This past weekend, 34 O’Dowd debate students traveled to the University of the Pacific in Stockton, participating with 44 other high schools (870 students overall) in both parliamentary and public forum debate.
The team earned a 6th Place Sweepstakes award and several O’Dowd students earned the following individual awards:
10/17 teams advanced to elimination rounds after 5 preliminary rounds of competition;
Varsity Parliamentary Debate Team and Speaker Awards
3rd place team award: Claudia Hester/Alden O’Rafferty
Quarter-finalist team award: Michael Jayasuriya/Shaun Schulz
Octa-finalist team award: McKenzie Taffe/Meade Jacobsen
3rd speaker overall: Alden O’Rafferty
4th speaker overall: Meade Jacobsen
7th speaker overall: Michael Jayasuriya
Novice Parliamentary Debate Team and Speaker Awards
3rd place team award: Lucy Barretto/Lola Deibert
Quarter-finalist team award: Gratia O’Rafferty/Paulina Harding
1st speaker overall: Lola Deibert
2nd speaker overall: Paulina Harding
4th speaker overall: Lucy Barretto
8th speaker overall: Gratia O’Rafferty
Novice Public Forum Debate Team and Speaker Awards
2nd place team award: Cas Grafagna/Logan Brockbank
Quarter-finalist team award: Bella Ibarra/Robert Thomas
Octa-finalist team awards: OwenBurlingham/Grayson Broderick; Anna Mette/Evian Jiang; Emily Blake/Reese Ward
8th speaker overall: Bella Ibarra
10th speaker overall: Logan Brockbank