Scoreboard, as of 2/22/08

2 Bids: Fully Qualified to the TOC '07-'08

1. Jared Dummit (Stuyvesant, NY)
2. Marcus Moretti (Scarsdale, NY)
3. Tess McNulty (Millburn, NJ)
4. Matt Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
5. Arti Bhatia (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
6. Stephanie Caravias (Ridge, NJ)
7. Gurdane Bhutani (Lake Highland, FL)
8. Rusty Mawn (Vestavia Hills, AL)
9. Deepa Ramakrishnan (Harker, CA)
10. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA)
11. Rahim Sayani (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
12. Sohail Syed (Niskayuna, NY)
13. Ellen Noble (Walt Whitman, MD)
14. Karlyn Gorski (Perkiomen Valley, NY)
15. Daniel Khalessi (Mountain View, CA)
16. Fred Willett (Brophy Prep, AZ)
17. Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll, TX)
18. Amanda Signorelli (Meadows, NV)
19. Lulu Danzig (Bainbridge, WA)
20. Greg Bigelow (Gig Harbor, WA)
21. Adrienne Kearney (Meadows, NV)
22. Conor Doherty (Hopkins, MN)
23. Rahul Ramakrishnan (Palo Alto, CA)
24. Om Alladi (Monta Vista, CA)
25. Cameron Baghai (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
26. Tara Norris (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
27. Ross Brown (Valley, IA)

3 Bids:
1. Andrew Cockroft (Elkins, TX)
2. Matt Kawahara (Valley, IA)
3. Louis Paine (Stoneman Douglas, FL)
4. Todd Liipfert (Strake Jesuit, TX)
5. Christian Keil (Lakeville, MN)
6. Ken Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
7. Brian MacDonald (New Trier, IL)
8. J.P. Gooderham (Upper St. Clair, PA)
9. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
10. Alan Tong (Ridge, NJ)
11. Alex Bores (Hunter College, NY)
12. Daniel Daks (Scarsdale, NY)
13. Devin Race (Westlake, TX)
14. Danielle Smogard (Greenhill, TX)
15. Natalee Pei (Mountain View, CA)
16. Corey Metzman (MBA, TN)
17. Chris Catterton (Analy, CA)

4 Bids:
1. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX)
2. Rebar Niemi (Mt. Vernon, WA)
3. Ben Holguin (Edina, MN)
4. Ben Schifberg (South Eugene, OR)
5. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN)
6. Maeshal Abid (Valley, IA)
7. Isaac Bloch (Berkeley Carroll, NY)
8. John Scoggin (Blake, MN)
9. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale, NY)
10. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Prep, FL)

5 Bids:
1. Wade Houston (Oak Mountain, AL)
2. David McNeil (Edina, MN)
3. Marc Wallach (Colegiate, NY)
4. Ben Clancy (Westwood, TX)

6 Bids:
1. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX)
2. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
3. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)
5. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)

7 Bids:
1. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN)

8 Bids:
1. David Donatti (Strake Jesuit, TX)
2. Becca Traber (Kinkaid, TX)

Auto-Quals To The TOC:
1. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
2. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
3. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)

Total Number Of Students Qualified To The 2008 TOC in LD: 69

Schools With The Highest Bid Count:
1. Strake Jesuit, TX (17 Bids): David Donatti (8), Paul Tyger (6), Todd Liipfert (3)
2. Mountain View / Los Altos, CA (15 Bids): Daniel Moerner (6), Daniel Khalessi (2), Daniel Garber (3), Natalee Pei (3), Jeff Merrill (1)
3. Scarsdale, NY (15 Bids): Matt Hershey (2), Ken Hershey (3), Nikita Lalwani (4), Marcus Moretti (2), Daniel Daks (3), Eric Thurm (1)
4. Hockaday, TX (13 Bids): Joan Gass (6), Shivani Vohra (4), Lindsey Dolan (3)
5. Trinity Prep, FL (12 Bids): Jake Nebel (6), Ravi Sankar (5), Daniel Deciccio (1)

As an explanation of the team ranking system, i have been calling tie-breakers based on the number of people on the team with bids. The system sees teams with more bids and less debaters as stronger programs than those who have many people with a small number of bids; subequently, the smaller team is the tie breaker. I.E., in the case of Scarsdale and MVLA, MVLA is the #2 because they only have 5 debaters with bids, whereas Scarsdale has 6.

In the weeks following Harker, I will try my best to publish a list of at large candidates. Thanks for reading

Only 4 Bids Left. . .

Harvard (Octas Bid):
1. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)
2. Peter Damsroch (Berkeley Carroll, NY)
3. Ben Lewis (Whitman, MD)
4. Stephanie Caravias (Ridge, NJ)
5. Jesse Klinger (Great Neck South, NY)
6. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Prep, FL)
7. Matt Salant (Scarsdale, NY)
8. Will Hix (Grapevine, TX)
9. Bobby Esnard (Bronx Science, NY)
10. J.P. Gooderham (Upper St. Clair, PA)
11. Jane Kessner (Whitman, MD)
12. Coulter King (Regis, NY)
13. Michael Calavano (A.L. Johnson, NJ)
14. Ryan Zehner (St. Joseph's, PA)
15. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale, NY)
16. Daniel Daks (Scarsdale, NY)
17. Karlyn Gorski (Perkiomen Valley, NY)

Cal Invitational (Octas Bid):
1. Becca Traber (Kinkaid, TX)
2. Ross Brown (Valley, IA)
3. Matt Kawahara (Valley, IA)
4. Cody Fielder (Foothill, NV)
5. Rahul Ramakrishnan (Palo Alto, CA)
6. Danielle Smogard (Greenhill, TX)
7. Tara Norris (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
8. Rusty Mawn (Vestavia Hills, AL)
9. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)
10. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA)
11. Chris Catterton (Analy, CA)
12. Ben Schifberg (South Eugene, OR)
13. John Scoggin (Blake, MN)
14. Nadia Arid (Presentation, CA)
15. Jing Wang (Los Altos, CA)
16. Natalee Pei (Mountain View, CA)
17. Tarun Galagali (Monta Vista, CA)

Scoreboard, As Of 2/12/08

2 Bids: Fully Qualified to the TOC '07-'08
1. J.P. Gooderham (Upper St. Clair, PA)
2. Jared Dummit (Stuyvesant, NY)
3. Marcus Moretti (Scarsdale, NY)
4. Tess McNulty (Millburn, NJ)
5. Matt Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
6. Arti Bhatia (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
7. Matt Kawahara (Valley, IA)
8. Gurdane Bhutani (Lake Highland, FL)
9. Chris Catterton (Analy, CA)
10. Deepa Ramakrishnan (Harker, CA)
11. Daniel Garber (Mountain View, CA)
12. Rahim Sayani (Colleyville-Heritage, TX)
13. Sohail Syed (Niskayuna, NY)
14. Ellen Noble (Walt Whitman, MD)
15. Danielle Smogard (Greenhill, TX)
16. Daniel Khalessi (Mountain View, CA)
17. Fred Willett (Brophy Prep, AZ)
18. Ryan Bennett (Southlake Carroll, TX)
19. Amanda Signorelli (Meadows, NV)
20. Lulu Danzig (Bainbridge, WA)
21. Greg Bigelow (Gig Harbor, WA)
22. Adrienne Kearney (Meadows, NV)
23. Conor Doherty (Hopkins, MN)
24. Natalee Pei (Mountain View, CA)
25. Om Alladi (Monta Vista, CA)
26. Cameron Baghai (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
27. Daniel Daks (Scarsdale, NY)

3 Bids:
1. Andrew Cockroft (Elkins, TX)
2. John Scoggin (Blake, MN)
3. Louis Paine (Stoneman Douglas, FL)
4. Todd Liipfert (Strake Jesuit, TX)
5. Christian Keil (Lakeville, MN)
6. Ken Hershey (Scarsdale, NY)
7. Brian MacDonald (New Trier, IL)
8. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale, FL)
9. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
10. Alan Tong (Ridge, NJ)
11. Alex Bores (Hunter College, NY)
12. Ben Schifberg (South Eugene, OR)
13. Devin Race (Westlake, TX)

4 Bids:
1. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX)
2. Rebar Niemi (Mt. Vernon, WA)
3. Ben Holguin (Edina, MN)
4. Ravi Sankar (Trinity Prep, FL)
5. Chris Theis (Apple Valley, MN)
6. Maeshal Abid (Valley, IA)
7. Isaac Bloch (Berkeley Carroll, NY)


5 Bids:
1. Wade Houston (Oak Mountain, AL)
2. David McNeil (Edina, MN)
3. Marc Wallach (Colegiate, NY)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)
5. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)
6. Ben Clancy (Westwood, TX)

6 Bids:
1. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX)
2. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
3. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)

7 Bids:
1. Becca Traber (Kinkaid, TX)
2. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN)

8 Bids:
1. David Donatti (Strake Jesuit, TX)

Auto-Quals To The TOC:
1. Joan Gass (Hockaday, TX)
2. Lindsey Dolan (Hockaday, TX)
3. Shadman Zaman (Sacred Heart, MA)
4. Jake Nebel (Trinity Prep, FL)

Total Number Of Students Qualified To The 2008 TOC in LD: 59

Schools With The Highest Bid Count:
1. Strake Jesuit, TX (17 Bids): David Donatti (8), Paul Tyger (6), Todd Liipfert (3)
2. Scarsdale, NY (13 Bids): Matt Hershey (2), Ken Hershey (3), Nikita Lalwani (3), Marcus Moretti (2), Daniel Daks (2), Eric Thurm (1)
3. Hockaday, TX (13 Bids): Joan Gass (6), Shivani Vohra (4), Lindsey Dolan (3)
4. Mountain View / Los Altos, CA (11 Bids): Daniel Moerner (4), Daniel Khalessi (2), Daniel Garber (2), Natalee Pei (2), Jeff Merrill (1)
5. Edina, MN (10 Bids): David McNeil (5), Ben Holguin (4), Jack Mullaney (1)
5. Trinity Prep, FL (10 bids): Jake Nebel (5), Ravi Sankar (4), Daniel DeCiccio (1)

Stanford

Here are results for this year's Stanford Invitational

Stanford (Octas Bid):
1. Daniel Moerner (Los Altos, CA)
2. Paul Tyger (Strake Jesuit, TX)
3. Rahul Ramakrishnan (Palo Alto, CA)
4. John Scoggin (Blake, MN)
5. Jeff Merrill (Mountain View, CA)
6. Anna Ward (Monte Vista, CA)
7. Catherine Tarsney (St. Louis Park, MN)
8. Shivani Vohra (Hockaday, TX)
9. Joan Gass (Hocakday, TX)
10. Natalee Pei (Mountain View, TX)
11. Marc Wallach (Collegiate, NY)
12. Chris Catterton (Analy, CA)
13. Cameron Baghai (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
14. Conor Doherty (Hopkins, MN)
15. Om Alladi (Monta Vista, CA)
16. Matt Slemon (San Dieguito, CA)

Congrats to all.

Another weekend, another northeast tournament. . .

The Newark Debates (Finals Bid):
1. Saboor Sheerazi (Bronx Science, NY)
2. Daniel Daks (Scarsdale, NY)

Congrats to Scarsdale on yet another qual, and congrats to Bronx Science for 4 bid-holders.