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Congratulations to Eastern Missouri District  Student of the Year Bohan Pan (Former CDC Camper and New CDC PF Instructor) 

The PF team of Bohan Pan and Eric Fan won 1st place at their NSDA district tournament and qualified for the national tournament for the second time. Bohan was also named the Student of the Year in her district. She was a CDC camper in 2022 and 2024 and is joining the staff as a PF instructor in 2025. Click here to see Bohan's bio. 
 
At the Hawaii state tournament, CDC camper Oscar Amos won the state championship in LD in early April. He also qualified for the NSDA national tournament. Oscar was a camper in 2024. 
 
At the Pennsylvania state tournament, the George School Speech and Debate Team, coached by CDC Director Peter Paik, won 1st place in the small schools division (schools with 10 or fewer entries). This is only the second year of the team's existence. CDC campers Jillian Yao, Noah Paik, and Rosalyn Ma all contributed to the team's accomplishment. Jillian was a semi-finalist in LD, and Noah was a quarterfinalist in Parliamentary Debate. 
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Also, at the Pennsylvania state tournament, Ella Kasatkin won 2nd place in LD, and Avi Wus advanced to the octofinal round. Other CDC campers who competed at states in PA were Jack Laderman and Jeffery Zhang. ​​
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR CAMPERS! If you are a CDC camper and have results or pictures to share with us, please email us. We especially love to hear from our campers from outside of Ohio!​

CONGRATULATIONS TO OHIO STATE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS CO-CHAMPIONS! 

Robert Einhorn and Tristan Williams won their semi-final rounds at the Ohio state tournament on February 28-March 1 and were declared co-champions since they both compete for Oakwood HS. Both Robert and Tristan are two-year CDC campers. They attended CDC together in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, their instructors were Isaiah Paik and Olivia DeCesare, and in 2023, their instructors were Rich Kawolics, Katie Jack (2021 NSDA Champion), and Casey Powell. 
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BREAKING NEWS: State co-champion Tristan Williams has just joined the CDC LD staff for 2025. Go to the LD Staff page to learn more. 
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Of the 28 LDers who advanced to elimination rounds, 13 were former CDC campers, and 6 of the 8 quarterfinalists had attended CDC. Advancing to the first elim round were Casey Gray, Daniel Zakari, Mallory Kavanagh, and Reese Dunnington. Advancing to the octa-final round were Adhya Duggal, Levi Li, and Nate Byrne. Advancing to quarters were Megan Kleinhenz, Neil Heckman, and Zaid Ashruf. And advancing to semis was Oliver Spaulding. And again, the co-champions were Robert and Tristan. 
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In the Public Forum division at the Ohio state tournament, Ryan Wang and his partner Zain Anwar won 2nd place, and Matthew Walton and his partner Taylor Brown advanced to the quarter. 3 PF teams with CDC campers advanced to the octa-finals: Maverick O'Hara and Ben Sayer, Shakthi Prabhakaran and Anthony Swigart, and Mya Colella and Ethan Hanni. 
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And in Congress at Ohio states, Sripaal Godavarthi won 2nd place and Best Presiding Officer in the House and Grace Swihart won 6th. And Meera Srini advanced to the final round in the Senate. 
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Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania on March 1, at the Philadelphia Catholic Forensic League's Varsity Finals Tournament, Ella Kasatkin and Avigail Wus both qualified for the NCFL national tournament in Chicago in May. Ella attended CDC in 2023 and 2024, and Avigail came to CDC in 2024. 
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2024 NSDA National Champion Coach Joins CDC LD Staff! 

This summer, CDC campers will have the opportunity to work with Doron Darnov who coached the NSDA Lincoln-Douglas national champion Calista Woo at the national tournament in Iowa last June. Doron coaches LD for the Mountain View-Los Altos program in California. His students compete in one of the strongest LD districts in the country. Doron believes in the mission of CDC, to help debaters develop their character as well as their debate skills, and is excited to be joining the CDC community!​
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CDC Campers Qualify for NSDA Nationals and for States! 

The results from NSDA District Tournaments are still coming in, but this is what we have learned so far. Competing at the NSDA national tournament in Iowa in June will be 9 CDC LD debaters - Oscar Amos, Adhya Duggal, Neil Heckman, Anshul Sharma, Joey Duncan, Nate Byrne, Oliver Spaulding, Tristan Williams (auto-qualified), and Daniel Zakari; 7 CDC PF debaters - Ben Sayer, Matt Walton, Maverick O'Hara, Mirrah Justice, Mya Colella, Reese Dunnington, and Shakthi Prabhakaran; and 9 CDC WSD debaters - Addy Gerbick, Cehan Ahmad, Chris Chen, Chris Rhodes, Danielle Stanley, Hannah Rosenfeld, Megan Kleinhenz, Salma Fareed, and Sebastian Istnick. 
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Chris Chen, by the way, won 3rd place in LD at the Indiana state tournament and also won 1st place in LD in his NSDA district, but he has opted to compete in WSD at nationals.
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Here are the CDC campers who qualified for their state tournaments in Ohio and other states:
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State Qualifiers in LD:  Adhya Duggal,  Akshay Madala,  Amelia Butler,  Annie Noser,  Benjamin Kurian,  Casey Gray,  Cehan Ahmad,  Chris Rhodes,  Daniel Zakari,  Danielle Stanley,  Grace Voudris,  Jeffery Zhang (PA), Jillian Yao (PA), Joey Duncan,  Levi Li,  Liam Vish,  Lucy Papini,  Mallory Kavanagh,  Megan Kleinhenz,  Nate Byrne,  Neil Heckman,  Nicolas Shang,  Oliver Spaulding,  Oscar Amos (HI),  Reagan Carnes,  Reese Dunnington,  Robert Einhorn,  Rory Rohde,  Rosalyn Ma (PA),  Salma Fareed,  Sebastian Istnick,  Sophie Gehring,  Tristan Williams,  Vishesh Ahuja,  William McClimon,  Zaid Ashruf
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State Qualifiers in PF:  Adam Goe,  Aleka Dodla,  Anushka Doshi,  Ben Sayer,  

Griffin Moore,  Hannah Rosenfeld,  Julian Cornson,  Lyla Yi,  Matthew Walton,  Maverick O'Hara,  Michelle Huang,  Mirrah Justice,  Mya Colella,  Nathan Chen,  Ryan Wang,  Sanvi Jha,  Shakthi Prabhakaran

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State Qualifier in Congress:  Grace Swihart and Sripaal Godavarthi
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State Qualifier in Parliamentary Debate (Pennsylvania):  Noah Paik
 
State Qualifiers in Speech (Hawaii): Georgia Kasameyer (Duo),  Laynie Henderson (USX),  Noah Nikolai (IX) 
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Congratulations! Please email us your tournament results and pictures!  ​​
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