Ivy Bridge Academy Debaters Perform Well in National Tournament

Johns Creek GA

07 November, 2019

9:05 PM

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Ivy Bridge Academy debate students traveled to Georgetown University on Oct. 12-13, 2019 for a national debate tournament. IBA had seven teams competing in the MS division, with the team of Rikhil Ranjit and Hanming Sun qualifying for the final rounds. Students debated the topic of European trade with China, giving them vital insight and knowledge about current events. The students also got a chance to tour the prestigious university, and it was an overall invaluable experience for them.Debaters excelled in the individual speaker awards with Prakhar Gupta finishing in 5th place, Hanming Sun in 7th and Rikhil Ranjit in 9th place. The Novice team of Adya Bhatta and Stella Chen were Champions. Individiual speaker awards at the Novice level were Adya Bhatta in 3rd, Stella Chen in 5th, Nina Thakur in 7th and Suraj Singareddy in 9th place.IBA had two Junior Varsity teams, Albert Cho and Elly Kang who were Semifinalists and Sonal Churiwal and Melissa Liu finishing as Octafinalists.The Varsity team of Tracy Xu and Mayukh Keelar were Octafinalists in the tournament.Middle School TeamsIrene Tang and Ashley Wang -- OctafinalistEthan Nam and Gene Yoon -- Top 40Krishna Anand and Karthik Jayaram -- Double-octafinalistBenjamin Moon and Prakhar Gupta -- OctafinalistNeha Mahesh and Shristi Roy -- OctafinalistAalif Biswas and Anant Gautam -- QuarterfinalistRikhil Ranjit and Hanming Sun -- Finalist5th speaker -- Prakhar Gupta7th speaker -- Hanming Sun9th speaker -- Rikhil RanjitNoviceAkshaya Poonepalle and Jason Eappen -- OctafinalistYugesh Muralidhar and Nina Thakur -- SemifinalistAdya Bhatta and Stella Chen -- Champions3rd speaker -- Adya Bhatta5th speaker -- Stella Chen7th speaker -- Nina Thakur9th speaker -- Suraj SingareddyJunior VarsitySonal Churiwal and Melissa Liu -- OctafinalistAlbert Cho and Elly Kang -- SemifinalistVarsityTracy Xu and Mayukh Keelar -- OctafinalistIBA is so proud of all of our students and the hard work put forth to compete at a national level. Each competition gives the debaters a chance to continue to learn, improve, work together and demonstrate their accomplishments in tournaments. Ivy Bridge Academy offers weekend debate teams and an After-School Debate program that provides a chance for students to improve public speaking skills and engage with current events through the activity of Debate. To learn more about Ivy Bridge Academy, visit www.ivydebate.com.