Ivy Bridge Academy Students Excel in Harvard University National Tournament August 2, 2024February 22, 2021 by ivybridgeacademy 47 th ANNUAL HARVARD NATIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT: 2/12-2/15/2021 — Cambridge, MA/US REGISTER FOR UPCOMING DEBATE TOURNAMENTS Ivy Bridge Academy’s (IBA) debate students competed virtually in the 47th Harvard University National Debate Tournament the weekend of February 12-15, 2021. The tournament was held virtually this year. IBA is very proud of all our students’ accomplishments and even won the Middle School Team championship! The Harvard University debate tournament is one of the largest academic competitions in the world! The student competitors represent the best and brightest young people across the United States and the globe. 2021 47th HARVARD UNIVERSITY NATIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS: Middle School Teams Results 47th Harvard National MS Champions!!! Rikhil Ranjit & Neha Mahesh Finished in 9th place: Lakshmi Jojjavarapu & Yaashmita SenthilnathanFinished in 33rd place: Gene Yoon & Ethan Nam Arya Somasundaram & Naren Kumar Speaker Award: 23rd Naren Kumar HS/ Novice Teams Results Finished in 5th place: Manas Singh & Shaomin KeeFinished in top 9th place: Grace Yang & Akshaya Poonepalle Mandy Yang & Paheli Patel Speaker award: 9th place Shaomin Kee HS/ Junior Varsity Teams Results Finished in 17th place: Anant Gautam & Prakhar GuptaFinished in 33rd place: Pranaya Balaji & Karthik Jayaram Nina Thakur & Yugeshwar Muralidhar Susant Chunduri & Aryan Bavera Speaker Award: 7th place Anant Gautam 47th Harvard University Qualified IBA Debate Teams IBA MS Debate Teams Maya Nagia and Rohana Suram Brandon Yoo and David Park Vibhor Gupta and Vishnu Arumugam Ritvik Shah and Vijay Devassy Ryan Li and Dessie Yang Claire Park and Siri Manekar Eshawnvie Kallu and Ella Liu Sneha Ramineni and Anish Raja Aanya Baddela and Charlie Zhang Jai Melinamani and Brent Shi Spoorthi Kakarla and Aditi Kothari Arya Somasundaram and Naren Kumar Lakshmi Jojjavarapu and Yaashmita Senthilnathan Fiona Qi and Alexis Liu Rikhil Ranjit and Neha Mahesh Dalton Sun and Madison Kang Gene Yoon and Ethan Nam IBA HS/Novice Teams Mannan Singh and Hansi Thadiparthi Jennifer He and Sabrina Yang Dev Iyer and Ibrahim Mohammad Manas Singh and Shaomin Kee Mandy Yang and Paheli Patel Lynden Baek and Alex Ko Nayan Revankar and Dhanvin Yajaman Jeffrey Shen and Tej Thakkar Kirtan Thakkar and Devang Doshi Gabriel Melvin and Alexander Doan Grace Yang and Akshaya Poonepalle IBA HS/Junior Varsity Teams Aiden Kim and Aalif Biswas Anant Gautam and Prakhar Gupta Yugeshwar Muralidhar and Nina Thakur Pranaya Balaji and Karthik Jayaram Susant Chunduri and Aryan Bavera IBA HS/Varsity Team Noah Yoon and Irene Tang Upcoming Tournament Information 2021 Open Debate Tournament Registrations: Novice Tournament 4th-9th grade (Novice class students only): March 5th-6th, 2021 MIDDLE SCHOOL TOC AND HS CLUB NATIONALS AT UK 5-12th grades (JV and Varsity Class students only): May8th-10th, 2021ONLINE Register Online HERE: https://ivydebate.com/academic-camps/debate-tournament-registration/ Thank you to everyone who participated in the debate tournament and for also continuing to make debate an important part of their lives. IBA is thankful for our students and ability to share our passion for teaching public speaking & debate. We look forward to the day when we can teach in-person classes again.
