Carroll Debaters Compete At Longhorn Classic

The Carroll Dragons took fifth place in speech and debate during the University of Texas Longhorn Debate Classic held in Austin recently. A total of 114 schools and more than 1,000 students competed at  the meet, which is the largest high school tournament in Texas.

Carroll was well represented by the following:

Arvind Venkataraman – 1st in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking; Top 16 in Public Forum Debate; and earned a Tournaments of Champions bid at Northwestern University

Jessica Nadalin- 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation; Semi-finalist in Prose; and earned a Tournaments of Champions bid for St. Mary’s University in May

Paul Samuel – 3rd in Congressional Debate; and a Tournament of Champions bid to the University of Kentucky in May

Kevin O’Brien- 8th in US Extemporaneous Speaking and a bid to the Tournament of Champions at Northwestern University

Patrick Graham- 8th in Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Bonnie Song-10th in Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Adam Marshall – Semi-finalist in Dramatic Interpretation and received a bid to the Tournament of Champions at St. Mary’s University

Nick Lowrimore – Semi-finalist in US Extemporaneous Speaking, and received a bid to Northwestern University

Tim Dominguez- Semi-finalist in US Extemporaneous Speaking, and received bid to Northwestern University

Sean Armas – Semi-finalist in Poetry Interpretation

The Dragons are coached by Diane Forbes.