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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 5 CDC LD debaters - Nate Byrne, Joey Duncan, Anshul Sharma, Oliver Spaulding, and Tristan Williams (auto-qualified); 6 CDC PF debaters - Mya Colella, Mirrah Justice, Reese Dunnington, Matt Walton, Maverick O'Hara, and Ben Sayer; and 6 CDC WSD debaters - Chris Chen, Addy Gerbick, Sebastian Istnick, Megan Kleinhenz, Chris Rhodes, and Danielle Stanley. 
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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,  Joey Duncan,  Levi Li,  Liam Vish,  Mallory Kavanagh,  Megan Kleinhenz,  Nate Byrne,  Neil Heckman,  Nicolas Shang,  Oliver Spaulding,  Oscar Amos (Hawaii),  Reagan Carnes,  Reese Dunnington,  Robert Einhorn,  Rory Rohde,  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,  Ryan Wang,  Sanvi Jha,  Shakthi Prabhakaran

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State Qualifier in Congress:  Grace Swihart
 
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!  ​​

CDC Campers Start the New Year Strong! 

On January 25, in Ohio, at the Solon tournament, CDC Debaters closed out both LD and PF: In LD, Zaid Ashruf won 1st, Cehan Ahmad won 2nd, and Anshul Sharma won 3rd. In PF, Ryan Wang and Zain Anwar won 1st, and Jennah Hamdan and Gavin Chan won 2nd, and Matthew Walton and Taylor Brown won 6th.  
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At Norton, CDC Debaters won 1st in both LD and Congress: In LD, Nate Byrne won 1st, Chris Rhodes won 4th, and Sebastian Istnick won 6th. Grace Swihart won 1st in Congress, and Griffin Moore and Evan Updegraff won 3rd in PF. 
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At Moeller, Sripaal Godavarthi won 2nd in Congress, Adhya Duggal won 3rd in LD, and Lyla Yi and Varsana Ravisubramani won 3rd in PF.
 
January 18, in Ohio, CDC PF Debaters won 1st place at 3 tournaments: At University School, Ryan Wang and Zain Anwar won 1st, Hannah Rosenfeld and Aleka Dodla won 2nd, Jennah Hamdan and Gavin Chan won 3rd, and  Charlie Martin and Thomas Malbasa won 5th. At Wayne, Maverick O'Hara and Ben Sayer won 1st, and Abbie Saxen and Lucas Quintero Romanowski won 3rd. And at Wooster, Shakthi Prabhakaran and Anthony Swigart won 1st place. 
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In LD, CDC campers won 1st at 2 tournaments in Ohio: At University School, Cehan Ahmad won 1st, Anshul Sharma won 3rd, Zaid Ashruf won 5th, and Niklas Rietsch won 6th. At Wayne, Levi Li won 1st, and Liam Vish won 3rd. Also, at Sylvania, Esther Yang won 2nd. And at Wooster, Megan Kleinhenz advanced to the semis, while Adhya Duggal, Neil Heckman, and Oliver Spaulding made it to quarters. 
 
On January 11, in Ohio, CDC LD Debaters won 1st place at 4 tournaments, closing out 3 of them! At Hoover, Joey Duncan won 1st place, Nate Byrne won 2nd, Sebastian Istnick won 3rd, and Megan Kleinhenz won 4th. At Hathaway-Brown, Grace Voudris won 1st, Zaid Ashruf won 2nd, Rida Tahir won 3rd, and Anshul Sharma won 6th. At Olentangy Liberty, Levi Li won 1st, Liam Vish won 2nd, Shreyas Krishna won 4th, and Neil Heckman won 6th. And at Rossford, Amelia Butler won 1st place. 
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On January 11, in Ohio, CDC PF Debaters and Congressional Debaters also performed very well: At Hoover, Shakthi Prabhakaran and Anthony Swigart won 3rd place in PF, and Adam Goe and Natalie Fellows won 4th in PF, and Grace Swihart won 3rd in Congress. At Hathaway-Brown, Hannah Rosenfeld and Aleka Dodla won 3rd in PF, and Jennah Hamdan and Gavin Chan won 4th. And at Olentangy Liberty, Matthew Walton and Taylor Brown won 3rd in PF, and Sripaal Godavarthi won 4th in Congress. 
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On January 11, in Pennsylvania, CDC LD Debater Rosalyn Ma won 3rd place at the Philadelphia Catholic Forensic League Tournament at Council Rock North. 
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On January 4, in Ohio, at Dublin-Jerome, CDC LD Debater Levi Li won 1st place, and CDC Winter Workshop participant Azzy Xiang won 2nd place. And  Sripaal Godavarthi won 4th in Congressional Debate.
 
At Laurel School, CDC LDers took 3 of the top 6 places: Salma Fareed won 2nd, Cehan Ahmad won 3rd, and Casey Gray won 6th.
 
At Stow-Munroe Falls, CDC LDers Joey Duncan won 4th place and Chris Rhodes won 6th, and Congressional Debater Grace Swihart won 4th place as well. 
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Congratulations! Please email us your tournament results and pictures!  ​​

CDC Campers Prevail in Hawaii, Missouri,  Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Virginia as well as Ohio!

On December 20-21, in Ohio, at Kenston, CDC campers won 5 of the top 6 places in LD: Anshul Sharma won 1st, Neil Heckman won 2nd, Rida Tahir won 3rd, Zaid Ashruf won 5th, and Mallory Kavanagh won 6th. In PF, Aidan Krishnaney and Adonis Wazni won 2nd place, and Ryan Wang and Nolan Samuels won 4th. 
 
At Northwest, CDC campers Shakthi Prabhakaran and Anthony Swigart won 1st place in PF,  Grace Swihart won 1st in Congress, Megan Kleinhenz won 2nd in LD, and Shreyas Krishna won 3rd in LD. 
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And at Poland, Joey Duncan won 2nd place in LD. 
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On December 14, in Missouri, at the Randy Pierce Winter Classic in St. Louis,  CDC campers Bohan Pan and Eric Fan won 1st place in PF. In Hawaii, at the Punahou Speech and Debate Nonqualifier,Takumi Wetherell and BJ Daoust won 3rd in PF. 
 
In Ohio, at Glenoak, CDC campers were 7 of the 8 quarterfinalists: Neil Heckman and Tristan Williams were co-champions, Oliver Spaulding was a semi-finalist, and Amelia Butler, Adhya Duggal, Reese Dunnington, and Robert Einhorn were quarterfinalists. In PF, Matthew Walton and Kiera Lindsey were semifinalists, and Griffin Moore and Evan Updegraff were quarterfinalists. 
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At Vermilion, in PF, Ryan Wang and Zain Anwar won 1st place, and Charlie Martin and Thomas Malbasa won 4th, and in LD, Zaid Ashruf won 2nd place, and Anshul Sharma won 6th. 
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And at Howland, Reagan Carnes won 4th place in LD. 
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On December 7-8, at the Patriot Games at George Mason University in Virginia, Zaid Ashruf advanced to the semifinals, Niklas Rietsch and Jillian Yao made it to the quarterfinals, and Cehan Ahmad and Anshul Sharma reached the octa-finals.
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On November 22-23, at the Clayton Fall Classic in Missouri, Avery Johnson won 1st place in the Champ LD division, and Izayah Christopher was co-champion in the Varsity LD division.
 
At the Villiger Tournament at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Ella Kasatkin advanced to the semis, Lulu Wang and Noah Paik made it to the octafinals, and Rosalyn Ma reached the double-octafinal round.
 
And at the Clark tournament at the University of Oregon, Oscar Amos won 2nd place in the Open LD division and also won 1st place in speaker awards while Angela McDonald advanced to the semis in the Junior LD division and also won 5th place in speaker awards. 
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Congratulations! Please email us your tournament results and pictures!  ​​
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