Durham Academy: National Champs!

June 19, 2009

in NFL Nationals

In the final round of Public Forum Debate at the 2009 NFL National Tournament, Robert Kindman & Josh Zoffer from Durham Academy (NC) defeated Aditya Gulanikar & Shruti Jaishankar from St. Andrew’s Episcopal (MS) on an 11-4 decision. Kindman & Zoffer are both juniors.

Kindman & Zoffer took 3rd place at the 2008 NFL National and were the winners of the 2009 PFDebate.com National Public Forum Challenge.

The top 14 teams were:

01. Durham Academy (NC) Robert Kindman & Josh Zoffer
02. St. Andrew’s Episcopal (MS) Aditya Gulanikar & Shruti Jaishankar
03. Springfield Central (MO) Brian McGarry & Ben Shantz
04. Taravella (FL) Mickael Silangil & Brian Zakarin
05. Walt Whitman (MD) Itai Farhi & Tom Niblock
06. Brentwood (TN) Katie Thornton & Marshall Cottrell
07. Bellarmine (CA) Parijat Chakrabarti & Vik Singh
08. Mountain Brook (AL) Amanda Grayson & William Schreiber
09. Regis (NY) James Lampariello & Joseph Gasperetti
10. Eagan (MN) Rachel Markon & Christian Reynolds
11. Park Hill South (MO) Gabe Luna & Parker Viers
11. Ridge (NJ) Danielle Taylor & Parsa Salehi
13. New Trier (IL) Zach Collins & Joey Glickman
13. Northland Christian (TX) James Cossey & Jonathan Crews

Complete tournament results are available from the NFL.

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

joe June 20, 2009 at 10:56 am

Does anyone know what the decision was?

Justin June 20, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Mike June 20, 2009 at 5:00 pm

congrats to both teams for dominating…i forsee another competitive year for pf

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