Plano ISD Speech & Debate Teams Excel at Kickoff Competitions
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Plano ISD's Speech & Debate teams started their 2025-26 season right where they left off last school year, with multiple impressive results.
On September 5-6, Plano East and Plano West Senior High School teams participated in the Plano Senior Wildcat Fall Fair Tournament.
Plano East Senior High School Results
1st Place Sweepstakes
- Congressional Debate
- Advait Boyanapalli, 1st place
- Aakash Arulkumaran, 2nd Place
- Tarwat Chowdhury, 3rd Place
- Ashraf Kuzbari, Finalist
- Keshav Anand, Finalist
- Original Oratory
- Jannah Ali, 1st Place
- Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
- Samedh Davuluri, 2nd Place
- Tarwat Chowdhury, 3rd Place
- Keshav Anand, 5th Place
- International Extemporaneous Speaking
- Aakash Arulkumaran, 2nd Place
- Alex Ngu, 4th Place
- Public Forum Debate
- Aayush Patel and Sujay Gonchigar, 2nd Place
- 3rd Overall Best Speaker: Aayush Patel
Cheryl Potts Award of Excellence, honoring the student at the tournament who individually accumulated the most sweepstakes points in debate events: Aakash Arulkumaran
Plano West Senior High School Results
2nd Place Sweepstakes
- Public Forum Debate
- Esther Zhou and Jessica Zhang, 1st Place
- Maggie Chen and Priscilla Yu, Semifinalists
- Collin Cui and James Chen, Quarterfinalists
- International Extemporaneous Speaking
- Eric Qian, 1st Place
- Timothy Chen, Semifinalist
- United States Extemporaneous Speaking
- Rehan Buvvaji, 1st Place
- Mohamed Elrayah, Semifinalist
- Lincoln Douglas Debate
- Ryan Chang, 2nd place
- Congressional Debate
- Anahita Tomar, 6th place
Plano West also competed at the Princeton High School Tournament and continued to shine by earning 2nd Place Sweepstakes.
- Congressional Debate
- Roshan Shivnani, 1st Place
- Rishabh Metha, 8th Place
- Sai Mamillapalli, Semifinalist
- Prapti Srivastava, Semifinalist
- Ishaan Nirmal, Semifinalist
- Dramatic Interpretation
- Anika Cherukuri, 1st Place
- Original Oratory
- Artina Belican, 1st Place
- Anika Cherukuri, 3rd Place
- International Extemporaneous Speaking
- Kaitlyn Fan, 1st Place
- Varshina Arun, 5th Place
- Poetry Interpretation
- Varshina Arun, 1st Place
- Oral Interpretation
- Anika Cherukuri
- Informative Speaking
- Vijay Shivnani, 2nd Place
- Public Forum Debate
- Crystal Wong and Jenna Lee, T-2nd Place
- Lincoln Douglas Debate
- Siyona Khera, Quarterfinalist
Plano Senior High School competed in the Lebanon Trail TFA Tournament, winning Debate Sweepstakes!
- Public Forum Debate
- Gargi Garg and Sandhya Shankar, 1st Place
- Congressional Debate
- Zidan Kutub, 2nd Place
- Lawson Leblanc, 5th Place
- Dhruv Arun, 6th Place
- International Extemporaneous Speaking
- Zidan Kutub, 2nd Place
- Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
- Lawson Leblanc, 3rd Place
Sandhya Shankar earned top speaker honors and Gargi Garg finished 4th speaker overall.