Speech and Debate Team Places 2nd in State Tournament

Congratulations to the Hawken Speech and Debate Team for being named Runners-Up at the 90th Ohio Speech and Debate Association State Tournment held in Toledo last weekend. This marks the fourth time in the last six season seasons that the Hawks have finished in the top three teams in the state at this event.
 
In addition to the team's finish as runners-up, the following students achieved stellar results:

United States Extemp: Esther Bedoyan '18, state runner-Up; Vikash Modi '18, semifinalist; Krishna Sanaka '21, semifinalist.
Lincoln Douglas Debate: Zade Akras '18, semifinalist; Ally Sewell '19, semifinalist; Liz Frissell '18, octafinalist.
International Extemp: Sam Li '20, 5th place; Soren Palencik '21, quarterfinalist.
Congressional Debate: Andrew Griffing '18, finalist; Cassandra Berlin '20, finalist;Samia Menon '19, semifinalist; Ella Attell '19, semifinalist.
Original Oratory: Ross Krantz '19, semifinalist.
Policy Debate: Michelle Zhang '19 and Sinan Aktay '19, quarterfinalists; Andrew Liu '19 and Amrita Mukunda '19, quarterfinalists; Jake Wei '20 and Collin Stasiak '20, octafinalists, Mira Getrost '21 and Valerie Laurianti '21, octafinalists.
Duo Interp: Jacob Cashman '18 and Michael Abramovich '18, quarterfinalists.
Public Forum Debate: Sauren Khosla '18 and Brian Sun '18, octafinalists; Izzy Culver '19 and David Lyons '19, double-octafinalists.

The future is bright for this team: 65% of our state qualifiers advanced to elimination rounds, and only 22 our of our 60 sweepstakes points were earned by seniors. Way to go, Hawks!
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