Ridge Forensics Prep To Welcome 31 Schools For Debates

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — The Ridge Forensics Speech & Debate Team excelled this past weekend at both the Princeton Classic and the George Mason University(GMU) Patriot Games, taking first place Team Sweeps at GMU.

Also at GMU, senior Natalie Ramirez was named champion for Programmed Oral Interpretation and senior Anjali Dadlani was named champion of Humorous Interpretation.

Additional outstanding performances at the George Mason University Patriot Games were given by:

Seniors

• Abigail Lee (Original Oratory, second place and Impromptu Speaking, semifinalist)
• Alyssa Kim (Dramatic Interpretation, third place)
• Ginny Kim (Congressional Debate, ninth place)
• Amy Cao (Original Oratory, semifinalist and Extemporaneous Speaking, semifinalist)

Juniors

• Navya Raju (Extemporaneous Speaking, second place and Original Oratory, quarterfinalist)
• Ami Singh and Aayush Bhakey (Duo Interpretation, second place)
• Aayush Bhakey (Informative Speaking, fourth place)
• Sky-Rose Jaamann (Original Oratory, sixth place and Impromptu Speaking, quarterfinalist)
• Andrew Cui (Congressional Debate, seventh place)
• Aditya Rai (Congressional Debate, 12th place)
• Celine Huang (Original Oratory, semifinalist)
• James Mathai (Original Oratory, quarterfinalist)
• Aparna Iyer (Extemporaneous Speaking, quarterfinalist)

Sophomores

• Amulya Kollipara (Declamation, second place and Impromptu Speaking, semifinalist)
• Millie Gupta (Declamation, third place; Informative Speaking, fifth place and Individual Sweeps, seventh place)
• Adhirai Karthik (Oral Interpretation, fifth place)
• Hasini Namburi (Informative Speaking, seventh place; Declamation, semifinalist and Impromptu Speaking, quarterfinalist)
• Jia Aggarwal (Congressional Debate, tenth place)
• Aanvi Khade (Congressional Debate, semifinalist)
• Sriya Bhamidipaty (Congressional Debate, semifinalist)
• Eva Chen (Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate, quarterfinalist and Extemporaneous Speaking, quarterfinalist)

Freshman

• Adalia Karda-Marok (Declamation, semifinalist).

A bit farther north at the Princeton Classic, senior Vivian Zhu was named First Speaker in Varsity Public Forum Debate.

Additional outstanding performances were given by:

Seniors

• Vivian Zhu and Pranav Mahesh (Varsity Public Forum Debate, quarterfinalist)
• Rebecca Davidov (Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate, quarterfinalist and Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate, fourth speaker)
• Pranav Mahesh (Varsity Public Forum Debate, second speaker)

Sophomore

• Meera Shah (Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate, double-octofinalist and ninth speaker)

Freshmen

• Himnish Koul (Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, second place and fourth speaker)
• Aryav Gaddam (Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, semifinalist)
• Rosa Qin (Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, quarterfinalist and third speaker)
• Anya Animesh (Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, double-octofinalist and eighth speaker)
• Rushil Jha (Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, double-octofinalist).

This weekend, part of the team gears up to host more than 31 schools from six different states for the "Ridge Debates," while the other part of the team will compete at the "Summit Hiltopper Holiday Classic."