The Riverside High School Speech and Debate team won first place at the 21st Southside Sampson-Smith-Robertson Invitational Tournament on Feb. 8. Competition was from the area and one team from California.
The awards ceremony will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., at the University of South Carolina Law School Auditorium in Columbia.
Riverside’s top six individual placements are below.
Chantel Brown
1st Impromptu Duet Acting
Kyrah Brown
1st Impromptu Duet Acting
Lorenzo Barberis Canonico
1st Student Congress
Shanza Toor
2nd Impromptu Duet Acting
Maheen Beram
2nd Impromptu Duet Acting
Carolyn Bubanich
2nd Novice L-D Debate
Matthew Harrington
2nd Oratorical Declamation
Carol Lee
2nd Radio Speaking
Rashed Abdel-Tawab
2nd Student Congress
Gabriel Williams
3rd Children's Literature
Carol Lee
3rd Humorous Interp.
Cheyenne Sida
3rd Novice L-D Debate
Stephanie Hong
3rd Original Oratory
Dara Lazarova
3rd Varsity L-D Debate
Chantel Brown
4th Dramatic Interp.
Yasmin Meyer
4th Extemp. Speaking
Jinsoo Kim
4th Impromptu Speaking
Mary Carol Butterfield
4th Oral Interpretation
Shelby Peek
4th Oratorical Declamation
Margaret Whiston
4th Original Oratory
Shivani Mahajan
4th Student Congress
Kyrah Brown
5th Children's Literature
Stephanie Hong
5th Duo Interpretation
Carol Lee
5th Duo Interpretation
Ashley Marler
5th Novice L-D Debate
Spenser Bryant
6th Humorous Interp.
J. D. Dawson
6th Novice L-D Debate
Nida Ansari
6th Original Oratory
Kerry Yan
6th Varsity L-D Debate
Hiba Kouser
6th Varsity Public Forum
Bryce Safrit
6th Varsity Public Forum
Chase Tournament
At Forest City, N.C.
Feb. 22
The Riverside High School Speech and Debate team picked up 6 first places of the 22 placements earned at the Chase Tournament at Forest City, N.C.
Keanu Sida
1st Student Congress
Orrod Zadeh
1st Varsity L-D Debate
Jinsoo Kim
1st Radio Speaking
Ryan Ransom
1st Humorous Interpretation
Nida Ansari
1st Extemp. Speaking
Chantel Brown
1st Dramatic Interp.
Matthew Harrington
2nd Humorous Interp.
Cheyenne Sida
2nd Novice L-D Debate
Mary Carol Butterfield
3rd Extemp. Speaking
Carol Lee
3rd Humorous Interp.
Hiba Kouser
3rd Radio Speaking
Matthew Harrington
3rd Dramatic Interpretation
J. D. Dawson
4th Novice L-D Debate
Shelby Peek
4th Oratorical Declamation
Brianna Young
4th Children’s Literature
Koueun Pang
5th Children’s Literature
Ryan Ransom
5th Dramatic Interpretation
Abigail Holland
5th Novice L-D Debate
Spenser Bryant
6th Oral Interpretation
Joe Gunst
6th Humorous Interp.
Shanza Toor
6th Impromptu Speaking
Ceylin Ucok
6th Children’s Literature