2023 Oak Invitational Results
Congratulations to all the competitors at the 2023 Oak Invitational!
(Each gold medal winner will have a Oak 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 - 40 points Able2Shine
2nd - 47.5 points ModernBrain
1st - 62.5 points Velasquez Academy
Middle School Sweepstakes
3rd - 60 points Liangyi Youth Leadership
2nd - 66 points The Golden State Academy
1st - 87 points Velasquez Academy
High School Sweepstakes
3rd - 32.5 points*** tie broken on number of golds ModernBrain
2nd - 32.5 points*** tie broken on number of golds The Golden State Academy
1st - 45 points Velasquez Academy
And here are the winners from the tournament!
Elementary Declamation
Bronze Velasquez Academy Danika Yuan
Silver Velasquez Academy Cyrus Dadgostar
Gold Velasquez Academy Ziwen "Hebe" Dou
Elementary Impromptu
Bronze ModernBrain Ruiqi Sun
Silver Nova 42 Academy Daniel Kim
Gold ModernBrain Marquis Zhao
Elementary Informative
Bronze Wilshire Academy Nathaniel Ahn
Bronze Nova 42 Academy Vanessa Yang
Bronze Velasquez Academy Ethan Moras
Silver Velasquez Academy Sriram Surapaneni
Gold Velasquez Academy Mahak Patangia
Elementary Persuasive
Silver ModernBrain Ruiqi Sun
Gold All American Education Group Olivia Li
Elementary Poetry
Bronze Young Voices - Independent Ananya Gandi
Bronze Able2Shine Brandon Zhang
Silver Able2Shine Mark Yu
Gold Young Voices - Independent Emma George
Elementary Prose
Gold ModernBrain Ruiqi Sun
Elementary SPAR
Bronze Velasquez Academy Sriram Surapaneni
Bronze Velasquez Academy Ziwen "Hebe" Dou
Bronze Liangyi Youth Leadership Ian Cheng
Bronze ModernBrain Ken Wang
Silver Able2Shine Tony Michael Chen
Gold ModernBrain Marquis Zhao
Elementary Storytelling
Bronze Able2Shine Claire Zhang
Bronze Nova 42 Academy Talia Tabarsi
Bronze Able2Shine Brandon Zhang
Bronze Brooks Debate Institute Kyle So
Silver Velasquez Academy Maira Lala
Gold Able2Shine Ashley Zhang
Middle School Assigned Platform
Bronze Brooks Debate Institute Tanush Chokshi
Bronze Wilshire Academy Ashton Jo
Silver Velasquez Academy Krishna Shreewastava
Gold Velasquez Academy Anika Phadnis
Middle School Congress
Bronze Nova 42 Academy Victor Zhang
Bronze ModernBrain Christopher Chiu
Silver ModernBrain Jason Rong
Gold Velasquez Academy Riyaan Shah
Middle School Declamation
Bronze Able2Shine Fiona Yan
Bronze Wilshire Academy Emma Shim
Bronze ModernBrain Anny Du
Bronze Velasquez Academy Aarav Lalla
Silver Able2Shine Ryan Lu
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Rosalie Cheng
Middle School Extemp
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Leah Lui
Middle School Impromptu
Bronze St. Mary's School Leo Greaves
Bronze Able2Shine Ryan Lu
Bronze New Age Learning Austin Yu
Bronze Louis Armstrong/SAGE Magnet Stella Schettig
Silver ModernBrain Tianni Gong
Gold Nova 42 Academy Quinlan Iwasaka
Middle School Informative
Bronze Wilshire Academy Bella Cho
Silver Velasquez Academy Haochang "Ben" Zheng
Gold Brooks Debate Institute Brinda Paladugu
Middle School Interp
Silver St. Mary's School Huda Khalid & Emerine Lambert
Gold Velasquez Academy Ariana Dadgostar
Middle School LD - Top Speakers
6 The Golden State Academy Anwesha Vermaji
5 The Golden State Academy Saira Julka
4 The Golden State Academy Johnny Zhang
3 La Reina High School and Middle School Vivian Kerr
2 The Golden State Academy Dhanyaa Chakravarthy
1 The Golden State Academy Adyant Bhavsar
Middle School LD
Silver ModernBrain Aarini Chadha
Silver The Golden State Academy Saira Julka
Silver The Golden State Academy Riya Veera
Silver The Golden State Academy Johnny Zhang
Middle School LD
Gold La Reina Middle School Shreya Mukherjee
Gold The Golden State Academy Adyant Bhavsar
Gold The Golden State Academy Anwesha Vermaji
Gold The Golden State Academy Dhanyaa Chakravarthy
Middle School NOF Parli - Top Speakers
3 Liangyi Youth Leadership Yixin Chen
2 Liangyi Youth Leadership Kate Hong
1 Liangyi Youth Leadership Linus Mak
Middle School NOF Parli
Silver Liangyi Youth Leadership Eric Yao & Katelyn Ye
Silver Liangyi Youth Leadership Emily Dai & Ben Yang
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Leo Wu & Yixin Chen
Gold Liangyi Youth Leadership Linus Mak & Kate Hong
Middle School Persuasive
Gold Able2Shine Adalyn Zhang
Middle School Public Forum - Top Speakers
2 Brooks Debate Institute Soujanya Sethuraman
1 Brooks Debate Institute Rishabh Bhattiprolu
Middle School Public Forum
Silver Brooks Debate Institute Rishabh Bhattiprolu & Shreya Iyengar
Gold Brooks Debate Institute Riya Ramadass & Soujanya Sethuraman
Middle School SPAR
Bronze Velasquez Academy Samanvi Gubbihal
Bronze Louis Armstrong/SAGE Magnet Sabrina Peebler
Bronze Velasquez Academy Krishna Shreewastava
Bronze CL Academy Kylie Kim
Silver Able2Shine Eric Guo
Silver Velasquez Academy Melody Chen
Gold Able2Shine Adalyn Zhang
Gold Velasquez Academy Ariana Dadgostar
Middle School Storytelling
Bronze Brooks Debate Institute Olivia Liu
Silver Able2Shine Brandon Zhang
Gold Brooks Debate Institute Tanush Chokshi
High School Assigned Platform
Gold Velasquez Academy Jade Zhang
High School Declamation
Silver Able2Shine Fiona Yan
Gold Irvington High School Phi Chanda
High School Extemp
Bronze Liangyi Youth Leadership Carter Mak
Silver Irvington High School Kamakshi Gupta
Gold The Golden State Academy Eunchan (Lawrence) Kim
High School Impromptu
Bronze Velasquez Academy Melody Wang
Bronze Velasquez Academy Alice Chen
Silver ModernBrain Ellie Kim
Gold Velasquez Academy Maya Lian
High School Informative
Gold Irvington High School Nidhi Bhogi
High School Interp
Silver ModernBrain Krishnni Khanna
Gold La Reina High School Ava Behjat
High School LD - Top Speakers
2 La Reina High School and Middle School Katie Cole
1 ModernBrain Nina Chen
High School LD
Silver La Reina High School Tanishka Lakra
Silver The Golden State Academy Ayushi Singh
Gold La Reina High School Cami Gradis
Gold ModernBrain Nina Chen
High School Persuasive
Bronze Able2Shine Michelle Ye
Bronze Irvington High School Aniket Kini
Bronze Irvington High School Saatvika Thamilarasan
Silver ModernBrain Sofia Jackson
Gold Irvington High School Phi Chanda
High School Public Forum - Top Speakers
1 The Golden State Academy Eric Huang
High School Public Forum
Gold The Golden State Academy Eric Huang & Bowen Yan
High School SPAR
Bronze Velasquez Academy Yimeng Yuan
Silver Able2Shine Adalyn Zhang
Gold Velasquez Academy Prahi Shah