualifier
Malaika Ravindran - Qualifier
Kishan Gandham - Qualifier

Shankar Krishnan - 1st Alternate
Tarun Puppala - 1st Alternate
Milan Tahliani - 2nd Alternate
Arnav Gupta - 2nd Alternate
Injae Lee - 4th Alternate
Adit Roy - 4th Alternate
Daanyal Farooqi - 4th Alternate

Senate:
Benjamin Levy - 2nd Alternate
2017 NCFL Grand National Qualifiers

Congress:
Sanil Torani
Adit Roy
Kishan Gandham
Tarun Puppala
​
Declamation:
Libah Farooqi

Duo Interpretation:
Camille Furst & Anjini Mathur
Anvitha Prasad & Druhi Vandse
Matt Perez & Chandni Singhvi

Extemp:
Daanyal Farooqi
Collin Montag
Omar Bekdash
Rohan Jinturkar
Rayhan Murad

Lincoln Douglas Debate:
Jen Huang
Vikram Kalghatgi
Shankar Krishnan
Jerry Yang

Oral Interpretation:
Allen Wang
Siddarth Sasane
Sonali Pai
Lucy Wei

Original Oratory:
Ryhan Moghe
Brian Wen

Public Forum Debate:
Rajan Gupta & Brandon Lu
Udheesh Gaddipati & Kruthik Ravishankar
Albert Wu & Albert Wen​

National Speech and Debate Association
2016 National Championships

Schools of Outstanding Distinction
Aria Dandawate - Program Oral Interpretation - NATIONAL CHAMPION
Eric Wan - Congressional Debate - 2nd 
Vaikunth Balaji - International Extemporaneous Speaking - 3rd
Katie Kleinle - Congressional Debate - 7th 
Shankar Krishnan - Lincoln Douglas Debate - Top 30 
Vikram Kalghatgi - World Debate - Octofinalist 
Clare Halsey - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - Octofinalist
Collin Montag International Extemporaneous Speaking - Octofinalist
Shawn Kant -Extemporaneous Commentary - 5th 
Clare Halsey - Expository - Top 18 
Collin Montag - Impromptu Speaking - Top 18

National Catholic Forensics League Grand Nationals 2016

Katie Kleinle - Congressional Debate - CHAMPION
Chandni Singhvi & Matt Perez - Duo Interpretation - 2nd 
Ryhan Moghe - Declamation - 6th 
Eric Wan - Congressional Debate - Finalist
Adit Roy - Congressional Debate - Finalist
Ben Levy - Congressional Debate - Finalist
Aria Dandawate - Dramatic Performance - Semifinalist 
Shawn Kant - Extemporaneous Speaking - Semifinalist 
Patrick Kirkwood - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist 
Vaikunth Balaji  - Extemporaneous Speaking - Quarterfinalist
Clare Halsey - Extemporaneous Speaking - Quarterfinalist 
Lucy Wei - Declamation - Quarterfinalist 
Rana Shahani - Original Oratory - Octofinalist 

 Districts 2016

Congratulations to our NSDA national tournament qualifiers!
Vaikunth Balaji - International Extemporaneous Speaking - CHAMPION - Four Time National Qualifier
Aria Dandawate - Programmed Oral Interpretation (pref) - CHAMPION
Clare Halsey - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking (pref) -CHAMPION
Clare Halsey -Informative Speaking - 2nd
Aria Dandawate - Dramatic Interpretation - 2nd
Shankar Krishnan - Lincoln Douglas Debate - 2nd
Matt Perez - Original Oratory - 2nd
Matt Perez  & Chandni Singhvi - Duo Interpretation  (pref) - 2nd
Collin Montag - International Extemporaneous Speaking - 3rd
Other Finalists
Daanyal Farooqi - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 4th
Neha Pai - Lincoln Douglas Debate - 5th
Omar Bekdash - International Extemporaneous Speaking - 5th
Rohan Jinturkar - International Extemporaneous Speaking - 6th
Chandni Singhvi - Humorous Interpretation - 6th

Krista Webster - Informative Speaking - 7th

District Congress Qualifiers 2016 

House 
Vaikunth Balaji - Qualifier
Kishan Gandham - 1st 
Alternate
Ben Levy - 2nd Alternate
Sanil Torani - 2nd Alternate
 Clare Halsey - 2nd Alternate
Adit Roy - 3rd Alternate


Senate 
Eric Wan - Qualifier 
Patrick Kirkwood - 2nd Alternate
Congratulations to all of our 2016 CFL NATs Qualifiers!!!
Congress 
- Katie Kleine
- Eric Wan
- Ben Levy
- Patrick Kirkwood
- Adit Roy


Public Forum 
- Sikata Sengupta & Alicia Jen

Lincoln Douglas 
- Shankar Krishnan 
- Vikram Kalghatgi 
- William Wen 
- Jennifer Huang

Dramatic Performance 
- Aria Dandawate

Duo 
- Matt Perez & Chandni Singhvi
- Kim Castillo & Amy Zhang
- Neha Patnaik & Anjini Mathur

Declamation 
- Ryhan Moghe
- Lucy Wei
- Anvitha Prasad

Oratory 
- Rana Shahani
- Dan Perez
- Mary Zhang

Extemp 
- Vaikunth Balaji
- Shawn Kant
- Clare Halsey
- Collin Montag
- Daanyal Farooqi
2015 NSDA National Championships Qualifiers
Katie Kleinle - Congressional Debate (House)
Eric Wan - Congressional Debate (Senate)
Shawn Kant - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
AJ D'Ambrosio - Dramatic Interpretation
Aria Dandawate - Dramatic Interpretation
Vaikunth Balaji - International Extemporaneous Speaking
Daniel Perez - Original Oratory
NCFL Qualifiers:
DECLAMATION:
    Lena Li
    Daanyal Farooqi
    Naiti Bhatt
    Mary Zhang
    Ashley Yang
    Matt Perez
      
ORIGINAL ORATORY:
    Dan Perez
    Alan Du
       1st Alternative: Nidhi Mahagaokar
       2nd Alternative: Rana Shahani

DUO INTERPRETATION:
    Amanda Luthy/A.J. D'Ambrosio
    Rishabh Puri/Anudeep Akenapalli

DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE:
    Katie Lemke
    Aria Dandawate 
    Chandni Singhvi

VARSITY ORAL INTERPRETATION:
      1st Alternative: Amy Zhong

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING:
    Vaikunth Balaji
    Shawn Kant
    Sejal Waghray
    Cameron Montag
       1st Alternative: Clare Halsey

CONGRESS:
    Katie Kleinle
    Alison Shim

    Raina Karia
    Asli Pekcan
    Eric Wan
       1st Alternative: Patrick Kirkwood

VARSITY PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE:
    Tim O'Shea/Oliver Tang
    Saloni Singhvi/Davis George

VARITY LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE:
    Shankar Krishnan
    Yana Kropotova
    Tim Tang

National Finalists
Shawn Kant - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 4th

Katie Kleinle - Congressional Debate (House) - 11th


Semifinalist
Eric Wan - Congressional Debate (Senate)
TOP 30 @ NSDA 
Vaikunth Balaji - International Extemporaneous Speaking
TOP 60 @ NSDA 
Aria Dandawate - Dramatic Interpretation 


2015 National Catholic Forensics League Tournament 
Congratulations to the team for Excellence in Forensics Award and Excellence in Debate Award!
Katie Kleinle - Congressional Debate - Runner-Up Champion
Eric Wan - Congressional Debate - 3rd Place
Alison Shim - Congressional Debate - 4th Place
Raina Karia - Congressional Debate - Finalist
Asli Pekcan - Congressional Debate - Finalist
Aria Dandawate - Dramatic Performance - Semifinalist
Vaikunth Balaji - Extemporaneous Speaking -Semifinalist
Shawn Kant - Extemporaneous Speaking - Semifinalist 
    Shankar Krishnan - Lincoln Douglas Debate - Quarterfinalist
Alan Du - Original Oratory - Octofinalist
Matt Perez - Declamation - Octofinalist
Rishabh Puri/Anudeep Akenapalli - Duo Interpretation - Octofinalist

Oliver Tang & Tim O'Shea - Public Forum Debate - Octofinalist
    Yana Kropotova - Lincoln Douglas Debate - Double Octofinalist
Davis George & Saloni Singhvi - Public Forum Debate - Double Octofinalist
2015 Tournament of Champions
Congratulations to Tim O'Shea for being 1st Speaker in Public Forum Debate!
Oliver Tang & Tim O'Shea - Public Forum Debate - Runner-Up Champions
Katie Kleinle - Congressional Debate - 4th Place
Eric Wan - Congressional Debate - Finalist
Raina Karia - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Asli Pekcan - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Alison Shim - Congressional Debate - Semifinalist
Davis George and Saloni Singhvi - Public Forum Debate - Quarterfinalists
NCFL Qualifiers:
DECLAMATION:
    Lena Li
    Daanyal Farooqi
    Naiti Bhatt
    Mary Zhang
    Ashley Yang
    Matt Perez
      
ORIGINAL ORATORY:
    Dan Perez
    Alan Du
       1st Alternative: Nidhi Mahagaokar
       2nd Alternative: Rana Shahani

DUO INTERPRETATION:
    Amanda Luthy/A.J. D'Ambrosio
    Rishabh Puri/Anudeep Akenapalli

DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE:
    Katie Lemke
    Aria Dandawate 
    Chandni Singhvi

VARSITY ORAL INTERPRETATION:
      1st Alternative: Amy Zhong

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING:
    Vaikunth Balaji
    Shawn Kant
    Sejal Waghray
    Cameron Montag
       1st Alternative: Clare Halsey

CONGRESS:
    Katie Kleinle
    Alison Shim

    Raina Karia
    Asli Pekcan
    Eric Wan
       1st Alternative: Patrick Kirkwood

VARSITY PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE:
    Tim O'Shea/Oliver Tang
    Saloni Singhvi/Davis George

VARITY LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE:
    Shankar Krishnan
    Yana Kropotova
    Tim Tang

2015 NSDA National Championships Qualifiers
Katie Kleinle - Congressional Debate (House)
Eric Wan - Congressional Debate (Senate)
Shawn Kant - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
AJ D'Ambrosio - Dramatic Interpretation
Aria Dandawate - Dramatic Interpretation
Vaikunth Balaji - International Extemporaneous Speaking
Daniel Perez - Original Oratory

2014 NFL CONGRESS QUALIFIERS:

SENATE: 
Connor Murphy
Alison Shim

HOUSE: 
Michael Cervino 
Raina Karia
Deeptanshu Singhvi

Atreya Misra - 1st Alternate 
Asli Pekcan - 1st Alternate
Katie Kleinle - 2nd Alternate


2014 NFL Qualifiers 

Tim O'Shea & Sunjay Melkote - Public Forum
Amy Zhong & Emily Woo - Duo Interpretation 
Anudeep Akenapalli & Kim Castillo - Duo Interpretation 
AJ D'Ambrosio - Original Oratory 
Gabby Schnell - Dramatic Interpretation 
Sabina Razak - Dramatic Interpretation 
Clare Halsey - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking 
Shawn Kant - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Vaikunth Balaji - International Extemporaneous Speaking


Deep Singhvi & Danny Van Next - Public Forum - 1st Alternate
Arianna Montero-Colbert - Lincoln Douglas - 1st Alternate
Cameron Montag - Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking - 1st Alternate
Saloni Singhvi & Davis George - 2nd Alternate
Oliver Tang & Nikhil Kapadia - 3rd Alternate

2014 NCFL QUALIFIERS: 

Jack Wilson - LD
Kaitlin Smalling - LD
Timothy Tang - LD
Davis George & Saloni Singhvi - PF
Tim O'Shea & Kevin Yang - PF
Deep Singhvi & Danny Van Nest - PF
Oliver Tang & Ankit Wadhwa - PF
Connor Murphy - Student Congress
Atreya Misra - Student Congress
Michael Cervino - Student Congress
Asli Peckan - Student Congress
Katie Kleinle - Student Congress
Darius Hunt  - Extemporaneous Speaking
Vaikunth Balaji - Extemporaneous Speaking 
Shawn Kant - Extemporaneous Speaking
AJ D'Ambrosio - Dramatic Performance
Sam Hoffman - Dramatic Performance
Emily Woo & Amy Zhong - Duo Interpretation
Matt Hansen & Rishab Puri - Duo Interpretation
Raeann Titus - Oral Interpretation
Caitlin Schiffer - Oral Interpretation
Amanda Luthy - Oral Interpretation
Gabriella Schnell - Original Oratory
Alec Pan - Original Oratory
Rana Shahani -  Declamation
Jasmine Xie - Declamation


2014 Tournament of Champion Qualifiers: 

Connor Murphy - Congressional Debate
Michael Cervino - Congressional Debate
Atreya Misra - Congressional Debate
Katie Kleinle - Congressional Debate
Alison Shim - Congressional Debate
Asli Pekcan - Congressional Debate 
Tim O'Shea & Kevin Yang - Public Forum 
Danny Van Next & Deep Singhvi - Public Forum
Davis George & Saloni Singhvi - Public Forum
Jack Wilson - Lincoln Douglas 
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