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Speech and Debate: Berkner Tournament, Plano East Results
January 6, 2021
On December 11-12, the Plano East Speech & Debate team competed virtually at the 11th Annual Berkner (Richardson, Texas) Texas Forensic Association Tournament. Congratulations to the following:
Congressional Debate
- Shakib Ali, eighth place
- Sanjana Arulkumaran, semifinalist
- Apra Donthula, first place
- Garima Gupta, semifinalist
Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking
- Shriya Bhat, third place
- Apra Donthula, sixth place
Informative Speaking
- Aditi Amin, fifth place
- Shriya Bhat, first place
Lincoln-Douglas debate
- Anika Doddamane, octofinalist
Original Oratory
- Shriya Bhat, first place
- Tosin Fagbami, third place
Poetry
- Tosin Fagbami, third place
- Zoya Makkar, fourth place
Prose
- Shriya Bhat, second place
- Zoya Makkar, first place
Policy Debate
- Rahul Penumetcha and Joseph-Charles D'Antuono, second place
Public Forum debate
- Neel Kanamangala and Jay Namdhari, semifinalists (TFA qualified)
Zoom team photo.