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iLEAD Speech and Debate Runs the Table

iLEAD Speech and Debate sent 31 students to the James Monroe “I Have a Dream” tournament. We won DEBATE SWEEPSTAKES (our first ever!), SPEECH SWEEPSTAKES (by nearly 80 points), and OVERALL SWEEPSTAKES (by a margin of over 100 points)…against over 30 of the best teams in West and East Los Angeles. Kate Farwell won the TOP SPEAKER in Parliamentary Debate for the second year in a row. Sean Rogers won three different championships, tying for TOP OVERALL SPEAKER. Ori, Carly, Callie, and Cat — all middle schoolers — made the final rounds of this high school, varsity level tournament!

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE…56 competitors
SUPERIORITY – Bowler/Slanaker
SUPERIORITY – Rogers/Moore
UNDEFEATED – Farwell/Gift Jarod Riley-Norman
UNDEFEATED – Tumbokon/Cook
UNDEFEATED – Timor/Boulton
9th Place Speaker – Sean Rogers
8th Place Speaker – Edgar Tumbokon
7th Place Speaker – Ray Cook
5th Place Speaker – Gift Riley-Norman
4th Place Speaker – Alfredo Boulton
3rd Place Speaker – Daniel Timor
TOP SPEAKER – Kate Farwell

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION…35 competitors
CHAMPION-Sean Rogers

Storytelling…30 competitors
3rd Place-Ori Rabina
CHAMPION-Sean Rogers

ORIGINAL ADVOCACY…22 competitors
6th Place — Carly Dutcher
4th Place – Nikita Bowler
2nd Place – Kate Farwell
CHAMPION – Alfredo Boulton

HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION…21 competitors
SUPERIORITY – Justin Cummins
7th Place – Callie LaVanway
CHAMPION – Sean Rogers

CONGRESS…82 competitors
10th Place – Alfredo Boulton
4th Place – Ryann Ersoff

IMPROMPTU…65 competitors
SUPERIORITY – Justin Cummins
4th Place – Sienna Horvath

ORATORICAL INTERPRETATION…56 competitors
4th Place – Celeste Riley-Norman

LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE…44 competitors
SUPERIORITY – Ethan Siegel

ORIGINAL ORATORY…42 competitors
7th Place – Celeste Riley-Norman
3rd Place – Gift Riley-Norman

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING…28 competitors
6th Place – Brady Hagen
3rd Place – Kate Farwell

DUO INTERPRETATION…20 competitors
5th Place – LaVanway/Lake
2nd Place – Sylvester/Babcock

ORIGINAL PROSE/POETRY…19 competitors
4th Place – Faith Mayhew
2nd Place – CJ Babcock

THEMATIC INTERPRETATION…15 competitors
5th Place – Eddy Tumbokon
4th Place – Ruby Sylvester

EXPOSITORY SPEAKING…14 competitors
6th Place – Millie Rayner
4th Place – Spencer Ehrenberg

PRESIDING OFFICER…12 competitors
SUPERIORITY – Sienna Horvath
2nd Place – Gift Riley-Norman

Congrats to participants Kalki, Annie, Julia, Matthew, Jackson, Teo, Morgan, River, Ryan, Chance, and Sam; thanks to our many, many supportive judges!

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