2023 Pine Invitational Results
Congratulations to all the competitors at the 2023 Pine Invitational!
(Each gold medal winner will have a Pine 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 Young Voices - Independent
2nd Nova 42 Academy
1st Able2Shine
Middle School Sweepstakes
3rd Velasquez Academy
2nd ModernBrain
1st The Golden State Academy
High School Sweepstakes
3rd Nova 42 Academy
2nd Cogito Debate
1st Able2Shine
College School Sweepstakes
3rd Mount Hood Community College
2nd Seward County Community College
1st Mt. San Antonio College
And here are the winners from the tournament!
Elementary Declamation
Melody Kwan Liangyi Youth Leadership Bronze
Catherine Velasquez-Galvez Velasquez Academy Bronze
Rebecca Hu Velasquez Academy Silver
Nishka Parikh Young Voices - Independent Gold
Elementary Impromptu
Grace Pan New Age Learning Bronze
Daniel Kim Nova 42 Academy Bronze
Emily Zhang Nova 42 Academy Silver
Warren Kong Able2Shine Gold
Elementary Informative
Otis Barrow Nova 42 Academy Silver
Milo Zhao Able2Shine Gold
Elementary Persuasive
Daniel Kim Nova 42 Academy Silver
Katherine Lee Nova 42 Academy Gold
Elementary Poetry
Brandon Zhang Able2Shine Bronze
Indrayani Chati Young Voices - Independent Bronze
Ritisha Patra Young Voices - Independent Bronze
Rhianna Sarath Young Voices - Independent Bronze
Ferra Liu Able2Shine Silver
Nishka Parikh Young Voices - Independent Gold
Elementary SPAR
Tony Michael Chen Able2Shine Bronze
Emily Zhang Nova 42 Academy Bronze
Belinda Hsu Nova 42 Academy Bronze
Xuandi Yuan Velasquez Academy Bronze
Cyrus Dadgostar Velasquez Academy Silver
Engedi Lam Speech & Debate Institute Gold
Elementary Storytelling
Maksim Liu Able2Shine Bronze
Yani Wang Able2Shine Bronze
Andersen Au Able2Shine Bronze
Stella Whitaker Speech & Debate Institute Bronze
Able2Shine Silver
Lin Luo Able2Shine Gold
Middle School Congress
Brandi Wu ModernBrain Bronze
Samanvi Gubbihal Velasquez Academy Bronze
Jinghan Lu ModernBrain Silver
Riyaan Shah Velasquez Academy Gold
Middle School Declamation
Rosalie Cheng Liangyi Youth Leadership Bronze
Agasti Krishna The Golden State Academy Bronze
Kriti Patel The Golden State Academy Bronze
Anny Du ModernBrain Silver
Sooah Kim Velasquez Academy Gold
Middle School Impromptu
Ava Geng Able2Shine Bronze
Anny Du ModernBrain Bronze
Molly Zhu New Age Learning Bronze]
Kate Hong Speech & Debate Institute Bronze
Yuqiao Shao ModernBrain Silver
Hannah Yang Velasquez Academy Gold
Middle School Informative
Audrey Lee Nova 42 Academy Bronze
Charlotte Yang Nova 42 Academy Bronze
Alexis Choi Nova 42 Academy Silver
Brinda Paladugu Brooks Debate Institute Gold
Middle School Interp
Jiaxun Huang Able2Shine Bronze
Cara Wang Brooks Debate Institute Bronze
Stella Whitaker & Satya Love Speech & Debate Institute Bronze
Annabelle Hu Speech & Debate Institute Bronze
Kavish Singh The Golden State Academy Bronze
Yuqiao Shao ModernBrain Silver
Shon Khisti Brooks Debate Institute Gold
Middle School LD Top Speaker
3rd The Golden State Academy Vikhyath Malineni
2nd The Golden State Academy Anwesha Vermaji
1st ModernBrain Aarini Chadha
Middle School LD
Tina Jin Able2Shine Silver
Vikhyath Malineni The Golden State Academy Silver
Aarini Chadha ModernBrain Gold
Jason Kim The Golden State Academy Gold
Middle School NOF Parli Top Speaker
2nd Liangyi Youth Leadership Ben Yang
1st Liangyi Youth Leadership Linus Mak
Middle School NOF Parli
Uriah Chen Enoch Shao Able2Shine Bronze
Ian Cheng Sofia Guo Liangyi Youth Leadership Bronze
Linus Mak Jessica Liu Liangyi Youth Leadership Silver
Samuel Lin Ben Yang Liangyi Youth Leadership Gold
Middle School Persuasive
Kate Hong Speech & Debate Institute Bronze
Ashlyn Motley Nova 42 Academy Silver
Adalyn Zhang Able2Shine Gold
Middle School Public Forum Top Speaker
8th Able2Shine Lydia Liang
7th Nova 42 Academy Sophia Yaokasin
6th The Golden State Academy Aditya Gautham
5th Nova 42 Academy Alyssa Xie
4th The Golden State Academy Tvisha Tyagi
3rd The Golden State Academy Maya Sarkar
2nd The Golden State Academy Dhanyaa Chakravarthy
1st The Golden State Academy Tanvi Rai
Middle School Public Forum
Jericho Shih & Grace Chen The Golden State Academy Silver
Emily Hsu & Tanvi Rai The Golden State Academy Silver
Atul Ramakrishnan & Shaurya Gupta The Golden State Academy Silver
Ishaan Shirol & Albert Jiang The Golden State Academy Silver
Preetesh Gopinath & Devanshu Haricharan Brooks Debate Institute Gold
Alyssa Xie & Sophia Yaokasin Nova 42 Academy Gold
Ryan Peng & Sejal Agarwal The Golden State Academy Gold
Tvisha Tyagi & Amrita Varshini Gunasekaran The Golden State Academy Gold
Middle School SPAR
Adalyn Zhang Able2Shine Bronze
Ishaan Kabra Brooks Debate Institute Bronze
Jeffrey Joseph Brooks Debate Institute Bronze
Suri Li ModernBrain Bronze
Ashlyn Motley Nova 42 Academy Bronze
Amelia Chen Speech & Debate Institute Bronze
Yingshi (Janice) Huang Nova Nexus School Silver
Hannah Yang Velasquez Academy Gold
High School Extemp
Grady Li Able2Shine Bronze
Anantiga Ramesh Irvington High School Silver
Carter Mak Liangyi Youth Leadership Gold
High School Impromptu
Claire Au Able2Shine Bronze
Jackie Humenik Cogito Debate Bronze
Madeline Lee Nova 42 Academy Bronze
Melody Wang Velasquez Academy Bronze
Aditi Mod British International Chicago South Loop - Independent Silver
Ellie Kim ModernBrain Gold
High School Informative
Alex Liu BASIS Independent Fremont Silver
Anushree Ogale Able2Shine Gold
High School Interp
Vibha Sreekanth Irvington High School Bronze
Alice Lee Speech & Debate Institute Bronze
Celine Pei Nova 42 Academy Silver
Kayla Ring Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Gold
High School LD Top Speaker
1st Nova 42 AcademyJustin Kong
High School LD
Zhaojun William Zhang Able2Shine Gold
High School Original Interp
Eleanor Walters St. Thomas Aquinas High School Silver
Parker Upton St. Thomas Aquinas High School Gold
High School Persuasive
Jennifer Li Able2Shine Silver
Jiyoo Kim-Jung Nova 42 Academy Gold
High School Public Forum Top Speaker
1st The Golden State Academy Aaroosh Sinha
High School Public Forum
Riyansh Goyal Aaroosh Sinha The Golden State Academy Gold
High School SPAR
Liam O'Connell Cogito Debate Bronze
Miya Zhu Cogito Debate Bronze
Marcus Chien Cogito Debate Bronze
Jackie Humenik Cogito Debate Bronze
Angel Song Velasquez Academy Silver
Varnika Karthick Cogito Debate Gold
College Interp
Jacob Salas Meagan Aguilar Mt. San Antonio College Silver
Kai Howery Adolfo Almaraz Seward County Community College Gold
College IPDA
Rachel Alarcon Mt. San Antonio College Gold
College Platform
Effiong Omon Mount Hood Community College Silver
Devin Norris Mt. San Antonio College Gold