Vishan Choudhary wins Berkeley

Congratulations to Harvard Westlake’s Vishan Chaudhary for championing the 2019 Cal Invitational. In finals, Vishan defeated Immaculate Heart’s Lena Mizrahi on a 3-0 decision (Malyugina, Gray, Fleming). Lena will teach at TDI this summer and is a two-time Debate Intensive alum.

Additional congratulations to Debate Intensive alumni for their achievements this weekend. Lena Mizrahi (Finals), Viren Abhyankar (Quarters), Rex Evans, Madeleine Conrad-Mogin, David Si, Karthik Krishnan (Dubs), Albert Sun, Ryan Younger, and Linus Epstein (Trips) reached elimination rounds. Alumni Viren Abhyankar (2nd), Rex Evans (3rd), and Ryan Younger (8th) won top 10 speaker awards.

You can find full results and pairings here.