The field for the 2009 Tournament of Champions has been released and published by Victory Briefs Daily. The Public Forum entries are listed after the jump.
Academic Magnet
Graeme Crews & Leigha Mataosky
Judge: Carlton Crews
Blake School
Alex Noot & Mike Graham
Judge: Sandy Berkowitz
The Bronx High School of Science
Daniel Wilkofsky & Tina Ritter
Laura Maschler & Alon Elhanan
Judge: Joseph Gazzola
Brophy College Prep
Nick Petsas & Scott Franz
Judge: Ben Kearl
Canfield
Mark Pagano & Emma Shebat
Judge: Jeremy Hamilton
Charlotte Latin School
Jay O’Brien & Kellen Heniford
Judge: ?
Cold Spring Harbor
Rahman Haq & Josh Elkin
Judge: Kevin Purrone
Desert Vista
Michael Witt & Matt Starkston
Judge: Matt Bennett
Durham Academy
Grace Wallack & Dede Pless
Judge: Jeff Welty
Ft. Lauderdale
Matt Gold & Czar Bernstein
Judge: Michael Gold
Fremont
Cassie Sullivan & Spencer Wilson
Judge: Wendy Britton
Frontier
Quinn Buniel & Lance Castillo
Judge: Robert Dahlstedt
Harker
Kelsey Hilbrich & Kaavya Gowda
Raghav Aggarwal & Mohit Bansal
Justine Liu & James Seifert
Judge: Carol Green
Hunter College
Cara Eckholm & Ted Mateoc
Judge: Elisabeth Rosenthal
Indianola
Matt Reisener & Jessie Ede
Judge: Spencer Waugh
Lake Highland Prep
Will Miller & Danny Welch
Judge: Mike Wascher
Lincoln East
William Lonn & Trevor Brass
Judge: ?
Lincoln Southwest
Kaitlyn Steinacher & Alex Janssen
Charles Chen & Jack Zhang
Judge: Toni L. Heimes
Manchester Essex Regional
Luke Elder & Max Elder
Matt Hoyle & Jack Kelly
Judge: Jonathan Peele
McClintock
Veekas Shrivastava & Justin Bever
Judges: Richard Glover, Timothy Cornwell
McDowell
Lindsay Young & Deanna Steffy
Judge: William Caugherty
Millard West
Betty Liu & Kate Truitt
James Wilson & Mina Davis
Judges: Fred Robertson, Aaron Schurevich
Mountain Brook
William Schrieber & Amanda Claire Grayson
Judge: ?
New Trier
Joey Glickman & Zach Collins
Joe Elchenbaum & David Walchak
Judges: Mary Grauer, Elizabeth Granter
Ransom Everglades
Harrison Grussmark & Jordan Flanzraich
Jose Benyochea & Charles Barr
Austin Criden & Amanda Scherker
Judges: Russ Rywell, Jim Miller
Regis
Drew Marconi & Alex Powers
Joseph Gasperetti & James Lampariella
Jackson Popkin & Ryan Smith
Mark Andriola & Joseph Eddy
Judges: Eric DiMichele, George King, Rocco Andriole
Ridge
Danielle Taylor & Parsa Salehi
Francis Suh & Alex Bai
Thomas Whitehouse & Yang Zhao
Judge: Marta Abel
Saint Francis
Roxanne Haghighat & Jason Buckley
Judge: Erik Holland
Sarasota
Kylie Gardner & James Small
Judge: Terri St. John
Shady Side Academy
Josh Kalla & Frankie Costa
Judge: ?
Sylvania Northview
Sanm Gross & Alex Gross
Judge: Grant Christensen
Timber Creek
Kaitlyn Westerberg & Thaddeus Ewald
Judge: Beth Eskin
Trinity Prep
Jonathan Friedman & Jeanine Sinana-Singh
Kira Purdon & Lee Lawrence
Michael McHenry & Olivia Barket
Judges: Dean Rhoads, Susan Block
Valley
Natalie Radia & Reid Brown
Molly Fallon & Gracie Brandsgard
Judge: Rob Schebel
Vanguard College Prep
Dylan Losey & Moshe Dolejsi
Judge: ?
Walt Whitman
Alex Edelman & Aaron Schifrin
Itai Farhi & Tom Niblock
Benjamin Wolcott & Sarah Houston
Judges: Doreen Edelman, Jake Lewis
Western
Chloe Rittenhouse & Alex Casariego
Judge: Nancy Dean
Woodstock Union
Noah Gray & Charles Harris
Judge: Patti Harris
{ 21 comments… read them below or add one }
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow parents as judges…plz just stay home for the tournaments sake…
I’ll have you know, my mother will be judging and she is a very competent judge. I would gladly have someone with her skill and ability level judging any one of my rounds. So lay off, buckshot.
This field is shockingly weak. My money is on Ransom, Whitman, or Trinity.
My money is on that really sick team from woodstock union…haha…lulz
Durham KZ isn’t going? why.
Ohio didn’t send anyone of high quality. The Canfield team is ok but the Sylvania Northview team is horrible with no TOC experience (they didn’t break at an exceptionally weak OHSSL state tournament). Ranson or Trinity are the best in the field but I gotta pull for Woodstock.
B/c they are sad that they sucked it up at TOC last yr
(((
It was much to legit for them I suppose…but I guess they could have done better picking up lay judges this yr!! Seeing as you guys are all bringing your mommy…
Alot of good teams are not going mainly because AP tests are the same time and the new format means you cannot retake the tests.
Justin, is right, we aren’t going because of AP’s.
Lets be serious, what good teams are not there other than Josh and Robert and Caleb and Meredith. Every national tournament winner and finalists (for the most part) are on this list.
You know you guys can get out of AP testing easily right? There are make-up days.
Now if you have IB testing….that’s quite difficult to get out of.
We thought that was the case, but our AP Coordinator wouldn’t let us :/
It may be that she is ignoring the rules, but we can’t really overrule her on this.
Hye, R-man, how many parents do you see going? I see like 5, maybe, so why don’t you calm your beard.
That’s weird. Graeme and I didn’t have a problem with needing to make up two exams…hmmm….
I searched the Judge’s Wikispace and there are only 3 or 4 judges that have philosophies posted…. hop in it kiddies. =P
JOE i think you made a little bit of a mistake with your analysis seeing as the very elusive and skilled michael krop team will not be blessing all of us with their presence…
That’s a disappointment, Josh.
She was ignoring the fact that there are two makeup dates for people who can’t take the tests on a certain day.
What ones do you have to take anyway?
I think she is aware of the makeup dates but didn’t find TOC to be an adequate reason to reschedule. I’m taking AP Spanish, BC Calc, and APUSH
Ah, I see. I was about to take AP comparative government which fell within TOC but decided not to.
Apparently our school pays the fee for the make up testing.
That sucks!
It truly is a bummer that AP tests fall on that same week. My partner and I qualed with 3 bids plus another bid round, but collectively are taking 9 AP classes. Thus, the TOC was a little out of the question.
p.s. there are a whole THREE or FOUR judging philosophies for PF posted? that certainly is some kind of miracle.