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The survey’s been out for 12 hours and we already have overwhelming support to continue our coverage at the 2010 TOC.

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We will determine our attendance at the 2010 TOC by Tuesday of next week depending on the amount of donations.

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Note: The following Top 25 count all tournaments attended. We will post a separate Baker Award Race Standings.

1. Glenbrook South DT (Richard Day & Will Thibeau)
2. Whitney Young GH (Kevin Hirn & Misael Gonzales)
3. Bronx Science EM (Zack Elias & Andrew Markoff)
4. Westminster AT (Ellis Allen & Daniel Taylor)
5. Kinkaid BK (Nikhil Bontha & Layne Kirshon)
6. Woodward Academy PP (Matthew Pesce & Max Plithides)
7. McDonogh BR (Patrick Butler & Alex Resar)
8. Damien EG (Reid Ehlrich-Quinn & Pablo Gannon)
9. Glenbrook North MP (Flynn Makuch & Alex Pappas)
10. Westlake BM (John Baker & David Mullins)
11. New Trier CS (Ira Slomski-Pritz & Dylan Carpenter)
12. Montgomery Bell HM (Campbell Haynes & Herschel Mehta)
13. Bishop Guertin DS (Katie DiTullio & Christian Steckler)
14. Chattahoochee CR (Megan Cambre & Kaavya Ramesh)
15. Georgetown Day RS (Rebecca Rothfeld & Isaac Stanley-Becker)
16. Carrollton Sacred Heart DG (Ana Dimetrejevic & Helen Gomez)
17. Westminster DM (Ayush Dayal & Julia Marshall)
18. Edina AK (Trevor Auferheide & Nick Khatri)
19. Oak Park HH (James Hanley & John Hazinski)
20. Beacon DF (Damiyr Davis & Miguel Feliciano)
21. Rowland Hall AF (Andrew Arsht & Mario Feola)
22. Greenhill KP (Arnav Kerjiwal & Kush Patel)
23. Glenbrook North SS (Alexis Shklar & Vinay Sridharan)
24. Glenbrook South SV (Phil Sailer & Samantha Varney)
25. Chattahoochee RZ (Matt Rosenthal & Jeff Zhang)

I have not died, I’ve just been extremely busy.  I will input the Lexington, Golden Desert, and Barkley Forum results this weekend hopefully and update the rankings.

I will also need a copy of the results packet from Omaha Westside so I can include them in the rankings.

Thanks & Sorry about the long delay!

The TOC Scoreboard has had a great first semester and we’re happy to announce the top fifty teams from the first semester of the 2009-2010 debate season.  All rankings are based on the National Debate Coaches Association’s Baker Award standings.

1. Whitney Young (IL) – Kevin Hirn & Misael Gonzalez
2. Kinkaid School (TX) – Nikhil Bontha & Layne Kirshon
3. Westminster Schools (GA) – Ellis Allen & Daniel Taylor
4. Woodward Academy (GA) – Matthew Pesce & Max Plithides
5. Bronx Science (NY) – Andrew Markoff & Zack Elias
6. Glenbrook South (IL) – Richard Day & Will Thibeau
7. McDonogh (MD) – Alex Resar & Patrick Butler
8. Georgetown Day (DC) – Rebecca Rothfield & Isaac Stanley-Becker
9. Chattahoochee (GA) – Kaavya Ramesh & Megan Cambre
10. Westlake (TX) – David Mullins & John Baker
11. Oak Park River Forest (IL) – James Hanley & John Hazinski
12. Damien (CA) – Reid Ehlrich Quinn & Pablo Gannon
13. Westminster (GA) – Ayush Dayal & Julia Marshall
14. Edina (MN) – Trevor Aufderheide & Nick Khatri
15. Glenbrook North (IL) – Flynn Makuch & Alex Pappas
16. Montgomery Bell (TN) – Herschel Mehta & Campbell Haynes
17. Rowland Hall St. Marks (UT) – Mario Feola & Andrew Arsht
18. Carrollton School of Sacred Heart (FL) – Anna Dimitrijevic & Helen Gomez
19. New Trier (IL) – Dylan Carpenter & Ira Slmoski-Pritz
20. Pembroke Hill (MO) – Thomas Hodgman & Peter Vale
21. Pembroke Hill (MO) – Brad Bolman & Lewis Sharp
22. Lexington(MA) – Tyler Engler & Arjun Vellayappan
23. Glenbrook South (IL) – Samantha Varney & Phil Sailer
24. Bishop Guertin (NH) – Katie DiTullio & Christian Steckler
25. Dallas Jesuit (TX) – Ryan Gorman & Joel Diamond
26. Wayzata (MN) – Krishnan Ramanujan & Dru Svoboda
27. Greenhil (TX) – Arnav Kejriwal & Kush Patel
28. St. Paul Central (MN) – Laura Johnson & Steve Quam
29. St. Marks (TX) – Rishee Batra & Alex Miles
30. Mountain Brook (AL) – Kevin Jiang & Lee Quinn
31. Glenbrook North (IL) – Alexis Shklar & Vinay Sridharan
32. Westminster (GA) – Will Morgan & Drew Cutshaw
33. Beacon (NY) – Damiyr Davis & Miguel Feliciano
34. Cathedral Prep (PA) – Colin McElhinny & Kevin Ward
35. Glenbrook South (IL) – Jack McLeod & John Zhao
36. College Prep (CA) – Vinay Pai & Tatsuro Yamamura
37. Grapevine (TX) – Jacob Quinn & Amy Schade
38. Homewood Flossmoor (IL) – Donald Grasse & Astead Herndon
39. Edgemont (NY) – Benjamin Chang & Nikhil Jayawickrama
40. Chattahoochee (GA) – Mustafa Inamullah & Maggie Davis
41. Dallas Jesuit (TX) – Carson Young & Sean McCormick
42. Chattahoochee (GA) – Jeff Zhang & Matt Rosenthal
43. College Prep (CA) – Chloe Coughlin-Schulte & Justin Mardjuki
44. Damien (CA) – Alex Velto & Nadeem Farooqi
45. Highland Park (TX) – Collin Poirot & Rhett Young
46. Lexington (MA) – Amrit Kanesa-Thasan & Ayan Sanyal
47. Eden Prairie (MN) – Brett Beutell & Tanay Mehta
48. Meadows (NV) – Spencer Silbey & Jess Mitchell
49. Georgetown Day School (DC) – Ben Levy & Joe Krakoff
50. Baltimore City College (MD) – William Stokes & Nicholas Vail

According to our rankings, they are.  Illinois tops our charts by having their teams accumulate the most points towards the Baker Award during the first semester.  See where your state falls!

1. Illinois – 13,214.4
2. Texas – 11,035.7
3. Georgia – 9,624.3
4. California – 7,912.9
5. Minnesota – 4,720.3
6. New York – 3,419.4
7. Maryland – 2,822.4
8. Florida – 2,642.0
9. Massachusetts - 2,499.9
10. Missouri – 2064.0
11. Kansas – 2,031.6
12. District of Columbia – 1,926.5
13. Iowa – 1,900.7
14. Tennessee – 1,757.6
15. Utah – 1,509.9
16. Arizona – 1,150.9
17. Pennsylvania - 1,104.2
18. Alabama – 969.0
19. Nebraska – 910.5
20. Ohio – 882.0
21. New Hampshire – 874.5
22. Nevada – 771.7
23. Colorado – 762.0
24. Michigan – 753.3
25. Indiana – 603.7
26. Washington – 587.0
27. Oklahoma – 585.5
28. Oregon – 406.2
29. Wisconsin – 299.0
30. South Dakota – 224.6
31. New Jersey – 146.7
32. Virginia – 139.3
33. Louisiana - 128.3
34. Arkansas – 90.2
35. Idaho – 56.0

Most people’s first semesters are ending, so we thought we would post a list of second semester bid tournaments.

January 7-9: Arizona State (Finals Bid)
January 8-10: Montgomery Bell Academy (Octos Bid)
January 15-16: Omaha Westside (Finals Bid)
January 15-18: Lexington (Quarters Bid)
January 22-24: Golden Desert (Quarters Bid)
January 29-31: Emory (Octos Bid)
February 5-6: Colleyville Heritage (Semis Bid)
February 5-6: Pennsbury (Finals Bid)
February 5-8: Stanford (Quarters Bid)
February 13-15: Berkeley (Octos Bid)
February 13-15: Harvard (Octos Bid)
February 19-20: Vestavia Hills (Finals Bid)
February 26-28: Lakeland (Semis Bid)
March 5-7: Gonzaga (Semis Bid)
March 5-7: University of Georgia (Semis Bid)

Starting after MBA, the rankings will only reflect the top 5 tournaments for teams.  We’re changing them to not penalize schools who don’t travel every weekend.  This ranking system will almost be identical to the Baker Award, but will exclude some local tournament that may be maximum qualifiers.

Our justification for waiting until after MBA is that we have given teams five octofinal bid tournaments: Greenhill, St. Marks, Glenbrooks, Blake, and MBA.

Let us know if there is anything else we can do to improve the system.

Fullerton:

For those that are submitting results everyday, please be aware that we already have the results from the Fullerton. Please don’t send them anymore.

Revised contact policy:

Also, due to the high number of results and miscellaneous comments that we’ve received, our contact policy has changed. We are asking that only send factual updates/corrections in you email and nothing else. This makes content faster to process and correct or add. We thank you in advance for assisting us with this. Please read the policy in full at our contact page.