Salt Lake City, UT - Congratulations to Marlborough's Annie Gersh for winning the Alta Silver and Black Invitational! In finals, she defeated Harvard-Westlake's Connor Engel on a 2-1 decision (Henman, Kymn, Z. Moss*). Annie is coached by Adam Torson, Michael O'Krent, and Dan Miyamoto. Congratulations to both debaters!Alta is a quarterfinals bid qualifier to the Tournament of Champions. Congratulations to Melanie Shackleford, Connor Davis, Noah Simon, Louisa Melcher, Annie Gersh, Anand Balaji, Calen Smith, and Connor Engel for advancing to quarterfinals and earning bids to the Tournament of Champions!Pairings can be found on Tabroom: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=3346 Partial Double OctafinalsSan Marino NL def Meadows ATCrossroads NS def Winter Springs JLMeadows MS def Harvard-Westlake EEBASIS Scottsdale CD def Miramonte TKImmaculate Heart LM def Palo Alto ALChaminade CP ER def Harker KQRowland Hall-St. Mark's KO def Arcadia MSPresentation MS def Oakwood JSMission San Jose AB def West KLDel Mar KK def Palo Alto AMHarvard-Westlake CE def George Washington EOMiramonte AB def Harvard-Westlake JNMarlborough AG def American Fork MLLogan CS def Centennial ZMOakwood JW advances without debatingGeorge Washington DL advances without debating OctafinalsMeadows MS def Del Mar KK (Kevin Krotz)Crossroads NS def Oakwood JW (Jack Wareham)Immaculate Heart LM def Presentation MS (Mariah Stewart)Harvard-Westlake CE def Rowland Hall-St. Mark's KO (Kenzo Okazaki)BASIS Scottsdale CD def Chaminade CP ER (Emilio Rivera)Mission San Jose AB def George Washington DL (David Lind)Marlborough AG def San Marino NL (Nathan Lam)Logan CS def Miramonte AB (Andrew Bower) Quarterfinals (bid)BASIS Scottsdale CD def Meadows MS (Melanie Shackleford) 2-1 (Kymn*, Pettit, Willoughby)Crossroads NS def Immaculate Heart LM (Louisa Melcher) 3-0 (Amestoy, Knell, Torson)Marlborough AG def Mission San Jose AB (Anand Balaji) 3-0 (Hunt, Hendrickson, Wootton)Harvard-Westlake CE def Logan CS (Calen Smith) 3-0 (Phung, Newkirk, Inglet) SemifinalsMarlborough AG def BASIS Scottsdale CD (Connor Davis) 3-0 (Kymn, Hendrickson, Wootton)Harvard-Westlake CE def Crossroads NS (Noah Simon) 2-1 (Inglet, Amestoy, Torson*) FinalsMarlborough AG def Harvard-Westlake CE (Connor Engel) 2-1 (Henman, Moss*, Kymn) ChampionMarlborough AG (Annie Gersh)