2015 Results

 60th Annual Barkley Forum for High Schools Tournament

2015 Listing of Exhibition Participants

2015 Silver Key Award Recipients:

Pelham Debates Champions: Alden Conner and Calen Martin, Caddo Magnet

Pelham Debates Speaker: Calen Martin, Caddo Magnet

Congressional Debate Champion: Julia Lauer, Bronx Science

Lincoln Douglas Champion: Varad Agarwala, Greenhill

Lincoln Douglas Speaker: Akhil Jalan, Peninsula

Public Forum Champions: Belen Mella and Charlie Starr, Miami Beach Senior High School

Public Forum Speaker: Brian Herskowitz , University School

Extemporaneous Speaking: Noah Wexler, Nova Senior

Original Oratory: Keiaireyona Brown, Apple Valley

Duo Interpretation: Anna Lee Hawkins & Keegan Tucker, Jefferson County High School

Prose & Poetry: Brian Anderson, LaRue County High School

Humorous Interpretation: Carol Lee, Riverside High School

Dramatic Interpretation: Daniel Williams, Holy Cross School

PELHAM DEBATES

Participants in the Anne Douglas White Tutorial: 

Participants in the Phyllis Flory Barton Tutorial: 

Participants in the Richard B. Sodikow Tutorial: 

Participants in the Sandra Worthington Silvers Tutorial: 

The SILVER KEY for the Pelham Debates was awarded to:

                  Caddo Magnet – Alden Conner and Calen Martin

The RESERVE KEY for the Pelham Debates was awarded to:

                  Westminster – Saul Forman and Naman Gupta

Barkley Forum Debaters

The debater accumulating the highest number of speaker points during the preliminary rounds of debate and receiving a Silver Key was:

Calen Martin – Caddo Magnet

The twenty debaters scoring the highest number of points during the preliminary rounds are recognized at the Awards Assembly and are presented with Key trophies.  They are distinguished with the title BARKLEY FORUM DEBATERS. The runners-up to the first place Silver Key award in 2015 were:

2.      Saul Forman – Westminster

3.      Naman Gupta – Westminster

4.      Isabel Slavinsky – Atholton

5.      Kate Gehling – Wayzata 

6.      Harry Aaronson – Notre Dame

7.      Advait Ramanan – Atholton

8.      Alden Conner – Caddo Magnet

9.      Anthony Trufanov – Glenbrook North

10.     Ryan Powell – Notre Dame

11.     Clyde Shepherd – Pace

12.     Joseph Gaylin – Baltimore City College

13.     Tiffany Haas – Wayzata

14.     Aakash Pattabi – St. Mark’s

15.     Tanner Lewis – Pace

16.     Elizabeth Cordoves – Carrollton

17.     Sohum Daftary – Greenhill

18.     Luc Walkington – Niles North

19.     D’Angelo Oberto-Besso Pando – Niles North

20.     Peymaan Motevalli – Baltimore City College

Extemporaneous Speaking

Participants in the Final Exhibition of Extemporaneous Speaking:

Connor Leech        Durham Academy

Ben Tobin             Lake Braddock Secondary

Oscar Larraza       Nova Sr

Original Oratory

Participants in the Final Exhibition of Original Oratory:

Marissa Block         Trinity Prep School

Danielle Pacia        Morristown West HS

Stephanie Hong     Riverside HS

Humorous Interpretation

Participants in the Final Exhibition of Humorous Interpretation:

Brooke Berger       Nova Sr

Sydney Terry         Morristown West HS

Grant Besner         University School

Dramatic Interpretation

Participants in the Final Exhibition of Dramatic Interpretation:

Jaylon Bolden        J. Frank Dobie HS

Juliette Murphy     Nova Sr

Stephanie Hong     Riverside HS

Duo Interpretation

Participants in the Final Exhibition of Duo Interpretation:

Jillian Walters & Evan Woods - Oak Grove HS

Madison Hall & Evan Price - The Montgomery Academy

Brooke Berger & Craig Heyne - Nova Senior

Prose and Poetry

Participants in the Final Exhibition of Prose and Poetry:

Matthew Harrington        Riverside HS

Michael Rankin               Brentwood Academy

Currie Blackwell             Petal HS

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Participants in the Walter Alan Ulrich Tutorial: 

Karnessia Georgetown from St. Andrew’s Episcopal

Joann Lin  from Glenbrook South

Rachana Kolli  from Colleyville Heritage

David Wang from Scarsdale

Xinlan Hu  from duPont Manual

Jason Yang  from Kinkaid

Joe Zaghrini  from Strake Jesuit

Jane Brennan  from Glenbrook South

Krupali Patel  from Lake Highland

Prince Hyeamang  from Apple Valley

Ruchir Rastogi  from Loveless Academic Magnet Program

Dino DeLaO  from Law Magnet

Preetham Chippada  from Lexington

Participants in the Rhoda Kirchner Radow Tutorial:

Trent Gilbert  from West Des Moines Valley

Griffin Miller  from Bronx Science

Jacob Ronkin  from University School

Nicole Kastelic  from Hawken

Isis Davis-Marks  from Bronx Science

Tyler Gamble  from Kinkaid

Pranav Reddy  from Harker

Cameron Cohen  from Harvard-Westlake

Participants in the Patricia Bailey Tutorial:

Amit Kukreja  from Newark Science

Mitali Mathur  from Greenhill

Richard Cook  from Strake Jesuit

Dan Alessandro  from Lexington

Participants in the Marilee Dukes Tutorial:

Christian Quiroz  from Newark Science

Arjun Tambe  from Peninsula

The SILVER KEY for Lincoln Douglas Debate was awarded to:

Varad Agarwala – Greenhill   

The RESERVE KEY for Lincoln-Douglas was awarded to:

Akhil Jalan – Peninsula

Lincoln-Douglas Speakers

The debater accumulating the highest number of speaker points during the preliminary rounds of debate and receiving a Silver Key was:

Akhil Jalan - Peninsula

The twenty debaters scoring the highest number of points during the preliminary rounds are recognized at the Awards Assembly and are presented with Key trophies. The runners-up to the first place Silver Key award in 2015 were:

2.      Arjun Tambe  from Peninsula

3.      Nicole Kastelic  from Hawken

4.      Varad Agarwala  from Greenhill

5.      Christian Quiroz  from Newark Science

6.      Amit Kukreja  from Newark Science

7.      Jake Brennan  from Glenbrook South

8.      Pranav Reddy  from Harker

9.      Jacob Ronkin  from University School

10.     Trent Gilbert  from West Des Moines Valle

11.     Isis Davis-Marks  from Bronx Science

12.     Mitali Mathur  from Greenhill

13.     Preetham Chippada  from Lexington

14.     Cameron Cohen  from Harvard-Westlake

15.     Dan Alessandro  from Lexington

16.     Alexander Yoakum  from Grapevine

17.     Ruchir Rastogi  from Loveless Academic Magnet Program

18.     Sajeth Dinakaran  from William G Enloe

19.     Joe Zaghrini  from Strake Jesuit

20.     Dino DeLaO  from Law Magnet

Congressional Debate

Congressional Debate Exhibition Participants

Jonathon Shapiro – Beachwood High School

Eric Bailey – Bellaire High School

Ryan Kennedy – Charlotte Catholic High School

Nick Verderame – Charlotte Latin High School

Lacey Larson – Cypress Bay High School

Yuval Shmul – Cypress Bay High School

Anika Ramnath – Cypress Bay High School

Taylor Rich – Dreyfoos School of the Arts

Nasser Douge – Nova Senior

Karl Brillant – Nova Senior

Rudgy Estel – Nova Senior

Gregory Seabrooks – Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beachers

Andrew Towriss – Western High School

Alex Towriss – Western High School

Public Forum

Participants in the First Tutorial:

Ardrey Kelly LW - Matthew Lyons & Samuel Wood

Bronx Science GD - Harrison Giovannelli & Ben Davar

Ft. Lauderdale HS - Kevin Hautigan & Daniel Siegel

Hawken SM - James Swingos & Devesh Modi

Lambert BB - Su Baek & Ji Baek

Marist MP - Ananya Malhotra & Jake Pigott

Myers Park KM - Roy Kasher & Rohith Murali

Nova Sr BA - Kyleb Bello & George Alarcon

Nova Sr RP - Matthew Redler & Michael Puretz

Regis FT - James Flatow & Daniel Tenreiro-Braschi

Regis HS - Jonathan Hall & Sean Singleton

Southside BR - Vaibhav Bafna & Rahul Raghavan

St. Thomas Aquinas AH - Marlana Armstrong & Prince Hassan

Waring BP - Charlotte Bichet & Grace Panetta

Waring MK - Bobby Malley & Jack Kelly

Wellington FL - Gregory Foster & Michael Leatherman

Participants in the Second Tutorial:

Boca Raton Community SG - Joshua Schulster & Jacob Greene

Cypress Bay KB - Benjamin Kaner & Eric Beilin

Hawken SE - Max Schachere & Ozan Ergungor

Lake Highland Prep DS - Phyllis Doremus & Anoosheh Shaikh

Lake Mary Prep SW - Casey Smith & Andrew Welton

Marist AT - Sydney Apple & Liam Torpy

Oxbridge Academy TS - William Turk & Robbie Linck

Pinecrest MI - Hunter Martin & Sebastian Ix

Participants in the Third Tutorial:

Christopher Columbus LA - Noah Lopez & Joseph Arocha

Delbarton BT - Mark Bufanio & Harry Townsend

Harker KG - Nikhil Kishore & Vamsi Gadiraju

Nova Sr MC - Garrett Moon & Daniel Chiarelli

Participants in the Fourth Tutorial:

Bronx Science CD - Kyle Chong & Gabriel Delsol

Myers Park AT - Mia Aassar & Hasmik Telfeyan

The SILVER KEY for Public Forum was awarded to:

Miami Beach Senior MS - Belen Mella and Charlie Starr

The RESERVE KEY for Public Forum was awarded to:

University HC - Ben Churba and Brian Herskowitz

Public Forum Speakers

The debater accumulating the highest number of speaker points during the preliminary rounds of debate and receiving a Silver Key was:

 Brian Herskowitz – University School

The twenty debaters scoring the highest number of points during the preliminary rounds are recognized at the Awards Assembly and are presented with Key trophies. The runners-up to the first place Silver Key award in 2015 were:

2.      Prince Hassan, St. Thomas Aquinas

3.      Sebastian Ix, Pinecrest

4.      Grace Panetta, Waring

5.      Abraham Westbrook, Brentwood

6.      Ben Davar, Bronx Science

7.      Andrew Welton, Lake Mary Prep

8.      Sean Singleton, Regis

9.      Ananya Malhotra, Marist

10.     Hunter Martin, Pinecrest

11.     Harrison Giovannelli, Bronx Science

12.     Adam Harrington, Lexington

13.     Matthew Redler, Nova Sr

14.     Noah Lopez, Christopher Columbus

15.     Mark Mufanio, Delbarton

16.     Ben Churba, University

17.     Danielle Bush, Cypress Bay

18.     Max Schachere, Hawken

19.     Beth Cohen, Miami Beach Senior

20.     Sydney Apple, Marist