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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 grid of student faces

Zoom team photo.