Speech & Debate State Tournament

3/12/2024

Alex Palmer '24 and Colin Hsieh '24 earned semi-finalist honors in Public Forum Debate at the 2024 Ohio Speech and Debate Association High School State Finals in Wooster in early March. This competition spanned two days, with the boys competing in 10 rounds against 96 other students representing 24 schools.

Members of the Speech and Debate Team enjoyed a busy winter season traveling to Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia. They earned a team third-place finish closer to home in Kenston in late December, at that tournament:

- William Pich '25 finished first in Program of Oral Interpretation and Justice Arai '24 finished third in Humorous Interpretation.

- US took two of the top three places in the Lincoln Douglas Debate, with Cehan Ahmad '25 finishing second and Anshul Sharma '26 finishing third, both undefeated.

- The team also took three of the top four places in the Public Forum Debate. Alex Palmer '24 and Colin Hsieh '24 finished undefeated in first place, Aidan Krishnaney '25 and Zaid Ashruf '25 finished in third place, qualifying for the 2024 OSDA State Tournament, and Adonis Wazni '26 and Vir Patel '24 finished in fourth place.

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