CU High School Tournament

January 31 - February 2, 2003

Tournament Director:
Todd Berzon

Assistant Tournament Director:
Ganesh Betanabhatla

For more tournament information or any questions you may have, email us at:

columbiatournament@yahoo.com

On behalf of all the organizers of the 2003 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.

For a full tab of the tournament and an explanation of the IE award changes, check out Chris Palmer's Tabroom site.

COMPLETE RESULTS

Below are the complete results from the 2003 Columbia Invitational:

Oral Interpretation

Semi-Finalists
Joan Monplaiser (St. Joseph's HS)
Courtney Cacavvo (Bronx HS of Science)
Peter Gallotta (Regis HS)
Jennie Silvia (Sacred Heart HS)
Diana Rodriguez (St. Joseph's HS)
Steve Volpe (Regis HS)
Priya Devakumar (Mary Louis Academy)

Finalists
6th Place: Roxanne Delatorre (Mary Louis Academy)
5th Place: Michael Ragunuth (Msgr. Farrell HS)
4th Place: Stacy Lodge (St. Joseph's HS)
3rd Place: Irene Lim (Loyola School)
2nd Place: Keith Chu (Regis HS)
1st Place: Jeng-Tyng Hong (Stuyvesant HS)

Extemporaneous Speaking

Semi-Finalists
Nick Palmucci (Stuyvesant HS)
Richard Dovere (Berkeley Carroll School)
Conor Clarke (Regis HS)
James Casey (E.L. Meyers HS)
Evan O'Brien (Regis HS)
Robbie Maccariello (Regis HS)

Finalists
6th Place: Greg Rheult (Sacred Heart HS)
5th Place: Dan Alterbaum (Great Neck South HS)
4th Place: Peter Luccarelli (Regis HS)
3rd Place: Kristine DiColandrea (Stuyvesant HS)
2nd Place: John C. Calhoun (Regis HS)
1st Place: Allen Williams (Sacred Heart HS)

Declamation

Semi-Finalists
Tracey Hsu (Stuyvesant HS)
Ed O'Hare (Msgr. Farrell HS)
Liz Fusco (Stuyvesant HS)
Constance Thompson (Mary Louis Academy)
Joey DiColandrea (Stuyvesant HS)
Teresa Caturano (Stuyvesant HS)

Finalists
6th Place: John Criscoulo (Msgr. Farrell HS)
5th Place: Ina Chen (Stuyvesant HS)
4th Place: Peter Gallotta (Regis HS)
3rd Place: Ryan O'Halloran (Regis HS)
2nd Place: Joanna Smith (Bishop O'Reilly HS)
1st Place: Jackie Hsieh (Stuyvesant HS)

Original Oratory

Finalists
6th Place: Kristine DiColandrea (Stuyvesant HS)
5th Place: Michael Harron (Msgr. Farrell HS)
4th Place: Ryan O'Halloran (Regis HS)
3rd Place: Jordan Skelly (Sacred Heart HS)
2nd Place: A.J. Aronstein (Regis HS)
1st Place: Lydia Nelson (Sacred Heart HS)

Humorous Interpretation

Finalists
6th Place: Jennie Goldstein (Stuyvesant HS)
5th Place: Casey Jost (Msgr. Farrell HS)
4th Place: Valentina Lugo (Loyola School)
3rd Place: Eesha Sharma (Randolph HS)
2nd Place: Brian Lewis (Regis HS)
1st Place: Joseph Lento (Msgr. Farrell HS)

Duo Interpretation

Semi-Finalists
M.Herron/Imburgio (Msgr. Farrell HS)
Keenan/Cataldo (Albany HS)
J.Herron/Smith (Msgr. Farrell HS)
Maisonrouge/Hogan (Regis HS)
Jost/Lane (Msgr. Farrell HS)
Wipple/Underwood (Sacred Heart HS)

Finalists
6th Place: Mortorano/Bonello (Regis HS)
5th Place: Rogers/Nikaj (Regis HS)
4th Place: Tomas/Diacou (Bronx HS of Science)
3rd Place: Dalton/McGrail (Msgr. Farrell HS)
2nd Place: Osborne/Rodriguez (Regis HS)
1st Place: Picciotto/Savoleo (Msgr. Farrell HS)

Student Congress

Non-Placing Finalists
Audrey Rich (St. Pius X HS)
Sarah Krantz (Spanish River HS)
Danielle Lemberg (Brooklyn Tech HS)
Tristian Thomas-Allen (Stuyvesant HS)

8th Place: Katya Makovik (Mary Louis Academy)
7th Place: Rufino Mendoza (Stuyvesant HS)
6th Place: Benjamin Sarlin (Stuyvesant HS)
5th Place: Joe Sheehan (Sacred Heart HS)
4th Place: Matt Olczak (Southern Lehigh HS)
3rd Place: Abie Borker (Stuyvesant HS)
2nd Place: Meghan Kelley (Sacred Heart HS)
1st Place: Alex Mertz (E.L. Meyers HS)

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Speaker Awards
10th Place: Martin Paul (Regis HS)
9th Place: Andrew Nesi (Regis HS)
8th Place: Joanna Glicksburg (Harvey School)
7th Place: Brian Aoyama (Regis HS)
6th Place: Matthew Safran (Hunter College Prep)
5th Place: David Shapiro (Berkeley Carroll School)
4th Place: Hope Reichbach (Hunter College Prep)
3rd Place: James Luccarelli (Regis HS)
2nd Place: Jacob Levi (Berkeley Carroll School)
1st Place: Drew Jacob (Regis HS)

Octo-Finals
Regis DJ (Drew Jacob) coach'd over Regis BH (Billy Haddard)
Regis AN (Andrew Nesi) coach'd over Regis MTN (Matthew Thurn-Nowicki)
Brooklyn Tech LT (Long Tran) def. Berkeley Carroll AS (Anna Surfaty)
Berkeley Carroll JL (Jacob Levi) def. Regis AK (Adam Kemal)
Regis JL (James Luccarelli) def. Brooklyn Tech AH (Amy Huang)
Berkeley Carroll KR (Katie Renzler) def. Hunter HR (Hope Reichbach)
Berkeley Carroll DS (David Shapiro) def. Hunter GA (Garrett Adler)
Regis MP (Martin Paul) def. Southern Lehigh JK (Juli Kelly)

Quarter-Finals
Regis DJ coach'd over Regis MP
Berkeley Carroll DS def. Regis AN
Berkeley Carroll KR def. Brooklyn Tech LT
Berkeley Carroll JL def. Regis JL

Semi-Finals
Regis DJ def. Berkeley Carroll JL
Berkeley Carroll DS coach'd over Berkeley Carroll KR

Finals
Berkeley Carroll DS (David Shapiro) def. Regis DJ (Drew Jacob)

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Speaker Awards
10th Place: David Cantler (Berkeley Carroll School)
9th Place: Susan Lin (Stuyvesant HS)
8th Place: Jesse Spielman (Hunter College Prep)
7th Place: Maura Pape (E.L. Meyers HS)
6th Place: Will Marra (Regis HS)
5th Place: David Denton (Regis HS)
4th Place: Ramya Kasturi (Hunter College Prep)
3rd Place: Lauren Thomas (Stuyvesant HS)
2nd Place: Lizzie Grosso (Hunter College Prep)
1st Place: James Davila (Regis HS)

Octo-Finals
Thomas Jefferson JM (Joyce Meng) def. Hunter LG (Lizzie Grosso)
Hunter RK (Ramya Kasturi) def. Stuyvesant SL (Susan Lin)
E.L. Meyers MP (Maura Pape) def. Hunter AM (Alex Mirkin)
Regis DD (David Denton) coach'd over Regis WM (Will Marra)
Hunter JS (Jesse Spielman) def. Stuyvesant LT (Lauren Thomas)
Regis JD (James Davila) coach'd over Regis AG (Andrew Goodwin)
Regis DR (David Ribeiro) coach'd over Regis JQ (Joey Quinn)
Stuyvesant AT (Aditya Tata) def. Regis RC (Ryan Curley)

Quarter-Finals
Thomas Jefferson JM def. Stuyvesant AT
Hunter RK def. Regis DR
E.L. Meyers MP def. Regis JD
Regis DD def. Hunter JS

Semi-Finals
Regis DD def. Thomas Jefferson JM
E.L. Meyers MP def. Hunter RK

Finals
Regis DD (David Denton) def. E.L. Meyers MP (Maura Pape)