2022 Georgetown tournament

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Congratulations to everyone on an incredible run at Georgetown this weekend! I hope you all had a great time and learned a lot about world politics and the particularly sticky issue of Article 9.

This was the first major tournament for a lot you, and you did an outstanding job — we were all impressed with the hard work and competitive spirit you brought to every round. Most importantly, you finished strong at the hardest tournament you’ll ever attend: the first one.

Congrats as well to all of this weekend’s award winners! As many of you have already heard, our Varsity teams of Joseph & Andrew and Rina & Joseph closed out finals to finish as Co-Champions of the tournament! HUGE congrats on such a dominant finish and for picking up the 7th (Rina) and 8th (Joseph) speaker awards as well!

In JV, Will & Jaslynn finished atop the pack in Semifinals, with Adam & Aiden making quarters, and Owen & Nikki octos in their first JV tournament ever! A very well-earned congratulations as well to 6th speaker Adam, 8th speaker Nikki, and 10th speaker Daniel.

Our powerhouse Novice squad had a remarkable weekend, too, with Marek & Eric finishing top 8 in quarters, and Amanda & Mary and Celina & Rebecca top 16 in octs. Eric also finished as the 3rd speaker overall, Aella 4th, and Marek 8th. Really outstanding work!

In Middle School, amazing job to Selina & Serena, who made it to the top 8 in open, as well as Alvin & Zena, who made top 16 in novice. Below is a list of all this weekend’s awards in full, as well as anyone who made the top 30 speakers in their division. Again, thanks for another excellent tournament and let’s keep working toward constant growth and improvement. See you all soon!

VDA Honor

VarsityCo-Champions Johnson Wu & Andrew Zhang
VarsityCo-Champions Rina Song & Joseph Mai
Junior VarsitySemifinalists Jaslynn Zhao & Will Wu
Junior VarsityOctofinalists Nikki Zheng & Owen Chen
Junior VarsityQuarterfinalists Aiden Han & Adam Han
Middle School NoviceOctofinalists Zena Su & Alvin Cheng
Middle School OpenQuarterfinalists Serena Zhang & Selina Zhou
NoviceOctofinalists Mary Tian & Amanda Jiang
NoviceOctofinalists Celina Qu & Rebecca Sun
NoviceQuarterfinalists Marek Cai & Eric Tao

Personal Honor

Junior Varsity10th Place Speake Daniel Zhang
Junior Varsity6th Place Speaker Adam Han
Junior Varsity8th Place Speake Nikki Zheng
Novice4th Place Speake Aella Gong
Varsity7th Place Speaker Rina Song
Varsity8th Place Speaker Joseph Mai