Local Debate Students Participate in UK Season Opener Tournament

Johns Creek GA

20 September, 2020

4:10 PM

Description

The University of Kentucky held its online debate season opener from September 12 - 14. This was the largest tournament hosted by the UK with 1700 students from 30 states and 4 countries. The Public Forum debate division consisted of 500 teams, 3 divisions, and 300 judges that all needed to be orchestrated seamlessly. The debate organizers had an extraordinary task of putting a virtual tournament of this scale together and it was an enormous effort by many. The result was a quality, professional tournament experienced by everyone involved. The topic for the tournament was "Resolved: The United States federal government should enact the Medicare-For-All Act of 2019". Ivy Bridge Academy had 22 Middle School and High School students participate in the 2020 National Speech and Debate Season Opener Hosted by UK. Congratulations to all students! MS Champions!! Neha Mahesh and Rikhil Ranjit 5th Place Team Gene Yoon and Ethan Nam Middle School Speaker Award 3rd Speaker Rikhil Ranjit 5th Speaker Neha Mahesh 31st Speaker Saket Churlwal High School 5th Place Team Mandy Yang and Paheli Patel 9th Place Team Irene Tang and Ashley Wang HS/Speaker Award 5th Place Paheli Patel 18th Place Mandy Yang 40th Place Ashley Wang IBA Teams MS Siri Manekar and Claire Park Rikhil Ranjit and Neha Mahesh Saket Churiwal and Brandon Yoo Gene Yoon and Ethan Nam HS Mandy Yang and Paheli Patel Lynden Baek and Alex Ko Dev Iyer and Sabrina yang Irene Tang and Ashley Wang Yugeshwar Muralidhar and Nina Thakur Aiden Kim and Aalif Biswas Noah Yoon and Daniel So Furthermore, we would also like to thank Coach Patrick, Hanming, Karthik, Pranaya, and all of our parents, judges, and coaches for their tireless efforts throughout this successful weekend. Each one of them sacrificed their priceless time to bring home the championship trophy to Ivy Bridge! Overall, Ivy Bridge is so proud of all of our students and the hard work each one puts forth to compete at a national level. Each of these tournaments allows all debaters to learn, improve, work together, and demonstrate their skills in tournaments. Upcoming online tournaments: 1. 2020 Georgetown University tournament on October 9-10th. 2. IBA Novice tournament October 16-17th Ivy Bridge Academy currently offers virtual public speaking and debate classes at local schools in their after school program as well as weekend virtual classes offered to all students in the area.