NJ STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS History
2024
4th in Overall Team Sweepstakes!
3rd in Debate Sweepstakes!
Angelina Wang/ Thomas Liu - State Champions in Varsity Public Forum
Ryan Chen/ Nicky Wang - State Champions in Junior Varsity Public Forum
Maxwell Mao - State Champion in Novice Lincoln Douglas
Souri Daver - State Runner-Up (2nd place) in Varsity Congressional Debate
Rohan Rao - State Runner-Up (2nd place) in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Aaron Pan - 4th place in Varsity Congressional Debate
Jeff Lin - 4th place in Improvisational Acting
Melinda Deng - 4th place in International Extemporaneous Speaking
Venya Tiwari - 5th place in US Extemporaneous Speaking
Zain Jaffar - 8th place in Varsity Congressional Debate
Caroline Cheng - Semifinalist in Varsity Congressional Debate
Janhvi More/ Anshrutha Shrinivas - Quarterfinalists in Varsity Public Forum
Renee Ding - Quarterfinalist in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
2023
4th in Overall Team Sweepstakes!
3rd in Debate Sweepstakes!
5th in Speech Sweepstakes!
Ryan Chen/ Nicky Wang - New Jersey State Champions in Novice Public Forum!
Aditya Gupta/ Arav Wahi - New Jersey State Runners Up (2nd place) in JV Public Forum
Melinda Deng - 3rd place in International Extemporaneous Speaking
Riya Devroy - 4th place in US Extemporaneous Speaking
Aaron Pan - 7th place finalist in Congressional Debate
Zain Jaffar - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Melinda Deng - Semifinalist in Impromptu Speaking
Ryan Finkelstein - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Jeff Lin - Semifinalist in Improvisational Acting
Caroline Cheng - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Angelina Wang/ Thomas Liu - Quarterfinalists in Varsity Public Forum
Karolina Ostrowski/ Ashley Joseph - Quarterfinalists in JV Public Forum
Sidharth Nambiar - Quarterfinalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas
Rohan Dubey/ Yashvir Singh - Quarterfinalists in Novice Public Forum
2022
4th in Overall Team Sweepstakes!
5th in Debate Sweepstakes!
6th in Speech Sweepstakes!
Melinda Deng - State Champion in International Extemporaneous Speaking!
Riya Devroy - 4th place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Eric Bang - 6th place in International Extemporaneous Speaking
Meher Harjani - 7th place in Congressional Debate
Annabelle Zhang - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Maria Sanchez/ Maeher Khosla - Semifinalists in Varsity Public Forum
Melinda Deng - Semifinalist in Impromptu Speaking
Ben Klein/ Aaron Agarwal - Semifinalists in Junior Varsity Public Forum
Aditya Gupta/ Arav Wahi - Semifinalists in Novice Public Forum
Selena Teng - Quarterfinalist in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Janhvi More/ Anshrutha Shrinivas - Quarterfinalist in Novice Public Forum
2021
4th in team sweepstakes!
2nd in debate sweepstakes!
Aaron Agarwal/ Maxwell Zhu - State Champions in Novice Public Forum!
Eric Wang - 2nd place in Novice Lincoln Douglas
Varun Krishnan/ Vatsal Garg - 2nd place in JV Public Forum
Etasha Donthi - 3rd place in Congressional Debate
Eric Bang - 5th place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Florence Shen - 6th place in Congressional Debate
Sophia Wang - 6th place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Isaac Callahan - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Meher Harjani - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Tanishka Khanna - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Riya Devroy - Semifinalist in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Maria Sanchez/ Maeher Khosla - Semifinalists in Varsity Public Forum
Zachary Turinsky - Quarterfinalist in JV Lincoln Douglas
Mythri Mahajan - Quarterfinalist in JV Lincoln Douglas
Selena Teng - Quarterfinalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas
Alex Chen/ Yuqi Sun - Quarterfinalists in Varsity Public Forum
2020 - Cancelled due to covid-19.
2019
4th in team sweepstakes!
2nd in debate sweepstakes!
Ranen Miao - Champion of Congressional Debate!
Somil Agarwal/ Brian Zhu - Champions of Varsity Public Forum!
Arthur Wayne - Runner Up (2nd place) in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Hannah Hirsch - Finalist in Congressional Debate
Florence Shen - Finalist in Congressional Debate
Madison Motroni - Finalist in Congressional Debate
Joy Luo - Semifinalist in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Sanah Singh - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Amanda Huang - Semifinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Maria Sanchez/ Maeher Khosla - Semifinalists in Novice Public Forum
Zubin Rekhi - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Kevin Wang - Quarterfinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Vikram Mahendru/ Charlie Davis - Quarterfinalists in Varsity Public Forum
Anusha Veluri - Quarterfinalist in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Sophia Wang/ Alex Chen - Quarterfinalists in Novice Public Forum
Tejas Gupta - Quarterfinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
2018
4th in team sweepstakes!
2nd in debate sweepstakes!
Vikram Mahendru/ Savannah Prager - State Champions in Junior Varsity Public Forum!
Ranen Miao - State Champion in Congressional Debate!
Kevin Wang - State Runner Up (2nd place) in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Rose Gao - State Runner Up (2nd place) in Novice Lincoln Douglas
Alessandra Iben/ Beatrice Han - State Runner Up (2nd place) in Novice Public Forum
James Chen/ Brian Zhu - State Runner Up (2nd place) in Varsity Public Forum
Tina Tarighian - Finalist (10th place) in Congressional Debate
Tori Sonza - Semifinalist in Program Oral Interpretation
Sanah Singh - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Amanda Huang - Semifinalist in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Anusha Kejriwal - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Meenal Upadhyay - Semifinalist in Original Oratory
Akshaj Tyagi - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Madison Motroni - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Arthur Wayne - Quarterfinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Eden Elder - Quarterfinalist in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Anusha Veluri - Quarterfinalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas
Jenny Wang/ Alex Lane - 5th place in Novice Policy Debate
2017
2nd in team sweepstakes!
2nd in Debate sweepstakes!
4th in speech sweepstakes!
Emily Wolf/ Sarah Tham - Novice Public Forum Champions!
Eden Elder/ Kevin Wang - Novice Lincoln Douglas Co-Champions!
Ila Kaul - State Runner Up (2nd place) in Original Oratory
James Chen/ David Yaffe - State Runner Up (2nd place) in Varsity Public Forum
Victoria Mak - 4th place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Ila Kaul - 4th place in Informative Speaking
Ranen Miao - 5th place in Congressional Debate
Tina Tarighian - Finalist (9th place) in Congressional Debate
Arthur Wayne - Finalist in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Madison Motroni - Semifinalist in Congressional Debate
Amanda Huang - Semifinalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas
Brahmteg Minhas - Semifinalist in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Muskaan Garg - Semifinalist in Original Oratory
Muskaan Garg - Semifinalist in Program Oral Interpretation
Alex Huang - Semifinalist in International Extemporaneous Speaking
Devon Harrison - Semifinalist in International Extemporaneous Speaking
Sarah Vesecky - Semifinalist in International Extemporaneous Speaking
Jai Bansal/ David Mason - Quarterfinalists in Varsity Public Forum
Robin Maillard/ Akanksha Chauhan - Quarterfinalists in Junior Varsity Public Forum
Somil Agarwal/ Isabella Marmanidis- Quarterfinalists in Novice Public Forum
2016
Alex Chen/ Karna Goswami and Molly Grazioso/ Yenna Ji - Co-Champions in Novice Public Forum!
Ranen Miao - 3rd place in Congressional Debate
Wesley Hu - Semifinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Danny Vesecky - Semifinalist in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Armaan Singh/ Brian Zhu - Novice PF Semifinalists
Ila Kaul - 4th place in Original Oratory
Josh Bergman - 5th place in Improvisational Acting
James Chen/ Sarah Park - Quarterfinalists in Varsity Public Forum
Chris Sun - Quarterfinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Mohar Kalra - Quarterfinalist in Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Arnold Jia - Quarterfinalist in Novice Lincoln Douglas
Jake Gerard - Finalist in Congressional Debate
Tina Tarighian - Finalist in Congressional Debate
Jennifer Jacobs - Semifinalist in Oral Interpretation
Muskaan Garg - Semifinalist in Original Oratory
Meenal Upadhyay - Semifinalist in Declamation