Another Successful Weekend for Wellington Debate

Wellington Debate has a successful weekend of competition at the Nova Titan Invitational October 21-22. Mike Reynolds placed 3rd in Humorous Interpretation with his performance of Elissa Brent Weissman’s “Nerd Camp”; Public Forum Debaters Sabrina Abesamis & Juliana Diatezua went 5-1 in preliminary rounds and 7-2 overall, falling in semifinals; the PFD teams of Ali Sina Booeshaghi & Stephie Maravankin and Madison Dalton & Alexa Fortuna each went 4-2 in prelims before falling in octofinals; and Logan Weber went 4-2 in novice Lincoln Douglas Debate before falling in octos. Earning the National Forensic League Degree of Merit were Leila Booeshaghi, Yourui Ruan (3-3 in his first-ever LD competition) and Kwadjo Walker, and Abesamis earned her NFL Degree of Honor and varsity debate letter. Wellington ‘s next tournament is October 27-30 at the Florida Blue Key Invitational in Gainesville .