Summit Speech And Debate Team Wins 2nd Place At State Tournament

Summit NJ

25 March, 2022

10:07 AM

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SUMMIT, NJ — The Summit High School Speech and Debate Team took home the silver at the state championship last week. The New Jersey Speech and Debate League's State Championship was held at Hunterdon Central High School in Flemington on March 18 and 19. Summit's debate team won second place in the Overall Team Sweepstakes awards and second in Overall Speech Sweepstakes. In addition, three students ranked first place in the state, and more than 20 students ranked as finalists. The three state champions won a cash scholarship and will be recognized at the Governor's Awards in Arts Education in May. "The State Tournament is the best of the best in New Jersey," Anne Poyner, Coach of the Speech and Debate Team, said. "We are so proud of everyone on our large team!" The following are the final states results for each category: DECLAMATION: 5th Matt Lameo6th Chloe Lee DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION: 2nd Ella Szabados DUO INTERPRETATION: 1st Jake Model and Thea Rind (state champion)5th Ella Szabados and Hefziba Campos6th Lilly Espeland and Brooke Campbell HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION: 1st Sarah Walsh (state champion)2nd Ben Schachne3rd Charlie Zucker4th Evan Gunter IMPROMPTU SPEAKING: 2nd Aarav Gupta6th Ana Estupinan IMPROVISATIONAL SPEAKING: 1st Alex Gallegos (state champion)3rd Josh Moore4th Scarlet Mai Ashcroft Bale5th Clara Schulz INFORMATIVE SPEAKING: 3rd Matt Hecker4th Lilly Espeland6th Samantha Barbato ORAL INTERPRETATION: 3rd Charlotte Butler PROGRAMMED ORAL INTERPRETATION: 4th Charlotte Butler6th Izzy Curiale Have a news tip? Email [email protected]. Get a free morning newsletter with news in Summit or another town: https://patch.com/subscribe