Three novice teams traveled to Dallas to compete in the selective St. Mark's Novice Round-Up tournament this past weekend. The competition included 38 novice teams with the best records from Texas and across the country. We ran the Korea aff, and on neg, we primarily ran the Resolve DA, PTX DA, Fem K, Consult NATO CP, and case arguments. Some teams faced critical aff's we had not seen before, such as the Social Networking K and the Language K. It was a great learning experience for all of us, giving us a glimpse of the level of competition we will face next year on varsity, especially when we travel out of state.
The team of Macy Miller and Eihab Khan came away with the best record at 3-2. Eihab earned the honor of 5th Top Speaker out of 76 total participants. Congratulations, Eihab! You continue to lead the team in trophies.
Tony Analla and Survaish Khastgir finished with a 2-3 record, and the freshman team of Haris Ijaz and Shiva Bhupathiraju finished with 0-1-4. It was a tough weekend, but all agree that we learned a lot and are ready to turn our minds towards summer camp and next year's topic: space!
All participants earned more NFL points, so check the list in the sidebar to see where you now stand. We have three debaters who have earned enough points to judge novice rounds next year, so congratulations to all of you.
Be sure to join our Relay for Life team, and let's plan to bring lots of goodies to celebrate not only the fight against cancer, but all of the hard work we have put into this year's debate season. It has been an incredible year!!! We have come so far, that it is hard to imagine that our team is only one year old. As we look forward to the year ahead, we will plunge into the high-stakes world of varsity CX, where the real glory is, and we will welcome and mentor new members in novice as our team grows. Always remember that at the heart of it, debate is about preparing your minds with the critical, analytical and persuasive skills, the knowledge, and the confidence to go out and make a difference in the world both at Casady School and beyond. All of your hard work and preparation for tournaments makes you more efficient with time and information management and technology, and more aware of the complexity of events and ideas in our world. Every debate makes you a stronger, more knowledgeable person, a better thinker and a better leader.
I'm immensely proud to be your coach! Thanks for an awesome year!
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