[GFCA] State Championships - Final Results & Notes

[Lyndsey Hinckley]

Coaches,



Congratulations to all who competed at this year's State Championship
tournament. It's been a great year of speech and debate! A few final notes:



1) *Survey:* Please complete this survey
<https://goo.gl/forms/eb1Y9bHRZ2MKCc4H3>regarding the State Championship
tournaments. The feedback you provide helps the Executive Committee design
the State Championships. The survey includes questions for 1st/2nd Year
State AND Varsity State, so please fill out the section(s) applicable to
your school.



You can complete the survey at https://goo.gl/forms/eb1Y9bHRZ2MKCc4H3



*The survey also includes a question regarding dates for the Spring
Meeting. At the very least, please fill out that section.*



*2) Sweepstakes and President's Cup Winners*:


*Congratulations to our winners in Debate, Speech, and Overall Sweepstakes!*



*Debate Sweepstakes:*

1st - Marist School

2nd - Henry W. Grady High School

3rd - Woodward Academy



*Speech Sweepstakes:*

1st - Henry W. Grady High School

2nd - Dunwoody High School

3rd - Alpharetta High School



*Overall Sweepstakes:*

1st - Henry W. Grady High School

2nd - Marist School

3rd - Woodward Academy



*Congratulations to Alpharetta High School, the 2017 President's Cup
winner! *

*Current standings and a few fun facts:*

1st - Alpharetta, 752 rounds
2nd - Marist School, 525 rounds
3rd - Sequoyah, 347 rounds
4th - Carrollton, 335 rounds
5th - Lassiter, 332 rounds

   - *Grady set a new record for rounds for one school at a State
   Tournament with 333!*
   - *Two schools reached the "100 rounds" milestone at the State
   Tournament: Grady, for the 7th year in a row, and Marist, for the third
   year in a row.*

Some additional fun facts:

   - We had *three* schools attend their first ever State Tournament this
   weekend -* Cherokee, Paulding Co, and Riverwood*
   - We have had only *nine* schools that have attended all seven state
   championships: *Alpharetta, Carrollton, Grady, Marist, Pace, Sequoyah,
   Starr's Mill, Sequoyah, St Pius X, and Woodward*



*3) State Champions:* Congratulations - with some more fun facts! - to each
of our 2017 Varsity State Champions!


   - *Congressional Debate (Senate): *Gregory Federov, Grady High School,
   coached by Mario Herrera. *This is Grady High School's third consecutive
   state title in the Senate.*
   - *Congressional Debate (House)*: Morgan Pace, Columbus High School,
   coached by Lyndsey Hinckley. *This is Columbus High School's first state
   title in Congressional Debate.*
   - *Extemporaneous Speaking: *Sam Lombardo, Grady High School, coached by
   Mario Herrera. *This is the eighth consecutive state title in
   Extemporaneous Speaking for Grady High School*
   - *Impromptu Speaking: *Sam Lombardo, Grady High School, coached by
   Mario Herrera. *Grady has won six state titles in Impromptu Speaking.*
   - *Original Oratory: *Katie Krantz, Lovett School, coached by Mary Kay
   Waterman. *Lovett is the fifth school to win Original Oratory in the
   past five years. This is Lovett's first state title in Original Oratory.*
   - *Dramatic Interpretation: *Maya Nnaeto, Alpharetta High School,
   coached by Sarah Stoffle. *Alpharetta has won back-to-back state titles
   in Dramatic Interpretation.*
   - *Humorous Interpretation: *Patrick Clinch, Dunwoody High School,
   coached by David Gay. *Dunwoody has won back-to-back state titles in
   Humorous Interpretation, and David Gay has coached nine of the past ten
   state champions in this event.*
   - *Duo Interpretation: *Christina Nguyen & Karthik Ramaswami, Alpharetta
   High School, coached by Sarah Stoffle. *Alpharetta has won five of the
   last six state championships in Duo Interpretation.*
   - *Program of Oral Interpretation: *Kailyn Gibson, Lovett School,
   coached by Mary Kay Waterman. *Lovett is only the third school in state
   history to win state championships in two or more speech events in the same
   season.*
   - *Policy Debate:* Tripp Haskins & Max Abramson and Arjun Srinivasan &
   Alanna Pearson, Woodward Academy (close-out), coached by Maggie Berthiaume
   and Bill Batterman. *Woodward has won back-to-back state titles in
   policy debate.*
   - *Public Forum Debate: *Mason Bussey & Craig Cronin, Marist School,
   coached by Jeffrey Miller and Abby Schirmer. *Marist has won three state
   champions in the past six years in Public Forum.*
   - *Lincoln Douglas Debate: *Liam Mullican, Marist School, coached by
   Jeffrey Miller, Abby Schirmer, and Jonathan Waters. *This is Marist's
   first state championship in Lincoln Douglas. Marist becomes the third
   school school to win a state championship in more than one debate event in
   the same season.*

*4) Summit Debate Scholarships:* Thanks to the generosity of our tournament
sponsor, 9th-11th grade students who reached FINALS in IEs or SEMIS in
debate events at the Varsity State Tournament earned a $200 scholarship to
a Summit Debate summer institute. Remember that the scholarship is
nontransferable, and students who reached finals in multiple events only
receive ONE scholarship. For more information or to redeem scholarships,
please visit the Summit Debate website at http://summitdebate.com/  or
email info at summitdebate.com



Thank you again for a great year and all you do to support speech and
debate in Georgia!
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