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
Congratulations to the 2025 State Champions
DECLAMATION
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Place - The Frazer School, August Zhang
2nd Place - Roulhac Middle School, Abigail Black
3rd Place - The Bolles School, Rollins Powell
4th Place - Randall Middle School, Katherine Gunter
5th Place - The Bolles School, Sofia Ayaz
6th Place - Velasquez Academy, Sooah Kim
NOVICE HIGH SCHOOL
1st Place - GHS Speech & Debate Team, Arlo Sawicki
2nd Place - Pasco High School, Paula-Ann Williams
3rd Place - The Bolles School, Dhaani Ailawadhi
4th Place - The Bolles School, Jack Laufer
5th Place - River City Science Academy, Hiba Dahhani
6th Place - St. Petersburg Collegiate High School, Abigail Long
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Place - Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, Kaden Thompson
2nd Place - The Bolles School, Bianca Lebow
3rd Place - The Bolles School, Hannah Goodman
4th Place - Alice B. Landrum Middle School, Maahi Ailawadhi
5th Place - Lecanto Middle School, Stacia Milne
6th Place - Lincoln Middle School, Henry Palmer
VARSITY
1st Place - The Bolles School, Cyrus Vaghefi
2nd Place - Plato Academy Tampa, Christian Ahumada
3rd Place - Fort Walton Beach High School, Haley Chislett
4th Place - Gulf Breeze High School, Joshua Khan
5th Place - River City Science Academy, Kayton Lyon
6th Place - Gulf Breeze High School, Owen Sumrall
DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
EXTEMPORANEOUS DEBATE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Place - Kanapaha Speech and Debate, Lara Castineyra
2nd Place - Florida Virtual School Flex Program 6-8, Elyannie Reyes
VARSITY
1st Place - River City Science Academy, Anthony Safar
2nd Place - Tocoi Creek High School, Niko Jones
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Place - The Bolles School, Harper Nussbaum
2nd Place - Oak View Middle School, Maggie Castle
3rd Place - Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, Harper Harris
4th Place - Randall Middle School, Natalia Cota
5th Place - Carver Middle School, Skyy Evans
6th Place - The Frazer School, Shreeya Narasimha
VARSITY
1st Place - Newberry High School, Audrey Ellenburg
2nd Place - The Frazer School, Ann Moywaywa
3rd Place - Lake Brantley High School, Vaughn VanDyck
4th Place - Samuel W Wolfson High School, Reggie Williams
5th Place - The Bolles School, Aarav Gandhi
6th Place - Rickards High School, Issa Allison
IMPROMPTU SPEAKING
INFORMATIVE SPEAKING
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Place - The Frazer School, Riya Sood
2nd Place - The Bolles School, Saanvi Kondu
3rd Place - Kanapaha Middle School, Kate Vij
4th Place - Randall Middle School, Madison Lavidas
5th Place - Julia Landon College Preparatory School, Mehr Jangra
6th Place - Kanapaha Middle School, Rayna Obal
VARSITY
1st Place - The Bolles School, Adi Yadav
2nd Place - Fort Walton Beach High School, Josie Lang
3rd Place - Allen D Nease High School, Srija Patchipulusu
4th Place - Creekside High School, Saadhika Kosuri
5th Place - Beachside High School, Amrutha Turlapati
6th Place - Weeki Wachee High School, Lucy Folstad
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Place - Seaside Neighborhood School, Emerson Blue
2nd Place - Ponce de Leon, Jayden White
3rd Place - Bruner Middle School, Madeleine Wilderman
4th Place - Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, Vanissa Tran
5th Place - Seaside Neighborhood School, Reese Akins
6th Place - Stuart Middle School, John Morgan
7th Place – The Frazer School, Selena Dexter
8th Place – Seaside Neighborhood School, Anne Whitten Trapp
9th Place – The Frazer School, Josh Kim
10th Place – Oak View Middle School, Quinn Baker
11th Place – IPrep Academy North, Arianna Oropeza
12th Place - South Sumter Middle School, Emily Jermolowicz
VARSITY
1st Place - Wildwood High School, Oscar Rubio Flores
2nd Place - Hagerty High School, Jeffrey Schwartz
3rd Place - Tocoi Creek High School, Tanush Chava
4th Place - Allen D Nease High School, Rachel Ball
5th Place - Innovation High School, Jerin James
6th Place – IPrep Academy North, Taylor Mack
7th Place – Hagerty High School, Madison Martel
8th Place – South Walton High School, Coleman Leonpacher
9th Place – Samuel W Wolfson High School, Kody Bigay
10th Place – Allen D Nease High School, Aditi Sarma
2 Way Tie:
11th Place – Fort Pierce Central High School, Amy Alfonso
11th Place – Tocoi Creek High School, Tanvika Marni
LEGISLATIVE DEBATE
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Place - Public Speaking Acad, Isha Sai Obulareddy
2nd Place - Three Oaks Middle School, Mylin Ours
VARSITY
1st Place – Allen D Nease High School, Riya Poddar
2nd Place - Fort Walton Beach High School, William Kiker
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Place - Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, Phoenix Nichols
2nd Place - Water Spring Middle School, Swetha Venkedesh
3rd Place - Kanapaha Middle School, Maddie Mendez
4th Place - Randall Middle School, Abby Rosenthal
5th Place - Alice B. Landrum Middle School, Catherine Mitchell
6th Place - Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, Lily DeStackelberg
VARSITY
1st Place - Ponte Vedra High School, Akshara Ramaswamy
2nd Place - The Bolles School, Akash Gusani
3rd Place - Ponte Vedra High School, Doga Tankut
4th Place - Innovation High School, Rachel Nguyen
5th Place - Florida Virtual School Flex Program 9-12, Ishaal Ali
6th Place - Creekside High School, Mridula Ram
ORIGINAL ORATORY
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st Place - Julia Landon College Preparatory School
Shan Vance and Anne Zacharia
2nd Place - Kanapaha Middle School
Jillian Carr and Hannah Elshire
VARSITY
1st Place – The Bolles School
Matthew Chanan-Khan and Sohan Patel
2nd Place - Tocoi Creek High School
Sahiti Reddy and Noah De Haan
Congratulations to the 2024 State Champions!
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 Salavei - Alachua 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
