Ivy Bridge Academy Debaters Perform Well at Harvard University

Ivy Bridge Academy's (IBA) 56 debate students traveled to Harvard University the weekend of February 15017, 2020 to participate in the 46th Annual Harvard National Debate Tournament. IBA is very proud of their student's accomplishments as they placed in the top 20 in each category amongst hundreds of peers.

The Harvard University debate tournament is one of the largest academic competitions in the world! The student competitors represent the best and brightest young people across the United States and the globe. At the tournament, students have the chance to compete, build their skills, meet other students from across the country, and, as it overlaps with the high school tournament,
students can learn from watching high school varsity final rounds in person.

Where: Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
When: February 15-17th
Topic: Resolved: The United States should replace means-tested welfare programs with a universal basic income.

Results of IBA students in the Harvard University Tournament

Novice:
Finished 9th, Octafinalists: Albert Cho & Eric Cho
Finished 17th, Doubles: Tarun Ramanathan & Jason Eappen
Speaker Awards (out of 382): Tarun Ramanathan (3rd,) and Jason Eappen (25th)

Junior Varsity:
Finished 17th, Doubles: Nina Thakur & Yugeshwar Muralidhar

Speaker Awards (Out of 516): Yugeshwar Muralidhar (14th,) and Nina Thakur (26th)

Middle School:

Finished 9th, Octafinalists: Irene Tang & Ashley Wang; Aalif Biswas & Anant Gautam; Pranaya Balaji & Karthik Jayaram

Speakers (out of 207) Pranaya Balaji (4th,) Anant Gautam (14th,) Ashley Wang (27th,) and Aalif Biswas (29th)

Attendance List

Middle School

Neha Mahesh and Shristi Roy
Rikhil Ranjit and Hanming Sun
Aalif Biswas and Anant Gautam
Prakhar Gupta and Benjamin Moon
Saket Churiwal and Vibhor Gupta
Aryan Bavera and Susant Chunduri
Pranav Bommareddy and Dhanvin Yajaman
Krishna Anand and Ray Ye
Anna Yang and Daniel Huang
Jasmin Singh and Jolyn Zhang
Pranaya Balaji and Karthik Jayaram
Ethan Nam and Gene Yoon
Dev Iyer and Manas Singh
Shaomin Kee and Sabrina Yang
Irene Tang and Ashley Wang
Agastya Vissa and Rajal Nadkar

High School

Kayla Kim and Akshaya Poonepalle
Albert Cho and Eric Cho
Tarun Ramanathan and Jason Eappen
Jonathan Li and Kevin Niu
Alex Doan and Harrison Fei
Aesha Shah and Noah Yoon
Aditya Palled and Amogh Tadvai
Cindy Chen and Lakshya Jasti
Elly Kang and Paris Song
Nina Thakur and Yugeshwar Muralidhar
Stella Chen and Melissa Liu
Mayukh Keelar and Tracy Xu

Ivy Bridge Academy offers weekend debate teams and an After-School Debate program that provides a chance for students to improve public speaking skills and engage with current events through the activity of Debate. To learn more about Ivy Bridge Academy, visit www.ivydebate.com.