WKU Forensic Team Wins State Title,
Two Other Tournaments

February 17, 2003

Bowling Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University forensic team members took first place at three tournaments last weekend, including the Kentucky Forensic Association State Tournament.

Twenty-six members of WKU's William E. Bivin Forensic Society placed first in individual events sweepstakes, first in debate sweepstakes and first in overall sweepstakes at the state tournament Feb. 14-15 in Williamsburg.

Eight team members placed first in team sweepstakes at both tournaments in the Simmons/Suffolk Swing Feb. 15-16 in Boston.

In parliamentary debate at the KFA tournament, four WKU teams advanced to quarterfinals, defeated all other teams that advanced and shared in the state championship. The students who share in the parliamentary debate championship are Stacy Bernaugh, David Burns, Jenny Corum, Evan Floyd, Jennifer Purcell, Hannah Reliford, Evelio Silvera and Caleb Williams.

Individual results from the KFA State Tournament are as follows:

Jeff Woods, a Florence sophomore, state champion in communication analysis, fourth in persuasive speaking, fifth in programmed oral interpretation, sixth in poetry interpretation.

Ashley Courtney, a Mayfield freshman, state champion in programmed oral interpretation, second in communication analysis.

Lindsey Nave, a junior from Harrisburg, Ill., state champion in poetry interpretation, fourth in after-dinner speaking.

Stacy Bernaugh, a senior from Seaside, Calif., state champion in extemporaneous speaking.

Katie Tyree, a junior from Plymouth, Ind., state champion in after-dinner speaking.

Adam Henze, a sophomore from Evansville, Ind., second in dramatic interpretation, third in after-dinner speaking, third in programmed oral interpretation and fifth in communication analysis.

Ryan Howell, a freshman from Plymouth, Ind., second in after-dinner speaking, second in duo interpretation (with Courtney Wright), fourth in programmed oral interpretation.

Corey Alderdice, a Water Valley junior, second in poetry interpretation, fourth in dramatic interpretation, fourth in duo interpretation (with Nicole Estenfelder).

Evelio Silvera, a junior from Fort Myers, Fla., second in extemporaneous speaking, second in persuasive speaking.

Chris Brasfield, a Fulton freshman, second in programmed oral interpretation, fourth in prose interpretation.

Courtney Wright, a freshman from Evansville, Ind., second in duo interpretation (with Ryan Howell), sixth in after-dinner speaking.

Grace Bruenderman, a Lexington freshman, third in communication analysis, sixth in prose interpretation.

Evan Floyd, a sophomore from West Chester, Ohio, third in extemporaneous speaking.

Jordon Wadlington, an Eddyville freshman, third in informative speaking.

Caleb Williams, a sophomore from Lewisville, Texas, third in persuasive speaking.

David Burns, a sophomore from Dayton, Ohio, fourth in informative speaking.

Nicole Estenfelder, a Florence sophomore, fourth in duo interpretation (with Corey Alderdice).

Nicole Hawk, an Upton freshman, fifth in extemporaneous speaking.

Nick Romerhausen, a freshman from Evansville, Ind., fifth in prose interpretation.

Chris Blackford, a freshman from Evansville, Ind., seventh in dramatic interpretation.

Individual results from the Simmons/Suffolk Swing are as follows:

Jacob Peregoy, a sophomore from Evansville, Ind., first in individual sweepstakes, second in after-dinner speaking, second in dramatic interpretation, second in poetry interpretation, third in duo interpretation (with Elizabeth Au) in Simmons tourney; first in individual sweepstakes, after-dinner speaking champion, poetry interpretation champion, second in dramatic interpretation, third in duo interpretation (with Au) in Suffolk tourney.

Joel Smith, a Murray sophomore, third in informative speaking, fourth in individual sweepstakes, fourth in dramatic interpretation, fourth in poetry interpretation in Simmons tourney; dramatic interpretation champion, second in poetry interpretation, fifth in individual sweepstakes in Suffolk tourney.

Tony Damico, a Phoenix junior, informative speaking champion, third in individual sweepstakes, third in after-dinner speaking in Simmons tourney; third in prose interpretation in Suffolk tourney.

Rebecca Simms, a Lebanon sophomore, persuasive speaking champion, third in prose interpretation in Simmons tourney; persuasive speaking champion, second in prose interpretation in Suffolk tourney.

Margaret Au, a junior from Evansville, Ind., poetry interpretation champion, fourth in after-dinner speaking in Simmons tourney; second in informative speaking, third in after-dinner speaking in Suffolk tourney.

Elizabeth Au, a sophomore from Evansville, Ind., third in duo interpretation (with Jacob Peregoy), third in programmed oral interpretation in Simmons tourney; third in duo interpretation (with Peregoy) in Suffolk tourney.

Kate Hertweck, a sophomore from Evansville, Ind., rhetorical criticism champion in Simmons tourney; rhetorical criticism champion in Suffolk tourney.

Raegan Gibson, a senior from Evansville, Ind., second in Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Suffolk tourney.

For more information, contact Judy Woodring, forensics director, at (270) 745-6340 . More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via E-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.

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