Utah State Debate Competition
April 28 & 29, 2011

The Utah Debate State Competitions were held April 28th and 29th at Skyline High School. 

A total of 80 students participated in the Elementary Division Two Policy Competition on Thursday, April 28th, representing the following schools: Alta View, Draper, Eastwood, Emerson, Hawthorne, Jordan Ridge, Morningside, Peruvian Park, Ranches Academy, Riverton, Sunrise, Whittier and Westland Elementary.

A total of 63 students participated in the Jr. High/Middle School Policy and Lincoln-Douglas Competitions on Thursday, April 28th, representing the following schools:  Albion, Alta View, Beaver, Cache Valley Learning Center, Crescent View, Excelsior Academy, Intermountain Christian, Karl Maesar Preparatory Academy, Meadowlark, Midvale Middle,  Mount Logan Middle, Oquirrh Hills Middle, Parley Park,  Rowland Hall, Thomas Edison and West.

A total of 148 students participated in the Elementary Division One Policy Competition on Friday, April 29th representing the following schools:  Alta View, Brockbank, Eastwood,  Hayden Peak, Hillsdale, Hobble Creek, Howard R. Driggs, Intermountain Christian, Jordan Ridge, Mapleton, Mount Logan, Oakwood, Peruvian Park and Upland Terrace.

Contestants finishing with the highest point totals include:

Elementary Level Policy Debate:

Elementary Level Division One – Affirmative
1st - Camille Blair and Caitlin Steffensen - Eastwood
2nd - Garrison Asper and Andy Knoblock - Eastwood
3rd - Jake Beede and Gabi Cruz– Ranches Academy
4th - Kate Verhaaren and Jenna Wiseman – Howard R. Driggs
5th - John Giddings and Spencer Schwartz – Oakwood
6th - Emma Gould and Kimmy Harker – Jordan Ridge

Elementary Level Division One– Negative
1st - Taylor Evans and Ethan Nielson - Oakwood
2nd - Aidan Newsome and Josh Vance – Oakwood
3rd - Annie Campbell and Amanda Edwards – Howard R. Driggs
4th - Braydon Poplin and Jacob Myers – Hobble Creek
5th - Hailey Hullinger and McKenzie Oyler - Brockbank
6th - Natalie Noorda and Cassady Gappmayer - Brockbank

Elementary Level Division Two – Affirmative
1st - Sofi Papastomos and Anna Escobeo - Morningside
2nd - Amanda Jiang and Alicia Lu – Morningside
3rd - Carley Williams and Anika Heilweils - Morningside
4th - Makenna Mumford and Shalini Kaser - Morningside
5th - Inakhshmi Rashid and Michelle Smith - Whittier
6th - Nadia Ganom and Sonia Sehgal – Peruvian Park

Elementary Level Division Two – Negative
1st - Rohan Jairam and K.J. Mills - Morningside
2nd - Jack Temme and Michael Tao – Morningside
3rd - Claire Beck and Emi Radetich - Eastwood
4th - Alex Olsen and Bailey Burden – Alta View
5th - Kathy Liu and Madeleine Wells – Peruvian Park
6th - Julia Ma and Thomas Khodadad – Morningside

Junior High/Middle School Level:

Policy Debate
1st – Sophia Nielson and Harry Aaronson – Rowland Hall
2nd – Ling Ritter and Anna Reganis – Rowland Hall
3rd – Peter Johnston and Hollis Hunt – Oquirrh Hills Middle
4th – Carla Swensen and Akbar Khan – Midvale Middle
5th – Elliot Kovnick and Aaron Friedman – Rowland Hall
6th – Rose Jackson-Smith and Jennifer Ban – Mt. Logan Middle

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
1st - Logan Pederson – Karl Maesar Preparatory Academy
2nd - Chole Harvell – Mt. Logan Middle
3rd - Charlie Brotherson – Mt. Logan Middle
4th - Sarah Silcox – West High
5th – Ryan Gustafson – Karl Maesar
6th - Alec Smitten – Mt. Logan Middle

Utah State Debate Competitions
2011
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Elementary Level Policy Debate:

Elementary Level Division One
1st - Sam McMurray - Eastwood
2nd – Coleton Richmond – Howard R. Driggs
3rd - Tianne McCraley – Oakwood
4th - Andre Watson – Mt. Logan
5th – Jacob Myers – Hobble Creek
6th – John Giddings - Oakwood
7th – Peter Nash - Oakwood
8th – Kimmy Harker – Jordan Ridge
9th – Sam Mason – Parley Park
10th – Jenna Wiseman – Howard R. Driggs
11th – Bud Oettli - Oakwood
12th – Tommy Jensen – Upland Terrace
13th – Brookelyn Jones - Draper
14th – Espi Oyarzun - Eastwood
15th – Kate Verhaaren – Howard R. Driggs

Elementary Level Division Two
      1st - Inakhshmi Rashid - Whittier
      2nd – Michelle Smith - Whittier
      3rd - Sonia Sehgal – Peruvian Park
      4th - Tanisha Martheswaren – Peruvian Park
      5th – Helen Hulsey - Morningside
      6th – Tyler Reid - Westland
      7th - Ally Ridge - Morningside
      8th – Jacob Giolas – Peruvian Park
      9th – Makenna Mumford - Morningside
      10th – Nadia Ganom – Peruvian Park
      11th – Alex Olsen – Alta View
      12th – Connor Lambert – Riverton
      13th – Serena Aeschilman - Morningside
      14th – Elliot Tidd – Peruvian Park
      15th – Brandon Todd – Sunrise
      16th – Madeleine Wells – Peruvian Park
      17th – Jordan Voss – Jordan Ridge
      18th – Rebeka Owen – Alta View
      19th – Anika Heilweils – Morningside
      20th – Jess Baker – Whittier
      21st - Alicia Lu – Morningside
      21nd – Bailey Burden – Alta View

Jr. High Middle School Level:

Policy Debate
1st – Rose Jackson-Smith – Mt. Logan Middle
2nd – Carla Swensen – Midvale Middle
3rd – Camila Reed-Guevara – Rowland Hall
4th – Claire Wang – Rowland Hall
5th – Riley Cook – Thomas Edison
6th – Tiffany Karlink – Intermountain Christian
7th –Anthony Cheng – Midvale Middle
8th – Jennifer Ban – Mt. Logan Middle
9th – Elliot Kovnick – Rowland Hall
10th – Bryce Herndon – Thomas Edison
11th- Akbar Khan – Midvale Middle
12th – Aaron Friedman – Rowland Hall
13th – Isabelle Broussard – Intermountain Christian
14th – Danny Dong – Midvale Middle

Lincoln-Douglas Debate
1st – Josh Cole – Rowland Hall
2nd – Jun Mok Yoon – West High
3rd – Jaden Miner – Oquirrh Hills Middle
4th – Alec Smitten – Mt. Logan Middle
5th – Ryan Gustafson – Karl Maesar Preparatory Academy
6th – Sean Robinson – Karl Maesar Preparatory Academy
7th – Sarah Hale – Oquirrh Hills Middle
8th – Brianna Lewis – West High
9th – V.J. Vinson – Midvale Middle