Forensics Speech & Debate Team Competes in Princeton Competition

On Saturday, December 4, seven members of the Mount Saint Mary Academy Forensics Speech & Debate Team competed live in the prestigious Princeton Classic Speech & Debate Tournament hosted by Princeton University on the virtual site "NSDA Campus."

 

"Our team competed against students from 27 states in a challenging five round competition that began at 8 am and ended at 6 pm," said Lana Abbott, co-moderator of the team. "After the five rounds completed, Victoria Fekete '24 'broke' into the semifinal rounds of Congressional Debate!"

 

This is the Mount Saint Mary Academy full roster, including their performance pieces and categories:

 

Emily Abbott '22  Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut -- Dramatic Interpretation of Literature

 

Zoe Schack '24   On Finding Your Voice by Elizabeth Acevedo / Assorted Poems by Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou and Rupi Kaur -- Oral Interpretation (Prose and Poetry)

 

Melissa Ramirez '24   Untouchable by Amanda C. Davis and "The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman -- Oral Interpretation (Prose and Poetry)

 

Aayushi Arvikar '24 and Mikayla Sharif '24  Assault Toast by Bradley Walton -- Duo Interpretation of Literature

 

Victoria Fekete '24   Congressional Debate

Akshaya Karanam '24   Congressional Debate

 

Many thanks to Mr. Karanam, father of Akshaya '24, who judged Debate for our team while Mrs. Abbott judged Speech categories. Each team entered must provide a judge for Speech categories and a judge for Debate categories. We are very proud of all our competitors!