Summit Debaters Take On Two Tourneys

SUMMIT, NJ - The Summit Speech and Debate Team showed up big at a pair of tournaments last weekend taking home s slew of top prizes for their efforts.

Three SHS varsity debate teams competed at St. Joseph's Villiger National Circuit Tournament. Nick Clements and Angela Li placed second in the competitive field earning a bid for the Tournament of Champions in Lexington, Kentucky in April,

In addition, even though several varsity members were performing in the fall play, the SHS Speech and Debate Team won first place team sweepstakes at the Randolph HS Tournament Saturday, Nov. 17.

Each of the six Summit debate teams won all four of their rounds at Randolph, an unprecedented record for the team.

• 2nd place- Jade Gala and Lucas Hawkins
• 3rd- Carly Noble and Elizabeth Offer

• 1st-Jack Quinn and Jeff Fowler
• 2nd-Anthony Yu and Brandon Shaw

• 3rd-Claire Guo and Emma Arricale
• 5th -Jeremiah Cohn and Wyatt Rogoff

• 3rd-Grace Weinberg

• 1st-Ryan Colon
• 3rd-Ethan Zucker

• 1st- Ethan Zucker
• 4th-Ryan Colon

• 1st-Caroline Abut
• 3rd-Charlotte Butler
• 4th Summer Cullen
• 5th Ella Grainger

• 1st-Annie Milsten
• 4th-Caroline Abut
• 6th-Josh Daley

• 1st-Charlotte Girouard

• 2nd-Tim Erday
• 3rd-Noah Jay
• 5th-Lissette Green

• 3rd-David Staub and Robbie Hoecker
• 4th-Paloma Heredia and Samantha Sirabian

• 1st-Annie Milsten
• 4th-Samantha Sirabian
• 6th Maddie Lumelleau

• 3rd-Michael Polivko

• 1st-Josh Moore

• 1st-Josh Moore

(Photo 1 caption: Bottom row, from left, Nick Clements, Angela Li, Pierce Baldacci. Top row, from left, Patrick Ammaturo, Alex Supran, Eray Sabuncu. Photo courtesy of Summit High School)

(Photo 2 courtesy of Summit High School)

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