The End of the Show

The institute ended Friday night with all of the students observing the final round between Todd Liipfert from Strake Jesuit and Arti Bhatia from Colleyville-Heritage. On a 3-2 decision, Todd was crowned the champion of the 2007 UNT Workshop Tournament. Congratulations to both debaters!

Thanks to all of the students who chose to attend UNT this summer. On behalf of the staff, we very much look forward to seeing all of the debaters on their respective circuits next year winning rounds and hopefully becoming smarter individuals by engaging in intellectual discussions a couple of weekends a month.

A number of students are staying for the third week of the Workshop, so stay tuned for continued updates and photos.

Octafinal Results:
Bhatia def. Khurram Ali
Smogard def. Lauren Mahomes
Liipfert def. Ryan Bennett
Cook def. Grant Grosgenbauer
Tyger def. Adrienne Kearny
Ho def. William Hix
Zaman def. Rahim Sayani
Kaz def. Louis Paine

Quarterfinal Results:
Bhatia v. Cheryl Kaz
Zaman def. Danielle Smogard
Liipfert def. Vivian Ho
Cook def. Paul Tyger

Semifinal Results:
Bhatia def. Tyler Cook
Liipfert def. Shadman Zaman

Final Round:
Todd Liipfert def. Arti Bhatia on a 3-2 decision (David McGough, Josh Anderson, Liz Mullins, *Chetan Hertzig, *Laura de la Cruz)

Champion: Todd Liipfert