Bellarmine competed on Friday and Saturday in the Marty Cronin Invitational, a tournament which features a new form of debate in the state of California. This new debate is called parliamentary, and features teams composed of two students. We represented eight of fifty-nine teams from across the state, and our successes were many. Please congratulate the following students:

First place: Mike Guimarin and George Bayuga

Semi-finals: Nihar Shah and Bharat Panunganti

Quarter-finals: Brian Stephan and Jon Weed

Octo-finals: Mik Vasquez and Taylor Hildreth; Gaurev Kumar and Kabir Mahal

Double-octo-finals: JP Padilla and Chris Weldon

3rd place in overall speaker points: Brian Stephan

5th place in overall speaker points: Nihar Shah

No team sweepstakes were awarded.