After a long day at school, our Long Beach competitors took off at 2:00 to begin the start of the competitive season and our journey towards the 4-peat. Of course, none of this would be possible on an empty stomach so a quick stop to In-N-Out was necessary, followed by words of encouragement from their Pizza Pals, before arriving at Long Beach hungry for the next day’s competition.
Saturday did not disappoint with 3 preliminary speech and debate rounds and a large campus to keep everybody busy. Performing all over campus, our students took everything in stride and focused on perfecting each of their performances.
Sunday brought excitement with the semi’s and final rounds, all leading up to the award ceremony where Mitty received the number 1 sweepstakes spot with special congratulations to the following students:
HI:
Madurya Suresh - 2nd
Sameer Keswani - Semifinalist
Nick Maranowski - Semifinalist
Julian Sanghvi - Semifinalist
DI:
Aneri Bhatt - Semifinalist
Jake Ledger - Semifinalist
POI:
Conor Sherry - 2nd
Shanaya Sales - 6th
Anna Wymbs - Semifinalist
Cailey Larmore - Semifinalist
Alicia Matsumoto - Semifinalist
DUO:
Naman Dandia/Daniel Edmunds - 1st
Alicia Matsumoto/Julian Sanghvi - 2nd
Shanaya Sales/Jake Ledger - 5th
Nava Tamjidi/Emma Skeet - 7th
Anna Wymbs/Aneri Bhatt - Semifinalists
Nick Maranowski/Cailey Larmore - Semifinalists
OO:
Sophia Scott - Semifinalist
Kritika Yerrapotu - Semifinalist
Informative:
Daniel Edmunds - 1st
Kritika Yerrapotu - 2nd
Shreya Balusu - 5th
Suroor Nakhoda - 6th
Katherine Phan - Semifinalist
Naman Dandia - Semifinalist
Jasmine Yee - Semifinalist
OA:
Riya Dhoopar- 3rd Place
Sanika Mauskar- 4th Place
Heather Cherniss- 6th Place
Extemp:
Aditi Chatradhi - 2nd
Daniel Kim - 5th
Impromptu
Vedant Vamshidhar - 2nd place
Policy:
Mohul Aggarwal/Aalok Patwa - Double Octofinalists
LD:
Lukas Krause - Double Octofinalists
John Lee - Double Octofinalists
Joanne Park - Octofinalists
Parli:
Eshan Gupta/Aditi Chatradhi - Octofinalists
Aayush Sutaria/Anish Patel - Quarterfinalists
Tanvi Bajaj/Helena Getayalew - Quarterfinalists
Vedant Vamshidhar/Devin Makhni - Finalists
Eshan Gupta - 1st Speaker Award
Vedant Vamshidhar - 3rd Speaker Award
Public Forum:
Amit Ahluwalia/Tushar Agashe - Double Octofinalists
Darya Kaviani/Roshni Varma - Quarterfinalists
At the end of the day, our team had several trophies under our belt, with special congratulations to the following members in their events:
Finally, one key piece of this tournament was the bestowing of NIETOC bids, which will allow members in speech to compete at the National IE Tournament of Champions in the spring. The awardees of the NIETOC bids are listed below:
DI:
Jake
Aneri
HI:
Madurya
Informative
Daniel
Kritika
OO:
Sophia
Kritika
POI:
Conor
Shanaya
Duo:
Julian/Ali
Daniel/Naman
Jake/Shanaya
Emma/Nava
Finally, as per tradition, the tournament was followed by a stop at Glowzone where scores and ranks were left behind and students just enjoyed one another’s presence.
