Westwood Closes Out 2014 UT Longhorn Classic
Austin, TX - Congratulations to Westwood's Akhil Gandra and Sunay Nanavati for closing out the 2014 University of Texas Longhorn Classic! In semifinals, Sunay defeated Strake Jesuit's Sean McCormick. In addition, Akhil walked over teammate Saavan Nanavati in semifinals. Congratulations to all debaters! Akhil, Sunay, and Saavan are coached by Rodrigo Paramo. Sean is coached by Jerry Crist and Chris Castillo. The Longhorn Classic is a semifinals bid qualifier to the Tournament of Champions. Congratulations to Sean McCormick, Sunay Nanavati, Akhil Gandra, and Saavan Nanavati for reaching semifinals and earning bids to the Tournament of Champions! Pairings and results can be found on Joy of Tournaments: http://www.joyoftournaments.com/tx/utexas/warmroom.asp Triple Octafinals
Double Octafinals
Octafinals
Quarterfinals
Strake Jesuit SM def Dulles KS (Kevin Si) (Franzese, Xiong, Coppoletta) Westwood XX def Katy Taylor NY (Neel Yerneni) (Koshak, Blaney, Van Berg) Westwood AG def Kinkaid JY (Jason Yang) (Azimpoor, Woods, Hernandez) Westwood SN def Woodlands AC (Abbey Chapman) (Flanagan, Conrad, Baig) Semifinals (bid)
Westwood XX def Strake Jesuit SM (Sean McCormick) (Coppoletta, Azimpoor, Segura) Westwood AG over Westwood SN (Saavan Nanavati) Champions Westwood AG (Akhil Gandra) and Westwood XX (Sunay Nanavati) Speaker Awards
Westwood - Akhil Gandra
Kinkaid - Tyler Gamble
Strake Jesuit - Alberto Tohme
Kinkaid - Michael Sands
Winston Churchill - Maxwell Engel
Stony Point - Rachana Jadala
Katy Taylor - Neel Yerneni
Dulles - Kevin Si
Flower Mound - Harshita Davuluri
Woodlands - Abbey Chapman