Middle School, Upper School

MS and US speech and debate team members rack up solid scores

Harker middle and upper school students competed at three tournaments in March, all against high school students.

San Francisco State University

From March 10-11, 31 schools across two states representing 157 entries competed in debate events. Fifty-one Harker middle and upper school students competed.

Junior Varsity Policy

10th – Helen Li, grade 9, and Mir Bahri, grade 7, 3-2 record

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Dougas

5th – Sascha Pakravan, grade 8, quarterfinalist

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Dougas Speaker Awards

9th – Sascha Pakravan, grade 8

Novice Lincoln-Douglas

5th – Rahul Mulpuri, grade 7, quarterfinalist

Junior Varsity Public Forum Speaker Awards

7th – Alina Yuan, grade 8

8th – Aimee Wang, grade 8

Novice Public Forum

17th – Vijay Vyas, grade 9, and Kabir Buch, grade 6, double-octofinalist

17th – Deeya Viradia, grade 7, and Carol Wininger, grade 7, double-octofinalist

17th – Panav Gogte, grade 6, and Arjun Moogimane, grade 6, double-octofinalist

Intramural No. 5 (Harker Middle School)

On March 21, about 50 Harker middle schools students competed in three distinct events.

Speech (Impromptu & Memorized Interpretation)

1st – Zubin Khera, grade 7

2nd – Madeleine Hansen, grade 8

Public Forum

1st – Krish Mysoor and Ansh Sheth, both grade 6

2nd – Joe Li and Ramit Goyal, both grade 6

Public Forum Speaker Awards

1st – Krishna Mysoor, grade 6

2nd – Ansh Sheth, grade 6

3rd – Deeya Viradia, grade 7

4th – Sathvik Chundru, grade 6

5th – Carol Wininger, grade 7

6th – Lexi Nishimura, grade 7

7th – Joe Li, grade 6

8th – Aniketh Tummala, grade 6

Lincoln-Douglas

1st – Krish Maniar, grade 7

Santa Clara University No. 2

From March 23-25, 87 schools across two states, representing 1,012 entries, competed in speech and debate events. About 75 Harker middle school students competed.

Novice Duo Interpretation

3rd – Nikhil Devireddy and Zubin Khera, both grade 7, finalist

7th – Saumi Mehta, grade 8 and Laurie Jin, grade 7, finalist

Novice Expository Speaking

4th – Michelle Jin, grade 7, finalist

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking

13th – Ansh Sheth, grade 6, semifinalist

14th – Gautam Bhooma, grade 6, semifinalist

Novice Humorous Interpretation

14th – Ariav Misra, grade 6, semifinalist

Novice Impromptu Speaking

4th – Michelle Jin, grade 7, finalist

6th – Nila Dharmaraj, grade 6, finalist

Varsity Impromptu Speaking

11th – Dhruv Saoji, grade 8, semifinalist

Novice Original Oratory

9th – Nila Dharmaraj, grade 6, semifinalist

Novice Thematic Interpretation

4th – Zubin Khera, grade 7, finalist

Varsity Thematic Interpretation

6th – Madeleine Hansen, grade 8, finalist

Varsity Public Forum

17th – Dhruv Saoji and Aaditya Gulati, both grade 8, double-octofinalist

34th – Sascha Pakravan and Rohan Rashingkar, both grade 8, 3-2 record

Novice Public Forum

5th – Ansh Sheth and Krishna Mysoor, both grade 6, (quarterfinalist)

9th – Deeya Viradia and Carol Wininger, both grade 7, (octofinalist)

9th – Max Blennemann and Trisha Variyar, both grade 7, octofinalist

17th – Gordon Chen, grade 7, and Kabir Buch, grade 6, double-octofinalist

17th – Lexi Nishimura, grade 7, and Ella Lan, grade 6, double-octofinalist

17th – Kaitlyn Wang and Angelina Zhu, both grade 6, double-octofinalist

55th – Ramit Goyal and Joe Li, both grade 6, 3-2 record

We look forward to the team’s continued success at two upcoming middle school-only national tournaments in May and June!

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