Class of 2025 roars on the debate stage
Freshmen Collin Chan, Caroline Keiper, Zinnia Nichols Loller, Eleanor Molvig, Ophelia Cherry-Pulay, Ellie Rothman, Lexi Straus, and Rhea Nachnani represented USN well in the virtual Lexington Winter Invitational.
By Bill Wilson, HS & MS Debate Coach
Freshmen debate team members earned a great result at the virtual Lexington Winter Invitational held Saturday, January 15 and Sunday, January 16.
Zinnia and Eleanor finished preliminaries with a 4-2 record, as did classmates Ophelia Cherry-Pulay '25 and Ellie Rothman '25. As a result, the two teams met in the quarter-final bracket as the fourth and fifth seeds with Zinnia and Eleanor advancing to face off against Collin and Caroline.
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Freshmen debate team members earned a great result at the virtual Lexington Winter Invitational held Saturday, January 15 and Sunday, January 16.
Collin Chan '25 and Caroline Keiper '25 finished prelims with a perfect 6-0 record, good for the number one seed in the novice open division. They received a bye to the semifinal round where they met teammates Zinnia Nichols Loller '25 and Eleanor Molvig '25 in the bracket. In the final round, they dropped a 3-0 decision to the second seed from Mamaroneck HS, New York.
Zinnia and Eleanor finished preliminaries with a 4-2 record, as did classmates Ophelia Cherry-Pulay '25 and Ellie Rothman '25. As a result, the two teams met in the quarter-final bracket as the fourth and fifth seeds with Zinnia and Eleanor advancing to face off against Collin and Caroline.
Out of 46 competitors in the advanced novice field, Collin, Caroline, and Ophelia finished as the first, second, and fourth speakers, respectively.
Lexi Straus '25 and Rhea Nachnani '25 competed in the novice packet division, a pool with a limited evidence set. They finished with a 3-2 record before withdrawing due to illness.
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University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.