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HSPDS Results 2009-2010

 

Harvard finished as 2nd APDA Club of the Year.
Harvard BE (Bean/Early) finished as 1st Place APDA Team of the Year
Harvard LR (Loomis/Rubenstein) finished as 2nd Place APDA Team of the Year
Cormac Early finished as 5th Place APDA Speaker of the Year
Matt Rubenstein finished as 10th Place APDA Speaker of the Year
Kyle Bean finished as 11th Place APDA Speaker of the Year
Alex Loomis finished as 17th Place APDA Speaker of the Year
Zhiheng Png finished as 6th Place APDA Novice of the Year
Coulter King finished as 7th Place APDA Novice of the Year
Harvard BE (Bean/Early) finished as 2nd Team at APDA National Championship
Harvard LR (Loomis/Rubenstein) finished as 6th Team at APDA National Championship
Harvard HK (Hopkin/King) finished as 14th Team at APDA National Championship


September


 11-12 Johns Hopkins University (APDA Meeting)
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 4-1, 260.5/18
  • 3rd Place Team: Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 4-1, 261.5/22

18-19 The College of William and Mary
Smith College
  • 3rd Place Team: Harvard The Cane That Beat Charles Sumner (Alex Loomis & Wes Hopkin), 4-1, 258.5/18
  • 5th Place Team: Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 5-0, 261.5/18
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Cormac Early, 131/9
  • 5th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 130.5/9

 25-6 Boston University Novice
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard KM (Coulter King & Sam Melton), 3-1, 203/14
  • 6th Place Speaker: Coulter King, 102.5/5
  • 9th Place Speaker: Zhiheng Png, 102/6

October


 2-3 Columbia University
  • 1st Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 4-1, 258.5/18
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 4-1, 261.5/18
  • 6th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 131/8
  • 7th Place Speaker: Cormac Early, 131/9

 16-17 University of Maryland at College Park
Vassar University
  • 3rd Place Team: Harvard Revelations (Kyle Bean & Dianna Wu), 4-1, 256.5/19
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard Romans (Alex Loomis & Coulter King), 4-1, 255.5/20
  • 10th Place Team: Harvard Ephesians (Matt Rubenstein & Josh Zagorsky), 3-2, 256.5/23
  • 5th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 129/7
  • 7th Place Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 129/12
  • 1st Place Novice Speaker: Coulter King, 128.5/10

 23-24

Yale University Intervarsity (British Parliamentary style)


 30-1 Tufts University
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 5-0, 264.5/16
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard Snow White (Matt Rubenstein & Anton Chaevitch), 4-1, 262/18
  • 9th Place Team: Harvard Doc (Sana Raoof & Alex Loomis), 4-1, 260.5/22
  • 2nd Place Novice Team: Harvard Sleepy (Zhiheng Png & Brianna Beswick), 255.5/21
  • 8th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 131.5/7
  • 7th Place Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 131.5/6
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Cormac Early, 133/8
  • 3rd Place Novice Speaker: Zhiheng Png, 129/6
University of Pennsylvania

November


 6-7 Northeastern University
  • 1st Place Team: Harvard Dietary Restrictions (Cormac Early & Coulter King), 5-0, 264.5/16
  • 5th Place Team: Harvard The Crackpots and These Women (Alex Loomis & Zhiheng Png), 4-1, 261.5/17
  • 8th Place Team: Harvard Bartlett (Wes Hopkin & Graeme Crews), 3-2, 259/19
  • 15th Place Team: Harvard In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (Kyle Bean & Josh Wilson), 3-2, 259/23
  • 3rd Place Speaker: Cormac Early, 133.5/6
  • 8th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 131.5/6
  • 10th Place Speaker: Alex Loomis, 131/7
  • 2nd Place Novice Speaker: Coulter King, 131/10
  • 3rd Place Novice Speaker: Zhiheng Png, 130.5/10
  • 6th Place Novice Speaker: Graeme Crews, 129.5/11

American University


 13-14 Brown University
  • 5th Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 5-0, 262.5/15
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard Confidence Men (Kyle Bean & Dianna Wu), 4-1, 264.5/17
  • 1st Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 133/6
  • 4th Place Speaker: Alex Loomis, 131.5/7
  • 8th Place Speaker: Dianna Wu, 131.5/11
  • 9th Place Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 131/8
  • 4th Place Novice Speaker: Zhiheng Png, 128.5/7
  • 6th Place Novice Speaker: Coulter King, 128.5/11

George Washington University


 20-1 Fordham University (APDA Meeting)
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 5-0, 263.5/15
  • 8th Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 4-1, 259/17
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Cormac Early, 132.5/6
  • 8th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 131/9
  • 10th Place Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 130.5/5
    • 3rd Place Novice Speaker: Zhiheng Png, 128.5/10
    • 4th Place Novice Speaker: Josh Wilson, 128/9

December


 4-5 Bucknell University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 4-1, 264.5/18
  • 7th Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 4-1, 262.25/??
  • 3rd Place Novice Team: Harvard It's a Penguin! (Coulter King & Zhiheng Png), 3-2, 256.75
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Cormac Early, 132.75/7
  • 3rd Place Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 132.5/5
  • 7th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 131.75/11
  • 5th Place Novice Speaker: Coulter King, 129.5/9
  • 7th Place Novice Speaker: Josh Wilson, 129.25/16

January


 8-9 Williams College
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 4-1, 256
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Josh Zagorsky
  • 3rd Place Speaker: Alex Loomis
  • 4th Place Speaker: Matt Rubenstein
Middlebury College
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard/Northeastern "Greendale Community College A" (Kyle Bean & Grace Rosinski), 4-1, 256

 15-16 Dartmouth College
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard/BU (Matt Rubenstein & Alex Taubes), 5-0, 264.5/19
  • 5th Place Team: Harvard/BU Suits (Kyle Bean & Garron Chiu), 5-0, 264.5/21
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard/NU Man Up Buy Shoes (Alex Loomis & Will Crocker), 4-1, 263/20
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 133/7
  • 6th Place Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 132/11
  • 6th Place Speaker: Alex Loomis, 131.5/10

 22-23 Bates College

 29-30 York University (North American Debating Championships)
  • 13th Place Team: Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 4-2

February


 5-6 New York University (APDA Meeting)
  • 4th Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 5-0, 260/19
  • 1st Place Novice Team: Harvard CZ (Graeme Crews & Zhiheng Png), 4-1, 255/22
  • 7th Novice Speaker: Zhiheng Png, 127.5/10

 12-13 HARVARD HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT (SPRING COMP)
Wellesley College
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 261/16
  • 4th Place Team: Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 263.75/17
  • 2nd Speaker: Cormac Early, 132.75
  • 3rd Speaker: Kyle Bean, 132

 19-20 Skidmore College
Princeton University
  • 1st Place Team: Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 4-1, 260/15
  • 9th Speaker: Cormac Early 130.6/5

 26-27 Franklin and Marshall
Brandeis University
  • 3rd Place Team: Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 5-0, 264.5/15
  • 8th Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 4-1, 260.5/20
    • 3rd Place Novice Team: Harvard CW (Graeme Crews & Josh Wilson), 3-2, 258.8/23.75
    • 2nd Speaker: Cormac Early, 133/6
    • 2nd Novice Speaker: Graeme Crews, 130.6/10

March


 5-6 Stanford University
USMA at West Point
  • 3rd Place Novice Team: Harvard KP (Coulter King & Zhiheng Png), 3-2, 255
  • 6th Speaker: Zhiheng Png, 128.5/8

 12-13 Providence College
  • 1st Place Team: Lvov University A (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 4-1, 264/19
  • 2nd Place Team: University of East Prussia BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 5-0, 264/16
  • 7th Place Team: Moscow State University A (Wes Hopkin & Coulter King), 4-1, 260/18
  • 1st Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 133/6
  • 5th Speaker: Kyle Bean, 132/8
  • 6th Speaker: Cormac Early, 132/8
  • 4th Novice Speaker: Coulter King, 129.5/10

 19-20 College of William and Mary
Syracuse University
  • 1st Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 5-0, 266.5/18
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard/BU Hybrid (Coulter King & Erica Brandt), 3-2, 257/21
  • 1st Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 133.5/8
  • 2nd Speaker: Alex Loomis, 133/10
  • 4th Speaker: Coulter King, 130.5/6
  • 2nd Novice Team: Harvard/Brown Hybrid (Graeme Crews & Samantha Sanders), 3-2, 256.25/22.5
  • 1st Novice Speaker: Coulter King, 130.5/6

 26-27 Boston University (Elections)
  • 3rd Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 5-0, 263.5/18
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard BEastmode (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 4-1, 263/21
  • 4th Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 132.5/8
  • 9th Speaker: Kyle Bean, 132/9
  • 4th Novice Team: Harvard PW (Zhiheng Png & Josh Wilson)

April


 2-3 University of Virginia
Cornell University
  • 1st Place Team: Harvard Ben's Legacy (Coulter King & Alex Loomis), 5-0, 261.5/17
  • 3rd Place Team: Harvard Make an Assessment (Matt Rubenstein & Yihan Tan), 4-1, 260.5/18
  • 1st Speaker: Alex Loomis, 131.5/6
  • 2nd Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 131.5/6
  • 9th Speaker: Coulter King, 130/11

    • 2nd Novice Speaker: Coulter King, 130/11
    University of Chicago
    • 3rd Novice Speaker: Zhiheng Png, 129/10

 9-10 Rutgers University
Amherst College
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard/Johns Hopkins Lady Gaga Appreciation Society (Cormac Early & Vivek Suri), 5-0, 264.5/17
  • 3rd Place Team: Harvard The Dark My Little Pony (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 4-1, 263.5/17
  • 6th Speaker: Cormac Early, 132/8
  • 7th Speaker: Alex Loomis, 132/9
  • 9th Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 131.5/8
  • 2nd Novice Speaker: Zhiheng Png, 130.5/10
  • 8th Novice Speaker: Coulter King, 129.5/12

 16-18 Swarthmore College (Nationals)
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard BE (Kyle Bean & Cormac Early), 5-1, 315.5/24
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard LR (Alex Loomis & Matt Rubenstein), 5-1, 311.5/24
  • 14th Place Team: Harvard HK (Wes Hopkin & Coulter King), 4-2, 313.5/28
  • 10th Speaker: Cormac Early, 158/12
  • 17th Speaker: Kyle Bean, 157.5/12
  • 3rd Novice Speaker: Coulter King, 156.5/14

 

 

HSPDS Results 2008-2009

 

Ben Belser and Lewis Bollard finished as 3rd Team at APDA National Championships.
Harvard finished as 7th APDA Club of the Year.
Kyle Bean finished as 15th Place APDA Speaker of the Year.
Ben Belser finished as 16th Place APDA Speaker of the Year
Alex Loomis finished as 6th Place APDA Novice of the Year.

September


 12-13 Johns Hopkins University (APDA Meeting)
  • 7th Place Team: Harvard/Northeastern (Kyle Bean & Will Crocker), 4-1, 261.5/22
  • 3rd Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 132/6

 19-20 The College of William and Mary
  • 2nd Place Team: I Can Has Andy (Mike Childers & Kyle Bean), 5-0, 261.5/17
  • 5th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 130/10
Smith College
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard A (Ben Belser & Lewis Bollard), 4-1, 262.0/21
  • 1st Place Speaker: Ben Belser, 132.0/8
  • 13th Place Speaker: Lewis Bollard, 130.0/13

 26-7 Columbia University
  • 5th Place Team: BU/Harvard Hybrid (Jake Campbell & Kyle Bean), 4-1, 260.75/18
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard BM (Jake McNalty & Ben Belser), 4-1, 259.75/20
  • 7th Place Speaker: Ben Belser, 130.5/7

October


 10-11 HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Fall Comp) (APDA Meeting)

 17-18 George Washington University
  • 14th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 129.5/10
Vassar University

 24-25 Yale University Intervarsity (British Parliamentary style)
  • 10th Place Speaker: Lewis Bollard, 130.5

 31-1 Brown University
  • 3rd Place Team: Robert Mugabe School of Intelligence A (Ben Belser & Joel Todoroff), 5-0, 264.5/15
  • 7th Place Team: Harvard Autoclave (Matt Rubenstein & Anton Chaevitch), 4-1, 259.5/18
  • 11th Place Team: Harvard In Corolla (Lewis Bollard & Josh Zagorsky), 4-1, 259.5/22
  • 4th Place Speaker: Ben Belser, 132/8
  • 5th Place Speaker: Lewis Bollard, 131.5/6
  • 7th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 131/6
  • 6th Place Novice Speaker: Alex Loomis, 126/10
  • 7th Place Novice Speaker: Ed Kogan, 126/10
Wesleyan University

November


 7-8 Tufts University
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard the Line (Kyle Bean & Alex Loomis), 4-1, 259/19
  • 11th Place Team: Harvard Make an Assessment (Matt Rubenstein & Yihan Tan), 5-0, 257/23
  • 7th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 131/7
  • 9th Place Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 130.5/6
  • 8th Place Novice Speaker: Alex Loomis, 128/12
University of Pennsylvania

 14-15 Cornell University
American University
  • 5th Place Team: Harvard/NYU (Kyle Bean & Liz Zahler), 4-1, 261/19

 21-22 Fordham University (APDA Meeting)
  • 5th Place Speaker - Kyle Bean - 131/10

December


 5-6 Bucknell University
Northeastern University
  • 4th Place Team - Harvard/Brandeis "The Electric Shepards" [5-0] 262.5/16 (Ben Belser & Joel Todoroff)
  • 5th Place Team - Harvard The Facts Were These [4-1] 261/22 (Kyle Bean & Jen Tarr)
  • 3rd Place Novice Team - Harvard Unorthodox Urban Honey Pioneers [3-2] 251.0/26 (Yihan Tan & Martin Forbes)
  • 5th Place Novice Team - Harvard Kerplunk! [2-3] 250.5/26 (Adam Ali & Richard Alt)
  • 6th Place Speaker - Ben Belser - 131/7
  • 10th Place Speaker - Kyle Bean - 130.5/11
  • 10th Place Novice Speaker - Richard Alt - 126/12

January


 9-10 Middlebury College
  • 3rd Place Novice Team - Harvard/UC Berkeley [3-2] 251.5/22 (Alex Loomis & Alexander Stubbs)
  • 4th Place Novice Speaker - Alex Loomis - 127/8

 16-17 Dartmouth College
  • 5th Place Team - Harvard/Fordham [4-1] 259.5/21 (Kyle Bean & Greg Padin)
  • 5th Place Speaker - Kyle Bean - 131/8

 23-24 Amherst College (North American Debating Championships)
  • 9th Place Team - Harvard 123 Cat [6-0] 316.0/22 (Kyle Bean and Mark Samburg]
  • 1st Place Speaker - Mark Samburg - 159.5/6)
  • 5th Place Novice Speaker - Alex Loomis - 153.5/15

 30-31 New York University (APDA Meeting)
  • 7th Place Team - Harvard BR [4-1] 261.5/17 (Kyle Bean & Matt Rubenstein)
  • 8th Place Speaker - Kyle Bean - 131.5/8

February


 6-7 Brwn Mawr College
Brandeis University
  • 10th Place Team - Harvard Nwabudike Morgan [4-1] 261/19 (Anthony Carlson/Matt Rubenstein)
  • 11th Place Team - Harvard Kobel's Last Gleaming [4-1] 260.5/23 (Kyle Bean/Diana Wu)
  • 9th Place Speaker - Anthony Carlson - 131/9

13-14 High School Tournament [Spring Comp]
The College of William and Mary
Wellesley University

 20-21 Boston University
  • 7th Place Team - Harvard B is for Baseball [4-1] 263/20 (Kyle Bean and Jen Tarr)
University of Maryland

 27-28 George Washington University
Skidmore College
  • 3rd Place Team - Harvard Desert Vixen [4-1] 256/21 (Kyle Bean and Yihan Tan)
  • 3rd Place Speaker - Kyle Bean - 129.5/8
  • 7th Place Speaker - Matt Rubenstein - 129/11
  • 4th Place Novice Speaker - Alex Loomis - 127/14
  • 5th Place Novice Speaker - Yihan Tan - 126.5/13

March


 6-7 Stanford University
USMA at West Point
  • 7th Place Team - Harvard Sedwick Spurs [4-1] 257.0/ 21 (Anton Chaevitch & Alex Loomis)
  • 4th Place Novice Team - Harvard Go Goats! [2-3] 250/25 (Robert Qi & Yi Jean Chow)
  • 4th Place Novice Speaker - Alex Loomis - 128/11

 13-14 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Equity Forum)
  • 2nd Place Novice Team - Brown/Harvard LL [3-2] 252.75/23 (Alex Loomis & Lucas Li)
  • 4th Place Novice Team - Harvard Eloquent Grilled Cheese Sandwich [3-2] 251.25/24 (Yihan Tan & Jaymin Kim)
  • 5th Place Novice Speaker - Yihan Tan - 127.25/8

20-21 University of Virginia
Providence College
  • 3rd Place Team - Black Mesa A [4-1] 264 / 22 (Joel Todoroff & Kyle Bean)
  • 7th Place Team - Harvard JulyZerg [3-2] 261/21 (Anthony Carlson & Josh Zagorsky)
  • 9th Place Team - Harvard Bonnie Prince Charlie [3-2] 261/27 (Matt Rubenstein & Anton Chaevitch)
  • 2nd Place Novice Team -Harvard Guy Fawkes [2-3] 256/26 (Yihan Tan & Alex Loomis)
  • 7th Place Speaker - Matt Rubenstein - 131/12
  • 8th Place Speaker - Kyle Bean - 131/15
  • 3rd Place Novice Speaker - Alex Loomis - 129/12

 27-28 Princeton (Elections)
  • 11th Place Team - Harvard A [4-1] 260/18.75 (Kyle Bean & Anthony Carlson)
  • 12th Place Team - Harvard B [4-1] 259.5/19 (Alex Loomis & Josh Zagorsky)
  • 18th Place Team - Harvard/Brown X [4-1] 255/23 (Yihan Tan & Lucas Li)
  • 1st Place Novice Team - Harvard/Brown X [4-1] 255/23 (Yihan Tan & Lucas Li)
  • 12th Place Speaker - Kyle Bean - 130.625/7.5
  • 14th Place Speaker - Alex Loomis - 130.5/8
  • 1st Place Novice Speaker - Alex Loomis - 130.5/8

April


 3-4
Rutgers University
University of Chicago
  • 7th Place Speaker - Anthony Carlson - 130/7
Clark University
  • 6th Place Team - Harvard/Fordham [4-1] 266/19 (Kyle Bean & Greg Padin)
  • 8th Place Team - Harvard Wheeler [4-1] 262/23 (Jenn Tarr & Elizabeth Graber)
  • 2nd Place Novice Team - Harvard/BU [3-2] 260/23.75 (Alex Loomis & Evelyn Liberman
  • 4th Place Novice Team - Harvard Gi [3-2] 263/25 (Robert Qi & Sana Raoof)
  • 5th Place Speaker - Sana Raoof - 134.5/5
  • 6th Place Speaker - Kyle Bean - 133.5/7
  • 1st Place Novice Speaker - Sana Raoof – 134.5/11
  • 6th Place Novice Speaker - Yihan Tan – 131.5/10

10-11 Swarthmore College
Williams University
  • 4th Place Team - Harvard Max Rebo Band [3-2] 259/22 (Anthony Carlson & Matt Rubenstein)
  • 8th Place Team - Harvard/Brown Funk/Soul Brothers [3-2] 256.5/21 (Alex Loomis & Mike Wagman)
  • 1st Place Novice Team - Harvard/Brown Funk/Soul Brothers [3-2] 256.5/21 (Alex Loomis & Mike Wagman)
  • 7th Place Speaker - Alex Loomis - 130/7
  • 10th Place Speaker - Anthony Carlson - 129.5/10
  • 1st Place Novice Speaker - Alex Loomis - 130/7

17-18 Amherst College
  • 4th Place Novice Team - Harvard Development Arrested [2-3] 254/26 [Yihan Tan & Ed Kogan]
  • 1st Place Novice Speaker - Alex Loomis - 131.875/7.5
University of Maryland

 24-25 Mount Holyoke College (Nationals)
  • 3rd Place Team-Harvard BB [5-1] 316/24 [Ben Belser & Lewis Bollard]
  • 20th Place Team-Harvard CR [4-2] 310/24 [Anthony Carlson & Matt Rubensten
  • 21st Place Team-Harvard BL [4-2] 310/25 [Kyle Bean & Alex Loomis]
  • 4th Place Speaker-Ben Belser-158.5/10
  • 15th Place Speaker-Lewis Bollard-157.5/14
  • 9th Place Novice Speaker-Alex Loomis-153.5/14

 

HSPDS Results 2007-2008


September


 14-15 Johns Hopkins University (APDA Meeting)

 21-22 George Washington University
Smith College
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard BE (Mike Birnbaum & Cormac Early), 4-1, 255.5/21
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard Talking Chins (Andrew Laing & Dianna Wu), 4-1, 255.5/19
  • 6th Place Speaker: Mike Birnbaum, 129/7
  • 10th Place Speaker: Kyle Bean, 129/8

October


 5-6 HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Fall Comp) (APDA Meeting)

 12-13 American University
Vassar University
Brown University
  • 5th Place Team: Harvard/Brandeis Hybrid (Lewis Bollard & Joel Todoroff), 4-1, 262.5/19
  • 9th Place Team: Harvard CH (Anthony Carlson & Rezwan Haque), 4-1, 257.5/23
  • 1st Place Speaker: Lewis Bollard, 132/7
  • 2nd Place Novice Team: Harvard FH (Tian Feng & Anna Hopper), 3-2, 252/21
  • 5th Place Novice Team: Harvard GM (Alice Gissinger & Jill Meriweather), 3-2, 251.5/22
  • 7th Place Novice Speaker: Ferris Zhang, 126.5/8
  • 8th Place Novice Speaker: Jill Meriweather, 126.5/8
  • 9th Place Novice Speaker: Tian Feng, 126.5/12

 19-20 University of Maryland, College Park
Wesleyan University
  • 7th Place Team: Harvard CR (Anton Chaevitch & Matt Rubenstein), 4-1, 258.5/19
  • 8th Place Team: Harvard LW (Andrew Laing & Dianna Wu), 4-1, 257.5/24
  • 10th Place Team: Harvard/BU Hybrid (Kyle Bean & Jake Campbell), 4-1, 254/22
  • 4th Place Speaker: Andrew Laing, 130.5/8
  • 8th Place Speaker: Matt Rubenstein, 129.5/8
  • 1st Place Novice Team: Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Amy Rosenthal & Marjorie Connelly), 2-3, 252.5/28
  • 7th Place Novice Speaker: Amy Rosenthal, 126/15

 26-27 Yale University IV (British Parliamentary style)
  • 1st Place Team: (15) Harvard A (Zach Cafritz & Cormac Early)
  • 4th Place Team: (4) Harvard B (Ben Belser & Lewis Bollard)
  • 8th Place Speaker: Lewis Bollard, 261
  • 9th Place Speaker: Zach Cafritz, 260

November


 2-3 George Washington University
  • 8th Place Team: Harvard/Columbia Hybrid (Kyle Bean & Trevor Gleason)
Cornell University
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard/Brown ISBN (Matt Rubenstein & Julia Heneghan), 4-1, 257/21

 9-10 University of Pennsylvania
Tufts University
  • 5th Place Team: Harvard Lorax (Andrew Laing & Amy Rosenthal), 4-1, 257/21
  • 12th Place Team: Harvard Thing One (Mike Birnbaum & Jill Meriweather), 4-1, 258/20
  • 1st Place Speaker: Andrew Laing, 132.5/6
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Mike Birnbaum, 132/5
  • 8th Place Novice Speaker: Reihan Nadarajah, 128/9
  • 10th Place Novice Speaker: Wesley Hopkin, 128/11
Oxford University
  • 1st Place Team: Harvard A (Zach Cafritz & Cormac Early)
  • 1st Place Speaker: Kevin Kiley
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Zach Cafritz

 16-17 Fordham University
Cambridge University

 23-24 Thanksgiving Break

 30-1 Bucknell UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard University of South Detroit A (Joanna Nairn & Mark Samburg), 5-0, 265.5/15
  • 11th Place Team: Harvard BE (Mike Birnbaum & Cormac Early), 4-1, 258.0/21
  • 1st Place Speaker: Mark Samburg, 133.25/6
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Joanna Nairn, 132.25/9
  • 11th Place Speaker: Andrew Laing, 130.5/7
  • 3rd Place Novice Team: Harvard HN (Wesley Hopkin & Prathama Nabi), 2-3, 252.88/26
  • 4th Place Novice Speaker: Daniel Chung, 128.0/9
  • 6th Place Novice Speaker: Wesley Hopkin, 127.75/10

December


 7-8 Mount Holyoke
  • 9th Place Team: Fordham/Harvard Hybrid (Kyle Bean & Greg Padin), 3-2, 255.5/24
  • 7th Place Novice Speaker: Ferris Zhang, 126.5/14

 14-15 APDA Winter Break begins

 27-Jan 4 World Universities Debating Championships at Assumption University (Worlds Style)

 

HSPDS Results 2006-2007

HSPDS had a successful year, qualifying 9 debaters for Nationals and winning a number of tournaments despite a decrease in team size after the graduation of the Class of 2005. Only those results officially announced by tournament hosts are included. (Full tabs, where available, were not used.)

Harvard BC (Birnbaum/Cafritz) finished as 3rd Place APDA Team of the Year.


September


 15-16 Johns Hopkins University (APDA Meeting)
  • 1st Place: Harvard BC (Mike Birnbaum & Zach Cafritz), 5-0, 260.5/18
  • 6th Place: Harvard EB (Allen Ewalt & Ben Belser), 4-1, 259/21
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Zach Cafritz, 131/7
  • 4th Place Speaker: Allen Ewalt, 130.5/10
  • 9th Place Speaker: Mike Birnbaum, 129.5/11

 22-23 University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Smith College
  • 4th Place: Harvard BC (Piotr Brzezinski & Zach Cafritz), 4-1, 258.5/17
  • 11th Place: Harvard MB (Wong Shi Ming & Ben Belser), 4-1, 254.5/20
  • 5th Place Speaker: Ben Belser, 130/8
  • 8th Place Speaker: Zach Cafritz, 129.5/8
  • 10th Place Speaker: Allen Ewalt, 129.5/9

October


 6-7 HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Fall Comp) (APDA Meeting)

 13-14 University of Maryland, College Park
Wesleyan University
  • 6th Place: Harvard Affable (Allen Ewalt & Andrew Laing), 4-1, 259/19
  • 7th Place Speaker: Allen Ewalt, 130.5/6
  • 8th Place Speaker: Mike Birnbaum, 130.5/7
  • 14th Place Speaker: Ben Belser, 129.5/6

 27-28 Yale University IV (British Parliamentary style)
  • 2nd Place: (2) Harvard D (Cormac Early & Juliet Samuel), 13 pts, 237.5
  • 14th Place: (12) Harvard A (Allen Ewalt & Karima Porter), 11 pts, 229.5
  • 15th Place: (14) Harvard B (Piotr Brzezinski & Zach Cafritz), 10 pts, 233.5
  • 4th Place Speaker: Cormac Early, 120.5
  • 10th Place Speaker: Zach Cafritz, 118.5
  • 19th Place Speaker: Juliet Samuel, 117
  • 25th Place Speaker: Allen Ewalt, 116.5

November


 3-4 George Washington University
Brown University
  • 3rd Place: Harvard BW (Ben Belser & Wong Shi Ming), 4-1, 261/18
  • 6th Place: Harvard BC (Mike Birnbaum & Zach Cafritz), 5-0, 262/15
  • 21st Place: Harvard/UNC (Allen Ewalt & Lina Bensman), 4-1, 253/22
  • 5th Place Speaker: Mike Birnbaum, 131.5/7
  • 9th Place Speaker: Zach Cafritz, 130.5/8
  • 10th Place Speaker: Wong Shi Ming, 130.5/9
  • 12th Place Speaker: Ben Belser, 130.5/9
  • 7th Place Novice Team: Harvard CY (Anton Chaevitch & Raymond Yu), 3-2, 254/25
  • 8th Place Novice Speaker: Daniel Nadler, 128/12

 10-11 University of Pennsylvania
Tufts University
  • 4th Place Speaker: Mike Birnbaum, 131.5/7
  • 2nd Place Novice Speaker: Colin Motley, 129/9
Oxford University
  • Quarterfinalists: (17) Harvard A (Zach Cafritz & Piotr Brzezinski), 10 pts, 826
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Zach Cafritz, 422
  • 16th Place Speaker: Piotr Brzezinski, 404

 17-18 Fordham University (APDA Meeting)
Cambridge University

 26-27 Thanksgiving Break

December


 1-2 Bucknell College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard BC (Mike Birnbaum & Zach Cafritz), 5-0, 260.5/16
  • 10th Place Team: Harvard EW (Allen Ewalt & Wong Shi Ming), 4-1, 259/18
  • 14th Place Team: Harvard CL (Connie Cheng & Andrew Laing), 4-1, 253.5/20
  • 6th Place Speaker: Zach Cafritz, 130.5/6
  • 9th Place Speaker: Allen Ewalt, 130/7
  • 12th Place Speaker: Mike Birnbaum, 130/10
  • 3rd Place Novice Team: Harvard JW (Jane Jiang & Dianna Wu), 3-2, 252.5/24
  • 4th Place Novice Team: Harvard BC v3.0 (Kyle Bean & Anton Chaevitch), 3-2, 250.5/23
  • 6th Place Novice Team: Harvard S-Foils (Matt Rubenstein & Siodhbhra Parkin), 2-3, 251/26
  • 7th Place Novice Team: Harvard LM (Vikas Lonakadi & Colin Motley), 2-3, 250/23
  • 8th Place Novice Team: Harvard/Northeastern (Lauren Fulton & Derek Matthews), 2-3, 250/29
  • 10th Place Novice Team: Harvard HY (Kathy He & Raymond Yu), 2-3, 248.5/29
  • 5th Place Novice Speaker: Jane Jiang, 126.5/11
  • 10th Place Novice Speaker: Kyle Bean, 126/10

 8-9 APDA Winter Break begins

 28-Jan 3 World Universities Debating Championships at the University of British Columbia (Worlds Style)

January


 19-20 Dartmouth College

 26-28 APDA/CUSID North American Championships

February


 2-3 New York University (APDA Meeting)

 9-10 Bryn Mawr College Boston University

 16-17 College of William & Mary
Williams College
HARVARD UNIVERSITY High School Tournament (Spring Comp)

 23-24 Columbia University

March


 2-3 Stanford University
United States Military Academy at West Point
Wellesley College

 9-10 University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Mount Holyoke College

 16-17 University of Virginia
Brandeis University

 23-24 Haverford College
Providence College

 30-31 Princeton University (APDA Elections)

April


 TBD US Universities National Championship (British Parliamentary Style)

 6-7 University of Chicago
Swarthmore College
Clark University

 13-14 Rutgers University
Amherst College

 20-21 APDA Nationals at Vassar College

 

HSPDS Results 2005-2006

HSPDS had a successful year, qualifying 8 debaters for Nationals and winning a number of tournaments despite a decrease in team size after the graduation of the Class of 2005. Only those results officially announced by tournament hosts are included. (Full tabs, where available, were not used.)

Ben Belser won the 2005-2006 APDA Novice of the Year Award.
Harvard ST (Schwab/Theophanous) finished as 4th Place APDA Team of the Year.
Harvard BC (Brzezinski/Cafritz) finished as 10th Place APDA Team of the Year.


September


 8-9 Johns Hopkins University

 16-17 Haverford College
Williams College
  • 2nd Place: Harvard ST (Alexander Schwab and Georgios Theophanous), 4-1, 259.5/19
  • 4th Place: Harvard MV (Sam Myat San and Vasu Vadlamudi), 5-0, 257/17
  • 9th Place: Harvard BE (Mike Birnbaum and Allen Ewalt), 3-2, 259/22
  • 4th Speaker: Georgios Theophanous, 130.5/8
  • 6th Speaker: Allen Ewalt, 130.5/10
  • 10th Speaker: Sam Myat San, 129.5/7

 23-24 University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Colgate Worlds Prep
  • Finalists: Harvard ME (Sam Myat San and Allen Ewalt)

 30-1
 Smith College
  • 3rd Place: Harvard ST (Alexander Schwab and Georgios Theophanous), 5-0, 259.5/17
  • 6th Place: Harvard MV (Sam Myat San and Vasu Vadlamudi), 4-1, 255.5/19
  • 2nd Speaker: Georgios Theophanous, 130/7
  • 6th Speaker: Alexander Schwab, 129.5/10

October


 7-8 HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Fall Comp)

14-15 Columbia University
Wesleyan University
  • 1st Place: Harvard BC (Piotr Brzezinski and Zach Cafritz), 4-1, 258.5/20
  • 5th Place: Harvard SM (Alexander Schwab and Sam Myat San), 5-0, 263.5/15
  • 9th Place: Harvard BL (Mike Birnbaum and Andrew Laing), 4-1, 256.5/23
  • 2nd Speaker: Alexander Schwab, 132/8
  • 3rd Speaker: Sam Myat San, 131.5/7
  • 8th Speaker: Zach Cafritz, 130/8
  • 11th Speaker: Ben Belser, 129.5/7
  • 15th Speaker: Mike Birnbaum, 129/8
  • 20th Speaker: Piotr Brzezinski, 128.5/12
  • 3rd Novice Team: Harvard BE (Ben Belser and Cormac Early), 3-2, 256/20
  • 1st Novice Speaker: Ben Belser, 129.5/7
  • 6th Novice Speaker: Cormac Early, 126.5/13
  • 7th Novice Speaker: Lewis Bollard, 126/7
  • 8th Novice Speaker: Anthony Carlson, 126/10
  • 9th Novice Speaker: Brian Cantor, 126/12

 21-22 University of Maryland, College Park
Vassar College
  • 1st Place: Harvard ST (Alexander Schwab and Georgios Theophanous), 5-0, 263.5/16
  • 2nd Place: Harvard MV (Sam Myat San and Vasu Vadlamudi), 4-1, 262.5/17
  • 8th Place: Harvard BB (Ben Belser and Alex Blank), 3-2, 259/23
  • 1st Speaker: Vasu Vadlamudi, 132/6
  • 2nd Speaker: Alexander Schwab, 132/9
  • 3rd Speaker: Georgios Theophanous, 131.5/7
  • 8th Speaker: Sam Myat San, 130.5/11
  • 1st Novice Team: Harvard BB (Ben Belser and Alex Blank), 3-2, 259/23
  • 3rd Novice Team: Harvard/MIT Hybrid (Jacob Buchholz and Dan Barclay), 2-3, 246.5/25
  • 1st Novice Speaker: Ben Belser, 130/10
  • 2nd Novice Speaker: Alex Blank, 129/13

 28-29 American University
Brown University
  • 13th Place: Harvard BE (Birnbaum/Ewalt), 4-1, 257/19
  • 14th Place: Harvard KP (Kiley/Porter), 4-1, 255.5/21
  • 17th Place: Harvard BB (Belser/Blank), 4-1, 254.5/21
  • 18th Place: Harvard MV (Myat San/Vadlamudi), 4-1, 254.5/22
  • 2nd Novice Team: Harvard BB (Ben Belser and Alex Blank), 4-1, 254.5/21
  • 10th Novice Team: Harvard CH (Carlson/Haque), 2-3, 252/25
  • 2nd Novice Speaker: Ben Belser, 128/8

November


 4-5 George Washington University
Brandeis University
  • 8th Place: Harvard SP (Schwab/Porter), 4-1, 258.5/20
  • 17th Place: Harvard MB (Myat San/Belser), 3-2, 257/20
  • 10th Speaker: Alexander Schwab, 130.5/6
  • 1st Novice Team: Harvard SE (Samuel/Early), 3-2, 252/22
  • 2nd Novice Team: Harvard JG (Jiang/Guo), 3-2, 251/24
  • 3rd Novice Team: Harvard Carpe DM (Deng/Mouli), 3-2, 251/26
  • 4th Novice Speaker: Ben Belser, 128/12
  • 5th Novice Speaker: Cormac Early, 127.5/7

 11-12 Middlebury College
University of Pennsylvania

 18-19 Fordham University
  • 11th Place: Harvard BB (Belser/Birnbaum), 4-1, 257/19
  • 12th Place: Harvard ST (Schwab/Theophanous), 4-1, 255.5/18
  • 9th Place Speaker: Ben Belser, 129.5/7
  • 1st Novice Speaker: Ben Belser, 129.5/7
  • 6th Novice Speaker: Yakir Reshef, 126.5/25

 25-26 Thanksgiving

December


 2-3 Bucknell College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 8th Place: Harvard ST (Schwab/Theophanous), 4-1, 257/18
  • 11th Place: Harvard-Radcliffe (Myat San/Deng), 4-1, 257.9/20
  • 15th Place Speaker: Sam Myat San, 130.5/7
  • 2nd Novice Team: Harvard BB (Belser/Jaskiw), 3-2, 255.5/25
  • 7th Novice Team: Harvard AK-47 (Carlson/Jiang), 3-2, 250/26
  • 2nd Novice Speaker: Ben Belser, 128/12
  • 3rd Novice Speaker: Michael Jaskiw, 127.5/13
  • 4th Novice Speaker: Lilly Deng, 127.4/13
  • 8th Novice Speaker: Juliet Samuel, 126.9/12.5

 9-10 APDA Winter Break begins

 28-Jan 3 World Universities Debating Championships

January


 13-14 Dartmouth College
  • 5th Place: Harvard/Brandeis (Birnbaum/Samburg), 4-1, 259.5/19
  • 6th Place: Harvard/Stanford (Schwab/Seilie), 4-1, 258.5/20
  • 7th Place: Harvard MT (Myat San/Theophanous), 4-1, 257/19
  • 4th Place Speaker: Alexander Schwab, 130.5/7
  • 5th Place Speaker: Georgios Theophanous, 129.5/7
  • 10th Place Speaker: Mike Birnbaum, 128.5/11

 20-21 Rutgers University (did not attend)

 27-28 APDA/CUSID North American Championships

February


 3-4 New York University
  • 6th Place: Harvard ST (Schwab/Theophanous), 4-1, 263/21
  • 12th Place: Harvard BE (Birnbaum/Ewalt), 4-1, 259.5/19
  • 1st Place Speaker: Sam Myat San, 132.5/6
  • 7th Place Speaker: Georgios Theophanous, 132/10
  • 14th Place Speaker: Alexander Schwab, 131/11
  • 9th Place Novice Speaker: Anthony Carlson, 127/15

 10-11 Bryn Mawr College
Boston University
  • 1st Place: Harvard ST (Schwab/Theophanous), 4-1, 262/18
  • 9th Place: Harvard Goes to White Castle (Myat San/Vadlamudi), 4-1, 257.5/22
  • 13th Place: Harvard CH (Carlson/Haque), 4-1, 255/20
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Alex Blenkinsopp (dino), 133.5/7
  • 7th Place Speaker: Alexander Schwab, 131/8
  • 8th Place Speaker: Georgios Theophanous, 131/10
  • 1st Place Novice Team: Harvard CH (Carlson/Haque), 4-1, 255/20
  • 3rd Place Novice Team: Harvard BB (Belser/Bollard), 3-2, 259/21
  • 2nd Place Novice Speaker: Lewis Bollard, 130/12
  • 4th Place Novice Speaker: Ben Belser, 129/9
  • 5th Place Novice Speaker: Anthony Carlson, 128/7
  • 9th Place Novice Speaker: Rezwan Haque, 127/13

 17-18 College of William & Mary
HARVARD UNIVERSITY High School Tournament (Spring Comp)
Bates College
  • 4th Place: Harvard BS (Birnbaum/Schwab), 4-1, 258/20
  • 4th Place Speaker: Alexander Schwab, 130.5/7

 24-25 Princeton University
Amherst College
  • 1st Place: Harvard ME (Myat San/Ewalt), 257.5/18
  • 2nd Place: Harvard BC (Cafritz/Birnbaum), 260.5/21
  • 7th Place: Harvard BT (Belser/Theophanous), 259/21
  • 2nd Place Speaker: Georgios Theophanous, 131.5/7
  • 7th Place Speaker: Zach Cafritz, 130.5/11
  • 10th Place Speaker: Mike Birnbaum, 130/10
  • 6th Place Novice Speaker: Ben Belser, 127.5/14

March


 3-4 Stanford University
Temple University
Mount Holyoke College
  • 2nd Place Team: Harvard BC (Brzezinski/Cafritz), 4-1, 256/19
  • 6th Place Team: Harvard ST (Schwab/Theophanous), 3-2, 258/22
  • 8th Place Team: Harvard SB (Belser/Wong), 3-2, 257/22
  • 3rd Place Speaker: Alexander Schwab, 129.5/10
  • 6th Place Speaker: Wong Shi Ming, 129/10
  • 2nd Place Novice Team: Harvard CH (Carlson/Haque), 2-3, 253/26
    • (won novice finals, shunted to 2nd place as a result of a tab error)
  • 4th Place Novice Team: Harvard CP (Cantor/Prado), 3-2, 249/26

 10-11 UMBC II
Cornell University
  • 4th Place Team: Harvard ST (Schwab/Theophanous), 4-1, 262.5/20

 17-18 University of Virginia
Providence College
  • 5th Place Team: Harvard Utopians (Myat San/Wong), 5-0, 260.5/17
  • 9th Place Team: Harvard KT (Kiley/Theophanous), 3-2, 260/23
  • 4th Place Speaker: Sam Myat San, 130.5/8
  • 7th Place Speaker: Andrew Laing, 130/8
  • 8th Place Speaker: Wong Shi Ming, 130/9
  • 4th Place Novice Team: Harvard ES (Early/Samuel), 2-3, 255/24

 24-25 Yale University (Elections)
  • 5th Place: Harvard ST (Schwab/Thephanous), 4-1, 261.5/18
  • 11th Place: Harvard EH (Ewalt/Haque), 4-1, 258.5/21
  • 12th Place: Harvard MV (Myat San/Vadlamudi), 4-1, 257.5/23
  • 9th Place Speaker: Allen Ewalt, 131/6
  • 12th Place Speaker: Georgios Theophanous, 131/9
  • 15th Place Speaker: Alexander Schwab, 130.5/9

April


 31-1 Swarthmore College
University of Chicago
Clark College
  • 4th Place Team: Harvard KT (Kiley/Theophanous), 2-2, 209.5/21
  • 5th Place Speaker: Georgios Theophanous, 105/11
  • 9th Place Speaker: Kevin Kiley, 104.5/10
  • US Universities National Championships @ Claremont McKenna (BP Tournament)
    • 1st Place: Harvard A (Myat San/Schwab)

    		 7-9 APDA Nationals @ Fordham University
    • 15th Place Team: Harvard ST (Schwab/Theophanous), 4-2, 310.5/24
    • 16th Place Team: Harvard MV (Myat San/Vadlamudi), 4-2, 309.5/24
    • 18th Place Team: Harvard BE (Birnbaum/Ewalt), 4-2, 309/24
    • 19th Place Speaker: Sam Myat San, 156/10
    • 20th Place Speaker: Alexander Schwab, 156/10

     

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