November 8, 2000

WKU Forensic Team
Wins Two Tournaments

Bowling Green, Ky. - The William E. Bivin Forensic Society at Western Kentucky University took top honors last weekend in two tournaments.

Six team members traveled to Manchester, N.H., where they won first place in each event entered and first place overall in the Jack Lynch Invitational Forensics Tournament hosted by Saint Anselm College. Other teams competing included Old Dominion University, Suffolk University and Southern Maine University.

Eight team members, meanwhile, competed at Owensboro Community College and claimed first place over Asbury College, Northern Kentucky University, Berea College and Belmont University.

Individual results from the Jack Lynch tourney are:
Amy Jones, a Morehead senior, first in persuasive speaking, first in informative speaking, first in after-dinner speaking and third in triathlon.

Keith Blaser, a sophomore from Evansville, Ind., first in prose interpretation, first in poetry interpretation, first in dramatic interpretation and second place in triathlon.

David Wilkins, a Bardstown junior, first in impromptu speaking, first in Lincoln-Douglas debate and fourth in persuasive speaking.

David Laing, a Louisville junior, quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate and second-place speaker award in Lincoln-Douglas debate.

Kim Pedigo, a sophomore from Hendersonville, Tenn., fourth in informative speaking and semifinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate.

Raegan Gibson, a freshman from Evansville, Ind., second in informative speaking.
Individual results from the Owensboro tourney are:

Corey Alderdice, a freshman from Water Valley, third in after-dinner speaking, fourth in poetry, second in impromptu, first in impromptu counseling, second in prose and first in pentathlon.

Margaret Au, a freshman from Evansville, Ind., second in rhetorical criticism.

Vincent Bonetti, a freshman from Collierville, Tenn., first in duo interpretation, second in poetry, first in dramatic interpretation and top novice in prose.

Kelli Giorgio, a Bowling Green sophomore, sixth in duo interpretation, third in poetry and fifth in prose.

Andy Miladin, a Shelbyville freshman, fifth in after-dinner speaking.

Tony Milner, an Erlanger freshman, first in duo interpretation and sixth in dramatic interpretation.

Alisa Ponananta, a Florence junior, first in informative and fourth in prose.

Eric Rogers, a Cave City sophomore, second in persuasion, second in informative, first in rhetorical criticism, second in impromptu counseling and third in pentathlon.

Melissa Vincent, a Bowling Green freshman, first in after-dinner speaking, first in persuasion, sixth in duo interpretation, fourth in impromptu, first in programmed oral interpretation, top novice impromptu counseling and second in pentathlon.

For more information, contact Judy Woodring, forensic director, at (270) 745-6340.