The Minnesota Debate Teacher's Association sponsors a state championship tournament. It's a chance for novice and JV debaters to be the center of attention. For many debaters, this marks the end of the 2014 debate season.
Reserve Champion (2nd place) sweepstakes at Novice JV State tournament pic.twitter.com/TB5mGjGrTO
— Edina Debate Team (@EdinaDebate) December 6, 2014
As a team, Edina won the 2nd place sweepstakes award, a measure of team-wide success.Then...
JV Policy Debate
Meredith Song and Maggie Wells - 2nd place
Maggie Wells - 9th speaker
Meredith Song - 13th speaker
Novice Public Forum
Owen Phernetton - James Kuznecoff, cleared to elimination rounds
Junior Varsity Public Forum
Jenny Ma - Aarathi Garimella, cleared to elimination rounds
Lauren Smith - 4th speaker
Jenny Ma - 5th speaker
Natalie Curtin - 7th speaker
Novice LD
Jonah Rosenthal, cleared to elimination rounds + 5th speaker
Sandra Chen, cleared to elimination rounds
Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
Anand Mittal, cleared to elimination rounds + 6th speaker
Annie Amen, cleared to elimination rounds + 10th speaker
Gloria Mi, cleared to elimination rounds
Uma Kumar-Montei, cleared to elimination rounds