Seniors move to No. 1 in the nation in debate

Teammates Sophia Rubinstein '22 and Eva Tariko '22 climbed to 18th in the nation; they advanced to the octofinals of the Princeton Classic. The two teams highlighted another successful tournament under coach Kate Hamm: Sindhu Talluri '25 and Max Salomon '25 advanced to the quarterfinals in the novice division of Public Forum Debate (117 teams); David Dubovy '22 reached the finals in Congressional Debate, finishing in the top 12; and Ali Feghhi '25 advanced to the semifinals in Humorous Interpretation of Literature. A number of other RE competitors advanced out of the preliminary rounds.

Members of RE's speech and debate team – which has more than 130 members – have also fared well in a number of local and regional tournaments, including those below:

Catholic Forensic League 2 Results

Dramatic Interpretation

In 1st place, Jessica Weinstein’22

In 2nd place, Leila Zaydon ’23

Duo Interpretation

In 2nd place, Zoe Punjwani ’22 and Rebecca Gotterer ’22

In 3rd place,  June Frankel ’23 and Eva Bricker ’23

Extemporaneous

In 1st place, Sol Cuello-Robert ’22

In 2nd place, Anya Dua ’22

 

Oratory

In 3rd place, Lauren Zanarini ’22

 

Program of Oral Interpretation

In 3rd place, Alexandra Henriquez ’22

Public Forum

In 3rd place, Adriana Carvalho ’25 and Natalia Cobas ’25

In 2nd place, Nate Kaplan ’24 and Jake Perdigon ’24

Student Congress

Chamber A

In 2nd place, Luciana Pardo Munoz Ledo ’25

Chamber B

In 2nd place, Lucas Blanco ’24

Chamber C

In 2nd place, Luca Campiani ’22

Chamber D

In 2nd place, Liv Steinhardt ’23

 

In Humorous Interpretation, Ali Feghhi ’25 placed 1st

In Novice Public Forum Sindhu Talluri ’25 and Max Salomon ’25 placed 2nd