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2022 Palm classic Tournament

  • Date 2022-02-24

Absolutely incredible tournament at Stanford! It’s sometimes difficult to take a step back during the heat of debate to appreciate everything that’s happening, but we want to thank all the students for the outstanding show of teamwork — from helping people prep, to scouting, to showing emotional support after a particularly tough round. Every success we had this weekend was 100% a VDA team effort!

In Varsity, hats off to Fred and Jessica for finishing in the top 8 of the entire tournament before losing a tough 2-1 round to the eventual tournament champions! This was especially impressive for Jessica’s first-ever Varsity tournament. Congrats also to Johnson and Andrew for finishing in the top 16 and Joseph and Rina for finishing in the top 32 — all six of our top Varsity finishers earned a gold bid this weekend to the Tournament of Champions in April. Andrew was also recognized as the Fourth Speaker of the entire tournament and Johnson was Ninth. Incredible work!

JV saw one of TWO VDA closeouts this weekend, with Dylan and Rosie sharing a championship with Daniel and Sally. Our teams made up 50% of elimination rounds! A very well-earned congrats to Quarterfinalists Ardelle & Grace and Raymond & Jack, as well as Octofinalists Dasnoor & Simrit, Henry & Claire, Mia & Jaslynn, and Roy & Max.

JV speaker awards were an absolute wash, with VDA winning 11 of the top 15 speakers. Mia finished as Top Speaker of the entire tournament, but we also had incredible showings from Jaslynn (5th), Raymond (6th), Dylan (7th), Claire (8th), Daniel (9th), Rosie (10th), Sally (11th), Jack (12th), Max (13th), and Simrit (14th). You are all way too talented!

Novice saw even more talent, with Nathan and Sophie finishing in the top 8 and Steven and Rebecca in the top 16. Steven also won Seventh Speaker overall, with Sophia at Ninth, Rebecca Tenth, and Nathan 14th!

We had our SECOND finals closeout in Middle School, where co-champions Serena & Selina and Ken & Jason brought home the biggest trophies of the weekend. They were joined by contenders Marek & Daniel, who finished in the top 8, and Owen & Nikki and Vivian & Xiao Bo, who made it to the top 16! In the speaker awards, Selina won Top Speaker of the tournament and her partner Selina was Second. Vivian joined them in the rankings at Fifth, while Nikki won 11th and Daniel took 15th.

Overall, it was an absolute beauty of a weekend, especially considering how difficult the topicGeneral Definition: The central premise being debated, often called the "Motion" or "Resolution". • Public Forum: Not a common phrase in PF, where "Resolution" is used instead. • World Schools Debate: Not a common phrase in WSD, where "Motion" is used instead. • British Parliamentary: Not a common phrase in BP, where "Motion" is used instead.. • Canadian National Debate is. As always, we’re all deeply impressed by everyone’s energy, commitment, and teamwork to keep things fun and interesting!

VDA Honor

Junior VarsityCo-Champions Dylan Li & Rosie Wu
Junior VarsityCo-Champions Sally Jin & Daniel Zhang
Middle SchoolCo-Champions Ken Wu & Jason Zhou
Middle SchoolCo-Champions Serena Zhang & Selina Zhou
Junior VarsityOctofinalists Roy He & Max Yang
Junior VarsityQuarterfinalists Ardelle Tian & Grace Wu
Junior VarsityQuarterfinalists Raymond Li & Jack Wang
Junior VarsityOctofinalists Mia Liu & Jaslynn Zhao
Junior VarsityOctofinalists Henry Yue & Claire Zhong
Junior VarsityOctofinalists Dasnoor Kaur & Simrit Mangat
Middle SchoolOctofinalists Owen Chen & Nikki Zhang
Middle SchoolOctofinalists Vivian Lang & Xiaobo Zeng
Middle SchoolQuarterfinalists Marek Cai & Daniel Fu
NoviceOctofinalists Steven Lin & Rebecca Sun
NoviceQuarterfinalists Nathan Yan & Sophia Zhang
VarsityOctofinalists Johnson Wu & Andrew Zhang
VarsityQuarterfinalists Fred Yang & Jessica Young
VarsityDouble Octofinalists Joseph Mai & Rina Song

Personal Honor

Junior Varsity1th Place Speaker Mia Liu
Middle School1th Place Speaker Selina Zhou
Middle School2th Place Speaker Serena Zhang
Junior Varsity10th Place Speaker Rosie Wu
Junior Varsity5th Place Speaker Jaslynn Zhao
Junior Varsity6th Place Speaker Raymond Li
Junior Varsity7th Place Speaker Dylan Li
Junior Varsity8th Place Speaker Claire Zhong
Junior Varsity9th Place Speaker Daniel Zhang
Middle School5th Place Speaker Vivian Lang
Novice10th Place Speaker Rebecca Sun
Novice7th Place Speaker Steven Lin
Novice9th Place Speaker Sophia Zhang
Varsity4th Place Speaker Andrew Zhang
Varsity9th Place Speaker Johnson Wu

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  • Bryan Weber
  • Blake Meyer
  • Stormee Massey

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