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Parliamentary Debate Team is Co-Champions of NYPDL Tournament

Dalton excelled at the September New York Parliamentary Debate Tournament (NYPDT). The team of Annika Maduraperuma ‘26 and Shreya Ranjan ‘26 co-championed the novice division with Charlotte Sleeper ‘26 and Oliver Katz ‘26. Zach Berg ‘24 was the #2 speaker of the overall tournament, advancing to the varsity semifinal.
For the second time in the past two years, Dalton not only won but co-championed the NYPDL novice division. The novice teams competed against varsity teams in the preliminary rounds with Annika and Shreya seeded 9th overall and 1st in novice. 

Dalton captured three of the top five speaking awards in the novice division, and Zach became the first Dalton speaker ever to be the number 1 seed after going 5-0 in preliminary rounds before making it to the tournament semifinals.

For those interested in other tournaments, please reach out to c24zb@dalton.org, c24sw@dalton.org, or c24ar@dalton.org for details. 

Dalton Parliamentary Debate Team Members: 
Zach Berg ‘24
Boone Davis ‘25
Ollie Feder ‘25
Q Gallant ‘24
Mica Helder-Lindt ‘24
Oliver Katz ‘26
Ryan Katz ‘23
Vihaan Kotahwala ‘25
Annika Maduraperuma ‘26
Ashwin Ranjan ‘24
Shreya Ranjan ‘26
Charlotte Sleeper ‘26
Ajai Singh ‘25
Sam Wiedman ‘24
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