Contributing to this tremendous performance were:

Debate
First place in Policy Debate – Andrew Samuelson and Daniel Hong (3rd seed)
Third place in Parliamentary Debate – Ammas Tanveer and Max Groznik (6th seed)
Quarterfinalists in Parliamentary Debate – Robert Xu and Chris Beltrone (1st seed)
Quarterfinalists in Parliamentary Debate – Joel Kwartler and Zohar Hoter (7th seed)

Individual Events
First place in Prose – Hannah Lewman
Second place in After Dinner Speech – Joel Kwartler
Second Place in Impromptu – Chris Beltrone
Third Place in LIBIELL – Samarthan KC
Third Place in Poetry – Meghana Mysore
Finalist in Extemporaneous – Ammas Tanveer
Finalist in Oratory – Zohar Hoter
Finalist in Humorous Interpretation – Sarah Kwartler
Finalist in Impromptu – Ammas Tanveer
Semifinalist in Poetry – Hannah Lewman
Semifinalist in Radio – Bill Feng

Congress
Semifinalist/Super Congress – Shannon Fender
Semifinalist/Super Congress – Sanders Li

4-Year Qualifying Awards
(for those that qualified to State every single year)
Chris Beltrone
Joel Kwartler
Andrew Samuelson

Most notable, LO had 2 individual state champions: Hong/Samuelson in Policy Debate and Hannah Lewman in Prose. Additionally, Joel Kwartler became one of only two people in the history of the OSAA to ever make ADS finals four consecutive years (the entire final round can be caught here, with Joel’s speech starting at 45:00).

Oh, one might also note: this is the first official speech and debate state championship in the history of Lake Oswego High School.

(All of the Northern Oregon National Qualifiers; click for larger image)

LO sent 14 people to Nat Quals to compete in the various events (note: poetry, prose, ADS, parli, and impromptu are not national events). At the conclusion of the 3-day tournament, LO had qualified 3 people to nationals! They are:

Qualifying to Nationals:

• First in Lincoln-Douglas – Joel Kwartler
• Second in Humorous Interpretation – Hannah Lewman
• Second in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking – Ammas Tanveer

Additionally, Hannah Lewman and Joel Kwartler took 3rd/Alternates in Duo interp.

The “district” for Nationals includes every school in North Oregon, and is thus much more competitive than the OSAA district for the state qualifying tournament. Of particular note: after 5 prelim rounds, Ammas was leading everyone in DX, and Joel Kwartler went undefeated in LD and thus byed through the final round.

Nationals will be held on June 15-20, 2014, in Overland Park, Kansas, and are run by the National Speech and Debate Association (previously known as the NFL, or National Forensic League).

Debate
*First Varsity Parliamentary – Robert Xu and Chris Beltrone
*Second Varsity Parliamentary – Shannon Fender and Joel Kwartler
*Second Varsity Policy – Andrew Samuelson and Daniel Hong
Fourth Varsity Parliamentary – Ammas Tanveer and Max Groznik
Fourth Varsity Lincoln-Douglas – Min Park

Individual Events
*First Varsity After Dinner Speaking – Joel Kwartler
*First Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking – Ammas Tanveer
*First Varsity Impromptu Speaking – Max Groznik
*First Varsity Humorous Interpretation – Joel Kwartler
*First Varsity Poetry – Hannah Lewman
*First Varsity Prose – Anna Kulawiec
*First Varsity LIBIELL – Samarthan KC
*Second Varsity Impromptu Speaking – Chris Beltrone
*Second Varsity Humorous Interpretation – Sarah Kwartler
*Second Varsity Oratory – Zohar Hoter
*Second Varsity Poetry – Meghana Mysore
*Second Varsity Prose – Hannah Lewman
*Second Varsity LIBIELL – Soojin Park
*Third Varsity Impromptu Speaking – Ammas Tanveer
*Third Varsity Radio – Bill Feng
Third Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking – Max Groznik
Fifth Varsity Oratory – Sarah Kwartler
Fifth Varsity Radio – Rishi Subrahmanyan

Speaking Awards
First Varsity Lincoln-Douglas – Min Park
First Varsity Policy – Andrew Samuelson
First Varsity Parliamentary – Max Groznik
Second Varsity Policy – Daniel Hong
Second Varsity Parliamentary – Ammas Tanveer

Wilma Hicks Award – Unique to the district competition is the Wilma Hicks award, which goes to the competitor who had the best overall performance in the first two rounds of debate and first two rounds of both individual events he/she was competing in.
Winner: Joel Kwartler (28 points)
Second Place: Ammas Tanveer (27 points)
Third Place (tied): Max Groznik (25 points)

(Additionally, thanks to the alternate-excellence qualifier system, Ammas Tanveer and Max Groznik will also be competing at state in Parliamentary Debate.)

Debate
First Varsity Lincoln-Douglas – Joel Kwartler (2nd Seed)

Individual Events
First Varsity Dual Interpretation – Joel Kwartler and Hannah Lewman
Second Varsity Humorous Interpretation – Joel Kwartler
Third Varsity Prose – Anna Kulawiec
Fourth Varsity Impromptu Speaking – Ammas Tanveer

Speaking Awards
Third Varsity Policy – Max Groznik
Fifth Varsity Policy – Ammas Tanveer
Fifth Varsity Lincoln-Douglas – Joel Kwartler

At the awards ceremony

Debate
Second Varsity Parliamentary – Ammas Tanveer and Max Groznik (1st seed)
Semifinalists Varsity Policy – Daniel Hong and Andrew Samuelson (2nd seed)
Semifinalists Varsity Parliamentary – Robert Xu and Chris Beltrone (2nd seed)
Quarterfinalists Varsity Parliamentary – Shannon Fender and Joel Kwartler (4th seed)
Semifinalists Junior Public Forum – Marcus Avery and Sarah Kwartler (7th seed)

Individual Events
First Varsity After Dinner Speaking – Joel Kwartler
First Varsity Dual Interpretation – Joel Kwartler and Hannah Lewman
Third Varsity Extemporaneous – Max Groznik
Third Varsity Impromptu – Sarah Kwartler
Fourth Varsity Humorous Interpretation – Joel Kwartler
Seventh Varsity Humorous Interpretation – Sarah Kwartler

Speaking Awards
First Varsity Parliamentary – Ammas Tanveer
Second Varsity Parliamentary – Max Groznik
Third Varsity Parliamentary – Shannon Fender
Third Varsity Policy – Andrew Samuelson
Eighth Varsity Policy – Daniel Hong
Tenth Varsity Policy – Sanders Li
Fourth Junior Public Forum – Sarah Kwartler

Of particular note, LO had 3 of the top 8 parli teams and the top 3 parli speakers.

Out of 180 parliamentary debate teams competing, LOHS’ Robert Xu and Chris Beltrone finished as Octafinalists, while Shannon Fender and Joel Kwartler finished as Double-Octafinalists.

Debate
First Varsity Policy – Andrew Samuelson and Daniel Hong (3rd Seed)
First Varsity Parliamentary – Robert Xu and Chris Beltrone (2nd Seed)
Second Varsity Lincoln-Douglas – Min Park (2nd Seed)
Semifinalist (3rd-4th) Varsity Parliamentary – Shannon Fender and Joel Kwartler (1st Seed)
Quarterfinalist (5th-8th) Varsity Parliamentary – Austin Weng and Zohar Hoter (5th Seed)
Quarterfinalist (5th-8th) Varsity Lincoln-Douglas – Dan Tudorica (6th Seed)

Individual Events
First Varsity After Dinner Speaking – Joel Kwartler
Second Place Varsity Poetry – Meghana Mysore
Third Varsity Extemporaneous – Ammas Tanveer
Third Varsity Humorous Interpretation* – Sarah Kwartler
Third Varsity Impromptu – Ammas Tanveer
Third Place Varsity Prose – Hannah Lewman
Fourth Varsity Humorous Interpretation* – Joel Kwartler
Fifth Place Varsity Radio – Rishi Subrahmanyan
Sixth Place Varsity Radio – Bill Feng
Seventh Varsity Expository – SaraJane Griffiths
Semifinalist (9th) Varsity Impromptu – Joel Kwartler
Semifinalist (9th) Varsity Radio – Melissa Liu
Semifinalist (11th) Varsity Impromptu – Chris Beltrone

Congress
Second – Hannah Lewman
Third – Jonathan Griffiths
Fifth – Melissa Liu

Speaking Awards
First Novice Public Forum – Sarah Kwartler
Third Novice Public Forum – Jackson Dyal
Third Varsity Parliamentary* – Chris Beltrone
Fourth Varsity Parliamentary* – Robert Xu
Fourth Varsity LD – Min Park

*These ties for third place broken on either judges’ preference or most fitting method.

Chris, Shannon, Max, and Ammas collecting their semifinalist trophies.

Debate

Second Varsity Policy – Andrew Samuelson and Sanders Li
Semifinalists Varsity Parliamentary – Shannon Fender and Chris Cave
Semifinalists Varsity Parliamentary – Ammas Tanveer and Max Groznik

Individual Events

First Varsity Poetry – Hannah Lewman
Third Varsity Oratory – Zohar Hoter
Third Varsity Radio – Ammas Tanveer
Fourth Varsity Oratory – Jamie Zimmerman
Fifth Varsity Dramatic Interp – Hannah Lewman
Fifth Varsity Prose – Hannah Lewman
Fifth Varsity Poetry – Meghana Mysore
Finalist Varsity Poetry – Anna Kulawiec
Semifinalist Varsity Impromptu – Max Groznik
Semifinalist Varsity Impromptu – Ammas Tanveer

Speaking Awards

First Varsity Policy – Andrew Samuelson
Third Varsity Parliamentary – Austin Weng

Individual Sweepstakes 3rd Place – Hannah Lewman (for excellence in multiple individual events)

Of Special Note: This was (senior) Chris Cave’s first tournament, as he joined to fill in for one of the seniors who could not attend.

Debate

Second Varsity Parliamentary Debate – Zohar Hoter and Austin Weng
Second Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Dan Tudorica
Undefeated (3-0) Varsity Parliamentary Debate: Shannon Fender and Joel Kwartler
Undefeated (3-0) Varsity Parliamentary Debate: Ammas Tanveer and Max Groznik

Individual Events:

First Varsity Poetry – Hannah Lewman
First Varsity After Dinner Speaking – Joel Kwartler
First Varsity Impromptu Speaking – Ammas Tanveer
Second Varsity Poetry – Anna Kulawiec
Second Varsity Impromptu Speaking – Chris Beltrone
Third Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking – Ammas Tanveer
Third Varsity Poetry – Meghana Mysore
Third Varsity Radio – Bill Feng
Fourth Varsity Original Oratory – Sarah Kwartler
Fourth Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking – Zohar Hoter
Fourth Varsity Storytelling – Hannah Lewman
Sixth Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking – Austin Weng

Speaking Awards:

Second Varsity Parliamentary – Zohar Hoter
First Novice Public Forum – Sarah Kwartler
Second Novice Public Forum – Jackson Dyal

Of Special Note: Lake Oswego closed out varsity poetry with the 1, 2, and 3 spots. We also had 3 of the 7 extemp finalists. In Parli, 3 LO teams were amongst the 5 “undefeated in prelims” teams, of which one was the first seed and the other two tied for third seed. Both partners of the Kwartler/Dyal novice public forum team were the top speakers in novice public forum debate.