Riverside was so dominant, all 47 members of the state championship team won individual trophies this season, winning over 500 break rounds and trophies.
The team had 10 first place and three second place finishes.
All 47 members of the state championship team won individual trophies this season, winning over 500 break rounds and trophies.
At the 2014 State Tournament, Riverside students won 10 of 16 state events including:
• Gabe Williams, Children's Literature
• Stephanie Hong and Carol Lee, Duo Interpretation
• Matthew Harrington, Declamation
• Alexander Koo, Original Oratory
• Nida Ansari, Extemporaneous Speaking
• Mary Carol Butterfield, Impromptu Speaking
• Dara Lazarova, Spontaneous Argumentation Debate
• Abigail Holland, Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
• Kerry Yan, Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
• Lorenzo Barberis Canonico, Congressional Debate
Did you know?
• Abigail Holland, Ashley Marler, JD Dawson, and Cheyenne Sida swept the top four places in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate.
• Lorenzo Barberis Canonico, Sulaiman Ahmad, Keanu Sida, and Rashed Abdel-Tawab swept the top four places in Congressional Debate.
• Alexander Koo, Stephanie Hong, Carol Lee, and Maggi Whiston swept the top four places in Original Oratory.
• Riverside students swept the Public Speaking events of Original Oratory, Declamation, Extemporaneous Speaking and Impromtpu Speaking.
• Kristyn Robinson, in her first year of competition, won Outstanding Novice in Poetry Interpretation
• Keanu Sida, in his first year of competition, won Outstanding Novice in Congressional Debate.
• Coach David Dejesa was honored as the AAAA Coach of the Year by SC Forensics Coaches Association.
5th Place Winners
Spencer Bryant, Prose Reading
Stephanie Hong, Humorous Interpretation
Devin Remley, Novice Reading
Kristyn Robinson, Poetry Reading
Keanu Sida, Student Congress
6th Place Winners
Chantel Brown, Prose Chantel Brown
Faith Ingle
Koueun Pang
Dramatic Interpretation
Matthew Harrington
Ryan Ransom
Extemporaneous Speaking
Mary Carol Butterfield
Jinsoo Kim
Elliot Lin
Humorous Interpretation
Carol Lee
Ryan Ransom
Impromptu Speaking
Yasmin Meyer
Shanza Toor
Novice L-D Debate
J.D. Dawson
Cheyenne Sida
Novice Reading
Kyra Brown
Manu Budidi
Joe Gunst
Poetry Reading
Maheen Beram
Neha Mahajan
KoueuNikhil Gandhi
Neha Mahajan
Katie Potter
Ceylin Ucok
Brianna Young
Impromptu Speaking
Jinsoo Kim
Elliot Lin
Novice L-D Debate
Carolyn Bubanich
Prose Reading
Andrew Hall
Margaret Whiston
Brianna Young
Varsity L-D Debate
Dara Lazarova
Varsity Public Forum
Hiba Kouser
Bryce Safrit