2023 Elm Invitational Results
Congratulations to all the competitors at the 2023 Elm Invitational!
(Each gold medal winner will have a Elm tree planted in their name thanks to our partners at One Tree Planted)
Special congratulations to the following programs for winning sweepstakes:
Elementary School Sweepstakes
3rd Liangyi Youth Leadership
2nd Young Voices - Independent
1st ModernBrain
Middle School Sweepstakes
3rd The Golden State Academy
2nd Westridge School
1st ModernBrain
High School Sweepstakes
2nd Flintridge Preparatory
1st ModernBrain
College School Sweepstakes
3rd Irvine Valley College
2nd University of Washington
1st Mt. San Antonio College
And here are the winners from the tournament!
Elementary Declamation
Gold Velasquez Academy Danika Yuan
Elementary Impromptu
Bronze ModernBrain Abigail Huang
Bronze ModernBrain Saura Charlu
Silver New Age Learning Grace Pan
Gold ModernBrain Emma Lisowski
Elementary Informative
Gold ModernBrain Melody Zhao
Elementary Persuasive
Silver ModernBrain Avya Warrier
Gold ModernBrain Winston Lin
Elementary Poetry
Bronze Wilshire Academy Sophia Jung
Bronze Young Voices - Independent Ananya Gandi
Bronze Young Voices - Independent Natasha Nikhil
Bronze Young Voices - Independent Sharanya Pattanaik
Silver Young Voices - Independent Joanna Jacob
Gold Young Voices - Independent Nishka Parikh
Elementary SPAR
Bronze Liangyi Youth Leadership Sofia Guo
Bronze ModernBrain Abigail Huang
Bronze ModernBrain Joy Lee
Bronze ModernBrain Saura Charlu
Bronze ModernBrain Yihong Sinba Zhang
Silver ModernBrain Emma Lisowski
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Melody Kwan
Elementary Storytelling
Silver Nova 42 Academy Talia Tabarsi
Gold Speech & Debate Institute Stella Whitaker
Middle School Congress
Bronze Flintridge Preparatory Alexandra Hoffner
Bronze Flintridge Preparatory Zoe Gilbert
Bronze ModernBrain Derek Song
Bronze ModernBrain Jinghan Lu
Bronze ModernBrain Max Lin
Bronze Velasquez Academy Haley Wang
Bronze Westridge School Ailey McIntire
Bronze Westridge School Nova Radisich
Bronze Westridge School Sofia Rusconi
Bronze Westridge School Sophie Girardi
Silver Westridge School Charlotte Hesling
Gold Westridge School Sara Kolahdouzan
Middle School Declamation
Bronze Liangyi Youth Leadership Rosalie Cheng
Bronze Velasquez Academy Armaan Singh
Bronze The Golden State Academy Mihir Nanisetti
Silver ModernBrain Anny Du
Gold The Golden State Academy Kayvon Behboodian
Gold Wilshire Academy Emma Shim
Middle School Impromptu
Bronze Liangyi Youth Leadership Angela Yang
Bronze ModernBrain Melody Mo
Bronze ModernBrain Yuqiao Shao
Bronze New Age Learning Leah Yang
Bronze Nova 42 Academy Eugenia Kang
Bronze The Golden State Academy Ameya Srinivasan
Bronze The Golden State Academy Sejal Agarwal
Bronze Velasquez Academy Max Peng
Bronze Westridge School Katherine Duan
Silver ModernBrain Zixiang Zheng
Silver Helios School Ameya Choudhary
Gold The Golden State Academy Aditya Gautham
Gold ModernBrain Daniel Lu
Middle School Informative
Bronze Nova 42 Academy Alexis Choi
Silver ModernBrain Daniel Lu
Gold Westridge School Katherine Duan
Middle School Interp
Bronze The Golden State Academy Sahana Shyam
Bronze Brooks Debate Institute Shon Khisti
Bronze ModernBrain Eshana Warrier
Silver Nova 42 Academy Eugenia Kang
Gold Westridge School Sienna Whitaker
Middle School LD
Silver ModernBrain Sean Yin
Silver Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart Maximus Wang
Gold The Golden State Academy Jason Kim
Gold ModernBrain Isa Dash
Middle School LD - Top Speakers
2 ModernBrain Sean Yin
1 The Golden State Academy Jason Kim
Middle School NOF Parli
Silver Liangyi Youth Leadership Kate Hong & Emily Dai
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Linus Mak & Samuel Lin
Middle School NOF Parli - Top Speakers
1 Liangyi Youth Leadership Emily Dai
2 Liangyi Youth Leadership Kate Hong
Middle School Persuasive
Bronze ModernBrain Carys Wee
Silver Liangyi Youth Leadership Kimberly Pan
Gold Westridge School Sienna Whitaker
Middle School SPAR
Bronze ModernBrain Daniel Lu
Bronze Nova Nexus School Yingshi (Janice) Huang
Bronze Velasquez Academy Krishna Shreewastava
Bronze Velasquez Academy Min Cho
Silver Helios School Madeleine Zehner
Gold ModernBrain Melody Mo
High School Assigned Platform
Silver Velasquez Academy Max Peng
Gold Velasquez Academy Brian Le
High School Congress Platform
Bronze Westlake High School Mira Jiang
Silver Flintridge Preparatory Michelle Pan
Gold Westridge School Kanon Iwata
High School Extemp
Silver The Golden State Academy Eunchan (Lawrence) Kim
Gold ModernBrain Claire Liu
High School Impromptu
Bronze ModernBrain Ellie Kim
Bronze ModernBrain Shangeli Cole
Bronze Velasquez Academy Alice Chen
Bronze Velasquez Academy Melody Wang
Bronze Westridge School Eliza Kim
Silver Liangyi Youth Leadership Gavin Zhu
Gold ModernBrain Kelly Liu
High School Informative
Bronze Westridge School Abby Yu
Silver Westridge School Eliza Kim
Gold Loyola High School LA Lucas Canley
High School Interp
Bronze St. Thomas Aquinas High School Parker Upton
Bronze Flintridge Preparatory Allison Lin
Bronze ModernBrain Kelly Liu
Bronze ModernBrain Nathan Yuan
Silver ModernBrain Anna Feng
Gold Flintridge Prepatory Allison Lin
High School LD
Silver La Reina High School Katie Cole
Gold Westridge School Elyse Lin
High School LD - Top Speaker
1 La Reina High School Katie Cole
2 Westridge School Elyse Lin
High School NOF Parli
Silver Flintridge Preparatory Mia Moore Walker & Lauren Lopez
Silver Liangyi Youth Leadership Susie Gu & Peter Wang
Gold Flintridge Preparatory Chloe Chong & Merry Duan
Gold Flintridge Preparatory Kazuma Hakushi & Silas Siebel
High School NOF Parli - Top Speaker
1 Flintridge Preparatory Mia Moore Walker
2 Flintridge Preparatory Lauren Lopez
3 Westridge School Josselyn Cheng
High School Persuasive
Gold ModernBrain Sofia Jackson
Silver Liangyi Youth Leadership Brant Chung
High School Public Forum
Gold The Golden State Academy Kash Patel & Saharsh Maram
Gold The Golden State Academy Rishab Pandhe & Ishita Kothawade
High School Public Forum - Top Speaker
1 The Golden State Academy Ishita Kothawade
High School SPAR
Gold Velasquez Academy Nicole Kim
Silver Velasquez Academy Yimeng Yuan
College Extemp
Silver Mt. San Antonio College Joseph Fasheh
Gold Irvine Valley College Raquel Sokol
College Impromptu
Silver Irvine Valley College Raquel Sokol
Gold Mt. San Antonio College Rachel Alarcon
College Interp
Silver Mt. San Antonio College Angie Valencia
Gold Mt. San Antonio College Vicky Chen
College IPDA
Silver University of Washington Evan Maudlin
Silver University of Washington Sydney Saborin
Gold University of Washington Griffin Hehmeyer
Gold University of Washington Tate Parker
College IPDA - Top Speaker
1 University of Washington Griffin Hehmeyer
College NOF Parli
Gold Mt. San Antonio College Julienne Uy & Alexandra Chala
College NOF Parli - Top Speaker
1 Mt. San Antonio College Alexandra Chala
College Platform
Gold Maricopa Speech and Debate Cienna Faylinn Collicott
Silver Mt. San Antonio College Anthony Arenas
Bronze Mt. San Antonio College Zhangwei Xue
Bronze Mt. San Jacinto College Jade Engler