The Race for the MDTA Cup: Week 3

Even though the entire community caught the flu this week, I still managed to get Week 3 calculated before Week 4 debates started. That's good, right! Here's the current standings for Policy, LD, and PF. Nothing new in classic since last week

Policy Teams
1. Wayzata - Luke Plutowski and Johanni Thunstrom (8)
2. Wayzata - Laura Holder & Shruti Satish (5)
2. Wayzata - Miranda Ehrlich and Meghna Sohoni (5)
2. Wayzata - Krishnan Ramanujan and Dru Svoboda (5)
3. Edina - Hannah Nelson & Erin Sielaff (4)
3. Eagan - Annie Martin and Kyra Stephenson (4)
3. Wayzata - Alex Bahls and Lina Li (4)
3. Wayzata - Mariah Donnelly & Devon Manley (4)

LD Debaters
1. Coon Rapids - Robyn Sellman (10)
2. Lakeville South - Dylan Slinger (8)
2. Apple Valley - Jon Slater (8)
3. BSM - Bennett Kenzie (5)
3. Robbinsdale Cooper - Chyenne Thibodo (5)
3. Coon Rapids - Chelsea Brown (5)

PF Teams
1. Eagan - Rachel Markon & Iaan Reynolds (6)
2. Eagan - Anne Beck & Matthew Burian (5)
2. Eagan - Weronika Janczuk & Haben Ghebregergish (5)
2. Eagan - Morgan Kuehn & David Wickard (5)
3. Eastview - Bryan Larson & Anthony Stagner (4)
3. Forest Lake - Nick Bergantine (4)
3. Lakeville South - Vanessa Johnston & Jacqueline Schmitt (4)

Policy Schools
1. Wayzata 18
2. Edina 10
3. Bloomington 9
4. Blake 8
4. Eagan 8

LD Schools
1. Coon Rapids 15
2. Lakeville South 13
3. Apple Valley 12
4. Eagan 8
5. Hopkins 8
6. BSM 8


PF Schools
1. Eagan 15
2. Eastview 9
2. Lakeville South 9
3. Apple Valley 8
3. SPA 8

Overall Schools
Eagan 30
Lakeville South 19
Blake 18
Apple Valley 18
Wayzata 18

And a little analysis
Wayzata Policy is having an excellent year. Currently they have 6 of the top 8 policy teams, and have built a substantial lead in the policy schools race. They'll be the team to beat this year.

LD remains intensely competitive on both the individual and team level. Expect it to remain that way over the next three weeks: the next two weekends have two tournaments each, followed by the Minneapple, so there will be lots of points in play.

Eagan is beginning to pull away in the overall school race, pushed ahead by a dominant PF squad and solid performances in policy and LD. They are well ahead in PF as well, although the race for the PF trophy looks very competitive if Eagan ends up winning the overall cup.

Good luck at Hopkins, Eastview, and Coon Rapids everyone.