2008 APDA National Championships
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Welcome to the Official Site of the 2008 APDA National Championships @ MIT
 
MIT is proud to have hosted the year-end tournament of the American Parliamentary Debate Association from April 18-20, 2008.

Thanks to the following for their help during the tournament: Sharmin Karim, Kathleen Clark-Adams, Erek Speed, Laila Wahedi, Bill Magnuson, Alison Greenlee, Yi Cai, Erik Fogg, Ariel Torres, Karen Figueroa. Special thanks to Leslie Nachbar, Michelle Zimmermann, and Adam Groce.

Results:

Novice Speakers:
1.Alex Taubes (from BU CT)156/10
2.Zayn Siddique (from Princeton C)156/13
3.Pam Brown (from Yale BL)155/11
4.Rushab Doshi (from Princeton D)155/14
5.James Shapiro (from Brown ST)154.5/15
6.Dan May (from Princeton D)154/17
7.Shrivats Iyer (from Hopkins IR)153.5/11
8.Sarah Frank (from Hopkins BF)153.5/14
9.James Lucarelli (from Yale BL)153.5/16
10.Leah Storer (from American A)153/12

Novice Teams:
1.Yale BL (James Lucarelli and Pam Brown)4-2/308.5/27
2.Princeton D (Rushab Doshi and Dan May)3-3/309/31
3.Hopkins BF (Sarah Frank and Ali Boyle)3-3/306.5/29
4.American A (Jonathan Terrell and Leah Storer)3-3/304.8/32.4
5.Hopkins IR (George Remisovsky and Shrivats Iyer)3-3/304/29
6.Stanford C (Wesley Hong and Ian Girard)3-3/298.5/32

Varsity Speakers:
1.Michael Baer (from Stanford A)160.2/10.8
2.Dave Kwasniewksi (from Princeton A)160/8
3.Steph Bell (from U Chicago A)159/9 (broken on adjusted ranks)
4.Josh Bone (from Yale BR)159/9
5.Andy Hill (from William & Mary BH)158.5/10
6.Frank Marsico (from Fordham SM)158.5/12
7.Jason Sheltzer (from Princeton A)158.5/15
8.Anish Mitra (from Stanford A)158.4/12
9.Matt Scarola (from Columbia SH)158/9
10.Ben Belser (from Harvard BB)158/10
11.Bridget Fahey (from U Chicago A)158/11
12.Matt Spotts (from Fordham SM)158/12
13.Lauren Bateman (from William & Mary BH)158/14 (broken on double-adjusted ranks)
14.Andrew Rohrbach (from Yale BR)158/14
15.Brendan Jarboe (from Bates JM)157.83/8
16.Joel Todoroff (from Brandeis TS)157.5/8
17.Meg Dallett (from Vassar A)157.5/9 (broken on adjusted speaks)
18.Chris Baia (from Hopkins BC)157.5/9
19.Daniel Rauch (from Princeton B)157.5/11
20.Andrew Wansley (from Dartmouth WH)157.2/10.8

Varsity Teams:
1.On an 8-5 decision in finals:
Stanford A (Michael Baer and Anish Mitra)
6-0/318.6/22.8
2.Princeton A (Dave Kwasniewksi and Jason Sheltzer)5-1/318.5/23
3.Advancing to semifinals:
Chicago A (Steph Bell and Bridget Fahey)
5-1/317/20
4.Princeton B (Mike Shih and Daniel Rauch)4-2/313/27
5.Advancing to quarterfinals:
Yale BR (Josh Bone and Andrew Rohrbach)
4-2/317/23
6.Harvard BB (Ben Belser and Lewis Bollard)4-2/314.5/26
7.Columbia SH (Matt Scarola and Caitlin Halpern)4-2/313.33/27
8.Yale MM (Habib Moody and Grant May)4-2/312.5/26
9.Advancing to octofinals:
Fordham SM (Matt Spotts and Frank Marsico)
5-1/316.5/24 (broken on adj. speaks)
10.William & Mary BH (Lauren Bateman and Andy Hill)5-1/316.5/24
11.Bates JM (Matt Marienthal and Brendan Jarboe)5-1/314.5/22
12.Hopkins BC (Michael Childers and Chris Baia)5-1/314/23
13.Hopkins SW (Sean Withall and Vivek Suri)5-1/310.5/26
14.Brandeis SB (Rebecca Sivitz and Dan Blynn)4-2/312.5/27
15.Brandeis TS (Jackie Saffir and Joel Todoroff)4-2/312/24
16.BU LC (Jake Campbell and Rocky Lotito)4-2/311/26
17.Other teams with a 4-2 record:
Dartmouth IL (Adeel Ikram and Ben Lo)
4-2/310.83/26
18.Dartmouth WH (Joe Huston and Andrew Wansley)4-2/310.8/32
19.Yale KS (Dave Kasten and Ashali Singham)4-2/310.67/28
20.NYU TZ (Sarah Thambidurai and Elizabeth Zahler)4-2/310.5/25
21.Columbia DY (David Yin and Ryne Duchman)4-2/310.5/27
22.Vassar A (Meg Dallett and Jenny Wasson)4-2/310.25/30
23.William & Mary HT (Josh Turner and Samantha Hynes)4-2/309/27
24.Yale BL (James Lucarelli and Pam Brown)4-2/308.5/27
25.Duke AT (Kevin Troy and Nick Arrivo)4-2/308/28