APDA College Tournament

Thank you to all who competed in and supported the operations of this year’s tournament. We hope to see you all back in NYC next year!

RESULTS

Top Novice Speakers

10. Kevin McCandlish (Bates LM) 125/12
9. Sam Martin (Fordham That Song by Jay-Z) 125/11
8. Nabhan Chowdhury (UPenn/BU Hybrid) 125/11 (on adj. speaks)
7. Michael Tich (Cornell TK) 125.5/11
6. Parth Parikh (TCNJ GP) 125.5/9
5. Mark Langer (Bates LM) 126/11
4. Jack Gamble (Cambridge/Yale Hybrid) 126/10
3. Srinath Reddy (Cornell TK) 127/10
2. Oliver Simon (Hopkins SS) 127/8
1. Maddie Powell (BU KP) 128.5/11

Top Varsity Speakers

10. Coulter King (Harvard Lion King) 130/7.5 (on team performance)
9. Omar Qureshi (Hopkins QB) 130/7
8. David Reiss (Rutgers A) 130/6
7. Colin Etnire (Bates A) 130/6 (on adj. speaks)
6. Clara Spera (Chicago MS) 130.5/9
5. Matthew Katz (UMCP/Harvard Hybrid) 130.5/8
4. Alex Loomis (Harvard Lion King) 130.625/8.75
3. Rohan Grey (UPenn FG) 130.625/7.5
2. Greg Meyer (BU OG) 131.5/11
1. Alex Taubes (BU OG) 132.5/5

Top Novice Teams

10. Cornell MW (Leon Melnicoff and Jay Wexler) 246/28 (2-3)
9. West Point WC (Geary Warren and Brandi-el Cook) 246/24 (2-3)
8. NYU D (Honda Wang and Kristen Lim) 247.5/26 (2-3)
7. Rutgers B (Stephen Yellin and Adam Bomeisl) 248.5/29 (2-3)
6. Penn/BU Hybrid (Nabhan Chowdhury and Michael Ferron) 248.5/27 (2-3)
5. Cornell TK (Michael Tich and Srinath Reddy) 252.5/34 (2-3)

Breaking to semi-finals…

4. Yale/Cambridge Hybrid (Jack Gamble and Nicholas Efstathiou) 251/25 (3-2)
3. Hopkins SS (Album Shen and Oliver Simon) 251/24 (3-2)

Breaking to finals…

2. NYU E (Thor and Ishan Gupta) 251.5/25 (3-2)

On a 2-1 decision,

1. Bates LM (Mark Langer and Kevin McCandlish) 250/23 (3-2)

Top Varsity Teams

Breaking to octofinals…

16. Fordham Like a Bus Route (Caitlin McElroy and Mike Haskins) 260/21 (3-2)
15. UPenn FG (Jared Fries and Nabhan Chowdhury) 260/20 (3-2)
14. West Point HL (Nickolas Lupo and Bob Hall) 255/22 (4-1)
13. UMCP BG (Erick Butzlaff and Josh Gross) 256/23 (4-1)
12. BU KP (Alison Kennedy and Maddie Powell) 257.5/18 (4-1)
11. Bates A (Ian Mahmud and Colin Etnire) 257.5/19 (4-1)
10. Rutgers A (David Reiss and Kyle Bomeisl) 258.5/19 (4-1)
9. Chicago MS (Clara Spera and Harry Murphy) 260/18 (4-1)

Breaking to quarters…

8. Bates FF (Virginia Flatow and Kate Fetrow) 257.5/19 (4-1)
7. Princeton A (Daniel Lewis and Matt Arons) 258.75/20 (4-1)
6. Brown/Harvard Hybrid (Lucas Li and Josh Zagorsky) 259/18 (4-1)
5. NYU A (Chere See and Jordan Morgan) 259.9/19 (4-1)

Breaking to semis…

4. Harvard/UMCP Hybrid (Matt Katz and Wes Hopkin) 260.5/20 (4-1)
3. Hopkins BQ (Ali Boyle and Omar Qureshi) 259/18 (5-0)

Breaking to finals…

2. Harvard Lion King (Coulter King and Alex Loomis) 260.56/16.8 (5-0)

And on a 6-3 decision,

1. BU OG (Alex Taubes and Greg Meyer) 264/16 (5-0)

74 teams total, 60 novices total

Thanks to the following dinos for coming!

Rhiannon Bettivia
Rocky Lotito
Ryne Duchmann
Trevor Gleason
Frank Marsico
Kyle Bean
Andrew Laing
Liz Holmes
Mike Childers
Matt Rubenstein
Tess Reed
Steven Kryger
Liz Tam
Kat Reade
Liam O’Reilly
Zachary Lane
Daniel Rauch

And thanks to Justin Kahn for running a great tab room, Kyle Bean for his tab wisdom, Rocky for also helping with tab and going above and beyond for us all the time, and everyone involved for a great tournament. Also, thanks for bearing with us through octo-finals!

And while she initially posted these results, she deserves the most recognition of all: Denise Yu, who was on her game in every way as tournament director and brought this Columbia Debate event to new heights. You are such a valued member of our team! Thank you!