On 3/12 - 3/13, Quarry Lane Speech/Debate competed on-line and in-person at Western JV Novice Championship (Bay Area, CA). This was our first in-person tournament since spring 2020. 317 competitors representing 45 schools from 7 states attended. Of this, 36 Quarry Lane students participated in 2 Debate events, and received the following awards.
Junior Varsity Public Forum - In Person
- Sanjana Bajaj (10th) & Kyle Du (10th) - 1st place out of 19 entries (top 5%).
- Abhimanyu Sharma (9th) & Kush Vijapure (9th) - 5th (T) place out of 19 entries (top 26%).
- Kush Vijapure (9th) - 4th speaker out of 38 entries (top 11%).
Novice Public Forum - In Person
- Ridhima Motewar (9th) & Srinitha Sridharan (9th) - 5th (T) place out of 20 entries (top 25%).
- Sofia Vidal-Mackay (10th) - 12th speaker out of 43 entries (top 28%).
- Tiantian Yang (9th) - 15th speaker out of 43 entries (top 35%).
Novice Public Forum - Online
- Sarah Chen (7th) & Aditya Gandhi (6th) - 2nd place out of 23 entries (top 9%).
- Emma Ping (7th) & Ruta Sirdeshmukh (7th) - 3rd (T) place out of 23 entries (top 13%).
- Irene Fu (7th) & Karen Huang (8th) - 5th (T) place out of 23 entries (top 22%).
- Irene Fu (7th) - 1st speaker out of 45 entries (top 2%).
- Aditya Gandhi (6th) - 5th speaker out of 45 entries (top 11%).
- Sarah Chen (7th) - 7th speaker out of 45 entries (top 16%).
- Simi Lee (7th) - 11th speaker out of 45 entries (top 24%).
- Akhil Muthyala (6th) - 12th speaker out of 45 entries (top 27%).
- Karen Huang (8th) - 13th speaker out of 45 entries (top 29%).