2002 Columbia University National
High School Speech/Debate Invitational

February 1-3, 2002

Tournament Directors:
Matt McMillan
Joe Lyons

On behalf of all the organizers of the 2002 Columbia National High School Tournament, I'd like to 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.

ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS

The results for Individual Events will be available soon here.

If you'd like the round-by-round results for LD, please email me with a mailing address and I'll send them to you.

COMPLETE RESULTS

Below are the complete results from the 2002 Columbia Tournament.

Oral Interpretation

NOTE: Kevinia Eichelberger (St. Joseph's HS) should have broken to finals. We mistabbed her semi-final ranks. We apologize to Kevinia & St. Joseph's for this mistake.

NOTE: Jessica Tom (Pleasantville HS) should have broken to semi-finals. We mistabbed her second round result. We apologize to Jessica & Pleasantville for this mistake.

Semi-Finalists
Sheridan Johnson (Stuyvesant HS)
Danielle Harting (Wellsville HS)
Alexander Diacou (Bronx Science)
Wei Chan (Pleasantville HS)
Valentina Lugo (Loyola School)
Kevinia Eichelberger (St. Joseph's HS)

Finalists
6th Place - Patrick Smith (Msgr. Farrell HS)
5th Place - Nick Nikaj (Regis HS)
4th Place - AJ Ursillo (Regis HS)
3rd Place - Joan Monplaiser (St. Joseph's HS)
2nd Place - Ashley Amorello (Sacred Heart HS)
1st Place - Owen Cornwall (Stuyvesant HS)

Extemporaneous Speaking

Semi-Finalists
Zach Seward (Scarsdale HS)
Paul Dumont (Scarsdale HS)
Jordan Schiele (Stuyvesant HS)
Rich Dovere (Berkeley Carroll)
Kevin Brennan (Regis HS)
Rory Malone (Regis HS)

Finalists
6th Place - Conor Clarke (Regis HS)
5th Place - Robbie Maccariello (Regis HS)
4th Place - Kristine DiColandrea (Stuyvesant HS)
3rd Place - Dan Hemel (Scarsdale HS)
2nd Place - Leah Rabinowitz (Stuyvesant HS)
1st Place - Rachel Landsman (Stuyvesant HS)

Declamation

Semi-Finalists
Ritu Moondra (Stuyvesant HS)
Ilya Khodosh (Stuyvesant HS)
Alina Zhitskaya (Stuyvesant HS)
Constance Thompson (Mary Louis Academy)
Jennie Goldstein (Stuyvesant HS)
Lenny Savoleo (Msgr. Farrell HS)

Finalists
6th Place - Angelica Silva (Mary Louis Academy)
5th Place - Ryan O'Halloran (Regis HS)
4th Place - Chelsea Beasley (Sacred Heart HS)
3rd Place - Jimei Hon (Stuyvesant HS)
2nd Place - Max Bernstein (Stuyvesant HS)
1st Place - Sheridan Johnson (Stuyvesant HS)

Original Oratory

Semi-Finalists
Christina Pei (Stuyvesant HS)
Jordan Schiele (Stuyvesant HS)
Joey Khalid (Stuyvesant HS)
Jennifer Kretchmer (North Hollywood HS)
Julio Macias (Christ the King RHS)
Greg Rheult (Sacred Heart HS)

Finalists
6th Place - Chelsea Beasley (Sacred Heart HS)
5th Place - Christina McMillan (Hampton Roads Academy)
4th Place - Jessica Billman (Southern Lehigh HS)
3rd Place - Maryana Geller (Stuyvesant HS)
2nd Place - AJ Aronstein (Regis HS)
1st Place - Xizi Qiu (Bronx Science)

Dramatic Interpretation

NOTE: Tashalee Brown (Bronx Science) should have broken to semi-finals. We mistabbed her second round result. We apologize to Tashalee and Bronx Science for this mistake.

Semi-Finalists
Dina Magaril (Stuyvesant HS)
Susan Pavolovsky (Mary Louis Academy)
Jen Salant (Scarsdale HS)
Joe Romano (Msgr. Farrell HS)
Danny Lane (Msgr. Farrell HS)
Lorie Blas (St. Joseph's HS)

Finalists
6th Place - Ashley Amorello (Sacred Heart HS)
5th Place - Jennifer Kretchmer (North Hollywood HS)
4th Place - Jimmy Osborne (Regis HS)
3rd Place - Steve Volpe (Regis HS)
2nd Place - Anthe Vorkas (Stuyvesant HS)
1st Place - Maryana Geller (Stuyvesant HS)

Humorous Interpretation

Semi-Finalists
Michelle Gonzales (St. Pius X HS)
Marcel Briones (Stuyvesant HS)
Justin Rodriguez (Regis HS)
Mike Cruz (Regis HS)
Joseph Imburgio (Msgr. Farrell HS)
Joe Picotto (Msgr. Farrell HS)

Finalists
6th Place - AJ Ursillo (Regis HS)
5th Place - Kingson Man (Stuyvesant HS)
4th Place - Owen Cornwall (Stuyvesant HS)
3rd Place - Michael McGrail (Msgr. Farrell HS)
2nd Place - Xizi Qiu (Bronx Science)
1st Place - Jorge Estrada (Elizabeth HS)

Duo Interpretation

Semi-Finalists
Michael Frank & Shanai Watson (Stuyvesant HS)
Brandon Wattenberg & Dani Carlin (Wellsville HS)
Jimmy Osborne & Justin Rodriguez (Regis HS)
Etienne Toussaint & Steve Volpe (Regis HS)
Keith Chu & Nick Nikaj (Regis HS)
Adam King & Francine Melia (Christ the King RHS)

Finalists
6th Place - Christina Pei & Joey Khalid (Stuyvesant HS)
5th Place - Nathan Pinsley & Jeng-Tyng Hong (Stuyvesant HS)
4th Place - Tracey Fung & Tashalee Brown (Bronx Science)
3rd Place - Ronnie Silvia & Peter Dodd (Sacred Heart HS)
2nd Place - Kimmy Tomas & Alexander Diacou (Bronx Science)
1st Place - Benji Ungar & Joanna Zappa (Bronx Science)

Individual Events Sweepstakes

3rd Place - Bronx High School of Science
2nd Place - Regis High School
1st Place - Stuyvesant High School

Student Congress

Non-Placing Finalists
Stephen Wade (North Hollywood HS)
Chrissy Churchill (Brooklyn Tech)
Katya Makovik (Mary Louis Academy)
John Yedin (Brooklyn Tech

8th Place - Matthew Olczak (Southern Lehigh HS)
7th Place - Jeff Yip (Pleasantville HS)
6th Place - Jeff Spiegal (Scarsdale HS)
5th Place - Meghan Kelley (Sacred Heart HS)
4th Place - Rufino Mendoza (Stuyvesant HS)
3rd Place - Abie Borker (Stuyvesant HS)
2nd Place - Doug Hirth (Stuyvesant HS)
1st Place - Keith Barry (Sacred Heart HS)

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Speaker Awards
10th Place - Pietro Deserio (Regis PD)
9th Place - Pablo Torre (Regis PT)
8th Place - Maxim Pinkovisikiy (Berkeley Carroll MP)
7th Place - Dylan Byron (Hunter DB)
6th Place - Alex Folkenflik (Collegiate AF)
5th Place - Clark Zhang (Hunter CZ)
4th Place - Evan Simko-Bernardski (Regis ES)
3rd Place - Juan Maldonado (Regis JM)
2nd Place - Michael Seeker (Bronx Science MS)
1st Place - Rob Fishman (Scarsdale RF)

Double Octo Finals
(1) Scarsdale RF over (32) Dalton School SS (Sam Shikiar)
(16) Scarsdale MBaum over (17) Regis AG (Andrew Goodwin)
(25) Hunter LZ coached over (8) Hunter DB (Dylan Byron)
(9) Collegiate RC over (24) Great Neck South NC (Neil Chen)
(5) Regis ES over (28) Hunter GA (Garrett Adler)
(12) Great Neck South NG over (21) Regis GC (Geoff Cajigas)
(13) Regis TP over (20) Poly Prep JF (Jonathan Feinberg)
(4) Regis JM over (29) Hunter KL (Katerina Leznik)
(30) Regis BA over (3) Bronx Science MS (Michael Seeker)
(19) Berkeley Carroll MP over (14) Regis DR (Dave Ribeiro)
(27) Scarsdale MS over (6) Collegiate AF (Alex Folkenflik)
(22) Poly Prep DF over (11) Regis CM (Craig Monson)
(26) Hunter DJ over (7) Regis PD (Pietro Deserio)
(23) Regis JD over (10) Wilton CD (Christopher Daubert)
(15) Hunter MR coached over (18) Hunter CZ (Clark Zhang)
(2) Regis DT over (31) Scarsdale AM (Amy Mittelman)

Octo Finals
Scarsdale RF coached over Scarsdale MBaum (Mike Baum)
Collegiate RC over Hunter LZ (Lauren Zletz)
Regis JM coached over Regis TP (Teddy Pak)
Regis ES over Great Neck South NG (Neha Gupta)
Berkeley Carroll MP over Regis BA (Brian Aoyama)
Scarsdale MS over Poly Prep DF (Devan Flahive)
Regis JD over Hunter DJ (David Jiang)
Hunter MR over Regis PT (Pablo Torre)

Quarter Finals
Scarsdale RF over Collegiate RC (Ren Chen)
Regis JM coached over Regis ES (Evan Simko-Bernardski)
Scarsdale MS over Berkeley Carroll MP (Maxim Pinkovisikiy)
Hunter MR over Regis JD (Jaime Davila)

Semi Finals
Scarsdale RF over Regis JM (Juan Maldonado)
Scarsdale MS over Hunter MR (Mariya Rozenblit)

Finals
Scarsdale RF (Rob Fishman) & Scarsdale MS (Matt Sussman) close out and are declared co-champions.

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Speaker Awards
10th Place - Jared Roitstein-Vega (Hunter JR)
9th Place - Allison Reddy (Poly Prep AR)
8th Place - Mike Badain (Scarsdale MB)
7th Place - Hanna Lee (Hunter HL)
6th Place - Mike Montalbano (Regis MM)
5th Place - Zack Hershman (Ridgewood ZH)
4th Place - Pragati Tandon (Stuyvesant PT)
3rd Place - David Denton (Regis DD)
2nd Place - Steven Myers (Collegiate SM)
1st Place - Lindsay Mecca (St. Luke's LM)

Octo Finals
(1) Regis MM over (16) Montville Township WG (Winston Gu)
(8) Regis JK coached over (9) Regis TM (Tim McGinn)
(12) Collegiate SM over Ridgewood ZH (Zack Hershman)
(13) Hunter HL over (4) Stuyvesant PT (Pragati Tandon)
(3) Regis DD over (14) Poly Prep AR (Allison Reddy)
(6) Scarsdale MBadain over (11) Hunter LG (Lizzie Grosso)
(7) Hunter JR over (10) Scarsdale LF (Lior Friedman)
(15) Ridgewood GM over (2) St. Luke's LM (Lindsay Mecca)

Quarter Finals
Regis MM coached over Regis JK (James Kennedy)
Collegiate SM over Hunter HL (Hanna Lee)
Regis DD over Scarsdale MBadain (Mike Badain)
Hunter JR over Ridgewood GM (Graham Morrison)

Semi-Finalists
Regis MM over Collegiate SM (Steven Myers)
Hunter JR over Regis DD (David Denton)

Finals
Regis MM (Mike Montalbano) over Hunter JR (Jared Roitstein-Vega)

Debate Sweepstakes

3rd Place - Stuyvesant High School
2nd Place - Hunter College High School
1st Place - Regis High School