2024-2025 Season Awards
53rd Tournament of Champions
Om Modi: Varsity Lincoln Douglas 2nd Place
Bolang Zhu: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Semi-finalist
Vikrant Vadathavoor: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Octo-finalist
Rebecca Cai: Original Oratory 4th Place
Rucha Kore: Original Oratory Quarter-finalist
TOC DSDS #3
Bolang Zhu: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Semi-finalist (TOC bid)
Bolang Zhu: 6th Best Speaker out of 135 nationally
Om Modi: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Quarter-finalist (TOC bid)
Om Modi: 8th Best Speaker out of 135 nationally
Om Modi: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Tournament Champion (TOC bid)
Om Modi: Lincoln Douglas Best Speaker out of 145 nationally
Aadi Loonawat and Vihaan Patel: Varsity Public Forum Quarter-finalist (TOC bid)
Aadi Loonwat: Public Forum Best Speaker out of 376 nationally
Vihaan Patel: 4th Best Speaker out of 376 nationally
Rohin Saharoy and Juno Hong: Varsity Public Forum Double Octo-finalist
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TOC DSDS #2
Cal Invitational UCB
Stanford Invitational
Bolang Zhu: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Tournament Champion (TOC bid)
Aadi Loonawat and Vihaan Patel: Varsity Public Forum Triple Octo-finalist
Om Modi: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Double Octo-finalist
Om Modi: Best Speaker out of 170 nationally
Vikrant Vadathavoor: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Triple Octo-finalist
Dishita Aeron and Aanya Mishra: Varsity Public Forum Triple Octo-finalist
Rohin Saharoy and Juno Hong: Varsity Public Forum Triple Octo-finalist
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Glenbrooks
Om Modi: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Tournament Champion (TOC bid) Om Modi: 2nd Best Speaker out of 191 nationally
Bolang Zhu: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Double Octo-finalist
John Lewis SVUDL
Rebecca Cai: Original Oratory Varsity 2nd place (TOC + NIETOC bid)
Rohin Saharoy and Juno Hong: Varsity Public Forum Triple Octo-finalist
Krithisha Muthukumar: Novice Original Oratory Quarterfinalist
Apple Valley
Om Modi: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Semi-Finalist (TOC bid)
Bolang Zhu: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Double Octo-finalist
Vikrant ​Vadathavoor​: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Double Octo-finalist
Meadows
Om Modi: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Semi-Finalist (TOC bid)
Bolang Zhu: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Quarter-finalist (TOC bid)
Vikrant ​Vadathavoor​: Varsity Lincoln Quarter-finalist (TOC bid)
Tim Averill
Anish Bethanabotla and Raghav Shrivastava: Varsity Public Forum Octo-finalist
Vihaan Patel and Aadi Loonawat: Varsity Public Forum Octo-finalist
CFL Speech 1
Rebecca Cai: 2nd in Original Oratory (TOC bid)
Brinda Paladugu: 6th in Informative (TOC bid)
Sharon Lu: Finalist, 7th in National Extemp
Krithisha Muthukumar: Novice Original Oratory Finalist​​
Stephen Stewart
Rebecca Cai: Original Oratory 2nd (TOC and NIETOC Bid)
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CSU Fullerton
Brinda Paladugu: Finalist, 3rd in Informative
Kavin Venkatesan: Finalist, 3rd in Oratorical Interp
Greenhill
Om Modi: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Semi-Finalist (TOC bid)
Vikrant ​Vadathavoor​: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Octo-finalist (TOC bid)
Bolang Zhu: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Double Octo-finalist
UK Season Opener
Om Modi: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Quarter-Finalist (TOC bid)
Vikrant ​Vadathavoor​: Varsity Lincoln Quarter-finalist (TOC bid)
Vihaan Patel and Aadi Loonawat: Varsity Public Forum Double Octo-finalist
Bolang Zhu: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Double Octo-finalist
Loyola
Om Modi: Varsity Lincoln Octo-finalist
Vikrant ​Vadathavoor​: Varsity Lincoln Octo-finalist
Bolang Zhu: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Octo-finalist

SPEECH EVENTS
Scroll down to learn a bit more about the speech events that Lynbrook Speech and Debate offer!
ORATORY
ORIGINAL ORATORY (OO)
Do you want to speak about problems in modern society? OO gives you the opportunity to convince an audience how society must act on issues you address. You can choose any topic you want, anything that you believe in. People with any skill set have an opportunity to succeed and a chance to create an amazing speech.
EXPOSITORY
This is a great event to display your artistic abilities! You can talk about any topic you want whether it is about rice or about birds, and you can use visual aids to enhance your speech. This is the only event that allows props during the speech. You can cultivate your speaking skills and learn proper presentation skills.
INTERPRETATION
DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION (DI)
DI gives you the opportunity to develop and refine your skills as an actor as well as learn and enact your character's emotions. You can choose a book, film, play, autobiography, etc. to create your piece from. You will learn how to choose the right piece, cut it, block it, then act it. If you're good, you could even make your audience cry!
HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION (HI)
Ever wanted to make people laugh until they cry? HI gives you the ability to take a published piece of work of your choice and put a humorous twist on it. You will learn how to act out multiple characters, being as silly as you want to be while learning important presentation skills.
DUO INTERPRETATION (DUO)
Three's a crowd, but two isn't! DUO is the only event in speech that allows you to work with a partner, choosing a published piece of work and acting it out together. It can be funny, sad, scary, whatever you want, and you get to have a blast doing it with your friend! There's a catch though: you can't look or touch your partner. You get to be creative and work on teamwork, reliability, as well as presentation skills.
THEMATIC INTERPRETATION (TI)
Love drama, but love comedy? Can't decide between DI and HI? TI is your solution! TI focuses on a central theme or idea and finding three or more published pieces that can be sad or happy. Also, this is the only event in the interpretation that allows you to use a prop: a small black binder. This forces you to be creative in the ways you use your binder throughout your speech.
ORATORICAL INTERPRETATION (OI)
You find a published speech, memorize it, and perform it. The only thing you have to do is interpret the author's voice and recite it that same way.
SPONTANEOUS
IMPROMPTU
Can you think fast on your feet? If you prefer some spontaneity, or if you wish to, impromptu is a great event to help develop fast thinking skills. You will receive a topic and get 2 minutes to prepare for a 5 minute speech. The topics may vary from something as concrete as "stones" to something abstract like "courage." This event challenges you with a race against time to create an innovative speech.
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INTERNATIONAL OR NATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS
Like impromptu, Extemp gives you a limited time to prepare. Competitors receive 30 minutes to prepare for a 7 minute speech on a current events topic. You will use previously researched articles and develop opinions on the topic for the competition. You get to think on your feet and keep up with the news and offer your analysis on world wide events.