Debate Team Competes at MIT, Wins 1st Place Novice Team
Contact: Holly Foster
Phone: (315) 859-4068 December 11, 2007
Chris Smith, Philip Fraccola, Andrew Harris, Rouvan Mahmud, Kye Lippold and Andrew Portuguese.
Hamilton's debate team attended the MIT Innovation Tournament where 69 teams and 64 novices competed during the weekend of Nov. 30-Dec. 1. Hamilton sent three teams: Rouvan Mahmud '11 and Andrew Harris '11; Chris Smith '11 and Phil Fraccola '08; and Kye Lippold '10 and Andrew Portuguese '11. Harris won 1st place novice speaker and Mahmud won 2nd place novice speaker. Mahmud and Harris also broke to varsity quarter finals and ended up winning 1st place novice team and 7th place varsity team, despite being novices.
