Representing the New Jersey District at the 2016 National Speech & Debate Association National Tournament in Salt Lake City, UT

Congressional Debate – Senate

  • Pranav Kumar (Montville)
    • 3rd place
  • Eric Wan (Ridge)
    • 2nd place

Congressional Debate – House

  • Sean Taltavall (Montville)
  • James Burnett (Montville)
  • Katherine Kleinle (Ridge)
    • 7th place
  • Kishan Gandham (Ridge)

Lincoln Douglas Debate

  •  Kareem Odeh (Noor-ul-Iman)
  • Shankar Krishnan (Ridge)
  • Aiden Miller (Phillipsburg)

Policy Debate

  • Amit Kukreja & Brianna Aaron (Newark Science)
  • Shaneeza Mohamed & Monben Mayon (Newark Science)
  • Jahne Benthall & Nasir Smith (North Star)

Public Forum Debate

  • Caroline Wohl & Ethan Mandelbaum (Summit)
  • Jeff Berkowitz & Daniel Kaper (Summit)
    • 8th place
  • Jack Schroeder & Thomas Szymanski (Delbarton)
  • Jai Amin & Ryan Hosler (Delbarton)
    • 13th place

World Schools Debate

  • Ravi Upadhya (Montville)
  • Sarah Park (Millburn)
  • Aditya Rao (Phillipsburg)
  • Harry Kern (Randolph)
  • Vikram Kalghatgi (Ridge)

Dramatic Interpretation

  • James Dolan (Delbarton)
  • Madeleine LaPuerta (Stuart Country Day)
  • Ana Bambrick-Santoyo (Oak Knoll)

Duo Interpretation

  • Sean McManus & Keegan McManus (Summit)
  • Matthew Perez & Chandni Singhvi (Ridge)
  • Hope Kovera & Grace Milsten (Summit)

Humorous Interpretation

  • David Encarnacao (Elizabeth)
  • John Paipilla (Elizabeth)
  • Erin Manion (Summit)

Informative Speaking

  • Shana Kleiner (Freehold Township)
  • Victoria Berger (Hanover Park)

International Extemporaneous Speaking

  • Vaikunth Balaji (Ridge)
    • 3rd place
  • Chris Meyer (Montville)
  • Collin Montag (Ridge)

Original Oratory

  • Ben Zhou (Pingry)
  • Matthew Colon (Summit)
  • Ila Kaul (Millburn)

Program Oral Interpretation

  • Ariaki Dandawate (Ridge)
    • National Champion
  • Kimberly Lee (Summit)
    • 8th place

U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking

  • Claire Halsey (Ridge)
  • Christopher Maximos (Delbarton)
  • Jake La Fronz (Freehold Township)
  • Shawn Kant (Ridge)