Berkeley Debate Team Ranked Nationally

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Jan 16, 2024

Congratulations to the debate team on some amazing national rankings from the KleinLine!

The RV team (Michael Ross ’25 and Sameer Varkantham ’25) was ranked fifth in the nation.
A recent performance at Blake High school by the SL team (Maggie Shonka ’26 and Elizabeth Lai ’26) was named one of the top 10 biggest upsets of the season for their win against Glenbrook South AB from Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, IL.
The entire debate team was ranked fourth in the country for most total elimination rounds and ninth for most total wins.

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