Plano ISD Speech & Debate Chapel Hill/Lindale Tournament Results

The winning ways continued for the Plano ISD Speech & Debate Teams at the Chapel Hill and Lindale TFA Swing Extravaganza. The virtual tournament was held from September 25 to 27. Plano West also participated in person at the Jesuit Tournament.

Plano West Senior High School Results

Dramatic Interpretation

Anika Cherukuri - 2nd  

 Puja Tirumuru - 5th  

Duo Interpretation

Joshua Wu and Sulaiman Ilyas - CHAMPIONS  

 Rania Azizah and Puja Tirumuru - 2nd  

 Vijay Shivnani and Victoria Carvalho - 5th  

Program of Oral Interpretation

 Anika Cherukuri - CHAMPION 

Public Forum Debate

Goutham Ronanki and Albert Luo - Quarterfinalist 

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Ryan Chang - Quarterfinalist 

Jesuit Tournament Results

Congressional Debate

Jennifer Duan - 3rd  

Ishaan Nirmal - 5th  

Rishabh Mehta - 6th  

Sai Mamillapalli - 9th  

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking  

Mohomed Elrayah - 4th  

Andrew Lee - 5th  

Humorous Interpretation

Catherine Cockrell - 2nd  

Victoria Carvalho - 6th  

Informative Speaking 

Vijay Shivnani - CHAMPION  

International Extemporaneous Speaking

 Eric Qian - CHAMPION  

 Varshini Arun - 2nd  

 Kaitlyn Fan - 3rd  

Original Oratory

 Anika Cherukuri - 3rd  

 Artina Belivan - 5th  

Lincoln Douglas Debate 

Skanda Gopikannan - CHAMPION  

Navid Sheybani - Semifinalist

Zayd Mahmud - Quarterfinalist

Chad Henderson - Quarterfinalist  

Tharon Lei - Quarterfinalist

Public Forum Debate 

James Chen and Collin Cui - 2nd Place  

Aashna Bhakad and Jenna Lee - Semifinalist

James Chen also earned the first-place Speaker Award. 

Plano West won the Sweepstakes by more than 100 points at the Jesuit Tournament!

Plano Senior High School Results

Congressional Debate (Chapel Hill)

Lawson Leblanc - 1st (TFA state qualifier)

Dhruv Arun - 7th

Sanjit Konda - Semifinalist

Zidan Kutub - Semifinalist

Congressional Debate (Lindale)

Dhruv Arun - 4th (TOC Bid)

Lawson Leblanc- 7th

Zidan Kutub - 12th

Dramatic Interpretation (Chapel Hill)

Nishka Kerkar - 6th

Dramatic Interpretation (Lindale)

Fatemeh Sohrabpour - 3rd

Nishka Kerkar - 5th

Program Oral Interpretation

Darshana Balaji - 2nd

Prose (Chapel Hill)

Darshana Balaji - 2nd

Nishka Kerkar - 3rd

Fatemeh Sohrabpour - 4th 

Prose (Lindale)

Darshana Balaji - 2nd

Fatemeh Sohrabpour - 3rd

Humorous Interpretation (Chapel Hill)

Darshana Balaji - 1st  (TFA State qualifier)

Original Oratory (Chapel Hill)

Kelcie Quinn - 6th (TOC Bid)

Original Oratory (Lindale)

Kelcie Quinn - Semifinalist

Bahara Nazari - Semifinalist

Public Forum Debate

Gargi Garg and Sandhya Shankar - 1st (TFA State qualifier)

Plano East Senior High School Results

Congressional Debate (Chapel Hill)

Aakash Arulkumaran - 6th (TFA State qualifier)

Sanjeev Gedela - Finalist

Aariz Inamdar - Finalist

Saesha Mainali - Finalist

Advait Boyanapalli - Semifinalist

Keshav Anand - Semifinalist

Ashraf Kuzbari - Semifinalist

Congressional Debate (Lindale)

Ashraf Kuzbari - 1st (TFA State qualifier)

Aariz Inamdar - 6th

Aakash Arulkumaran - 8th

Sanjeev Gedela - Finalist

Advait Boyanapalli - Finalist

Saesha Mainali - Semifinalist

Shardul Patel - Semifinalist

Novice Congressional Debate

Meena Alkhazraji - Finalist (This was Meena's first-ever tournament)

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking (Chapel Hill)

Angelo Ferris - 1st (TFA State qualifier)

Noah Rahman - 3rd

Tarwat Chowdhury - 4th (TFA State qualifier)

Anshveer Kang - 5th

Samedh Davuluri - Semifinalist

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking (Lindale)

Samedh Davuluri - 1st (TFA State qualifier)

Tarwat Chowdhury - 2nd

Angelo Ferris - 3rd

Anshveer Kang - Semifinalist

Humorous Interpretation

Anshveer Kang - 5th

Informative Speaking

Ishista Vats - 1st

International Extemporaneous Speaking (Chapel Hill)

Ashwin Goel - Semifinalist

International Extemporaneous Speaking (Lindale)

Alex Ngu - Semifinalist

Ashwin Goel - Semifinalist

Original Oratory (Chapel Hill)

Jannah Ali - 4th (TFA State qualifier)

Original Oratory (Lindale)

Jannah Ali - 3rd

Public Forum Debate (Chapel Hill)

Aditi Gaddam and Marisa Galu - 2nd

Public Forum Debate (Lindale)

Aditi Gaddam and Marisa Galu - Quarterfinalists

Ethan Litmanen and Anderson To - Quarterfinalists