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We still have spots available for the 2024 Georgetown Debate Seminar for both the policy debate camp and the public spea...
05/17/2024

We still have spots available for the 2024 Georgetown Debate Seminar for both the policy debate camp and the public speaking and argumentation camp. Apply today!

Information about Georgetown Debate's summer debate workshops

Georgetown Debate's 2023-2024 season has come to a close with the conclusion of the 78th National Debate Tournament host...
04/12/2024

Georgetown Debate's 2023-2024 season has come to a close with the conclusion of the 78th National Debate Tournament hosted by Emory University.

Georgetown sent three teams to this year's NDT and all three teams cleared to elimination rounds. This is the first time in program history we've had three teams in elimination rounds of the NDT!

LW was recognized as the Fourth Ranked team in the Copeland Race at the opening awards ceremony. LW finished as the 6th and 7th speakers and lost in the octafinals on a 4-1 decision to the Michigan team who would later win the tournament.

ZZ finished in the octafinals and CW finished in the doubles. Kumail Zaidi (Georgetown ZZ) was the 12th speaker and Connelly Cowan (Georgetown CW) was the 21st speaker.

This has been a fantastic year for Georgetown Debate. Hoya Saxa! 💙

03/06/2024

Congratulations to Georgetown ZZ for qualifying to the NDT! Georgetown will have THREE teams competing in Atlanta. Hoya Saxa!

🚨THE 2024 GDS IS FILLING UP FAST🚨💻Apply soon to secure a spot on the Hilltop this summer!📣We are also hosting a Public S...
02/26/2024

🚨THE 2024 GDS IS FILLING UP FAST🚨

💻Apply soon to secure a spot on the Hilltop this summer!

📣We are also hosting a Public Speaking and Argumentation camp in addition to our policy programming!

Check out our website for more information!

Georgetown Debate

Congratulations to Georgetown LW (Kieran Lawless & Zidao Wang) on receiving a first round at-large bid to the 2024 Natio...
02/12/2024

Congratulations to Georgetown LW (Kieran Lawless & Zidao Wang) on receiving a first round at-large bid to the 2024 National Debate Tournament! Hoya Saxa!

10/28/2023

Georgetown Debate is competing at the Harvard Tournament this weekend!

We have three teams competing:
Georgetown LW
Georgetown CW
Georgetown ZZ

Wish us luck as we take on our first eight round tournament of the season! HOYA SAXA! 💙

Georgetown Debate had a great start to the season! Read more about the debaters’ successes on our website.https://debate...
10/09/2023

Georgetown Debate had a great start to the season! Read more about the debaters’ successes on our website.

https://debate.georgetown.edu/news/northwestern-kentucky-results/

Georgetown Debate had a strong start to the 23-24 season with a top-four finish and two second place finishes! Georgetown brought three teams to the the Owen L. C**n Memorial Tournament hosted by Northwestern University from 9/16 – 9/18. Georgetown seniors Kieran and Zidao (Georgetown LW) were the...

The 2023 GDS is about to begin! The starter set for the camp is available for all students, not just GDS students. View ...
06/17/2023

The 2023 GDS is about to begin! The starter set for the camp is available for all students, not just GDS students. View the Starter Set of evidence for this summer here:

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11/08/2022

Over the weekend of October 29 – 31, Gonzaga University hosted roughly 80 Open teams, both in-person and online. Georgetown sent two teams in person (GW and LW) and had two teams compete online (CM and KS).

Georgetown LW continued their successful run this season with a 4-2 preliminary record, a 3-0 win in the Double Octofinals, and a 2-1 loss in the Octofinals to Wake Forest who would later go on to win the tournament.

We also had some other success within the team. CM & KS competed for the first time as partners and had some great wins. Extra special shoutout to first-year Aayush Murarka (CM) who had his first college debates at Gonzaga!

Next up is Wake Forest to wrap up the semester!

10/04/2022

The Georgetown Debate Team had a VERY successful weekend at the University of Kentucky tournament this past weekend!

Georgetown LW finished preliminary debates with an impressive 5-1 record and won their doubles & octas debates to finish their run in the quarterfinals.

Georgetown ZZ & Georgetown GW went 4-2 and finished with strong performances in the doubles.

Georgetown HK went 3-3 and had some great debates against excellent teams!

We also had some notable speaker awards! Out of 188 debaters, Kumail Zaidi (Class of 2024) was the 22nd speaker and Zidao Wang (Class of 2024) was the 23rd speaker.

Thanks to the University of Kentucky & the tournament staff for hosting an excellent tournament!

That’s a wrap on the Northwestern Season Opener!CH, KL, and GW each finished strong with 3-3 records.MS and ZZ each fini...
09/19/2022

That’s a wrap on the Northwestern Season Opener!

CH, KL, and GW each finished strong with 3-3 records.

MS and ZZ each finished with 4-2 records and barely missed out on debating in elims.

LW finished 4-2 (with a win against last year’s NDT winners) and lost on a close 2-1 debate to Pitt in the Doubles.

We had a great time at the season opener and are incredibly thankful to our friends from Northwestern for hosting! Extra special shoutout to our first-year debaters who all had some great wins & handled their first college tournament like pros. Time to get ready for Kentucky. Hoya saxa!

09/18/2022

Day Two of the Northwestern Season Opener is underway! We had a great first day of competition with several debaters on the squad having their first college debates EVER. Going into Round Five, our teams' records are...

Georgetown LW 4-0
Georgetown KL 2-2
Georgetown GW 2-2
Georgetown CH 2-2
Georgetown ZZ 2-2
Georgetown MS 2-2

Wish us luck as we wrap up preliminary debates this afternoon!

09/17/2022

It’s time for the season opener hosted by Northwestern University! The Georgetown Debate Team is excited to kick off this year of competition in Chicago. We have six teams competing in the varsity division this weekend. The six teams debating are:

Georgetown KL
Georgetown LW
Georgetown GW
Georgetown CH
Georgetown MS
Georgetown ZZ

We have a great mix of new & returning debaters and are excited to hit the ground running!

This week, Georgetown Debate is celebrating our four newest alumni! David Bernstein (SFS), Raffi Piliero (College), Rena...
05/27/2021

This week, Georgetown Debate is celebrating our four newest alumni! David Bernstein (SFS), Raffi Piliero (College), Renae Salunga (College), and Jong Hak Won (SFS) all graduated from Georgetown at Nationals Park on Monday. Whether actively competing, recruiting new students, organizing social activities, or working as player coaches, this group has been the heart and soul of Georgetown Debate for the past four years. We are so proud of them and couldn't be more excited to see what comes next!

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