Greenhill Debate Team Captures Two National Championships

The Greenhill Debate Team claimed a pair of national championships over the past few weeks, and will look to continue the momentum heading into the National Speech & Debate Associations National Tournament in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in June.
 
The team attended the National Debate Coaches Championships in Atlanta a few weeks ago where Shruthi Krishnan '18 earned top overall speaker honors and was crowned National Champion in the Lincoln Douglas Debate. Anna Myers '18 advanced to the semifinals and finished as the ninth overall speaker while Mihir Rai '18 fell in the octo-finals, but still finished as the 10th overall speaker. Brian Zhou '18 earned a trip to the quarterfinals and finished as the fifth overall speaker.
 
In Policy Debate, the team of Sam Grimsley '18 and Chris Eckert '19 fell in the semifinals, but still finished as the first and second speaker, respectively. In addition, Ali Khambati '18 and Samar Ahmad '19 advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
 
Last weekend, the Debate Team traveled to the Tournament of Champions in Lexington, Kentucky. For the first time in school history, the team was awarded with the William Woods Tate Jr. Memorial Texas Excellence Award as Greenhill was named the Overall School Sweepstakes Award Winner by amassing the best cumulative record at the Tournament of Champions.
 
Another first for Greenhill came during the Lincoln Douglas Debate where the team qualified four students for the Tournament of Champions. Zhou defeated the tournament's top-seed en route to losing only one ballot and being crowned the Tournament of Champions National Champion. The Greenhill senior was selected as the 12th best individual speaker. Krishnan, who was regarded by most individuals in the Debate community as the top Lincoln Douglas competitor this season, dropped a hard-fought split decision in the octo-finals round. Krishnan finished as the second-best individual spaker of the tournament.
 
This was also the final tournament for Grimsley, Khambati and Krishnan as the Greenhill trio captured a combined 12 tournament titles this season.
 
Congratulations to head coach Aaron Timmons and all of our incredible Debate students.
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