Congratulations to our Speech & Debate teams on their outstanding performance last month at Harvard!
Here is a summary!
Extemp: At Harvard, Extemp knocked it out of the park! From constant trips to Felipe’s and the bookstore to outings with Speech and LD, the team had fun. We met up and competed with friends from all across the nation with junior Myles Vuong placing in Octafinals and sophomore Caitlyn Chan 1 place away from breaking, and strong showings from Elma Khan, Melanie Xie, Joya Liu, and Nuoyan Chen.
Public Forum: Public Forum killed it at Harvard! Congratulations to sophomores Lander Bovenzi and Adrien Devery-Michaelson for CHAMPING the JV division! Varsity performed incredibly as well, with juniors Annie Li and Solomon Binyaminov making it to octafinals and seniors Astrid Harrington and Helen Mancini making it to doubles. In novice, congrats to freshmen Calista Harrington and Arya Rajda for making it to doubles, and freshmen Sasha Silakov and Zachary Massim for making it to triples! Special shoutout to Sasha, who was also ranked third speaker overall. The whole team had an amazing time and bonded over ramen and tacos. PF is preparing for upcoming March tournaments, and we can’t wait to keep competing!
Congress: Stuy Congress kicked off March with two tournaments and SIX total half-qualifications to NYSFL States! At the Brooklyn Debate League tournament on March 5th, our novices and JV delivered amazing performances, with freshmen Charlie Vater and Raisha Tayba gaining half-qualifications to states!
The day after, Stuy Congress continued our success at the Congress Regionals tournament with freshman Alice Frank, sophomore Eric Lam, and juniors Catherine Chan and Sion Park all gaining full qualifications for the state championships in April!
Lincoln Douglas: LD is back big time! At Harvard, sophomore Kiren Sitwala made it all the way to FINALS in jv and won eighth speaker. Also in jv, sophomore Evelyn Lifton made it to octofinals and was 16th speaker, and sophomores Mufei Yu and Alexis Qian also had positive records!! In varsity, junior Yuna Lee made quads and senior Daniel Zheng was 28th speaker.
Policy: At Harvard, freshmen Angeline Chan and Ivan Huang made it to double octofinals in Novice. In Junior Varsity, sophomores Luca Nedelkovic and Ken Wakida were octofinalists, and juniors Serenity Dingwall (9th speaker!) and Amy Shrestha were quarterfinalists as well.
Cheer us on as we prepare for the National Catholic League Grand Tournament in May!
Speech: Speech has been attending tournament after tournament as we gear up for the State tournament in April! At the Harvard Invitational, Juniors Amanda Greenberg and Sofia Lawrence made it to Octos in Humorous Interpretation. Amanda also made it to Octos in Original Oratory.
Stuyvesant qualified over 25 to compete at the Nationals this year! Congrats to all and to veteran coach, Ms. Julie Sheinman! See a full size photo collage here.
