Category: Results

Our last weekend before States and Districts was a busy one! Take a look below and congratulate the whole team and all these individuals on hard work well rewarded!

Bridgewater-Raritan:

• Katherine Hu – 6th place Humorous Interpretation & Top Non-Advancing Novice, Original Oratory
• Aaron Alemi – 4th place Novice Lincoln Douglas
• Mallika Ravi & Braedyn Speight – 3rd place Duo Interpretation
• Jess Wattman – 2nd place Oral Interpretation
• Nicole Nissel – 3rd place Program Oral Interpretation & 2nd place Humorous Interpretation
• Shefali Das – 3rd place Original Oratory & 1st place Improvisational Acting
• Team Sweepstakes – 5th place

CFL #6 @ Union Catholic:

• Lara Heinlein & Tyler Harper – 6th place Duo Interpretation
• Claudia Pietrus – 4th place Original Oratory
• Jordan Pontelandolfo – 1st place Varsity Oral Interpretation
• Team Sweepstakes – 5th place
• League Sweepstakes – 5th place

35 team members went to Ridge this weekend for our largest local tournament and came away with some excellent results!

• Caitlyn Dempsey – Semifinalist, Oral Interpretation
• Jess Wattman – Semifinalist, Oral Interpretation
• Claudia Pietrus – Semifinalist, Original Oratory
• Shefali Das – Semifinalist, Radio Speaking & 3rd place Original Oratory
• Bryn Bennett – 4th place Program Oral Interpretation & 2nd place Humorous Interpretation
• Naomi Gonzalez – 2nd place Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
• Mallika Ravi – 1st place Novice Oral Interpretation
• Team Sweepstakes – 6th place

Our small contingent did fairly well at the inaugural Hunterdon Central Winter Invitational this weekend. See below:

• Katherine Hu – Top Non-Advancing Novice, Humorous Interpretaiton
• Shefali Das – 6th place Original Oratory
• Sam Halpern – 4th place Congress
• Nicole Nissel – 4th place Program Oral Interpretation
• Julian Yan & Brenna McConnell – 3rd place Novice Public Forum
• Jordan Pontelandolfo – 2nd place Dramatic Interpretation
• Bryn Bennett – 4th place Humorous Interpretation and 1st place Program Oral Interpretation
• Team Sweepstakes – 5th place

Also, the tournament at Freehold is this coming weekend!

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After a week off, our team competed at CFL #2 at Ridge HS on Saturday. Veterans got some great fine-tuning opportunities, novices got some great experience, and we did quite well for ourselves overall. Take a look:

• Naomi Gonzalez – 6th place JV Extemporaneous Speaking
• Jordan Pontelandolfo – 5th place Oral Interpretation
• Abha Walter – 4th place JV Extemporaneous Speaking
• Lauren Spencer – 4th place Dramatic Performance
• Bryn Bennett & Caitlyn Dempsey – 4th place Duo Interpretation
• Claudia Pietrus – 4th place Original Oratory
• Jacqueline Wu – 3rd place JV Extemporaneous Speaking
• Sam Halpern – 3rd place Congress
• Team Sweepstakes – 4th place

Perhaps you’ve already heard about some other excitement from the tournament. Two of our students had the great fortune to debate Stephen Colbert’s son this weekend at CFL #2. What was perhaps more surprising to them was that when they walked in their room, Mr. Colbert was sitting in the back, ready to watch the debate. Mr. Colbert is also a speech and debate alumni from his childhood in South Carolina, so it was really great to see him supporting the activity. If you’re interested in photographic proof, check out our photo gallery here.

Please join us in congratulating our members who have achieved success at our early-season local tournaments below:

Phillipsburg Invitational:

• Renee Shen – 6th place Varsity Lincoln Douglas
• Jordan Pontelandolfo – 6th place Dramatic Interpretation
• Kathryn Altman – 6th place Humorous Interpretation
• Mallika Ravi – 5th place Novice Poetry and 5th place Novice Prose
• Braedyn Speight – 2nd place Novice Poetry
• Bryn Bennett – 2nd place Program Oral Interpretation

Capitol Beltway Fall Classic:

• Amy Pu – Octafinalist, Varsity Lincoln Douglas

CFL #1 @ Ridge:

• Naomi Gonzalez – 1st place Junior Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking

There is only one local tournament in November (CFL #2 at Ridge on 11/12), so make sure you sign up! The earlier you compete, the more feedback you get, the quicker you earn points, and the more comfortable you feel. Sign up here: CFL #2: Ridge.