Hi all. Friday and Saturday, the Bell debaters competed in the most important of five qualifying tournaments for the State finals.

The following qualified at Westmont High School to the state championships; please congratulate them for all of their work and accomplishments. (The last three tournaments are this week; we'll know the whole team by next Monday.) kim

Policy Debate (Ten teams qualify to the State finals.)
From Bellarmine:

Chris Weldon/Arun Badhwar (undefeated)
Brandon Garrett/Sachin Thakkar (5 - 1)
Matt Grimes/Dylan Groves (5 - 1)
Praveen Rudraraju/Michael Bachand (5 - 1)
Chirag Shah/Gaurev Kumar (4 - 2)
David Chiang/Vikram Mahal (4 - 2)
Nik Matani/Jon Williamson (4 - 2)

Alternate to state:
Minesh Patel/Amar Naik
Nihar Shah/Bharat Panuganti

Lincoln Douglas Debate (Nine debaters qualify to the State finals.)
From Bellarmine:

Ananth Srinivasan (undefeated; did not lose on any of his fifteen ballots.)
Sameer Jain (undefeated)
Christopher Lin (undefeated)
Bobby Holley (5 - 1, losing only to Jain)
Robert Nieset (5 - 1)
Arvind Kanaan (5 - 1)
Mike Jin (4 - 2)

Alternate to state:
Rustin Kashani