At the Glenbrook North High School debate tournament, seniors Michael Hellie and Dheven Unni placed 21st out of 177 teams, going 5-2 in preliminary rounds and losing their bid round. The other varsity team, juniors Elena Liao and Roshni Padhi, went 4-3.

The Glenbrooks competition is considered the hardest competition of the year. 

“The Glenbrooks is one of the largest competitive speech and debate tournaments in the country,” debate coach Sonny Patel said. “The longevity, quality, and size, determine what elimination bracket tier a tournament awards a bid to the Tournament of Champions. The Glenbrooks is the only public school to offer an octofinals TOC qualifier.”

This tournament does not affect the U-High team’s ability to participate in the Tournament of Champions, as they have already received the required bids.

The team matched Lab’s record at the Glenbrooks competition.

“So far the furthest any Lab team has ever gotten is the bid round, also known as the sextofinals, which is where we lost as well,” Michael said.