RECENT TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Latest stories on how our students are doing at tournaments at home and across the country!
2024 Season
11/15/24
Novice Team: 3rd Ryan Ni & Isaac Morales, 2nd Nathaly Martinez & Anaida Morales, 1st Paul Sawyer & Faisal Mobarakzai
Varsity Team: 3rd Ada & Vera, 2nd Farhan Kittur & Christian Herron, 1st Kate Qian & Hillary Ho
Novice Speaker: 3rd Iqra Alam, 2nd Ruhi Patel, 1st Tejas Dakshin
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Ehsanullah Hadi, 2nd Ada Akdag, 1st Kate Qian
Impromptu: 3rd Wakilat Latif, 2nd Kate Qian, 1st Chris
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10/4/24
Novice Team: 3rd Nathaniel Dranoff & Evelyn Dranoff, 2nd Tejas Dakshin & Vincent Wong, 1st William Faulkner
Varsity Team: 3rd Ada Akdag & Lauren Paulemon, 2nd Jordan Chen & Shreya Viswanathan, 1st Kate Qian & Minh Ho
Novice Speaker: 3rd Wakilat Latif, 2nd Vincent Wong, 1st William Faulkner
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Luke Lamour, 2nd Ada Akdag, 1st Fabio Curillo
Impromptu: 3rd Ehsan Hadi, 2nd Luke Lamour, 1st Kate Qian
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4/5/24
Novice Team: 3rd Sashay Hutchinson & Haudrey Joseph, 2nd Attalia Hayes & Jensen Rodrigues-Pellot, 1st Renesh Srinivasan & Akhilesh Mannava
Varsity Team: 3rd Kate Qian & Minh Ho, 2nd Chloe Walsh & Luke Lamour, 1st Bedirhan Ozmen & Evelyn Chen
Novice Speaker: 3rd Sashay Hutchinson, 2nd Lillian Delgado, 1st Philip Brockenberry
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Kate Qian, 2nd Bedirhan Ozmens, 1st Evelyn Chen
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3/8/24
Novice Team: 3rd Nirek Thakkar & Trey Kierans, 2nd Lauren Paulemon & Ada Akdag, 1st Riziki Mulungula
Varsity Team: 3rd Geda & Jacobs, 2nd Luke Lamour & Alejandra Reyes, 1st Kate Qian & Minh Ho
Novice Speaker: 3rd Wakilat Latif, 2nd Nirek Thakkar, 1st Trey Kierans
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Dash Geda, 2nd Alejandra Reyes, 1st Kate Qian
Impromptu: 3rd Luke Lamour, 2nd Evelyn Chen, 1st Kate Qian
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2/9/24
Novice Team: 3rd London Mills & Kiana Tirado, 2nd Mianna Singleton & Isabella Elliott, 1st Tanisha Alilaikannan & Grace DiGiacomo
Varsity Team: 3rd lejandra Reyes & AJ Sclafani, 2nd Kate Qian & Minh Ho, 1st Yasmin Lamkhantar & Bahati Mulungula
Novice Speaker: 3rd Isabella Elliott, 2nd Tanisha Alilaikannan, 1st Lana Finchler
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Alejandra Reyes, 2nd Eason Ni, 1st Kate Qian
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2023 Season
2023 Season Awards
Novice Speakers: Yahya Khan, Zeina Al-Haddad, and Ada Akdag
Varsity Speakers: Bedirhan Ozmen, Kate Qian, and Dash Geda
Impromptu: Minh Ho
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12/1/23
Novice Team: 3rd Janiga & Deener, 2nd Finchler & Hassan, 1st Khan & Khan
Varsity Team: 3rd Reyes & Walsh, 2nd Imanov & Ni, 1st Fan & Chen
Novice Speaker: 3rd Simrah Khan, 2nd Sireen Khan, 1st Sofia Janiga
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Alejandra Reyes, 2nd Chloe Wang, 1st Addy Hawthorne
Impromptu: 3rd Luke Lamour 2nd Janet Fan, 1st Minh Ho
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10/27/23
Novice Team: 3rd Makomenaw & Al-Haddad, 2nd Hasson & Finchler, 1st Faggion & Faggion
Varsity Team: 3rd Wang & Hawthorne, 2nd Geda & Mock, 1st Luke Lamour
Novice Speaker: 3rd Lana Finchler, 2nd Maria Faggion, 1st Cecilia Faggion
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Addy Hawthorne, 2nd Minh Ho, 1st Chloe Wang
Impromptu: 3rd Kate Qian 2nd Minh Ho, 1st Jaden Martinez
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10/6/23
Novice Team: 3rd Gilliams & Stewart, 2nd Hadi & Akdag, 1st Wang & Hawthorne
Varsity Team: 3rd Fan & Chen, 2nd Patel & Reyes, 1st Geda & Mock
Novice Speaker: 3rd Adlin Rizal, 2nd Kevin Gilliams, 1st Adelaide Hawthorne
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Kate Qian, 2nd Dash Geda, 1st Jordan Chen
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4/21/23
Novice Team: 3rd Nelson & Sikorski, 2nd Lawson-Stewart & Peralta, 1st Corcoran & Sclafani
Varsity Team: 3rd Qian & Walsh, 2nd Jacobs & Mock, 1st Mohanraj & Masoperh
Novice Speaker: 3rd Megan Corcoran, 2nd AJ Sclafani, 1st Sahithi Aliminate
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Leah Mock, 2nd Ethan Masoperh, 1st Snigtha Mohanraj
Impromptu: 3rd Joshua Zachary Fraser 2nd Kate Qian, 1st Aitan Herman
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4/1/23 Awards
Novice Team: 3rd Forgette & Mouki, 2nd Corcoran & Sclafani, 1st Aliminate & Gokhale
Varsity Team: 3rd Laila Kelly Walker & Mari Arnold, 2nd Evelyn Chen & Janet Fan, 1st Kate Qian
Novice Speaker: 3rd Aloe Nelson-Leslie, 2nd Saket Aliminate, 1st Megan Corcoran
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Mari Arnold, 2nd Evelyn Chen, 1st Kate Qian
Impromptu: 3rd Evelyn Chen, 2nd Kate Qian, 1st Janet Fan
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3/31/23 Awards
Novice Team: 3rd Nelson & Sikorski, 2nd Hadi & Noboa, 1st Sclafani & Corcoran
Varsity Team: 3rd Laila Kelly Walker & Mari Arnold, 2nd Evelyn Chen & Janet Fan, 1st Kate Qian
Novice Speaker: 3rd Aloe Nelson-Leslie, 2nd Malena Noboa, 1st Megan Corcoran
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Snigtha Mohanraj, 2nd Leah Mock, 1st Mari Arnold
Impromptu: 3rd Kate Qian, 2nd Lotonia Ferguson, 1st Dash Geda
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2/17/23 Awards
Novice Team: 3rd Lucas Forgette & Nada Mouki, 2nd Megan Corcoran & AJ Sclafani, 1st Saket Aliminate & Parth Gokhale
Varsity Team: 3rd Laila Kelly Walker & Mari Arnold, 2nd Evelyn Chen & Janet Fan, 1st Kate Qian
Novice Speaker: 3rd Aloe Nelson-Leslie, 2nd Saket Aliminate, 1st Megan Corcoran
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Mari Arnold, 2nd Evelyn Chen, 1st Kate Qian
Impromptu: 3rd Evelyn Chen, 2nd Kate Qian, 1st Janet Fan
2022 Season
12/16/22 Awards
Novice Team: 3rd Ka’lani Peralta & A.J Sclafani, 2nd Sebastian Dibenedetto & Mohamen Elrefaei, 1st Shawaunda Newby & Anaya Fulbright
Varsity Team: 3rd Laila Kelly Walker & Mari Arnold, 2nd Juliana Yang & Kamya Keerthivasan, 1st Janet Fan & Evelyn Chen
Novice Speaker: 3rd Aloe Nelson-Leslie, 2nd Shawaunda Newby, 1st Anaya Fulbright
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Evelyn Chen, 2nd Laila Kelly-Walker, 1st Mari Arnold
Impromptu: 3rd Evelyn Chen, 2nd Margaret Carlson, 1st Thomas Donnelly
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11/4/22 Awards
Novice Team: 3rd Chen & Sclafani, 2nd Paulemon & Noboa, 1st Frazer & Howard
Varsity Team: 3rd Fan & Mejnartowicz, 2nd Walsh & Peralta, 1st Nassar & Masoperh
Novice Speaker: 3rd Dealyce Howard, 2nd Eshwar Balakumar, 1st Evelyn Chen
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Ray Nassar, 2nd Ethan Masoperh, 1st Chloe Walsh
Impromptu: 3rd Evelyn Chen, 2nd Margaret Carlson, 1st Chloe Walsh
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10/7/22 Awards
Novice Team: 3rd Aitan Herman, 2nd Paulemon & Noboa, 1st Ozmen & Tahir
Varsity Team: 3rd Donnelly & Carlson, 2nd Chloe Walsh, 1st Arnold & Qian
Novice Speaker: 3rd Eshwar Balakumar, 2nd Aloe Nelson, 1st Bedirhan Ozmen
Varsity Speaker: 3rd Kate Qian, 2nd Chloe Walsh, 1st Mari Arnold
Impromptu: 3rd Evelyn Chen, 2nd Chloe Walsh, 1st Bedirhan Ozmen
August 26, 2022
Yale Summer Debate Program Tournament
Varsity Tournament:
First Place: Luis Diez and Cade Fravel
Second Place: Tessa Higbee and Jeffrey Kaihin Cheung
Third Place: Ray Cao and Connor Wolff
Fourth Place: David Abrams and Devan Patel
Fifth Place: Thomas Murphy and Chaitanya Prasad Pinjala
Novice Tournament:
First Place: Isabel Faustino and Sathwika Nadella
Second Place: Kevin Gu and Krishiv Patel
Third Place: Elissa Matthews and Miranda Higbee
Fourth Place: Riley Long and Ava Advani
Fifth Place: Christina Cao and Gopika Sheth
Impromptu Round:
Varsity Champion: Mari Arnold
Varsity Exceptional Scores: Catherine Gutowski, Judah Friedman, Chloe Walsh, Thomas Murphy, Ryan Murray, Janet Fan, Luis Diez
Novice Champion: Isabel Faustino
Top Varsity Speakers by Points:
Ethan Masoperh
Cade Fravel
Helen Avila
Catherine Gutowski
Ammy Arias
Top Novice Speakers by Points:
Riley Long
Sathwika Nadella
Aran Advani
Elissa Matthews
Ava Advani
PAST TOURNAMENT RESULTS
UDL MARCH 2022 TOURNAMENT
Varsity
Top Speakers
1. Ethan Masoperh (Winner of a UDL crewneck!)
2. Bertony Georges
3. Snigtha Mohanraj
Top Teams
1. Ethan and Brayden
2. Mari and Snigtha
3. Sophie and Jacqueline
Novice
Top Speakers
1. Chloe Walsh (Winner of a UDL crewneck!)
2. Matthew Mowerson
3. Shawaunda Newby
Top Teams
1. Chloe and Matthew
2. Sayah and Aaron
3. Odeno and Salithi
2019 NATIONAL YALE INVITATIONAL
Matthew Mauriello and Sebastian Ward broke to oct0-finals, placing fifth varsity team.
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Matt Mauriello placed 7th varsity speaker.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PHILALETHIC 2019
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March 2019
Congratulations to all the members of UDL that competed in our annual away tournament in California!
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Matthew Mauriello and Sebastian Ward broke to octo-finals.
Mel DeBlasio broke to quarter-finals in impromptu.
VASSAR INVITATIONAL
November 2018
Winnie Jiang and Matt Mauriello place 6th at the Vassar invitational, and land 13th and 20th place speakers.
COLUMBIA IVY LEAGUE DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 2019
Owen Heaphy and Alim Rodican place 5th at the Columbia Ivy League Champsionships.
Prastik Mohanraj and Arnav Paliwal (not pictured) place 6th.
UDL REGULAR TOURNAMENTS
2019 Results
Check out the top winners at our local tournaments here: https://www.tabroom.com/index/circuit/calendar.mhtml?circuit_id=142
SPRING 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP
Congratulations to our winners from our year championships!
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Varsity 1st place - Alim and Owen
Varsity 2nd place - Jay and Salaar
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We additionally awarded a senior scholarship to Alim Rodican and Owen Heaphy. Alim Rodican and Owen Heaphy not only are exceptional debaters, but leaders in their community. They have volunteered at middle school tournaments, led school clubs, and recruited many students onto their debate team.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PHILALETHIC 2018
March 2018
Alim Rodican and Owen Heaphy make it to the top 16 varsity parliamentary debaters in the double-octo finals (left two).
Prastik Mohanraj, Akshar Agarwal, Henry, and Salaar Rabbani place in the top 8 varsity extemporaneous speakers (pictured left to right).