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!