Southlake Carroll Dragon Debate Team Continues Winning Streak    

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Submitted by Barbara Cohen

Senior Daniella Cohen was invited to the first major national Congressional Debate Round Robin of the year at the University of Florida. The Blue Key Debate Society invited the top 16 debaters in the country to compete, and Daniella won the honor of ranking 1^st in the nation in Congressional Debate.

After the Round Robin event, Daniella competed in the tournament that included more than 230 student participants from around the country. Once again, she took top honors in first place.

While Daniella was proudly representing the Dragon tradition in Florida, her teammates were also sweeping numerous awards back home in Texas at the Naaman Forest Speech Tournament in Garland. Dragon Debate took 3^rd place sweepstakes. Contributing to the team’s success were:

Djorn Patel    -  1^st in Varsity LD

David Jenkin  -  1^st in Novice LD

Adhi Subharamanian & Alex Federic   -   2^nd in Public Forum Debate

Joseph DePumpo    -  1^st I Congressional Debate

Priyanka Sur   -  2^nd in Congress

Azhar Hussain  -   4^th in Congress

Kevin O’Brie    -  5^th in Congress & 1^st

Ali Prasla   -   6 in Congress &  2^thnd

Annequah Naeem  - 4^th in Foreign Extemp

Marshall Richardso   -   5^th in U.S. Extemp

Phillip Sella   -  3^rd in U.S. Extemp & Congressional finalist                             

Mafaaz Tanzeem  -  5^th in Foreign Extemp

Fatima Zuberi    -   Congressional finalist

The Dragon Forensics team’s next major national competition will be at the Chicago Glenbrooks during Thanksgiving break. 

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