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As promised, please find a link to a discounted room rate for FCDI State Championship participants and spectators at the button below.  The discount is now active and is good until March 19, 2025. 

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QUALIFICATIONS

Students must have competed in at least 2 FCDI tournaments, one of which must have been an in-person regional tournament.

Space is Limited For State Championship!

 

Preference will be given to competitors who have placed in an FCDI tournament, followed by students who participated in a higher number of events.
Any remaining spots will be awarded on a lottery basis.

 

PUBLIC FORUM

DEBATE TOPICS

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

April

Resolved: The federal government should reduce its role in education, allowing states and localities greater control.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

DEBATE TOPICS

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

April

Resolved: The right to free speech ought to be upheld, even if it protects controversial or unpopular opinions.

EXTEMPORANEOUS

DEBATE TOPICS

State Championship

Rights

Voting

Education

Minimum Wage

Scientific Research

Privatization

IMPROMPTU SPEAKING

TOPICS

State Championship

Civic Duties

The Founding Fathers

Whimsical What-If Scenarios

Presidential Quotes

Free Speech in a Democratic Society

Technology

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HIGH SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL DECLAMATION

1st Place - Cyrus Vaghefi - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

2nd Place - Annabelle Bergiste - Boone High School, Orlando

3rd Place - Nora Duffiled - Gainesville High School, Gainesville

 

HIGH SCHOOL DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE

1st Place - Mya Nargassans - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

2nd Place - Joshua Khan - Gulf Breeze High School, Gulf Breeze

3rd Place - Teagan Schuchardt - Fort Walton Beach High School, Fort Walton Beach

HIGH SCHOOL DUO INTERPRETATION

1st Place - Andrew Nettles and Johnathan Pollitt - Gulf Breeze High School, Gulf Breeze

2nd Place - Pietra Jutglar and Sydney Bittle - Horizon High School, Winter Garden

3rd Place - Ben Kalb and Brooke Bordelon - Gulf Breeze High School, Gulf Breeze
 

HIGH SCHOOL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING

1st Place - Unsh Majithia - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

2nd Place - Ella York - Ponte Vedra High School, Ponte Vedra Beach

3rd Place - Jordan Miranda Juarez - Wildwood High School, Wildwood

HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

1st Place - Olivia Hodge - Apopka High School, Apopka

2nd Place - Samantha Faucette - Apopka High School, Apopka

3rd Place - Laura Santana - Lake Brantley High School, Orlando

HIGH SCHOOL ORAL INTERPRETATION

1st Place - Simone Campbell - Winter Park High School, Winter Park

2nd Place - Shreya Singh - Tocoi Creek High School, St. Augustine

3rd Place - Anushika Arun - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE

1st Place - Ashton Carter - Thomas L. Sims Middle School - Patriot Debaters, Pace

2nd Place - Emerson Blue - Seaside Neighborhood School, Seaside

3rd Place - Alexander Johnson - Thomas L. Sims Middle School - Patriot Debaters, Pace

MIDDLE DECLAMATION

1st Place - Christian Ahumada - Plato Academy Tampa, Tampa

2nd Place - Jade Robinson - Horizon Charter School of Tampa, Tampa

3rd Place - Isabella Cruz - Lecanto Middle School, Lecanto

MIDDLE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE

1st Place - Zahara Mauldin - River City Science Academy, Jacksonville

2nd Place - Emma Hobbs - Thomas L. Sims Middle School - Patriot Debaters, Pace

3rd Place - Rachel Dlugasch - Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, Melbourne

MIDDLE DUO INTERPRETATION

1st Place - Berkley Allen and Ronin Navarrete - Thomas L. Sims Middle School - Patriot Debaters, Pace

2nd Place - Bryce Kenner and Kamilla Castrillon - Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, Sarasota

3rd Place - Alexandra Misantone and Isabella Gomez - Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, Sarasota

MIDDLE EXTEMPORANEOUS DEBATE

1st Place - Michaela George - Oak View Middle School, Newberry

2nd Place - Aarav Naik - Switzerland Point Middle School, Jacksonville

MIDDLE EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING

1st Place - Berkleigh Atkinson - Thomas L. Sims Middle School - Patriot Debaters, Pace

2nd Place - Avinoor Jutla - Lincoln Middle School, Gainesville

3rd Place - Laurel Ryan - Osceola Middle School, Ocala

MIDDLE IMPROMPTU SPEAKING

1st Place - Harper Nussbaum - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

2nd Place - Caressa Birks - Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School West, Pembroke Pines

3rd Place - Isabella Applegate - Oak View Middle School, Newberry

MIDDLE INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

1st Place - Maggie Gao - Lincoln Middle School, Gainesville

2nd Place - Madison Lavidas - Randall Middle School, Lithia

3rd Place - Reagan Pawlowski - Randall Middle School, Lithia

MIDDLE JUST TALK

1st Place - Saanvi Kondu - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

2nd Place - Beatrice Cohan - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

3rd Place - Diya Kar - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

MIDDLE ORAL INTERPRETATION

1st Place - Veda Galipalli - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

2nd Place - Kylee Roulhac - Thomas L. Sims Middle School - Patriot Debaters, Pace

3rd Place - Jessa Ewing - Roulhac Middle School, Chipley

MIDDLE ORIGINAL ORATORY

1st Place - Breanna Kopinski - Roulhac Middle School, Chipley

2nd Place - Sanjana Rao - Randall Middle School, Lithia

3rd Place - Ian Jansen - Randall Middle School, Lithia

MIDDLE/NOVICE LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE

1st Place - Isabelle Castillo - Fort Walton Beach High School, Fort Walton Beach

2nd Place - Madhu Chintalapati - Orlando Science High School, Orlando

MIDDLE/NOVICE PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

1st Place - Cole Cassidy and Shaunecy Gaskins - River City Science Academy, Jacksonville

2nd Place - Reya Henson and Rowan Morehead - Horizon High School, Winter Garden

POLICY DEBATE

1st Place - Edrian Colburn-Deliz and Sanabil Wajid - Eastside High School, Gainesville

2nd Place - Joel Cardenas and Michael Huan - Lincoln Middle School, Gainesville

PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION

1st Place - Reagan Metayer Everett - Fort Walton Beach High School, Fort Walton Beach

2nd Place - Emory Frandsen - Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, Sarasota

3rd Place - Camila Barbosa - Horizon High School, Winter Garden

NOVICE CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE

1st Place - Tristan Dzenis - Lake Nona High School, Orlando

2nd Place - Leila Amirkhosravi - Lake Brantley High School, Orlando

3rd Place - Sofia Vargas - Lake Nona High School, Orlando

NOVICE EXTEMPORANEOUS DEBATE

1st Place - Garrett Smith - Ponte Vedra High School, Ponte Vedra Beach

2nd Place - Steph SalaveiAlachua Learning Academy, Alachua

NOVICE IMPROMPTU SPEAKING

1st Place - Sohan Patel - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

2nd Place - Vaughn VanDyck - Lake Brantley High School, Orlando

3rd Place - Chase Rathet - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

NOVICE JUST TALK

1st Place - Alexanderia Barron - Wildwood High School, Wildwood

2nd Place - Nikolaos Sarris - SLAM Apollo, Apollo Beach

3rd Place - Evan Carneiro - Lake Brantley High School, Orlando

NOVICE ORIGINAL ORATORY

1st Place - Eisley Joudry - Fort Walton Beach High School, Fort Walton Beach

2nd Place - Abby Bradley - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

3rd Place - Rodrigo Deleon Ruiz - Allen D. Nease High School, Ponte Vedra Beach

NOVICE

VARSITY CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE

1st Place - Anabel Kirkland - Lake Nona High School, Orlando

2nd Place - Gavin Miles - QI Roberts Jr.-Sr. High School, Florahome

3rd Place - Neel Bharambe - Florida Virtual School Flex Program 9-12, Virtual

VARSITY EXTEMPORANEOUS DEBATE

1st Place - AmandaLesly Miranda - Wildwood High School, Wildwood

2nd Place - Anthony Safar - River City Science Academy, Jacksonville

VARSITY IMPROMPTU SPEAKING

1st Place - Audrey Ellenburg - Newberry High School, Newberry

2nd Place - Esha Kasavaraju - The Bolles School, Jacksonville

3rd Place - Reggie Williams - Samuel W. Wolfson High School, Jacksonville

VARSITY LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE

1st Place - Ivan Goponenko - Lake Nona High School, Orlando

2nd Place - Noah De Haan - Tocoi Creek High School, St. Augustine

VARSITY ORIGINAL ORATORY

1st Place - Savannah Sisk - Lake Buena Vista High School, Orlando

2nd Place - Luis David Latozefsky Carvajal - Lake Brantley High School, Orlando

3rd Place - Emily Sanchez - Lake Mary Preparatory School, Orlando

VARSITY PUBLIC FORUM

1st Place - Grace Bian and Owen Giberman - Gulf Breeze High School, Gulf Breeze

2nd Place - Ashley Ding and Maya Venkatraman - Lake Nona High School, Orlando

VARSITY

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