2001 Columbia University National
High School Speech/Debate Invitational

January 20-21, 2001

Tournament Directors:
Matt McMillan
Joe Lyons

On behalf of all the organizers of the 2001 Columbia National High School Tournament, we thank everyone for attending our tournament.  Without your participation and patience, this tournament would not have been such a successful event.   We acknowledge that the tournament did not run perfectly, and apologize for any and all errors and can assure you that we will work toward resolving any issues that you may have with us.  If you have any questions or comments about the tournament, we're more than willing to hear them.  You can email still us at columbia-tournament@altavista.com and we'll try to help you out.

LOST & FOUND

We have found a few very nice items, including a jacket, CD Discman and some umbrellas.  If you are missing any of these items, contact us and describe them in detail, and we will return them to you.

BALLOTS

We have ballots from the following schools:

Cookeville, Emma Willard, Lake Highlands, Newark Science, Wadleigh, St. Luke's, Albany, Greenwich, East Side, Stuyvesant and Holy Ghost. 

Please contact us with your correct contact address.

And now, without further adieu, the results of the 2001 Columbia Tournament../oldsites/2002../oldsites/2002

ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS

These results are available for Individual Events and possibly Policy (contact Joe Patrice).  If you are a coach & interested in round by round IE results, please email us.

Oral Interpretation

Semi-Finalists
Claire Fu, Bronx Science
Mike Chevallier, Regis HS
Kim Mohammed, Mary Louis Academy
Nick Jajko, Holy Ghost Prep
David Depena, Nazareth Regional HS
Paul Reyfman, Stuyvesant HS

Finalists
6th Place - Stacy Lodge, St. Joseph's HS
5th Place - Cynthia Lugo, Stuyvesant HS
4th Place - Christina Pei, Stuyvesant HS
3rd Place - Joe Lee, Stuyvesant HS
2nd Place - Mark Pascua, Holy Ghost Prep
1st Place - Carla Scott, St. Joseph's HS

Extemporaneous Speaking

Semi-Finalists
Justin Gallagher, Regis HS
Robbie Maccariello, Regis HS
Peter Lucarelli, Regis HS
Rachel Landman, Stuyvesant HS
Kristine DiColandrea, Stuyvesant HS
Bryan Reinholt, Holy Ghost Prep

Finalists
6th Place - Jordan Sciele, Stuyvesant HS
5th Place - Leah Rabinowitz, Stuyvesant HS
4th Place - Kevin Carmody, Regis HS
3rd Place - Christina Alfonso, Stuyvesant HS
2nd Place - Alex Blenkinsopp, Regis HS
1st Place - Kevin Galligan, Regis HS

Declamation

Finalists
6th Place - Sheridan Johnson, Stuyvesant HS
5th Place - Joe Caputo, Stuyvesant HS
4th Place - Kingson Man, Stuyvesant HS
3rd Place - Mike Jelen, Holy Ghost Prep
2nd Place - Chris Kalck, Holy Ghost Prep
1st Place - Steve Volpe, Regis HS

Original Oratory

Finalists
6th Place - Thomas McSorley, Holy Ghost Prep
5th Place - Crystal Ogir, Mary Louis Academy
4th Place - Nolan Van Wert, Holy Ghost Prep
3rd Place - Tiffany Sommers, Mary Louis Academy
2nd Place - Maryana Geller, Stuyvesant HS
1st Place - Crystal Mangal, Mary Louis Academy

Dramatic Interpretation

Finalists
6th Place - Mike McTiernan, Regis HS
5th Place - Marcel Briones, Stuyvesant HS
4th Place - Andrew Soitriou, Msgr. Farrell HS
3rd Place - Adam Zamora, Regis HS
2nd Place - Lorie Blas, St. Joseph's HS
1st Place - Anthe Vorkas, Stuyvesant HS

Humerous Interpretation

Finalists
6th Place - Kiri Oliver, Berkeley Carroll
5th Place - John Buettler, Holy Ghost Prep
4th Place - Rand Geiger, Holy Ghost Prep
3rd Place - Jonathan Judge-Russo, Regis HS
2nd Place - Chris Malone, Cookeville HS
1st Place - Franky Gutierrez, Stuyvesant HS

Duo Interpretation

Finalists
6th Place - Gina Thomas & Regina Watts, Nazareth Regional HS
5th Place - Jonathan Macri & Allen Hotchner, Regis HS
4th Place - P.J. McGhee & Brian Lamsback, Holy Ghost Prep
3rd Place - Sara Cravens & Aaron Williams, Cookeville HS
2nd Place - Frank Giovinazzo & Mike Sorrentiono, Msgr. Farrell HS
1st Place - Tony Fuscellero & Pat Hoelzle, Holy Ghost Prep

Individual Events Sweepstakes

3rd Place - Holy Ghost Prep
2nd Place - Regis High School
1st Place - Stuyvesant High School

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Speaker Awards
10th Place - Charlie Allen, Regis
9th Place - Aidan Sleeper, Regis
8th Place - Jonathan Feinberg, Poly Prep
7th Place - Thomas Zelma, Collegiate
6th Place - Ashley Steinberg, Spanish River
5th Place - Maia Josebachvili, Great Neck South
4th Place - David Denton, Regis
3rd Place - Ryan Curley, Regis
2nd Place - Lindsay Mecca, St. Luke's
1st Place - John Picarello, Regis

Octo-Finalists
Regis RC (Ryan Curley)
Berkeley Carroll DC (David Cantler)
Regis CM (Craig Monson)
Regis RF (Rick Fasano)
Poly Prep PR (Peter Rocco)
Regis CA (Charlie Allen)
St. Luke's LM (Lindsay Mecca)
Poly Prep JF (Jonathan Feinberg)

Quarter-Finalists
Great Neck South MJ (Maia Josebachvilla)
Regis PT (Pablo Torre)
Regis DD (David Denton)
Regis JP (John Picarello)

Semi-Finalists
Spanish River AS (Ashley Steinberg)
Collegiate TZ (Thomas Zelman)

Finalists
Regis MM (Mike Martalbano) & Regis AS (Aidan Sleeper) close out and are declared co-champions.

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Speaker Awards
10th Place - Payal Data, Hunter
9th Place - Jack Hubbard, Poly Prep
8th Place - Mike Palmieri, Regis
7th Place - Regina Schwartz, Niskayuna
6th Place - David Roth, Hunter
5th Place - Jennifer Sanders, Lake Highlands
4th Place - Zander Vaubel, Berkeley Carroll
3rd Place - Dan-el Padilla, Collegiate
2nd Place - Kevin Abels, Regis
1st Place - Daniel Pearlstein

Octo-Finalists
Hunter PD (Payel Data)
Poly Prep JH (Jack Hubbard)
Lake Highlands JS (Jennifer Sanders)
Berkeley Carroll ZV (Zander Vaubel)
Niskayuna RS (Regina Schwartz)
Regis MP (Mike Palmieri)
Newark Science LG (Lawrence Golden)
Loyola-Blakefield PK (Patrick Kates)

Quarter-Finalists
Regis CG (Chris Graham)
Regis DI (Dave Imbert)
Hunter DR (David Roth)
Collegiate DP (Dan-el Padilla)

Semi-Finalists
Regis KA (Kevin Abels)
Hendrick Hudson KC (Katie Celeste)

Finalists
Hunter DP (Daniel Pearlstein) & Hunter JR (Jared Rothstein-Vega) close out and are declared co-champions.

Junior Varsity Policy Debate

Speaker Awards
10th Place - Jeffrey MonLouis (Manhattan Center HM)
9th Place - Darinka Maldonado (Bronx Leadership WM)
8th Place - Heidy Sanchez (Wings BS)
7th Place - Michael Williams (Bronx Leadership WM)
6th Place - Marcus Saokosky (Grace Dodge SM)
5th Place - Yaritza Cedeno (Hostos Lincoln CR)
4th Place - Edwin Owusu (Frederick Douglass OG)
3rd Place - Alham Usman (Grace Dodge UB)
2nd Place - Leidy Sanchez (Grace Dodge SG)
1st Place - Marquis Harrison (Manhattan Center HM)

Quarter-Finals
Grace Dodge UB d. Manhattan Center HM (Marquis Harrison & Jeffrey MonLouis) (3-0)
Potsdam Central WP d. Grace Dodge SM (Marcus Saokosky & Leo Mosquea) (3-0)
Grace Dodge SG d. Wings BS (Tiffany Brown & Heidy Sanchez) (3-0)
Hostos Lincoln CR d. Manhattan Center AP (Tunazzina Ahmed & Miosotis Perez) (3-0)

Semi-Finals
Hostos Lincoln CR d. Grace Dodge UB (Alham Usman & Barrington Bennett) (2-1, Long squirreled)
Grace Dodge SG d. Potsdam Central WP (Ben Warburton & Andrew Pope) (3-0)

Finals
Hostos Lincoln CR (Yaritza Cedeno & Reena Rani) d. Grace Dodge SG (Leidy Sanchez & ??)

Varsity Policy Debate

Speaker Awards
10th Place - Jeff Sullivan (Loyola-Blakefield SS)
9th Place - Chou Che (Harriton CF)
8th Place - Richard Haggwood (Freedom HM)
7th Place - Tawana James (Manhattan Center JM)
6th Place - Farzad Sedaghat (Loyola-Blakefield SS)
5th Place - Josh Bandoch (Loyola-Blakefield BB)
4th Place - Yasin Davila (Manhattan Center SD)
3rd Place - Jimmy Fanelly (Harriton CF)
2nd Place - Tom Baummer (Loyola-Blakefield BB)
1st Place - Ian McKenzie (Hostos Lincoln HM)

Semi-Finals
Hostos Lincoln HM d. Loyola-Blakefield BB (Josh Bandoch & Tom Baummer) (2-1, Yip squirreled)
Harriton CF d. Loyola-Blakefield CH (Grant Coombs & Joe Herning) (3-0)

Finals
Hostos Lincoln HM (Nadia Hernandez & Ian McKenzie) d. Harriton CF (Chou Che & Jimmy Fanelly) (5-0)

Overall Debate Sweepstakes

3rd Place - Hostos Lincoln Academy & Grace Dodge Vocational High School (tie)
2nd Place - Hunter College High School
1st Place - Regis High School