MDTA Cup Results

So the results of the MDTA Cup have been posted. Huge congrats to the winners, who are well deserving. Since I'm well aware the extent of our community's data addiction, I figured I'd offer some behind-the-scenes info on the cup.

A quick caveat: my data still has some errors (mostly transposed codes like EF -> FE). The winners in each event were double-checked, but please comment if you spot any inconsistencies.

First of all, the Final Top 10 (or so) in each division:

Policy Teams
1. Wayzata - Miranda Ehrlich and Meghna Sohoni (15)
2. Sibley - Danny Bernick and Anna Koelsch (13)
3. Bloomington - Devin Long and Tom Zimmer (12)
4. Bloomington - Ali Goodrum & Gracie Kroner (11)
4. Wayzata - Krishnan Ramanujan and Dru Svoboda (11)
6. Wayzata - Luke Plutowski and Johanni Thunstrom (8)
6. Wayzata - Alex Aronovich and Carlee Nelson (8)
6. Eagan - Annie Martin and Kyra Stephenson (8)
6. Sibley - Brian LaBounty & Tome Welle (8)
6. Wayzata - Mariah Donnelly & Devon Manley (8)

Policy Scools
1. Wayzata 46
2. Edina 32
3. Bloomington 30
4. Sibley 27
5. Eagan 26

LD Debaters
1. Coon Rapids - Robyn Sellman (26)
2. Robbinsdale Cooper - Chyenne Thibodo (18)
3. Apple Valley - Jon Slater (17)
4. Lakeville South - Dylan Slinger (15)
5. St. Louis Park - Catherine Tarsney (14)
5. Lakeville North - Jayant Tripathy (14)
7. Eagan - Kunal Patel (12)
8. BSM - Bennett Kenzie (11)
8. Forest Lake - Kyle McCleary (11)
10. Eagan - Michelle Wagner (10)

LD Schools
1. Coon Rapids 35
2. Apple Valley 28
2. Eagan 28
4. Lakeville North 27
5. Robbinsdale Cooper 24
5. Lakeville South 24
5. St. Louis Park 24

Public Forum Teams
1. Eagan - Rachel Markon & Iaan Reynolds (22)
2. Eagan - Haben Ghebregergish and Weronika Janczuk (14)
3. Eagan - Anne Beck & Matthew Burian (12)
3. Eastview - Bryan Larson & Anthony Stagner (12)
5. Lakeville North - Karen Zhou & Steven Elliot (10)
6. Eastview - Sneha Somani & Michelle McGuire (8)
7. Blake - Mike Graham & Mik Kaminski (7)
8. Eagan - Miles Norman and Emily Dallager (6)
8. Anoka - Sam Hughes & Lucia Martin (6)
8. Blake - Taylor Briggs & Sarah Carthen Watson (6)

Public Forum Schools
1. Eagan 42
2. Eastview 27
3. SPA 20
4. Forest Lake 19
5. Apple Valley 18

Classic Teams
1. MPA - Greta Stacy & Eric Baudry (9)
2. Eastview - C. Chang & L. Ramroop (7)
3. Eastview - Mark Besonen & Kristine Hiedeman (5)
3. Eastview - A. Balaji & P. Kelly (5)
4. Eastview - Raghav Julakanti & Paige Kelly (4)
4. Eastview - Katie Baldwin & Caitlin Moran (4)
4. MPA - Wood & Naravane (4)
4. Rochester Century - Taylor Williams & Courtney White (4)
4. South St. Paul - J. Nelson & B. Olson (4)
4. Southwest - Maddie Jacobs & Aswar Rahman (4)

Classic Schools
1. Eastview 18
2. MPA 14
3. Stillwater 10
4. South St. Paul 7
5. Rochester Century 6

Overall Schools
1. Eagan 96
2. Apple Valley 46
2. Wayzata 46
2. Eastview 46
2. Edina 46

Yep, that's right, a 4-way tie for 2nd place in the overall school race.



I'd also like to take a look at all the Champions and how they got there.

Policy Champs - Wayzata ES (Ehrlich and Sohoni)
Participant, Blake
4th Place, Bloomington
Champion, Concordia
8th Place, Highland Park
Quarterfinalist, Hopkins
Participant, Lakeville South
Quarterfinalist, U of M

LD Champ - Coon Rapids RS (Robyn Sellman)
Champion, Andover
Double-Octafinalist, Minneapple
Champion, Blaine
Participant, Blake
Champion, Coon Rapids
Finalist, Cooper
Top 8, Forest Lake
3rd Place, Lakeville South
State Participant (Made it to Semis actually, but qualifying is what got her another cup point)
Champion, U of M

PF Champs - Eagan MR (Maarkon and Reynolds)
Quarterfinalist, Minneapple
Finalist, Blake
Champion, Coon Rapids
Champion, Lakeville South
Champion, Man West II
Champion, U of M

Classic Champs - MPA BS (Baudry and Stacy)
2nd Place, Eastview
5th Place, Forest Lake
Champion, Roseville
3rd Place, St. Francis


Some other random superlatives worth mentioning:

Melissa Diamond is the only debater to earn points with 4 different partners (Balhs, Holder, Poteryakin, Mujir)

Maddie Johnson and Caitlin Moran from Eastview both earned points in 3 different events (Classic, LD, PF)

Depending on how you count, the Wayzata policy squad had 13 different students contribute toward their school award. This is despite the fact that only 2 teams can contribute points on any given weekend. Quite a collective accomplishment.