Lafayette Tournament Update

The Penn Debate team had a highly successful weekend at the Lafayette College Invitation in Easton, PA. We brought three debaters to the eight round tournament attended by teams from across the country, and all three debaters won awards.

General Secretary Noah Rosenthal (W '13) broke to elimination rounds as the 4th seed, making it to quarterfinals (where he lost to Western Kentucky). He was also 7th speaker.

Tanay Mehta (W/EAS '14) broke to elimination rounds as the 6th seed, making it to quarterfinals (where he lost to St. Anselm). He was also 6th speaker. This was a phenomenal performance, considering that this was his first NFA-LD tournament ever.

Zaina Naeem (C '14) also took home some hardware, being named the 2nd Top Novice at the tournament.

Last, but certainly not least, Penn Debate took 2nd place in sweepstakes. Considering that the team taking first place, Western Kentucky University, was the best in the nation last year, that is a pretty spectacular achievement for our humble program.

We hope that the Penn Speech Team, who will be attending the West Chester tournament this weekend, enjoy at least as great of a success as the debaters!