The Brookfield East Debate Team had an outstanding performance at the state tournament.
In Public Forum Debate, Vivek Srivastava and Bera Demirbilek won the state championship on a unanimous 5-0 decision. Vivek was named top speaker of the tournament and Bera was named 2nd top speaker.
The teams of Muthu Sundar/Emily Zhang and Thevindu Perrera/Sameer Bhatt also advanced to elimination rounds.
In Lincoln Douglas Debate. Xander Ge was a octofinalist and Amanjot Kaur was a quarterfinalist. Navya Tarikere was named 5th top speaker, and Amanjot and Xander tied for 7th top speaker.