October 7, 2020

Jasper High School and Plano Senior High speech and debate students competed virtually October 2-3 at the Lovejoy–Rock Hill Swing Speech and Debate Tournament. A swing tournaments is two tournaments in one weekend where students have two opportunities to earn points to qualify for the TFA State Tournament. Congratulations to all participants and these winners:

Sweepstakes

• Lovejoy - Jasper High School, second place sweepstakes
• Rockhill - Jasper High School, second place sweepstakes

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

• Aadit Walia, McMillen High School, first place

Public Forum Debate

• Ray Chu and Byron Li, Jasper High School, quarterfinalists
• Brennan Lee and Brian Zhou, Jasper High School, quarterfinalists
• Satvik Mahendra and Brady Zeng – Jasper High School, second place

Policy Debate

• Joseph-Charles D'Antuono and Rahul Penumetcha, Plano East Senior High, first place (T) 

Lovejoy

Congressional Debate

• Shrey Bahl, Jasper High School, fourth place
• Abhinav Chellury, Jasper High School, finalist
• Julia Duan, Jasper High School, sixth place
• Bryan Hong, Jasper High School, finalist
• Kaitlyn Hou, Jasper High School, second place
• Amit Konda, Jasper High School, finalist
• Jimmy O'Brien, Plano Senior High, third place
• Raghav Ramki, Jasper High School, finalist
• Justin Zhu, Jasper High School, eighth place

Dramatic Interpretation

• Isabelle Azmoodeh, Plano Senior High, first place

Informative Speaking

• Julia Lin, Plano Senior High, first place
• Matthew Rippin, Clark High School, second place

International Extemporaneous Speaking

• Gabriel Bo, Jasper High School, first place
• Atharv Kulkarni, Jasper High School, sixth place
• Kyle Letterer, Jasper High School, third place
• Kaaviya Shenbaharaman, Jasper High School, fifth place

U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking

• Conny Cai, Plano Senior High, second place
• Apra Donthula, Plano East Senior High, sixth place
• Katherine Lee, Jasper High School, fourth place
• Anirudh Prasanna, Jasper High School, fifth place
• Amina Syed, Jasper High School, third place

Original Oratory

• Tosin Fagbami, Plano East Senior High School, semifinalist
• Joshua Li, Jasper High School, fifth place
• Julia Lin, Plano Senior High, first place
• Amina Syed, Jasper High School, third place

Rock Hill

Congressional Debate

• Sanjana Arulkumaran, Plano East Senior High, finalist
• Abhinav Chellury, Jasper High School, sixth place
• Amit Konda, Jasper High School, fourth place
• Phoena Lin, Jasper High School, third place
• Jimmy O'Brien, Plano Senior High, second place (T)
• Raghav Ramki, Jasper High School, first place
• Justin Zhu, Jasper High School, fifth place

Dramatic Interpretation

• Isabelle Azmoodeh, Plano Senior High, third place (T)
• Kate Tucker, Clark High School, first place (T)

Informative Speaking

• Aditi Amin, Plano East Senior High, second place
• Julia Lin, Plano Senior High, first place (T)
• Matthew Rippin, Clark High School, fourth place

International Extemporaneous Speaking

• Julia Duan, Jasper High School, fifth place
• Pranav Kalakuntla, Jasper High School, sixth place
• Brennan Lee, Jasper High School, third place
• Patrick Lu, Jasper High School, fourth place
• Andy Qin, Jasper High School, first place

U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking

• Gabriel Bo, Jasper High School, third place
• Conny Cai, Plano Senior High, second place (T)
• Katherine Lee, Jasper High School, first place
• Anirudh Prasanna, Jasper High School, sixth place
• Amina Syed, Jasper High School, fifth place
• Madeline Tsao, Jasper High School, fourth place

Original Oratory 

• Julia Lin, Plano Senior High, second place (T)
• Amina Syed, Jasper High School, third place
• Haniyyah Zia, Jasper High School, sixth place

 

(T) TFA State qualified.