The Tournament of Champions (TOC) has released the list of 2010-11 qualifying tournaments. The Public Forum Debate qualifying tournaments are listed below:

2009–2010 Public Forum Debate automatic qualifiers when competing with the same partnership:

Octafinals at the 2010 TOC
Octafinals at the 2010 CFL National Tournament
Top 14 at the 2010 NFL National Tournament

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are octafinal qualifiers for 2010–2011:

Apple Valley (MN)
Berkeley (CA)
Dowling (IA)
Emory (GA)
Florida Blue Key (FL)
Glenbrooks (IL)
Harvard (MA)
Myers Park (NC)
Princeton (NJ)
Stanford (CA)
Yale (CT)

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are quarterfinal qualifiers for 2010–2011:

Alta (UT)
Arizona State (AZ)
Bronx (NY)
Columbia (NY)
Crestian (FL)
George Mason (VA)
Golden Desert (NV)
James Logan (CA)
Lexington (MA)
Manchester-by-the-Sea (MA)
University of Pennsylvania
Villager (PA)
Wake Forest (NC)

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are semifinal qualifiers for 2010–2011:

Blake (MN)
Harker (CA)
Hudson (NY)
La Costa Canyon (CA)
Lincoln-East (NE)
Nova Titan (FL)
Parkview (MO)
Sunvitational (FL)
Valley (IA)
Victory Briefs (CA)

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are final round qualifiers for 2010–2011:

Bellaire (TX)
Cheyenne East (WY)
Desert Vista (AZ)
Freemont (NE)
Grapevine (TX)
Indianola (IA)
Lincoln-Southwest (NE)
Mountain Brook (AL)
Millard West (NE)
Ridge (NJ)
Scarsdale (NY)
Whitman (WA)

In the final round at the Tournament of Champions in Lexington, KY the team of Brendan Patrick & Gabe Rusk (CON) from George Washington High School (CO) defeated Brian Moore & Tejus Pradeep (PRO) from Ridge High School (NJ) on a 3–2 decision to win the Public Forum Debate division.

Complete preliminary an elimination round results packets are online at Azuen.net.

If someone has photos of the final round participants, I would love to post them!

Octafinalists
Harker JJ (CA) – Ziad Al-Jawadi & Aakash Jagadeesh
Harker KE (CA) – Kelsey Hilbrich & Frederic Enea
Saint Francis NG – Peter Nauka & Aakash Ghai
Desert Vista WA (AZ) –  Michael Witt & Zaki Aizaz
Bellaire NS (TX) – Erik Nelson & Rohini Sigireddi
Parkview KS (MO) – Devin Kelsey & Aaron Sowards
Hunter College EM (NY) – Cara Eckholm & Toader Mateoc
Blake GK (MN) – Michael Graham & Mik Kaminski

Quarterfinalists
Cypress Bay SL – Evan Schlossman & Daniel Levinson
Walt Whitman SD – Aaron Schifrin & James Dionne
Lake Highland Prep MW – Will Miller & Danny Welch
Regis AE – Mark Andriola & Joseph Eddy

Semifinalists
Walt Whitman HU – Sarah Houston & Rachel Umans
Thomas Jefferson FY – Rebecca Friedman & Emily Yu

Finalists
Ridge MP (NJ) – Brian Moore & Tejus Pradeep

Champions
George Washington PR (CO) – Brendan Patrick & Gabe Rusk

Based on seeding, there were a number upsets in the octafinal round, including the elimination of the top two seeds.

Octafinal Results

Cypress Bay SL defeated Harker JJ
Walt Whit­man HU defeated Parkview KS

Regis AE defeated Saint Fran­cis NG
George Wash­ing­ton PR defeated Desert Vista WA

Walt Whit­man SD defeated Harker HE
Thomas Jef­fer­son FY defeated Bel­laire NS

Ridge MP defeated Blake GK
Lake High­land HW defeated Hunter Col­lege EM

Quarterfinal Pairings

16 Cypress Bay SL
08 Walt Whitman HU

13 Regis AE
12 George Washington PR

15 Walt Whitman SD
10 Thomas Jefferson FY

03 Ridge MP
06 Lake Highland Prep MW

The best and fastest coverage is being provided by Chris Palmer at Azuen.net.

A couple of teams from Lexington High School (MA) were running a Rupe Foundation Kritik at the Tournament of Champions this weekend. As you will recall, The Rupe Foundation sponsored the NFL topics for February, March, and April. All of the NFL topics from September through April were sponsored, except for December and January. Topic sponsorship had flown under the radar until the April topic was announced.

Neither of the Lexington teams advanced to the elimination rounds, but they are trying to find another team to run the kritik during the elimination rounds today. The kritik is being discussed in the PFDebate Forums. Lexington has posted their case to facilitate the discussion.

The Public Forum Debate octafinal round at the 2010 Tournament of Champions is scheduled to begin at 5:45pm Eastern time.

Seed Order

1. Harker JJ (CA) – Ziad Al-Jawadi & Aakash Jagadeesh
2. Harker KE (CA) – Kelsey Hilbrich & Frederic Enea
3. Ridge MP (NJ) – Brian Moore & Tejus Pradeep
4. Saint Francis NG (??) – Peter Nauka & Aakash Ghai
5. Desert Vista WA (AZ) –  Michael Witt & Zaki Aizaz
6. Lake Highland Prep WM (FL) – Will Miller & Danny Welch
7. Bellaire NS (TX) – Erik Nelson & Rohini Sigireddi
8. Walt Whitman HU (MD) – Sarah Houston & Rachel Umans
9. Parkview KS (MO) – Devin Kelsey & Aaron Sowards
10. Thomas Jefferson FY (??) – Rebecca Friedman & Emily Yu
11. Hunter College EM (NY) – Cara Eckholm & Toader Mateoc
12. George Washington PR  (CO) – Brendan Patrick & Gabe Rusk
13. Regis AE (NY) – Mark Andriola & Joseph Eddy
14. Blake GK (MN) – Michael Graham & Mik Kaminski
15. Walt Whitman SD (MD) – Aaron Schifrin & James Dionne
16. Cypress Bay SL (FL) – Evan Schlossman & Daniel Levinson
17. Nova RO (FL) – Vanessa Rodriguez & Spencer Orlowski

Octafinals (in Bracket Order)

Harker JJ vs. Cypress Bay SL/Nova RO
Walt Whitman HU vs Parkview KS

Saint Francis NG vs. Regis AE
Desert Vista WA vs George Washington PR

Harker HE vs. Walt Whitman SD
Bellaire NS vs. Thomas Jefferson FY

Ridge MP vs. Blake GK
Lake Highland HW vs. Hunter College EM

The best coverage has been by Chris Palmer at Azuen.net. He has the packet, bracket, and seed order posted in PDF format.

The National Debate Coaches Association Web site has posted the complete team lists (PF, CX, LD, Congressional) for the 2010 Tournament of Champions. The list of Public Forum Debate teams is below.

Public Forum Debate (68 teams)

American Heritage – Alvaro Cuba & Matthias Ng
Bellaire – Erik Nelson & Rohini Sigireddi
Bettendorf – Leighton Huch & Honda Wang
Blake – Sarah Watson & Taylor Briggs
Blake – Michael Graham & Mik Kaminski
Bronx Science – Thomas Lloyd & Katie Wong
Brophy Prep – Scott Franz & Nick Petsas
Chaparral – Steffani Jones & Yassamin Ansari
Cypress Bay – Chad Klitzman & Matthew Shatanof
Cypress Bay – Evan Schlossman & Daniel Levinson
Dalton – Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen & Jake Davidson
Dalton – Oliver Simon & Ryan Sit
Eagan – Iaan Reynolds & Rachel Markon
Ft. Lauderdale – Matt Gold & Czar Bernstein
Gabrielino – Patrick Wu & Jordan Chan
George Washington (CO) – Brendan Patrick & Gabe Rusk
Harker – Kelsey Hilbrich & Frederic Enea
Harker – Justine Liu & Akshay Jagadeesh
Harker – Ziad Jawadi & Aakash Jagadeesh
Harker – Appu Bhaskar & Benjamin Chen
Harker – Rohan Bopardikar & Daryl Neubieser
Harker – Kristi Lui & Ishan Taneja
Hunter College HS – Cara Eckholm & Toader Mateoc
James Madison – Lingran Kong & Valerie Shen
Lake Highland Prep – Will Miller & Danny Welch
Lake Highland Prep – Hal Shimkoski & Shannen Bazzi
Leland – Adil Majid & Mihir Bhaskar
Leland – Ashwath Chennapan & Julian Crown
Lexington (MA) – Kelly Miao & Mark Chonofsky
Lexington (MA) – Brendan Schneiderman & Samantha Segall
Liberty – Alexis Elliott & Matt Orr
Lincoln East – Kyle Carlson & Alex Scheideler
Lincoln Southwest – Kaitlyn Steinacher & Charles Chen
Lynbrook – Carl Shan & Parget Singh
Lynbrook – Priyanka Athavale & Meera Suresh
Lynbrook – Alan Kao & Caroline Tan
Manchester Essex – Jack Kelly & Matt Hoyle
Mercer Island – Zach Gordy & Aaron Poor
Millard West – Mina Davis & James Wilson
Mira Loma – Vrinda Agarwal & Justin Lin
Mira Loma – Kedar Kulkarni & Arushi Saxena
Mira Loma – Aninda Chowdhury & Patrick Chao
Needham – Robert Hurd & Aseem Mehta
New Trier – Joe Eichenbaum & David Walchak
Nova – Vanessa Rodriguez & Spencer Orlowski
Oak Grove (MS) – Will Bedwell & Steven Wild
Parkview (MO) – Devin Kelsey & Aaron Sowards
Ramsay – Jennifer Moore & Sydney Page
Ransom Everglades – Eyvana Bengochea & Garrett Criden
Regis – Mark Andriola & Joseph Eddy
Regis – Partick Cooney & John O’Brien
Regis – Chris Landry & Shane Mangin
Regis – Matt Haynes & Matt McNeirney
Regis – Brian Cronin & Shane Regan
Regis – Joe Cammarosano & Kyle Conlee
Ridge – Brian Moore & Tejus Pradeep
Saint Francis (CA) – Peter Nauka & Aakash Ghai
Saint Francis (CA) – Roxanna Haghighat & Zachary Hargis
Spain Park – Grant Sides & Sami Yousif
Spain Park – John Brinkerhoff & Park Wynn
Thomas Jefferson (VA) – Rebecca Friedman & Emily Yu
Timber Creek – Richard Stein & Esteban Cajigas
Valley (IA) – Molly Fallon & Sam Schulte
Valley (IA) – Gracie Brandsgard & Reid Brown
Walt Whitman – Sarah Houston & Rachel Umans
Walt Whitman – Max Barnhart & Jesse Freeman
Walt Whitman – Richard Scordato & Bruno Velloso
Walt Whitman – Aaron Schifrin & James Dionne

The Tournament of Champions (TOC) has released a list of fully qualified teams that submitted materials for entry for the 2010 TOC. It does not include at-large teams. A complete list of participants will be released soon.

Public Forum (54 teams)

American Heritage – Alvaro Cuba & Matthias Ng
Bellaire – Erik Nelson & Rohini Sigireddi
Bettendorf – Leighton Huch & Honda Wang
Blake – Sarah Watson & Taylor Briggs
Blake – Michael Graham & Mik Kaminski
Bronx Science – Thomas Lloyd & Katie Wong
Brophy Prep – Scott Franz & Nick Petsas
Chaparral – Steffani Jones & Yassamin Ansari
Cypress Bay – Chad Klitzman & Matthew Shatanof
Dalton – Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen & Jake Davidson
Dalton – Oliver Simon & Ryan Sit
Eagan – Iaan Reynolds & Rachel Markon
Ft. Lauderdale – Matt Gold & Czar Bernstein
Gabrielino – Patrick Wu & Jordan Chan
George Washington (CO) – Brendan Patrick & Gabe Rusk
Harker – Kelsey Hilbrich & Frederic Enea
Harker – Justine Liu & Akshay Jagadeesh
Harker – Ziad Jawadi & Aakash Jagadeesh
Harker – Appu Bhaskar & Benjamin Chen
Harker – Rohan Bopardikar & Daryl Neubieser
Hunter College HS – Cara Eckholm & Toader Mateoc
James Madison – Lingran Kong & Valerie Shen
Lake Highland Prep – Will Miller & Danny Welch
Lexington (MA) – Kelly Miao & Mark Chonofsky
Lexington (MA) – Brendan Schneiderman & Samantha Segall
Lynbrook – Carl Shan & Parget Singh
Lynbrook – Priyanke Athavale & Meera Suresh
Manchester Essex – Jack Kelly & Matt Hoyle
Mercer Island – Zach Gordy & Aaron Poor
Mira Loma – Vrinda Agarwal & Justin Lin
Mira Loma – Kedar Kulkarni & Arushi Saxena
Needham – Robert Hurd & Aseem Mehta
New Trier – Joe Eichenbaum & David Walchak
Nova – Vanessa Rodriguez & Spencer Orlowski
Oak Grove (MS) – Will Bedwell & Steven Wild
Parkview (MO) – Devin Kelsey & Aaron Sowards
Ramsay – Jennifer Moore & Sydney Page
Ransom Everglades – Eyvana Bengochea & Garrett Criden
Regis – Mark Andriola & Joseph Eddy
Regis – Partick Cooney & John O’Brien
Regis – Chris Landry & Shane Mangin
Regis – Matt Haynes & Matt McNeirney
Regis – Brian Cronin & Shane Regan
Regis – Joe Cammarosano & Kyle Conlee
Ridge – Brian Moore & Tejus Pradeep
Saint Francis (CA) – Peter Navka & Aakash Ghai
Saint Francis (CA) – Roxanna Haghighat & Zachary Hargis
Spain Park – Grant Sides & Sami Yousif
Thomas Jefferson (VA) – Rebecca Friedman & Emily Yu
Timber Creek – Richard Stein & Esteban Cajigas
Valley (IA) – Molly Fallon & Sam Schulte
Walt Whitman – Sarah Houston & Rachel Umans
Walt Whitman – Max Barnhart & Jesse Freeman
Walt Whitman – Richard Scordato & Bruno Velloso

[via Planet Debate & Victory Briefs Daily]

The qualifying tournaments for the Tournament of Champions have been announced. The Public Forum Debate qualifying tournaments are listed after the jump.

Public Forum Debate automatic qualifiers when competing with the same partner:

Octafinals at the 2009 TOC
Octafinals at the 2009 NFL National Tournament
Octafinals at the 2009 NCFL National Tournament

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are octafinal qualifiers for 2009-10:

Apple Valley (MN)
UC Berkeley (CA)
Dowling (IA)
Emory (GA)
Florida Blue Key (FL)
Glenbrooks (IL)
Harvard (MA)
Myers Park (NC)
Princeton (NJ)
Stanford (CA)
Yale (CT)

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are quarterfinal qualifiers for 2009-10:

Alta (UT)
Arizona State (AZ)
Bronx (NY)
Columbia (NY)
Crestian (FL) Florida
George Mason (VA)
Golden Desert (NV)
James Logan (CA)
Lexington (MA)
Manchester-by-the-Sea (MA)
University of Pennsylvania
Villager (PA)
Wake Forest (NC)

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are semifinal qualifiers for 2009-10:

Harker (CA)
Hudson (NY)
La Costa Canyon (CA)
Lincoln-East (NE)
Nova Titan (FL)
Ohio Valley (KY)
St. Mark’s (TX)
Sunvitational (FL)
Valley (IA)
Victory Briefs (CA)

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are final round qualifiers for 2009-10:

Blake (MN)
Cheyenne East (WY)
Fremont (NE)
Grapevine (TX)
Indianola (IA)
Lincoln-Southwest (NE)
Mountain Brook’s (AL)
Millard West (NE)
Ridge (NJ)
Scarsdale (NY)
Springfield (MO)
Topeka (KS)
Whitman (WA)

All 2010 NFL Qualifiers from districts with two or more qualifying teams if the qualifier is certified before March 10, 2010.

At the 2009 Tournament of Champions, Kelsey Hilbrich & Kaavya Gowda from Harker defeated Alex Edelman & Aaron Schifrin from Walt Whitman to win the Public Forum Debate championship.

Octafinals
Durham WP defeated McClintock SB (Veekas Shrivastava & Justin Bever)
Timber Creek WE defeated Ridge SB (Francis Suh & Alex Bai)
Ransom Everglades BB defeated Ransom Everglades GF (Harrison Grussmark & Jordan Flanzraich)
Lake Highland MW defeated Walt Whitman FN (Itai Farhi & Tom Niblock)
New Trier EW defeated Walt Whitman WH (Benjamin Wolcott & Sarah Houston)
Mountain Brook SG defeated New Trier GC  (Joey Glickman & Zach Collins)
Harker HG defeated Regis GL (Joseph Gasperetti & James Lampariella)
Walt Whitman ES defeated Regis PS (Jackson Popkin & Ryan Smith)

Quarterfinals
Harker HG defeated Durham WP (Grace Wallack & Dede Pless)
New Trier EW defeated Timber Creek WE (Kaitlyn Westerberg & Thaddeus Ewald)
Ransom BB defeated Mountain Brook SG (William Schreiber & Amanda Claire Grayson)
Walt Whitman ES defeated Lake Highland MW (Will Miller & Danny Welch)

Semifinals
Walt Whitman ES defeated Ransom Everglades BB (Jose Bengochea & Charles Barr)
Harker HG defeated New Trier EW (Joe Eichenbaum & David Walchak)

Final Round
Harker HG (Kelsey Hilbrich & Kaavya Gowda) defeated Walt Whitman ES (Alex Edelman & Aaron Schifrin)

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