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RE Speech and Debate scores nationally and locally
Ransom Everglades speech and debate students continued an award-winning season with stellar results in two recent tournaments. At a local event, five team members – Lucas Sanchez '27, Jackson Berlin '27, Dylan Kantesaria '29, Tula Thompson '29 and Misha Gowda '28 – won first-place trophies as nearly a dozen received top awards. At a highly competitive national event, RE students excelled, with several advancing deep into the elimination round.
At the Glades Invitational in Miramar on February 7, 15 RE students brought home top-5 results. A week later at the Harvard Speech and Debate Tournament at Harvard University, six students reached the quarterfinals. The students competed under coaches Kate Hamm and Justinmar Perez.
Glades Invitational at Glades Middle in Miramar, Fla., Feb. 7, 2026
Lucas Sanchez '27 championed Dramatic Interpretation
Glades Invitational at Glades Middle in Miramar, Fla., Feb. 7, 2026
Lucas Sanchez '27 championed Dramatic Interpretation
Jackson Berlin '27 championed Humorous Interpretation and got 2nd place in Informative Speaking
Dylan Kantesaria '29 championed Impromptu Speaking and got 2nd place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Tula Thompson '29 championed Informative Speaking
Misha Gowda '28 championed Original Oratory
Julia Jacir '27 and Sofia Mena '27 got 2nd place in Public Forum Debate
Cristina Luca '28 got 2nd place in Student Congress
Isabelle Sachar '29 got 2nd place in Student Congress
Noah Cantor '28 got 3rd place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Cece Moyle '28 got 4th place in Student Congress
Nico Johnson '28 got 4th place in Student Congress
Isabella Rodriguez '28 got 4th place in Original Oratory
Flavia Contreras '28 got 5th place in Dramatic Interpretation
Harvard National Speech and Debate Tournament at Harvard University, Feb. 14-16, 2026
Reisha Yavagal '27 quarterfinaled in Original Oratory and octofinaled in Duo Interpretation (alongside Emma Jolivert '27)
Ella Griffin '29 quarterfinaled in Impromptu Speaking
Sabrina Berthier '29 quarterfinaled in Junior Varsity Congressional Debate
Chloe Zaldivar '26 quarterfinaled in Varsity Congressional Debate
Veronica Luzine '26 quarterfinaled in Varsity Congressional Debate
Evan Coulter '27 quarterfinaled in Varsity Congressional Debate
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.
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