Solon Speech, Debate Team Wins Honors At State Competition

Solon OH

18 March, 2021

9:26 AM

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SOLON, OH — Solon's Speech and Debate team placed second in state competition this month. The team competed in the 2021 Ohio Speech and Debate Association State Finals, taking on 87 other schools. The squad was led by Solon High sophomore Dev Ahuja, the 2021 state champion in United States Extemporaneous Speaking. Thirty-five team members placed in the multi-category state competition. "This year has been so successful for our team," said Dan Ceci, Solon Speech and Debate advisor. "Our team went undefeated in the regular season and placed first in team sweepstakes at all of the 13 tournaments we attended. We are excited to announce that we qualified 20 students to the June National Speech and Debate Association's Virtual National Tournament, which is the most in our school history! Previously, 13 team members qualifying for Nationals was our best showing." Solon High sent 67 team members to states, a school record, Ceci said. Here is the full list of Solon Speech and Debate team members who took home honors from the state competition: United States Extemporaneous Speaking: Dev Ahuja – State ChampionVikram Sundaram - 3rd place Andrew Li - SemifinalistScott Zhao - SemifinalistPiyush Chitnis - Quarterfinalist Mehak Sankhla - Quarterfinalist Duo Interpretation:Mira Atwah/Tyler Murray - 2nd place, State Runners Up Humorous Interpretation: Nandana Ahuja - 2nd place, State Runner Up Dramatic Interpretation: Seth Rendon - 2nd place, State Runner Up Program Oral Interpretation: Orimilo Oresanya - 2nd place, State Runner Up Iris Yu - 6th place Informative Speaking: Srihan Anand - Quarterfinalist Vaibhav Bhargava - Quarterfinalist Nishaan Patel - Quarterfinalist Original Oratory: Myiesha Alam - Quarterfinalist Nilima Patel - Quarterfinalist International Extemporaneous Speaking: Aditya Kalahasti - 2nd place, State Runner Up Pinak Chitnis - 4th place Eric Liao - Quarterfinalist Michelle Park - Quarterfinalist Policy Debate: Harry Sanjeevan/Viresh Mittal - Octafinalist Lincoln Douglas Debate: Shree Ghosh - Double-octas Eugenia Karulina - Double-octas Public Forum Debate: Anushree Jakate/Angad Dhillon - Quarterfinalist Matt Wilson/Victor Xie- Octafinalist Rithika Goli/Matthew Li - Octafinalist Congressional Debate: Aidan Cullers - 2nd place Aparna Srikanth - Finalist (7th place)Eshan Haq - Semifinalist Aakarsh Garg - Quarterfinalist