This year’s Harvard Tournament (Feb 12–16, 2026 | Cambridge, MA, USA) was the largest in its history, bringing together around 5,700 competitors and 1,300 judges. Competing against the nation’s strongest debaters, Omega students rose to the challenge and delivered extraordinary results.

• High school sophomores Gavin Zhao and Kevin Chen earned their Varsity TOC Bids, with both ranking Top 20 in Speaker Points — an exceptional accomplishment at the highest level of competition.

• Livingston High School freshmen Jacob Heifetz and Vedant Baijal, following their Digital TOC Championship victory last December, once again earned tournament awards with outstanding speaker points, demonstrating their continued excellence on the national circuit.

Even more inspiring was the breakthrough of our younger students. Just six months after their very first debate class, our middle school students achieved remarkable success at one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world:

• Heritage Middle School seventh graders Aleya Sethi and Ananya Karthik advanced to Doubles, with Aleya ranking 6th Speaker out of all middle school Public Forum competitors.

• Heritage students Jason Zhang and Nakshita Gupta advanced to the elimination rounds.

• Middle school students Sanika Joshi and Lucy Zhu, along with Ryka Pal and Aarushi Sharma, Pahul Sawhney and Allen Yang, Spatika Prasanna and Mishka Tripathi delivered outstanding performances in their very first national tournaments.

These achievements reflect months of hard work, resilience, expert coaching, and the courage to compete on the biggest stage in high school debate, as well as the unwavering support of their families.

We are incredibly proud of every Omega student who competed and look forward to their continued success in the seasons ahead.