The Riverside High School Speech and Debate Team won both the overall 2018 South Carolina State Championship and the AAAAA State Title at the S.C. Forensic Coaches’ Association Tournament at Greenville High School March 2-3.
Seniors Cindy Li, Julia Murray, and Mit Patel serve as team captains and led the Warriors to a seventh consecutive state championship. In addition winning the overall award, several Riverside students were named state champions in particular events.
State champions in debate events include:
Elizabeth Dods, sophomore, in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Ivana Ramirez, sophomore, in Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Joa Sanchez, sophomore, in SPAR Debate
The team of Jaimie McKeel and Matthew Yoon, juniors, in Public Forum Debate
State champions in speech events include:
Ian Chiu, junior, a double champion in Informative Speaking and Expository Speaking
Shalyn Drakeford, sophomore, in Declamation
Mit Patel, senior, in Original Oratory
State champions in interpretation events include Sooruj Bhatia, senior, a double champion in Humorous Interpretation and Program Oral Interpretation
Phillip Martin, junior, in Storytelling
The team of Tarun Giridhar and Zach Simpson, freshmen, in Duo Interpretation Freshmen Laurel Holley, Miriam Meyer, and Derek Xie were declared novice champions in Informative Speaking, Declamation, and Congressional Debate, respectively
Freshmen Giridhar and Simpson won both the novice and overall title in duo
Senior Will Tapp was the Best Presiding Officer in Congressional Debate.
A complete list of Riverside Trophy winners follows:
Will Tapp, 2nd in Congressional Debate/Best Presiding Officer
Parth Vashi, 4th in Congressional Debate
Derick Xie, 6th in Congressional Debate/Novice Champion
Shalyn Drakeford, Champion in Declamation
Miriam Meyer, 2nd in Declamation/Novice Champion
Varshitha Reddy Karveti, 3rd in Declamation
Laurel Holley, 4th in Declamation
Payton Frappier, 5th in Declamation
Spatika Gowda, 6th in Declamation
Ryan Du, Semifinalist in Declamation
Shreya Tellur, Semifinalist in Declamation
Phillip Martin, 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation
Sooruj Bhatia, 5th in Dramatic Interpretation
Daniella Herrera Gutierrez, 6th in Dramatic Interpretation
Payton Frappier, Semifinalist in Dramatic Interpretation
Tarun Giridhar and Zach Simpson, Champions in Duo Interpretation/Novice Champions
Daniella Herrera Gutierrez and Emma Dell Fletcher, 2nd in Duo Interpretation
Shantal Gomez and Erden Ucok, 3rd in Duo Interpretation
Cindy Li and Phillip Martin, 4th in Duo Interpretation
Ian Chiu, Champion in Expository
Rohit Yarlagadda, 2nd in Expository
Mit Patel, 3rd in Expository
Julia Murray, 2nd in Extemporaneous Speaking
Kelly Wang, 3rd in Extemporaneous Speaking
Priyanka Shah, 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking
Michael Gallagher, 5th in Extemporaneous Speaking
Raghed Abdel-Tawab, 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking
Sooruj Bhatia, Champion in Humorous Interpretation
Emma Dell Fletcher, 2nd in Humorous Interpretation
Mit Patel, 3rd in Humorous Interpretation
Lucy Wang, 4th in Humorous Interpretation
Erden Ucok, 5th in Humorous Interpretation
Stephan Voelk, 6th in Humorous Interpretation
Julia Murray, 3rd in Impromptu
Michael Gallagher, 4th in Impromptu
Kelly Wang, 5th in Impromptu
Priyanka Shah, 6th in Impromptu
Andrew Kim, Semifinalist in Impromptu
Ian Chiu, Champion in Informative Speaking
Stephan Voelk, 2nd in Informative Speaking
Laurel Holley, 3rd in Informative Speaking/Novice Champion
Silvana Cuervo, 4th in Informative Speaking
Cindy Li, 6th in Informative Speaking
Elizabeth Dods, Champion in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Joe Allen, 2nd in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Susan Kim, Semifinalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Brian Yoon, Semifinalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Madaline Allen, Quarterfinalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Sebastian Alvarado, 4th in Novice Reading
Danielle Louw, 5th in Novice Reading
Manasvini Garigipati, 6th in Novice Reading
Michell Sanchez-Flores, Semifinalist in Novice Reading
Mit Patel, Champion in Original Oratory
Ian Chiu, 2nd in Original Oratory
Ahva Zadeh, 4th in Original Oratory
Talia Samard, 5th in Original Oratory
Elizabeth Sanchez, 2nd in Original Oratory
Sooruj Bhatia, Champion in Program Oral Interpretation
Allie Watts, 3rd in Program Oral Interpretation
Jaimie McKeel and Matthew Yoon, Champions in Public Forum Debate
Abby Hickey and Pratamesh Ramasubramanian, 2nd in Public Forum Debate
Brooke Reid and Janine D’Souza, Semifinalists in Public Forum Debate
Joa Sanchez, Champion in SPAR Debate
Phillip Martin, Champion in Storytelling
Allison Devolve, 3rd in Storytelling
Alexis Celaya, Semifinalist in Storytelling
Jackson Keller, Semifinalist in Storytelling
Deepthi Prabhaker, Semifinalist in Storytelling
Ivana Ramirez, Champion in Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Audrey Dods, 2nd in Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate