(Bethany Brookens/CHSAANow.com)
CASTLE ROCK — The 2015 state speech and debate tournament was held March 20-21 at Douglas County High School. Find complete results below.
| Dramatic Interpretation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | School | Student |
| 1 | Pueblo East | Layla Shahmohammadi |
| 2 | Denver East | Dureti Ahmed |
| 3 | Kent Denver School | Noah Naiman |
| 4 | Rocky Mountain | Dylan Price |
| 5 | George Washington | Noel Deleon |
| 6 | Denver School of the Arts | Henry Jarvis |
| 7 | Kent Denver School | Tucker Smidt |
| 8 | Cherry Creek | Laurel Bloszies |
| 9 | Denver East | Hannah Ghasemi |
| 10 | Cherry Creek | Hyung-il Shim |
| 11 | Kent Denver School | Aaron Mathews |
| 12 | George Washington | Kathyrn Swan |
| Duo Interpretation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | School | Student | Student |
| 1 | Kent Denver School | Jessica Mitchell | Darcy Neureiter |
| 2 | Cherry Creek | Kevin Dolven | Michael Serio |
| 3 | Denver East | Nick Chavez | John Walsh |
| 4 | Union Colony Preparatory School | Kevin Johnson | Bradley Johnson |
| 5 | Cherry Creek | Thomas Liu | Jerry Ma |
| 6 | La Junta | Jacob Hutchison | Jeremy Salo |
| 7 | Denver East | Michael Jones | Tuuli Sandavold |
| 8 | Denver East | Dallas Hogue | Paul Yang |
| 9 | Summit | Claire Davidson | Cait McCluskie |
| 10 | Summit | Katie Mason | Keelie Rix |
| 11 | Air Academy | Anna Oosterhous | Clare Kendziorski |
| 12 | George Washington | Maureen McNamara | Alex Barone-Camp |
| Humorous Interpretation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | School | Student |
| 1 | Kent Denver School | Michael Hudson |
| 2 | Cherry Creek | Clare Cooper |
| 3 | Denver East | Alyssa Jordan |
| 4 | Denver East | Emma Heth |
| 5 | George Washington | Ethan Watterson |
| 6 | Kent Denver School | Lane Baumgarten |
| 7 | Denver East | Will Mueller |
| 8 | Union Colony Preparatory School | Brandon Gellat |
| 9 | Canon City | Rachael Lamman |
| 10 | Canon City | Bri Heifner |
| 11 | Pueblo West | Brianne Hasui |
| 12 | Paonia | James Byram |
| International Extemporaneous Speaking | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | School | Student |
| 1 | Palisade | Tiana Menon |
| 2 | George Washington | Jack Glaser |
| 3 | Cheyenne Mountain | Henry Sparks |
| 4 | Denver East | Addie Glickstein |
| 5 | Arapahoe HS | Ethan Snow |
| 6 | Palisade | Stewart Aslan |
| 7 | Air Academy | Corinne Moss |
| 8 | Denver East | Liam Glennie |
| 9 | Denver East | Max Davidson |
| 10 | Poudre | Joseph Han |
| 11 | St. Mary’s | Aman Mital |
| 12 | Kent Denver School | Grace Chao |
| Original Oratory | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | School | Student |
| 1 | The Classical Academy | Serene Singh |
| 2 | Highlands Ranch | Quinn Oberg |
| 3 | Smoky Hill | Dylan Powers |
| 4 | Cherry Creek | Devin Lee |
| 5 | Kent Denver School | Anshu Agarwal |
| 6 | George Washington | Soloman Valore-Caplan |
| 7 | Canon City | Claire Lamman |
| 8 | Cheyenne Mountain | Ali Sullivan |
| 9 | Highlands Ranch | Lily Johnson |
| 10 | Denver East | Charlie Schmidt |
| 11 | Cherry Creek | Dedee Droege |
| 12 | Montrose | Daniel Granberg |
| Poetry Reading | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | School | Student |
| 1 | Denver East | Talia Most |
| 2 | Smoky Hill | Dee Cooney |
| 3 | Smoky Hill | Melisa Mireles |
| 4 | Golden | Randi Seiwald |
| 5 | Denver East | Logan Weaver |
| 6 | Cherry Creek | Gage Anderson |
| 7 | Rocky Mountain | Skyler Bowden |
| 8 | Heritage | Hattie Poole |
| 9 | Summit | Orion VanOss |
| 10 | Air Academy | Karissa Resnik |
| 11 | Pueblo West | Shania Roberts |
| 12 | Widefield | Kam Lee |
| United States Extemporaneous Speaking | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | School | Student |
| 1 | Air Academy | Matthew Barad |
| 2 | Lakewood | Molly Naylor-Komyatte |
| 3 | George Washington | Emma Bakken |
| 4 | Air Academy | Helen Landwehr |
| 5 | George Washington | Yosef Gross |
| 6 | Cherry Creek | Megha Patel |
| 7 | Cherry Creek | Samantha Hu |
| 8 | George Washington | Sebastian McCrimmon |
| 9 | Cherry Creek | Shadi Nasabzadeh |
| 10 | Palisade | Joshua May |
| 11 | Air Academy | Elisabeth Bernatska |
| 12 | Fairview | Avery Anderson |
| Policy Debate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | School | Student | Student |
| 1 | Poudre | Gillian Breuer | Ethan Hunter |
| 2 | Denver East | Dylan Salzman | Anna Martens |
| Semifinalists | Cherry Creek | Tyler Giallanza | Andrew Ying |
| Semifinalists | Denver East | Sarah Roberts | Addie Wilson |
| Quarterfinalists | Fairview | Jessica Piper | Rowan Hussein |
| Lincoln Douglas Debate | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | School | Student |
| 1 | Columbine | Ben Welton |
| 2 | George Washington | Sarah Papich |
| Semifinalists | Golden | Erynn Mitchell |
| Semifinalists | Longmont | Claire Murtha |
| Quarterfinalists | Grandview | Brianna Terrell |
| Quarterfinalists | Peak to Peak Charter School | Kaushik Yeturu |
| Quarterfinalists | Fort Collins | Olivia Stowell |
| Quarterfinalists | Fairview | Jade Benson |
| Octafinalists | George Washington | Kate Burnite |
| Octafinalists | Denver East | Ava Holle |
| Octafinalists | Cherry Creek | Merissa Maccani |
| Octafinalists | Cherry Creek | Allison Qiang |
| Octafinalists | Columbine | Davis Morrison |
| Octafinalists | Highlands Ranch | Peter Sandifier |
| Octafinalists | Woodland Park | Alex Vela |
| Octafinalists | Colorado Springs Christian | Cy Abbott |
| Public Forum Debate | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | School | Student |
| 1 | St. Mary’s | Matt Heery |
| 2 | Cherry Creek | Conor Sendel |
| Semifinalists | Rocky Mountain | Sam Pearson |
| Semifinalists | Denver East | Ross Snyder |
| Quarterfinalists | Denver East | Grace Romer |
| Quarterfinalists | Valor Christian | Grace Atchison-Reynolds |
| Quarterfinalists | George Washington | Liam Myers |
| Quarterfinalists | George Washington | Mike Conrad |
| Octafinalists | Central of Grand Junction | Ryan Larsen |
| Octafinalists | Pueblo West | David Saly |
| Octafinalists | Pueblo West | Jack Johnson |
| Octafinalists | Fairview | Tara Srinivas |
| Octafinalists | Valor Christian | Ben Kyster |
| Octafinalists | Valor Christian | Christian DiSalvo |
| Octafinalists | Heritage | Andrew Dallokoti |
| Octafinalists | Colorado Springs Christian | Bryce Kuyper |