Greenhill Closes Out 2015 Debate.LA Challenge

Studio City, CA -- Congratulations to Greenhill's Varad Agarwala and Bennett Eckert for closing out the 2015 Harvard-Westlake Debate.LA Challenge hosted at the Harvard-Westlake School! In semifinals, Varad defeated Harker's Pranav Reddy on a 2-1 decision (Letak*, Theis, Parasarathy); Bennett defeated Torrey Pine's Varun Bhave on a 3-0 decision (Fink, Amestoy, Sullivan). Congratulations to all debaters! The Debate.LA Challenge used an alternate pairing format debaters were allowed to "challenge" each other for their pairings. Out of a pool of 32 debaters, debaters had an opportunity to challenge anyone else in the pool, starting with the lowest seeded debater after each round. The rounds were adjudicated in a normal round robin format, with a two-person panel. The top four debaters in ballot count advanced to semifinals.   Semifinals Greenhill VA def Harker PR (Pranav Reddy) 2-1 (Letak*, Theis, Parasarathy) Greenhill BE def Torrey Pines VB (Varun Bhave) 3-0 (Fink, Amestoy, Sullivan)   Co-Champions Greenhill VA (Varad Agarwala) and Greenhill BE (Bennett Eckert)   Top Speakers

1. Torrey Pines - Varun Bhave

2. PV Peninsula - Akhil Jalan

3. Harvard-Westlake - Cameron Cohen