RE speech and debate dominates at home

1/27/2020

Ransom Everglades speech and debate students won four events, claimed 13 top-three finishes and earned nearly 50 qualifications to state championships during the annual Florida Forensic League Art Deco Regional Tournament on Feb. 1. Zoe San Martin ’20, Joan Joseph ’21, Mather Davidson ’22 and the team of Nicole Rodriguez ’22 and Dori Schurr ’20 led RE with gold-medal finishes in the event that brought 15 schools and 200 competitors to the Everglades Campus.

Students who earned top-seven finishes earned qualifying bids to the Florida Forensic League Varsity State Tournament in Orlando Feb. 29-March 1. San Martin achieved her first place in Congressional Debate; Joseph in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking; Davidson in Informative Speaking; and Rodriguez and Schurr in Public Forum Debate. RE swept the top six places in Public Forum Debate and the top four places in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking.

RE speech and debate teacher Kate Hamm not only prepared the RE students for the event, but also ran the tournament. Here’s a look at all of Ransom Everglades’ top finishes and state tournament qualifiers.

Congressional Debate

First Place - Zoe San Martin '20

Seventh Place - David Dubovy '22

Eighth Place/First Alternate - Liv Steinhardt '23

Ninth Place/Second Alternate - Dashiell DeStefano '22

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking:

First Place - Joan Joseph '21

Second Place - Anya Dua '22

Third Place - Axel Hicks '21

Fourth Place - Jon Tandy '21

Sixth Place - Loriz Arencibia '23

Seventh Place - Mather Davidson '22

Eighth Place/First Alternate - Kyle Ng '23

Dramatic Interpretation of Literature: (auto-qualifying)

Alexandra Henriquez '22

Livia Hermann '22

Jessica Weinstein '22

Sol Cuello-Robert '22

Paisley Verea '22

Duo Interpretation of Literature:

Third Place - Paisley Verea '22 and Lauren Zanarini '22

Fourth Place - Katerina Ortega '22 and Ana Martin '22

Seventh Place - Zoe Punjwani '22 and Rebecca Gotterer '22

Humorous Interpretation of Literature: (auto-qualifying)

Danny Jackson '21

Lauren Zanarini '22

Jessica Weinstein '22

Informative Speaking:

First Place - Mather Davidson '22

Second Place - Georgia Crosby '21

Fourth Place - Jon Tandy '21

Sixth Place - Ella Rose Di Gasbarro '22

Seventh Place - Bruce Leight '21

Eighth Place/First Alternate - Mason Signorello '23

Ninth Place/Second Alternate - Lucia Font '22

International Extemporaneous Speaking:

Third Place - Clara Villalba '22

Eighth Place/First Alternate - Javier Kumar '22

Original Oratory:

Second Place - Zoe Punjwani '22

Third Place - Sol Cuello-Robert '22

Fourth Place - Zoey Weiss '22

Fifth Place - Livia Hermann '22

Sixth Place - Rebecca Gotterer '22

Program of Oral Interpretation: (auto-qualifying)

Joan Joseph '21

Alexandra Henriquez '22

Public Forum Debate:

First Place - Nicole Rodriguez '22 and Dori Schurr '20

Second Place - Sophia Rubinstein '22 and Eva Tariko '22

Third Place - Noah Gold '22 and Zach Marcus '22

Fourth Place - Dina Kaplan '22 and Amelia Fox '22

Fifth Place - Mateo Jolivert '21 and Aaron Holtz '21

Sixth Place - Danny Amron '21 and Liza Dill '21

Ninth Place/Second Alternate - Lucas Carvalho '23 and Leticia Crosby '23

Other debate results:

Catholic Forensic League No. 3, Miami Beach, Dec. 14, 2019

Dramatic Interpretation

Third Place - Alexandra Henriquez '22

Extemporaneous Speaking

First Place - Clara Villalba ’22

Sixth Place - Axel Hicks '21

Informative Speaking

Second Place - Sophia Campos '22

Fifth Place - Sophie G '22

Sixth Place - Bruce Leight ’21

Novice Public Forum

Second Place - Anya Dua '22 and Mark Mateo ’22

Original Oratory

Sixth Place - Alba Uriarte ’22

Program of Oral Interpretation

First Place - Alexandra Henriquez '22

Varsity Student Congress

Third Place - Zoe San Martin ’20

Fifth Place - Jackson McAlily '23

Sixth Place - Liv Steinhardt '23

Sunvitational at Nova Southeastern University, Jan. 10-12

Varsity Public Forum

Andre Joseph ‘22 and Nicole Rodriguez ‘22 broke to octofinals and received a bid to the Tournament of Champions in Lexington, Ky.

Catholic Forensic League No. 4 at Taravella High, Jan. 18

Novice Public Forum

First Place - Ceci Granda-Scott '22 and Oliver Segal '23

Varsity Public Forum

Sixth Place - Marco Zhao '23 and Matthew Gallagher '21

Extemporaneous Speaking

First Place - Alex Dray '21

Fifth Place - Clara Villalba '22

Sixth Place - Mather Davidson '22

Informative Speaking

Second Place - Mather Davidosn'22

Sixth Place - Sophie G ’22

Emory University Barkley, Jan. 24-26

Varsity Public Forum

Dori Schurr '20 and Liza Dill '21 broke into elimination rounds

Humorous Interpretation

Fourth Place - Danny Jackson ’21 (second Tournament of Champions bid)

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RE founder Paul Ransom, circa 1903

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