MIT Tournament 2006

Results

Thanks to everyone for coming; I hope you had a good time. Thanks also to everyone who helped out at the tournament, especially to the dinos who came to judge: Adam Unikowsky, Joanna Nairn, Jessee Alexander-Hoeppner, Adam Jed, Shanti Kelemen, Dave Gottlieb, and Diana Bates.

We gave trophies to the top 5 novice speakers, top 5 novice teams, top 10 varsity speakers and top 10 varsity teams. If you did not pick up your trophy, email debate-request[at]mit.edu and we'll find a way to get it to you.

72 teams, 75 novices

Top Novice Speakers
10. Kyle Bean (Harvard BC v3.0) 126/10
9. Tess Reed (Yale HR) 126/10 (adjusted ranks)
8. Cassie Chambers (Wellesley half of Tufts/Wellesley) 126/10 (adjusted speaks)
7. Garron Chiu (BU Agent Zero) 126.5/13
6. Nic Zhou (Amherst A) 126.5/13 (double-adjusted speaks)
5. Jane Jiang (Harvard JW) 126.5/11
4. Jake Campbell (BU Blimp: The Hindenburg Story) 126.5/9
3. Grant May (Yale BM) 127.5/13
2. Eileen Chau (Amherst C) 128/10
1. Addison Draper (BU Rochelle, Rochelle) 128/10 (adjusted ranks)

Top Novice Teams
On hybrid teams, the speakers are listed in the same order as their respective schools in the team name.
10. Harvard HY (Cathy He and Raymond Yu) 2-3, 248.5/29
9. Tufts/Wellesley (Andreas Vindenes and Cassie Chambers) 2-3, 249/23
8. Harvard/Northeastern (Lauren Fulton and Derek Matthews) 2-3, 250/29
7. Harvard LM (Vikas Lonakadi and Colin Motley) 2-3, 250/23
6. Harvard S-Foils (Siodhbhra Parkin and Matt Rubenstein), 2-3, 251/26
5. PC Dalai Bear (EJ Harris and Alec Gafney) 3-2, 249/25
Breaking to novice semifinals,
4. Harvard BC v3.0 (Kyle Bean Anton Chaevitch) 3-2 250.5/23
3. Harvard JW (Jane Jiang and Diana Wu) 3-2, 252.5/24
Breaking to novice finals,
2. Brown Kings (Grant Gilles and Lyndsey Billings) 3-2, 249.5/26
On a 4-1 decision,
1. BU Agent Zero (Garrin Chiu and Raffi Melanson) 3-2 250/27

Top Speakers
15. Jason Blau (Yale BM) 129.5/7
14. John Hollwitz (Fordham HM) 130/12
13. Ashali Singham (Yale RS) 130/11
12. Michael Birnbaum (Harvard BC) 130/10
11. David Kasten (Yale KS) 130/9
10. Brendan O'Toole (UMass half of BU/UMass Checkmate) 130/8
9. Allen Ewalt (Harvard EW) 130/7
8. Ben Eidelson (Yale EG) 130/7 (adjusted speaks)
7. Adam Chilton (Yale CW) 130.5/10
6. Zach Cafritz (Harvard BC) 130.5/6
5. Amanda Fuller (Wesleyan half of NYU/Wesleyan Turtle TOTY) 131/11
4. Andrew Rohrbach (Yale RS) 131/7
3. Matthew Wansley (Yale CW) 131.5/8
2. Josh Bone (Yale BP) 131.875/8.75
1. Mark Samburg (Brandeis GS) 132/7

Top Teams
All 4-1 teams are listed.
14. Harvard CL (Connie Cheng and Andrew Laing) 4-1, 253.5/20
13. BU Rochelle, Rochelle (Rocky Lotito and Addison Draper) 4-1, 255.5/21
12. Brown Flip Sip or Strip (Nathan Duckles and Jennifer Tarr) 4-1, 256/24
11. Swarthmore FB (Chris Ford and Julie Baker) 4-1, 256.5/17
10. Harvard EW (Allen Ewalt and Wong Shi Ming) 4-1, 259/18
9. Fordham HM (John Hollwitz and Steve Mongiello) 4-1, 259.5/21
Breaking to quarterfinals,
8. Yale KS (David Kasten and Spencer Stackhouse) 4-1, 259.5/20
7. NYU/Wesleyan Turtle TOTY (Michael Childers and Amanda Fuller) 4-1, 260/22
6. Brandeis GS (Shoshana Gordon Ginsburg and Mark Samburg) 4-1, 261.5
5. Yale EG (Ben Eidelson and Jeff Geels) 5-0, 258.5/15
Breaking to semifinals,
4. Yale RS (Andrew Rohrbach and Ashali Singham) 4-1, 261/18
3. Yale BP (Josh Bone and Rosa Po) 4-1, 261.25/20
Breaking to finals,
2. Harvard BC (Michael Birnbaum and Zach Cafritz) 5-0, 260.5/16
On a 7-4 decision,
1. Yale CW (Adam Chilton and Matthew Wansley) 5-0, 262/18

This year's tournament will be held December 1 and 2. Please follow these links to sign up to judge or to help out with housing. Thanks!

The Invitation

The MIT Debate Team invites you to our annual tournament on December 1-2.

Debate - We will have five rounds of debate, breaking to quarterfinals. We reserve the right to change this to octos or half-octos if our reg is unusually high. (This will of course be announced before the start of the tournament if it occurs.)

Tab - Adam Groce will be running tab. It will be fast and flawless. A detailed tab policy will be posted later, but there will be nothing unexpected. Ironmen will be allowed to win in inrounds, but not allowed to break. If a team was an ironman during an inround, they will not be allowed to break even if the second person is there at the time, unless there is a very good reason why someone wasn't there for one round. Anyone not in all five rounds will be ineligible for speaker awards. Hybrids get protection from one school. Tight call policy will be unsurprising.

Judging - Michelle Zimmermann, with assistance from Ethan Bates, is working on putting together an awesome judging pool. We have a judging requirement of (N-1)/3 (rounded down). This is a very, very low requirement, so we expect you to meet it. We will be charging a $50 fee for every judge you are short of the requirement. We don't expect to have to cap the tournament, but we will impose a stricter judging requirement after we have passed 90 teams. Above 90 teams, all teams who register must meet an N/2 judging requirement, and we will break up teams from schools that don't meet that requirement if we have to.

Trophies - We have them. They are shiny and awesome, and the top ones are very big. You know you want them.

Housing - Linda Fang is arranging excellent accommodations for you all. Let us know with your prereg whether you need housing or not. If you have a friend you're staying with or something like that, that's great. It's even greater if you tell us that ahead of time so we don't have to have people waiting for you. We can house people for Thursday or Saturday night if you let us know well in advance.

Food - Zach Clifford is arranging for the standard pizza for dinner on Friday, scrumptious breakfast on Saturday morning, and a bountiful banquet of Chinese food for lunch on Saturday.

Money - We are charging $110 per team, with a $10 per team per month charge if you are late in paying. If your school is from south of New York City, Canada, or far enough away to fly, you get reg for $55.

Schedule - We will be closing registration at 4:00 and starting first round at 4:30. If you aren't here at 4:00, we'll be happy to take final registration over the phone. If you aren't here at 4:30, we'll be happy to drop you from first round.

Pre-registration - Preregistration is due Tuesday, November 28 at 11:59 PM. (As noted previously, our judging requirement makes it in your interest to tell us earlier.) Give us the usual information - team names, debater's names, novice status, seed status, and how many need housing. Send pre-registration to debate-request@mit.edu.

If there are any questions, contact:
Housing - Linda Fang (ruohuif@mit.edu)
Tab/registration - Adam Groce (agroce@mit.edu)
Finance - Yaoyao Luo (zluo@mit.edu)

Schedule
Friday
2:30 - Reg Opens
4:00 - Reg Closes
4:30 - Round 1 Starts
6:30 - Round 2 Starts
7:30 - Dinner
8:30 - Round 3 Starts
10:00 - Housing

Saturday
9:00 - Breakfast
10:00 - Round 4 Starts
12:00 - Round 5 Starts
1:00 - Banquet
2:30 - Varsity Quarterfinals and Novice Semis
4:30 - Varsity Semis and Novice Finals
6:00 - Varsity Finals
7:00 - Awards