The Summit High School Speech and Debate Team won First Place Sweepstakes, the first weekend in December, at the Princeton University Tournament! This competition included 101 schools, from 18 states and four countries. Congratulations to the following students who advanced to elimination rounds:
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE: Out of 230 teams, all five Summit High School teams advanced to elimination rounds. Summit had the most teams advance in Public Forum Debate!
Quarter-finalists and qualifying for the Tournament of Champions in Lexington, Kentucky:
Matt Supran and James Cho
Double Octas: Rachel Schwartz and Alisha Kewalramani; Tim Ritter and Kelsey Kennedy
Triple Octas: Angela Li and Emma Cohron; Nick Clements and Patrick Ammaturo
STUDENT CONGRESS
Finalist: Ben Schachter
All Speech Finalists qualify for the Tournament of Champions!
Original Oratory
1st Place: JJ Stewart
Semi-finalists (and receiving Tournament of Champions bids)
Rena Gabber and Ethan Zucker
Oral Interpretation
5th Place: Elizabeth Maloney
Semi-finalists: Caroline Abut, Annie Milsten, and Juliet Huneke
Dramatic Interpretation
1st Place: Kim Lee
5th Place: Caroline Abut
Semi-finalist: Jeremy Shultz
Humorous Interpretation
3rd Place: Harry Saroff