Friday, February 20, 2009

Harvard University


Two TDL member schools participated in the Harvard National High School Invitational Forensics Tournament held February 14th, 15th, and 16th at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard usually hosts one of the largest and most competitive fields in the country, and this year's tournament did not disappoint.

The Junior Varsity policy division featured a field of 84 teams representing 42 schools from 27 states. The Kempsville High School team of Jade Kreissler and Samuel Ross went 4-2 in preliminary competition and advanced to Double-Octofinals where they defeated Clear Lake (TX) on a 3-0 decision. In Octofinals, they dropped to Tampa Prep (FL) on a 3-0 decision.

The Varsity policy division featured a field of 114 teams representing 58 schools from 32 states. The Frank W. Cox High School and Kempsville High School hybrid team of Oliver Brass (Cox) and Adora Parker (Kempsville) went 5-2 in preliminary competition and advanced to Double-Octofinals where they dropped to Ft. Lauderdale (FL) on a 2-1 decision.

Kempsville and Cox were the only schools from Virginia to advance policy debaters to elimination rounds in the Varsity division and Kempsville was one of only six schools to advance policy debaters in both JV and Varsity.

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