Peninsula Closes Out Lexington
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Lexington, MA -- Congratulations to PV Peninsula's Arjun Tambe and Akhil Jalan for closing out the 2015 Lexington Invitational! In semifinals, Arjun defeated Newark Science's Christian Quiroz; Akhil defeated Del Mar's Varun Bhave. Congratulations to both debaters! Arjun and Akhil are coached by Scott Wheeler, Chris Theis, and Akash Gogate. Pairings can be found on Tabroom: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=3233 Top Speakers
Del Mar - Varun Bhave
Cypress Bay - Jake Steirn
Peninsula - Arjun Tambe
Sacred Heart - Adam Tomasi
Peninsula - Akhil Jalan
Bronx Science - Griffin Miller
Del Mar - Sujay Singh
Harvard-Westlake - Nick Steele
Walt Whitman - Sophia Caldera
Harvard-Westlake - Cameron Cohen
Double Octafinals Peninsula AT def Bronx JS Newark CQ def Millburn WH Bronx GM def Hunter College SC Peninsula AJ def Bronx CL Oxbridge NV def McDowell JP Sacred Heart AT def Byram Hills PE Harvard-Westlake NS def Del Mar KK Cypress Bay JS def John Marshall DD Scarsdale MB def Lake Highland RS Scarsdale RG def Del Mar SS Walt Whitman SC def Hunter College AK Del Mar VB def WDM Valley TG Byram Hills AJ def Hunter College BL Harvard-Westlake CC def WDM Valley GS Lake Highland SP def Bronx ID Walt Whitman LK def Newark AK Octafinals Newark CQ def Sacred Heart AT 2-1 (Hordines, Lavelle, Kuzmenko*) Walt Whitman LK def Bronx GM 2-1 (Kors*, Millman, Curtis) Peninsula AJ def Oxbridge NV 2-1 (DeBois, Levy*, Gorthey) Cypress Bay JS def Scarsdale MB 3-0 (Koh, Li, Melnick) Del Mar VB def Scarsdale RG 2-1 (Massey, Wheeler*, Lonam) Walt Whitman SC def Byram Hills AJ 2-1 (Hom, Cha*, Zhou) Peninsula AT def Lake Highland SP 3-0 (Pregasen, Evnen, Chen) Harvard-Westlake NS over Harvard-Westlake CC Quarterfinals (bid) Newark CQ def Walt Whitman SC (Sophia Caldera) 3-0 (Curtis, Kors, Cha) Peninsula AJ def Harvard-Westlake NS (Nick Steele) 2-1 (Chen, Kymn*, White) Peninsula AT def Walt Whitman LK (Leora Korn) 2-1 (Evnen, DeBois*, Gorthey) Del Mar VB over Cypress Bay JS (Jake Steirn) (flight) Semifinals Peninsula AT def Newark CQ (Christian Quiroz) 2-1 (Lavelle, Kors, Hordines*) Peninsula AJ def Del Mar VB (Varun Bhave) 2-1 (Chen, DeBois*, Curtis) Co-Champions Peninsula AT (Arjun Tambe) and Peninsula AJ (Akhil Jalan)