These Students Are Your Citywide HS Debate Champions!
Each year, we end our season with the Citywide Championship Tournament. All of the teams from MNUDL’s National Topic Policy Debate program compete together. For some teams, it’s the last tournament of the season- so everyone’s bringing their best for the title of Citywide Champion! It’s the culmination of months of hard work from our urban debate teams. Please send your congratulations to our winners!
YOUR CITYWIDE MNUDL CHAMPIONS
The Team awards are given to the partnerships that win the most debates! These students advanced past preliminary debates to out-rounds. Congratulations!
NOVICE A DIVISION
Novice A Champion: Moo (WTMS)
Novice A Finalist: Cahoy-Nanneman & Gulliford (Washburn)
Novice A Semifinalists:
- Tirfu & Sabit & Shoenick & Diaz (Tartan HS)
- Berhane & Kassa (Roseville HS)
NOVICE B DIVISION
Novice B Champion: Nagel & Carter (St. Paul Central)
Novice B Finalist: Lisin & Keenan (Edison HS)
Novice B Semifinalists:
- Howes & Mondragon Elorza (Tartan HS)
- Medved & Chambers Mack & Teka (Tartan HS)
JV DIVISION
JV Champion: Clark & Nielsen (Central)
JV Finalist: Washington (Central)
JV Semifinalists:
- Young (Roosevelt HS)
- Perez & James & Keita (Tartan HS)
OUR TOP SPEAKERS:
Speaker awards are given to students who earn the highest number of speaker points, assigned by a judge to reward effective use of evidence, clear argumentation, and persuasiveness. Whether a student wins or loses their debate rounds, they still can win this award based on the strength of their individual performance. It’s a big honor to be recognized with this award and a testament to their skills!
NOVICE A: TOP 10
- Top Speaker: Benjamin C.N. (Washburn)
- Runner Up: Halina K. (Central HS)
- 3rd: Gen M. (Como Park)
- 4th: Aryana B. (Roseville)
- 5th: Carson G. (Washburn)
- 6th: Keebor K. (Roseville)
- 7th: Marian H. (Washburn)
- 8th: Ku S.M. (WTMS)
- 9th: Linnea P. (Como Park)
- 10th: Cassondra C. (Como Park)
NOVICE B: TOP 20
- To Speaker: Nalini C. (Central HS)
- Runner Up: Hannah H. (Tartan HS)
- 3rd: Ruby N. (Central HS)
- 4th: Sam B. (Prior Lake)
- 5th: Alex H. (Tartan HS)
- 6th: Lindsay M. (Central HS)
- 7th: James C. (Central HS)
- 8th: Nathan M. (Tartan HS)
- 9th: Reymie K. (Edison HS)
- 10th: Josiah B. (Johnson)
- 11th: Sai Y. (Johnson)
- 12th: Deborah M.E. (Tartan HS)
- 13th: Ryan M.(Prior Lake)
- 14th: Dhruv J. (Prior Lake)
- 15th: Alexander A.M. (Roosevelt HS)
- 16th: Joseph T. (Central HS)
- 17th: Alexander L.(Edison HS)
- 18th: Abigail H. (Prior Lake)
- 19th: Nabila H. (Prior Lake)
- 20th: Carmina S. (Highland Park)
JV: TOP 10
- Top Speaker: Inah J. (Tartan HS)
- Runner Up: Adler Y. (Roosevelt HS)
- 3rd: Nathan C. (Central HS)
- 4th: Liam W. (WTMS)
- 5th: Adrian S. (South)
- 6th: Aaron G. (WTMS)
- 7th: Matthias S. (Roseville)
- 8th: Charlotte W. (Central HS)
- 9th: Oliver N. (Central HS)
- 10th: Lillie P. (Tartan HS)
The Varsity division of this tournament determined who qualified to attend the NSDA National tournament. Congratulations to Kiernan and Max from Central High School, who qualified!
Stay tuned for the Community Awards, which include Community Coach of the Year, Teacher Coach of the Year, and the students selected to the National Debate Championship!
