Speech and Debate Wins Championship Awards at Districts
The Hawken Speech and Debate team had a fantastic weekend at the National Speech and Debate Association North Coast District tournament that was held earlier this month at St. Ignatius High School.
Hawken earned the District Debate Sweepstakes Championship Award and also the District Overall Speech and Debate Sweepstakes Championship Award.
Congratulations to the team and to the following thirteen students who will be representing Hawken at the National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament that will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 14-19, 2020:
Policy Debate: Mira Getrost ’21 and Valerie Laurianti ’21
Lincoln Douglas Debate: Allie Dettelbach ’21
Big Questions Debate: Destynn Keuchel ’22
Worlds Schools Debate: Cassandra Berlin ’20 and Zayne El-Kaissi ’20
US Extemporaneous Speaking: Krishna Sanaka ’21
International Extemporaneous Speaking: Sam Li ’20
Original Oratory: King Weatherspoon ’21 and Jaylyn Tinker ’21
Informative Speaking: Bridget Lee ’20
Congressional Debate - House: Jack Bukovnik ’20 (qualified on Feb 8) and Emma Sedlak ’20 (auto-qualified from her top 14 finish at nationals in June of 2019)
Additional outstanding performances at the district tournament include the following:
Big Questions Debate: Hawken closed out semi-finals. All four students who made it to elimination rounds were from Hawken. Finalist and 1st alternate to nationals: Emma Blemaster ’22; Semi-finalists: Zev Gold ’23 and Alex Watson ’21
Lincoln Douglas Debate: Hawken had three quarter-finalists (including Allie). Semi-finalist and 1st Alternate to nationals: Soren Palencik ’21 Quarter-finalist and 3rd Alternate to nationals: Mourad Zeynalov ’21
Policy Debate: Hawken had three of the four semi-finalists. 1st-Alternate to nationals: Raymond Tao ’21 and Cassidy Feng ’22. 2nd Alternate to Nationals and a new state qualifier: Sasha Turner ’23 and Mac McMillan ’22
Original Oratory: Hawken had three out of the six in the final round. 3rd Alternate to nationals: Kadee Lui ’22
Program Oral Interp of Literature: Final round, 1st alternate to nationals and new state qualifier: Anna Cord ’21
Public Forum: Semi-finalists, 2nd alternate to nationals and new state qualifiers: Madi Wayt ’21 and Krishna Mukunda ’21
US Extemporaneous Speaking: Final round and 2nd alternate to nationals: Aniyah Nelson ’21
International Extemporaneous Speaking: Final round and 3rd alternate to nationals: Molly Xiao ’21
In addition to representing Hawken at the national tournament, Allie Dettelbach ’21 will be competing at the City Club on March 13 for the District Championship.
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Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle Schools, 5000 Clubside Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Birchwood School of Hawken, 4400 West 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135
Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
Mastery School of Hawken, 11025 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
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