TEAM NEWS
This Week's Results
WHITE BEAR LAKE
March 28
Team Sweeps - 1st
Individual Sweeps: Sifan Berento, 1st | Mere Leo, 2nd | Istahil Abdi, 3rd
CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Clara Litherland, 3rd - Next-In
Hanan Ahmed, 6th - Next-In
DISCUSSION
Priya Gideon, CHAMPION
Charlene Kusuma, 5th - Next-In
Vendanshi Prashant, 5th - Merit
DRAMA
Yutong Jiang, 1st - Next-In
DUO
Istahil Abdi & Sifan Berento, 3rd
Clara Litherland & Mere Leo, 4th
EXTEMP READING
Hazel Valdez, 6th
EXTEMP SPEAKING
Ananya Rao, 6th
Varuntej Maddineni, 5th - Next-In
GREAT SPEECHES
Kshamya Velavan, 7th
HUMOR
Istahil Abdi, 4th
INFO
Shashwat Hariprasad, 2nd
Harper Jensen, 3rd
Surayudh Yim, 4th
Ansh Bhatia, 4th - Next-In
Vagdevi Mattipa, 2nd - Merit
Charushri Karthik, 3rd - Merit
Jennifer Wilts, 4th - Merit
ORIGINAL ORATORY
Cailyn Nguyen, 2nd
Ansh Bhatia, 3rd - Next-In
Jiya Bahl, 6th - Next-In
Amelia Ward, 4th - Merit
POETRY
Sifan Berento, 4th
Emilia Bisek, 5th
Istahil Abdi, 6th
Surayudh Yim, 1st - Merit
Cailyn Nguyen, 4th - Merit
POI
Sifan Berento, CHAMPION
Mere Leo - 2rd
Cailyn Nguyen, 3rd
Yutong Jiang, 4th
PROSE
Mere Leo, 3rd
Harper Jensen, 6th
STORYTELLING
Levi Steichen, CHAMPION
Tristha Koner, 6th - Next-In
MINNESOTA TRUE TEAM STATE (M.O.S.S.)
March 26
Team Sweeps - 1st (Class AAA)
DRAMA
Jiya Bahl, 5th
Sophia Maddio, 2nd - Merit
DUO
Istahil Abdi & Sifan Berento, CHAMPIONS
Tiara Hogue & Aubrey Showalter, 4th
Yutong Jiang & Nadia Binger, Semi-Finals
GREAT SPEECHES
Kshamya Velavan, 2nd
INFO
Harper Jensen, CHAMPION
Whitney Szorcsik, 4th
Ansh Bhatia - Semi-Finals
INT'L EXTEMP SPEAKING
Andrew Wells, Semi-Finals
ORIGINAL ORATORY
Cailyn Nguyen, CHAMPION
Ansh Bhatia, Semi-Finals
Claire Suh, Quarter-Finals
Sreeshita Mummidivarapu, Quarter-Finals
Amelia Ward, Quarter-Finals
POETRY
Cailyn Nguyen, 2nd
Emilia Bisek, 3rd
POI
Yutong Jiang, 2nd
Clara Litherland, 4th
U.S. EXTEMP SPEAKING
Shashwat Hariprasad, Semi-Finals
Other News
Joining the Sweeps QUEENS
is Maizie Moe who was a double CHAMPION in Humor and Creative at the Two Rivers Romance Rumble earning her 3rd place in Individual Sweeps!
Individuals are SWEEPING!
Our season is starting off strong with several of our teammates leading top 3 in individual sweeps at both the RiverPark and Chanhassen tournaments!
Mere Leo
Yutong Jiang
Cailyn Nguyen
So Nice She Did it TWICE!
Captain, Mere Leo, earned the title of a two-time CHAMPION in the category of POI at the Glenbrooks tournament. Mere won POI at last year's tournament as well. Congrats!