Tamar Kaplan Invitational 2024 Results
This weekend we held the Tamar Kaplan Invitational, in memory of Tamar Kaplan, a former Highland Park Debater, MSHSL State Champion, and core member of the debate community. Learn more about Tamar, and why this tournament is named in her honor here.
Our students brought their best, along with an incredible array of entries into our Hat and Hair day, and made their own debate memes! Find some of our favorites (and the tournament results, of course) below.
Our two Hat & Hair Day winners!
Friday
Novice A
Speakers
- 2nd: Malteser Paw (Humboldt)
- 3rd: Dakota Thurneau (Tartan)
- 6th: Henry Tariq Bergling (Roosevelt)
- 7th: Abdulquardi Bolarinwa (Humboldt)
- 8th: Pernilla Lofgren (Edina)
- 9th: Sam Gomez (Tartan)
Teams
- 3rd: Tartan lawal & Carew
- 4th: Tartan Ejiofor & Thurneau & Carew
- 5th: Humboldt Paw & Wenzel
- 6th: Roosevelt Tariq Bergling & Ortiz
- 8th: Tartan Sparkman & Moo
- 9th: Wash Tech Asfaw & Mullins & Trice
- 10th: Tartan Rodriguez & Ruiz-Adan
Novice B
Speaker Awards
- 1st: Walter Henderson-King (St Paul Central)
- 2nd: Abraham Woolner (St Paul Central)
- 3rd: Irene Eichenberger (St Paul Central)
- 4th: Brianna Ramirez (St Paul Central)
- 5th: Crystal Onu (North St Paul)
- 6th: Sai Yang (Johnson)
- 7th: Daniella Ubani (Tartan)
- 9th: Kallie Ostby (North St Paul)
Partnership Awards
- 1st: St Paul Central Henderson-King & Woolner
- 2nd: St Paul Central Eichenberger & Ramirez
- 3rd: Johnson Yang
- 4th: North St Paul Onu & Ostby
- 5th: Tartan Ubani & Le
- 8th: Roosevelt Lopez Quinatoa & Espinoza
- 10th: St Paul Central Kennedy-Schuck & Adam
JV
Speaker Awards
- 5th: Djomba Camara (Thomas Edison)
- 6th: Ruby Nagel (St Paul Central)
- 8th: Seenaa Gobena (Wash Tech)
- 10th: Nalini Carter (St Paul Central)
Partnership Awards
- 3rd: St Paul Central Nagel & Carter
- 4th: Thomas Edison Camara
Saturday
Novice A
Speaker Awards
- 1st: Jane Brink (St Paul Central)
- 2nd: Arya Carlson (St Paul Central)
- 3rd: Pieta Cunningham (Washburn)
- 4th: Isabelle Schlittenhart (St Paul Central)
- 5th: Lydia Ganser (Washburn)
- 6th: Maraike Fortin (Prior Lake)
- 7th: Orlagh Frey (St Paul Central)
- 8th: Henry Tariq Bergling (Roosevelt)
- 9th: Hser Moo (Tartan)
- 10th: Owen Reese (Prior Lake)
Partnership Awards
- 1st: St Paul Central Carlson & Brink
- 2nd: Washburn Cunningham & Ganser
- 3rd: Prior Lake Agrawal & Fortin
- 4th: St Paul Central Frey & Schlittenhart
- 5th: Thomas Edison Anunike
- 6th: St Paul Central Onizuka & Frey
- 7th: Tartan Sparkman & Moo & lawal
- 9th: Roosevelt Tariq Bergling & Ortiz
- 10th: Roosevelt Lopez Quinatoa & Espinoza
Novice B
Speakers
- 4th: Meseret Greer (St Paul Central)
- 6th: Ava Northrop (Washburn)
- 9th: Irene Eichenberger (St Paul Central)
Partnership Awards
- 1th: St Paul Central Eichenberger
- 3th: St Paul Central Kennedy-Schuck & Adam
- 5th: St Paul Central Ramirez & Lee
- 6th: Washburn Northrop
- 7th: Johnson Aye & Yang & Kashanvu
JV
Speaker Awards
- 1th: Anna Wang (St Paul Central)
- 2th: Hafsa Lang (St Paul Central)
- 3th: Deborah Mondragon Elorza (Tartan)
- 4th: Ruby Nagel (St Paul Central)
- 6th: Nalini Carter (St Paul Central)
- 7th: Ram Maddirala (Eagan)
- 8th: Eva Eakin (St Paul Central)
- 10th: Nathan Medved (Tartan)
Partnership Awards
- 1st: St Paul Central Nagel & Carter
- 2nd: St Paul Central Benlhabib & Wang
- 3rd: St Paul Central Lang & Eakin
- 5th: Tartan Medved & Mondragon Elorza
- 6th: Thomas Edison Burton & Camara
Varsity
Speaker Awards
- 2nd: Max Ulven (St Paul Central)
- 4th: Ben Berger (St Paul Central)
- 5th: Inah James (Tartan)
- 6th: Abe Mulrooney (St Paul Central)
- 10th: Kiernan Baxter-Kauf (St Paul Central)
Partnership Awards
- 1st: St Paul Central Berger & Mulrooney
- 2nd: St Paul Central Ulven & Baxter-Kauf
- 3rd: Tartan James
- 4th: Washburn Bozic & Sherrell
- 5th: St Paul Central Miller & Clark
Thank you to our host, Saint Paul Central, our coaches, judges and debaters for making this tournament possible! We hope to see you at our next tournament, UMBrooks on Saturday, November 23rd.
