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Debate students score nationally and locally
Two speech and debate students earned a top-16 finish at a national policy debate tournament in Lexington, Mass., another earned a top-10 finish at a Chicago-area event and seven others scored top-five finishes at local tournaments.
The team's most recent success came from Alex Abinader '19 and Tommy Murphy '19, who went undefeated at a Catholic Forensic League event at West Broward High Jan. 21 to take first in Novice Public Forum.
A week earlier, Kavya Chaturvedi ’17 and Daniel Freedline ’18 finished as octofinalists out of 70 teams in policy debate at the Lexington Invitational, a national policy debate tournament held in Lexington, Mass., Jan. 13-16.
In other recent events, Alexandria King '20 finished ninth in Novice Public Forum at the 2016 Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament in Northbrook, Ill. And at the 4th-annual Falcon Invitational at Flanagan High, Tomas Gomez '18 earned first in Lincoln-Douglas debate; Cornelia Ehlebracht '20 got first in novice Lincoln-Douglas; the team of Keenan Cubias '19 and Pablo Benaviedes '18 scored second in Public Forum; and Zoe San Martin '20 claimed fifth in novice Lincoln-Douglas. Newcomer Ilija Wan-Simm '19 earned fifth-place honors in Varsity Dramatic Interpretation of Literature at the Colt Classic.
The team trains under speech and debate director Kate Hamm.
The team trains under speech and debate director Kate Hamm.
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