KO faces stiff competition, debaters take third at Hotchkiss

West Hartford – In an unusually large debate contest at The Hotchkiss School on Dec. 2, Kingswood Oxford's team placed third out of 18 schools and also brought home several other top honors.
KO's third-place finish in the parliamentary extemporaneous tournament resulted from the combined outstanding performances of the advanced team (Mark Toubman '13, Keenan Line '14, Matthew Kahn '13, Mike Hathaway '13) and the novice team ((Reilly Callahan '15, Emily Lowit '15, Cole Adams '15, Katie Smith '15).
In addition, Hathaway placed second out of more than 120 individual speakers in the advanced division, and Adams and Smith were the #2 pair out of 60 pairs in the novice division.
More than 300 people competed at the DANEIS event, according to Kathy Lynch, moderator of KO's Forensic Union team and chair of the English Department. DANEIS stands for Debating Association of New England Independent Schools.
Nurturing confident public speakers is a critical part of KO's mission; for information about enrollment or the next Open House for prospective students on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, contact admissions@k-o.org.
-Submitted by Michelle Murphy, director of Communications & Marketing.
PHOTO CAPTION: Kingswood Oxford's debate team came in third overall at a very large debate competition at The Hotchkiss School on Dec. 2 (from left): Keenan Line 14, Emily Lowit 15, Reilly Callahan '15, Katie Smith '15, Cole Adams '15, Mark Toubman '13, Mike Hathaway '13, Caley Henderson '13 (Judge), Matthew Kahn '13, Emma Cowper '16, Dylan Borruso '15, Evan Kelmar '16, Mark Sheehan '16. PHOTO CREDIT: Megan Tong, Hotchkiss.