UMN Invitational 2024 Results

This Friday and Saturday, the Minnesota Urban Debate League and the University of Minnesota hosted the UMN Invitational tournament. This was the first tournament for several teams and many debaters, coming just one week after our season opener. We saw incredible growth from our returning debaters!

As always, students had the chance to earn team awards (based on the win/loss record) and speaker awards (based on the judges’ assessment of their core individual speaking skills). We’re proud to say that across two days, MNUDL students brought home 7 first-place awards and 32 top-five awards!

Edison Novice Debaters ready to start their next round

Day 1- Friday

Novice A:

Team Awards (Top 10)

  • Champions: St Paul Central Madeline Batalden & Irene Eichenberger
  • 3rd: Tartan Jedidiah Her & Tristan Ramos
  • 4th: Como Park Aine Johnson & Pann Erickson
  • 5th: Thomas Edison Saamiyah Maalim & Muntaas Dahir
  • 6th: Tartan Tairat Carew & Toheebat Carew & Alysha Ejiofor
  • 7th: Tartan Cherish Sparkman & Victory Iawal
  • 8th: Roseville Dylan Lloyd & Theodore Eichenlaub
  • 10th: WTHS Maleah Asfa & Passion Trice

Speaker Awards (Top 20)

  • Champion: Zev Gilchrist (Roosevelt)
  • 2nd: Irene Eichenberger (Central)
  • 3rd: Madeline Batalden (Central)
  • 4th: Mansuur Adam
  • 6th: Harmonee Slay (Tartan)
  • 7th: Jedidiah Her (Tartan)
  • 9th: Dylan Lloyd (Roseville)
  • 10th: Theodore Eichenlaub (Roseville)
  • 11th: Tristan Ramos (Tartan)
  • 12th: Taney Kennedy-Schuck (Central)
  • 13th: Hser Moo (Tartan)
  • 14th: Alysha Ejiofor (Tartan)
  • 15th: Henry Tariq Bergling (Roosevelt)
  • 16th: Lulu Delau Sternberg (Edison)
  • 18th: Aine Johnson (Como)
  • 19th: Maddie Coleman (Tartan)

Novice B

Teams (Top 3)

  • Champions: Tartan Daniella Ubani & Sage Le
  • 2nd: Tartan Nathan Medved & Deborah Mondragon Elorza
  • 3rd: Johnson Sai Yang

Speakers (Top 6)

  • Champion: Daniella Ubani (Tartan)
  • 2nd: Sage Le (Tartan)
  • 3rd: Nathan Medved (Tartatn)
  • 4th: Deborah Mondragon Elorza (Tartan)
  • 5th: Sai Yang (Johnson)
  • 6th: Benjamin Cahoy-Nannemann (Washburn)

JV

Teams (Top 5)

  • 3rd: St Paul Central Ruby Nagel

Speakers (Top 10)

  • 2nd: Ruby Nagel (Central)
  • 9th: Deion Burton (Edison)
  • 10th: Aaron Good (WTHS)

Day 2- Saturday

Novice A

Teams (Top 15)

  • 2nd: Highland Violet Woerner & Emma Coleman
  • 4th: St Paul Central Irene Eichenberger
  • 9th: Humbolt Samuel Wenzel & Montavius Graham-Phillips & Apree Moo
  • 10th: Tartan Tairat Carew & Toheebat Carew
  • 11th: Thomas Edison Eliah Buettner & Lulu Delau Sternberg
  • 12th: North St Paul Liam Moore & Kallie Ostby
  • 14th: North St Paul Tatiyanna Moxey & Crystal Onu
  • 15th: Roseville Dylan Lloyd & Theodore Eichenlaub

Speakers (Top 30)

  • Champion: Violet Woerner (Highland)
  • 4th: Ayla Springer (Central)
  • 9th: Emma Coleman (Highland)
  • 12th: Irene Eichenberger (Central)
  • 15th: Kalllie Ostby (North St Paul)
  • 17th: Tairat Carew (Tartan)
  • 18th: Samuel Wenzel (Humboldt)
  • 20th: Lulu Delau Sternberg (Edison)
  • 21st: James Hill (Washburn)
  • 24th: Donald Myles (Central)
  • 25th: Toheebat Carew (Tartan)
  • 26th: Eliah Buettner (Edison)
  • 28th: Passion Trice (WTHS)
  • 30th: Montavius Graham-Phillips (Humboldt)

Novice B

Teams- Top 10

  • 2nd: Tartan Nathan Medved & Deborah Mondragon Elorza
  • 6th: Tartan Kamila Sabit & Nunat Tirfu
  • 7th: Tartan Daniella Ubani & Sage Le & Jaden Callender-Carter

Speakers- Top 20

  • 2nd: Deborah Mondragon Elorza (Tartan)
  • 3rd: Nathan Medved (Tartan)
  • 10th: Sage Le (Tartan)
  • 11th: Moe Moe Aye (Johnson)
  • 12th: Sai Yang (Johnson)
  • 13th: Kamila Sabit (tartan)
  • 15th: Jaden Callender-Carter (Tartan)
  • 17th: Alastair Wood (Highland)
  • 19th: Daniella Ubani (Tartan)

JV

Teams- Top 10

  • 3rd: St Paul Central Ruby Nagel & Nalini Carter
  • 6th: Thomas Edison Keeda Johnson & Deion Burton
  • 7th: WTHS Aaron Good
  • 8th: Highland Carmina Stensland & Monteserrat Martinz Aguilar
  • 9th: Roseville August Peden & Matthias Stiehl
  • 10th: Central Hafsa Lang

Speakers- Top 15

  • Champion: Nalini Carter (Central)
  • 5th: Ruby NAgel (Central)
  • 7th: Adwoa Frempong (Highland)
  • 8th: Carmina Stensland (Highland)
  • 10th: August Peden (Roseville)
  • 11th: Keeda Johnson (Edison)
  • 13th: Matthias Stiehl (Roseville)
  • 15th: Hafsa Lang (Central)

Central Ulven & Baxter-Kauf, our new Lineal Champions

Varsity (Friday & Saturday)

Teams- Top 10

  • Champions: St Paul Central Max Ulven & Kiernan Baxter-Kauf (undefeated!)
  • 3rd: St Paul Central Elliot Miller & Nathan Clark
  • 9th: St Paul Central Abe Mulrooney & Ben Berger

Speakers- Top 20

  • 3rd: Max Ulven (Central)
  • 5th: Kiernan Baxter-Kauf (Central)
  • 8th: Nathan Clark (Central)
  • 9th: Haven Sherrell (Washburn)
  • 10th: Elliot Miller (Central)
  • 18th: Charlie Bozic (Washburn)

Our next tournament is the Roseville Rosebowl on Oct. 25 & 26. Get your costumes ready, we hope to see you there!