Debate Marks End of Successful Season
Middle and upper school debate teams ended their season with an in-house tournament, dinner and a presentation of awards and recognitions on Wednesday, May 6.
Barstow’s debate teams participated in 18 tournaments at local, regional, state and national level. They won 28 awards in policy debate and Lincoln-Douglas, and qualified two policy debate teams and two Lincoln-Douglas debaters to the state tournament. At the state level seniors Aun Hathiari and Darin Goodman placed second in policy debate; junior Rex Parker and freshman Gui Tabuchi placed fourth. In Lincoln-Douglas, freshmen Venkat Gogineni and Miya Parker placed fourth and tenth, respectively. Freshmen Noah Dutton and Gui Tabuchi qualified for the NSDA National Tournament and will travel to Virginia in June to compete.
Awards and recognitions are listed below, including the results from the in-house tournament. Congratulations!
NSDA Officers
- Secretary: Rex Parker
- PR and Communications: Leo Karaichev, junior
- Mentor: Charlotte Turner, junior
- Mentor: Sky MacIvor, senior
- Co-presidents: Aun Hathiari, Darin Goodman
New NSDA Members — Degrees of Merit
- Will Fry, freshman — 30 points
- Nisah Hathiari, freshman — 60 points
- Lisa Thompson, sophomore — 72 points
New NSDA Members — Degrees of Honor
- Zahra Khumri, freshman — 96 points
- Miya Parker — 130 points
- Noah Dutton — 134 points
New NSDA Members — Degrees of Excellence
- Venkat Gogineni — 197 points
- Gui Tabuchi — 204 points
NSDA Degrees — Existing Members
Degrees of Excellence
- Dylan Freiden, sophomore — 174 points
Degrees of Distinction
- Brandon Willson, sophomore — 251 points
- Jay Schonhoff, sophomore — 266 points
Degrees of Special Distinction
- Leo Karaichev — 556 points
- Charlotte Turner — 577 points
- Sky MacIvor — 577 points
- Rex Parker — 525 points
Degrees of Superior Distinction
- Aun Hathiari — 867 points, Academic All-American
- Darin Goodman — 883 points, Academic All-American
Debate Letters — Novice
- Noah Dutton
- Venkat Gogineni
- Nisha Hathiari
- Zahra Khumri, freshman
- Miya Parker
- Gui Tabuchi
- Lisa Thompson
Debate Letters — Varsity
- Darin Goodman
- Aun Hathiari
- Leo Karaichev
- AliAkbar Khumri, sophomore
- Sky MacIvor
- Rex Parker
- Rohan Thomas, senior
- Charlotte Turner
- Brandon Willson
Middle School City Championships — Student Congress
- First: Krish Iyer, grade 8
- Second: Jude Seidel, grade 8
- Third: Keira Cullan, grade 8
- Fourth: Jahnavi Kakarala, grade 8
- Eighth: Ivaan Pampalli, grade 7
- Top 20: Cervente Sudduth, grade 7
Top 10 Student Congress Competitors
10: Yuto Mori, grade 8
9: Brendan Samartino, grade 8
8: Joseph Giocondo, grade 8
7: Arya Ahsan, grade 8
6: Jahnavi Kakarala
5: Ariana Tahani, grade 7
4: Keira Cullan
3: Anya Shah, grade 8
2: Jude Seidel
1: Krish Iyer
Middle School Awards
- Policy Team of the Year: Eighth graders Adam Hammoud and Jaiden Shah
- Semester One Standout: Anya Shah
- Semester Two Standout: Krish Iyer
In-House Tournament — Lincoln-Douglas
- Eighth: Eli Roller, grade 8
- Seventh: Keira Cullan
- Sixth: Jude Seidel
- Fifth: David Chow, grade 8
- Fourth: Cervente Sudduth II, grade 7
- Third: Carrie Clemons, grade 7
- Second: Jeffrey Liu, grade 7
- First: Joseph Giocondo, grade 8
