SHS Speech & Debate Team Take 2nd Place!

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The Summit Speech and Debate Team won Second Place Team Sweepstakes, Second Place Speech Sweeps and Sixth Place Debate Sweeps at the New Jersey Speech and Debate Tournament at Hunterdon Central High School. Three State champions will receive scholarships and be recognized at the Governor’s Awards in May: Annie Milsten, who placed first in Program Oral Interpretation, and Iain Alvidrez and Tim Erday who placed first in Duo Interpretation for the second year in a row.

STATE RESULTS

DEBATE
Novice Public Forum
Semi finalists: Claire Guo and Emma Arricale
Quarter finalists: Jeremiah Cohn and Wyatt Rogoff

Junior Varsity Public Forum
Semi-finalists: Jack Quinn and Jeff Fowler

Varsity Public Forum
Quarter Finalists: Alex Supran and Eray Sabuncu

STUDENT CONGRESS
Semi-finalist: Grace Weinberg

PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION
1st- Annie Milsten STATE CHAMPION, recipient of GOVERNOR’S AWARD

DUO INTERPRETATION
1st- Iain Alvidrez and Tim Erday STATE CHAMPIONS and recipients of GOVERNOR’S AWARD for the second year in a row
6th- Samantha Sirabian and Paloma Heredia

HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION
2nd- Harry Saroff
3rd- Beatrice Halper
4th- Iain Alvidrez

Semi-finalist- Lissette Green

IMPROVISATIONAL ACTING
4th- Harry Saroff
5th- Beatrice Halper

Semi-finalist- Cooper Daley

DECLAMATION
2nd- Gracie Beardsley
5th- Juliette Gringeri

ORAL INTERPRETATION
3rd- Caroline Abut

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION
Semi-finalist- Caroline Abut

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING
Semi-finalists- Aarav Gupta and Ethan Zucker

ORIGINAL ORATORY
Semi-finalists- Juliette Gringeri, Ethan Zucker, and Kathleen Landis