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Speech and debate nets strong results
RE’s speech and debate students participated in a range of local and national events throughout January, with many students earning recognition along the way. Sol Cuello Robert ’22, Nicole Rodriguez ’22 and Dina Kaplan ’22 earned top-10 finishes at national events, and 11 Raiders claimed top-5 finishes at a South Florida Catholic Forensic League competition, including first-place results from Liv Steinhardt ’23, Marco Zhou ’23 and Danny Amron ’21. See key results by clicking through.
South Florida Catholic Forensic League # 4: January 23, 2021
Local Tournament
Extemporaneous: Anya Dua ’22, fourth
Informative Speaking: Sophie G ’22, fifth; Elisa Sotero ’24, fourth; Loriz Arencibia ’23, second
Oratory: Alba Uriarte ’22, sixth; Sophie G ’22, fourth
Program Oral Interpretation: Lauren Howard ’23, fifth
Congressional Debate: Liv Steinhardt ’23, first
Public Forum Debate: Emma Dvorkin ’24 and Rebecca Ferrer ’24, fifth; Nate Kaplan ’24 and Jake Perdigon ’24, sixth; Oliver Segal ’23 and Mae Signorello ’23, third; Varun Raju ’24 and Thomas Crowley ’24, second; and Marco Zhou ’23 and Danny Amron ’21, first.
Durham Cavalier: January 15-17, 2021
National Tournament
Impromptu: Sol Cuello-Robert ’22, sixth
Extemporaneous Speaking: Cuello-Robert, quarterfinals
Novice Public Forum: Varun Raju ’24 and Thomas Crowley ’24, semifinals
Nicole Rodriguez ’22 and Dina Kaplan ’22 were named 7th and 8th speakers of 200+ debaters.
Sunvite: January 8-10, 2021
National Tournament
Student Congress: Dashiell DeStefano ’22, semifinals
Novice Public Forum: Emma G ’23 and Lara Semerci ’23 quarterfinals. Varun Raju ’24 and Thomas Crowley ’24, quarterfinals.
Oliver Segal ’23 was the 16th speaker.
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