Cupertino Speech and Debate had their very last regular season tournament this past weekend at Santa Clara University, and came away with some amazing results. We also had Abhay Acharya & Aditya Bagga doubleoctofinal silver TOC this weekend. Congratulations to everyone who competed with us this year; we'll see you next year!

Speech Breaks:
Amrutha Vaidyam – Tournament Champion in Open OI 
Amrutha Vaidyam & Ashwath Kannan – Fourth Place in Duo Interp
Alaina Mupparthi – Tournament Champion in Open Expos 
Samruddhi Gulgunje – Tournament Champion in Novice OI 
Janvi Prasad – Second Place in Original Prose and Poetry 
Alaina Mupparthi – Second Place in Program of Oral Interp 
Richita Varshney  – Third Place in Novice Oratorical Interp
Siyona Sarma – Fourth Place in Extemp & in Impromptu
Amrutha Vaidyam – Fourth Place in Open Original Oratory 
Koena Gupta – Fourth Place in Open Program of Oral Interp 
Vansh Mathur – Fifth Place in Open Original Oratory  
Apurva Ayalur – Sixth Place in Open Oratorical Interp
Srutika Sureshbabu – Semifinalist in Open Original Oratory
Janvi Prasad – Semifinalist in Open Original Oratory
Aditi Aswin – Semifinalist in Open Original Oratory 
Sarah Zuo – Semifinalist in Novice Original Oratory
Riya Rajeevan – Semifinalist in Novice Original Oratory

Debate Breaks:
Abhay Acharya & Aditya Bagga – Semifinalists in Varsity Public Forum
Emily Park & Soohan Cho – Quarterfinalists in Varsity Parliamentary Debate
Vikramaditya Pidaparthi – Octafinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Anuj Balakrishnan – Doubleoctafinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Amaan Bapoo  – Doubleoctafinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Ashvin Loghashankar  – Doubleoctafinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Saloni Singha  – Doubleoctafinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Vibhor Narang – Finalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas

Debate Speaker Awards:
Aditya Bagga – 4th Place in Varsity Public Forum

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Hey all! TinoSD has had an incredible last few months, with over 50 breaks at various tournaments. Tino is now heading into the post-season with SVUDL, TOCs, States, and Nationals coming up!! Keep an eye out for more updates!!


Stanford:

Speech Breaks:
Rishi Anand – 4th Place in Varsity National Extemp
Rishi Anand – 4th Place in Varsity International Extemp
Amrutha Vaidyam – 6th Place in Varsity Oral Interp
Alaina Mupparthi – Semifinalist in Varsity Expository Speech
Alaina Mupparthi – Semifinalist in Program Oral Interp
Ria Narang – Quarterfinalist in Varsity Original Oratory
Srutika Sureshbabu – Quarterfinalist in Varsity Original Oratory
Samruddhi Gulgunje – 2nd Place in Novice Dramatic Interp
Samruddhi Gulgunje – 4th Place in Novice Oral Interp
Gautam Chandrasekaran – Semifinalist in Novice Expository Speech
Rucha Deo – Semifinalist in JV Original Oratory
Riya Rajeevan – Semifinalist in Novice Original Oratory
Vivian Lin – Semifinalist in Novice Original Oratory

Debate Breaks:
Amaan Bapoo – Octafinalist in Open Lincoln Douglas
Saloni Mahajan & Jessica Cho – Doubleoctafinalists in Open Parliamentary Debate
Abhay Acharya & Aditya Bagga – Tripleoctafinalists in TOC Public Forum
Vibhor Narang – Quarterfinalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas
Pranav Kumar Sona & Aditya Rao – Undefeated in prelims, Octafinalists in Novice Public Forum
Elaine Chen & Jenny Chen – Doubleoctafinalists in Novice Public Forum
Berkeley:
Alaina Mupparthi – 6th Place in Informative Speaking, 2nd Place Program Oral Interp
Rishi Anand – Extemp Quarterfinalist
Siyona Sarma – Impromptu Quarterfinalist
Ashvin Loghashankar – Impromptu Octafinalist
Ria Narang – Original Oratory Quarterfinalist
Srutika Sureshbabu – Original Oratory Quarterfinalist
Shanlea Tabofunda – Original Oratory Quarterfinalist
Aishwarya Aswin – Original Oratory Quarterfinalist


Berkeley:
Alaina Mupparthi – 6th Place in Informative Speaking, 2nd Place Program Oral Interp
Rishi Anand – Extemp Quarterfinalist
Siyona Sarma – Impromptu Quarterfinalist
Ashvin Loghashankar – Impromptu Octafinalist
Ria Narang – Original Oratory Quarterfinalist
Srutika Sureshbabu – Original Oratory Quarterfinalist
Shanlea Tabofunda – Original Oratory Quarterfinalist
Aishwarya Aswin – Original Oratory Quarterfinalist

State Qualifiers:
Amrutha Vaidyam & Ashwath Kannan – District Champions in Duo Interp, qualifying to the State Championship
Abhay Acharya & Aditya Bagga — 8th Place in Public Forum Debate, qualifying to the State Championship
Yash Srivastava – 15th Place in Congressional Debate, qualifying to the State Championship
Saloni Mahajan & Jessica Cho – 13th Place in Parliamentary Debate
Alaina Mupparthi – 8th Place in Expository
Rishi Anand – 11th Place in International Extemp
Amrutha Vaidyam – 12th Place in Oratorical Interp
Alaina Mupparthi – 13th Place in Program of Oral Interp

National Qualifiers:
Alaina Mupparthi – Finalist in Informative Speech &  Program Oral Interp, double-qualifying to the National Tournament (Will be competing in Informative)
Rishi Anand – Finalist in International Extemp
Amaan Bapoo – Semifinalist in Lincoln Douglas

TinoSD had an excellent weekend at the annual John Lewis SCU Invitational, bringing home dozens of trophies. Congratulations to all of our amazing competitors!

Gauri Chawla - Finalist in Novice Congress
Vansh Mathur - Tournament Champion in Novice Extemp
Aashin Singhal - Second Place in Novice Extemp
Siyona Sarma - Finalist in Impromptu
Pranav Kumar Soma - Semifinalist in Novice Expository
Alaina Mupparthi - Third Place in Expository
Kartikeya Pidaparthi - Quarterfinalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas
Vibhor Narang - Octafinalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas
Amaan Bapoo - Octafinalist in Lincoln Douglas
Ashvin Loghashankar - Double-octafinalist in Lincoln Douglas
Vansh Mathur - Semifinalist in Novice Original Oratory
Srutika Sureshbabu - Fifth Place in Original Oratory
Alaina Mupparthi - Semifinalist in Original Oratory
Ishitha Vemula - Semifinalist in Original Oratory
Justin Yu & Avyukth Harish - Octafinalist in Novice Public Forum
Rohan Malla & Jenny Chen - Double-octafinalist in Novice Public Forum
​Pranav Kumar Soma & Aditya Rao - Triple-octafinalist in Novice Public Forum

Our varsity team did incredibly well at the UoP Invitational, securing multiple outround placements and even a tournament championship! Congratulations to all of our amazing competitors!

​Alaina Mupparthi - 3rd Place in Impromptu Speaking
Alaina Mupparthi - Tournament Champion in Informative Speaking
Alaina Mupparthi - Finalist in Original Oratory
Shanlea Tabofunda - Finalist in Original Oratory
Amaan Bapoo - 5th Speaker in Lincoln Douglas
Saloni Singhal - Octafinalist in Lincoln Douglas
Anuj Balakrishnan - Octafinalist in Lincoln Douglas
Ashvin Loghashankar - Octafinalist in Lincoln Douglas
Aneesh Bhat - Octafinalist in Lincoln Douglas
Anoop Bhat - Semifinalist in Lincoln Douglas
Abhay Acharya & Aditya Bagga - Octafinalist in Public Forum

Please check the Slack for the links to register for CFL 2 and SCU! Fill out the contact form to get in touch with the officer team!

Parent Judge Training will be held on Friday, October 16th. Join us from 6-7:30pm to learn about judging at TinoSD!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://fuhsd-org.zoom.us/j/92240227560?pwd=RnFWVnMwM1JucTU4UmJXUnJ3Rld4UT09
Meeting ID: 922 4022 7560
Passcode: 563911

TinoSD is opening membership registration for everyone! Download the linked file, complete it, and complete the Google Form by Monday, October 5th to join the team!
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TinoSD sent 20 of our best Varsity competitors to the Stephen Stewart Invitational, and came back with nearly 15 awards. Everybody should be incredibly proud of how they did this weekend!
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BREAKS AND AWARDS:
Debate Breaks:
- Amaan Bapoo: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Quarterfinalist
- Aneesh Bhat: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Octafinalist
- Anoop Bhat: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Doubleoctafinalist
- Saloni Singhal: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Octafinalist
- Riya Karkhanis and Inika Singh: Varsity Parliamentary Doubleoctafinalists
- Ashvin Logashankar: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Doubleoctafinalist

Debate Speaker Awards:
- Aneesh Bhat: 7th Speaker in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
- Anoop Bhat: 8th Speaker in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
- Aditya Bagga: 8th Speaker in Varsity Public Forum
- Abhay Acharya: 14th Speaker in Varsity Public Forum

Individual Events Placements:
- Alaina Mupparthi: Tournament Champion in Original Advocacy
- Alaina Mupparthi: 5th place in Expository Speaking
- Srutika Sureshbabu: Original Oratory Finalist
- Ishitha Vemula: Original Oratory Finalist

Cupertino Speech and Debate will be holding our Clubs Day Informational Session on 9/23 during the morning advisory period. We will also be hosting an informational meeting Friday 9/25 at 12:30 pm for those interested in joining the club. See you there!
Zoom Link: tinyurl.com/SDTino
Password: sd

Mailing List Signup: tinyurl.com/SDMailingList
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