Greenhill Debate Sets New Records at TFA State Tournament
Congratulations to the Greenhill Debate team on a historic performance at TFA State, highlighted by record participation, top finishes, and landmark achievements.
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Greenhill School is proud to share exceptional results from the TFA State Tournament, held just before Spring Break. This year marked a milestone for the program, with 48 students qualifying for the state tournament – the largest number in program history. Greenhill also earned fourth place in Sweepstakes and was recognized as a Top Ten School in total qualifiers. TFA State brings together students from public and private schools of all sizes who have advanced through significant competitive success during the season, making Greenhill’s results especially meaningful. The tournament also marked a historic first for the program: Greenhill students competed in the final round of all three debate divisions in the same year. In addition, three policy debate teams advanced to the semifinals, another program record. Individual and team highlights are below. |
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State Champions
Top Speaker – World Schools: Tim Csallner ’28
World Schools Champions (Greenhill Platinum): Marleigh Massoud ’28, Arhaan Iyer ’28, Josephina Qiu ’26, Benjy Beckman ’26, Vijay Naidu ’26
Policy Debate Champions: Soyam Kelifa ’26 and Iliyan Ali ’26
Finalists and Semifinalists
Lincoln-Douglas Finalist: Aaron Kuang ’26
Policy Debate Semifinalists: Dhiya Hemchand ’26 & Rory Liu ’26; Aytan Monet ’26 & Hazel Goes-Young ’26
Lincoln-Douglas Semifinalist: Sarah Koshy ’26
Quarterfinalists
Policy Debate: Maya Jagsi ’26 and Yichen Stone ’26
Octofinalists
World Schools (Greenhill Diamond – undefeated in prelims): Tim Csallner ’28, Carys Diamond ’27, Meenakshi Mandapulu ’28, Benji Lachar ’27, Cindy Chou ’28
Lincoln-Douglas: Ali Naseem ’27 and Vivek Thankavel ’27
Double Octofinalists
Lincoln-Douglas: Eric Xing ’28 and Michael Ahn ’26
Policy Debate: Akash Bose ’27 & Mahedhar Sunkara ’27; Raj Reddy ’27 & Hasan Makhani ’26
Triple Octofinalist
Lincoln-Douglas: Owen Gao ’28
Top Speaker Awards
World Schools: Arhaan Iyer ’28 – 2nd; Josephina Qiu ’26 – 9th
Policy Debate: Mahedhar Sunkara ’27 – 6th; Akash Bose ’27 – 9th
Lincoln-Douglas: Sarah Koshy ’26 – 7th; Aaron Kuang ’26 – 9th
These results reflect not only competitive success, but also the character, commitment, and teamwork Greenhill students bring to this activity every day. Throughout the weekend, they supported one another and represented Greenhill with focus and integrity.
The success of the season was further strengthened by meaningful engagement from our alumni network, whose continued involvement played an important role throughout the year. This year, our students have been fortunate enough to learn from 20 years’ worth of program alum: Sam Shore ’06, Rebecca Kuang ’13, Bennett Eckert ’16, Anna Myers ’19, Lindsay Jade Feinstein ’21, Krutin Devesh ’22, Emma Nguyen ’23, Nikitha Thoduguli ’23, Adam Kesselman ’24, Seth Lee ’24, Jeannette Yang ’24, Sophia Li ’24, Emily Hu ’24, Angela Kamgang ’24, Kaden Alibhai ’24, Varun Mukund ’25, Gautam Chamarthy ’25, Pranav Sreenivas ’25, Prabath Girish ’25, Ella Ou-Yang ’25.
Congratulations to all of our students on an outstanding performance at TFA State.
