Debate Success!!

Dragon Debate brought 41 students to the Vista Ridge TFA! And we got 3RD PLACE SWEEPSTAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Students need to rack up 12 points in varsity events to qualify for the TFA State Meet held in March. The following students received state points at this tournament:

Sreya Gandra: Quarterfinalist in Varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, received her remaining 2 points and is now QUALIFIED for TFA State!
Noah Kim: Semifinalist in Varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, now has 4 state points
Soham Govande and Andre Pham: 2nd place in Varsity Policy Debate, now have 8 state points
Sara Childs and Rucha Ratanpara: 3rd place in Duet Acting, now have 3 state points
Ryan Kelly: Finalist in Congressional Debate, now has 2 state points

Non-qualifying students of merit:

Grace Suh: 2nd place in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Smriti Jasti: 3rd place in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Ryan Kelly: 6th place in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Cindy Zhang: Semifinalist in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Aagya Ghimire: Semifinalist in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Bolatito Ajibola: Semifinalist in Varsity Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking
Bolatito Ajibola: 3rd place in Prose
Sohali Vaddula: Finalist in Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Mallika Jade: Semifinalist in Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Parul Sadasivuni: Quarterfinalist in Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Please congratulate these students if you see them this week! And if you would like to see them in action–we could totally use you to judge a few rounds at Austin High School (10/26) or Bowie High School (11/9).