WKU Forensic Team Competes
In Ohio Tournaments

March 07, 2003

Bowling Green, Ky. - Eighteen members of Western Kentucky University's forensic team traveled to Ohio on March 1-2 to compete at the Muskingum College Invitational Tournament and the Ohio State University Invitational Tournament.

Neither tournament presented awards for team sweepstakes.

Individual results are as follows:

Caleb Williams, a sophomore from Lewisville, Texas, impromptu speaking champion, second in persuasive speaking at Muskingum.

Courtney Wright, a freshman from Evansville, Ind., poetry interpretation champion, third in after-dinner speaking at Muskingum; fifth in prose interpretation at Ohio State.

Adam Henze, a sophomore from Evansville, Ind., second in rhetorical criticism, sixth in after-dinner speaking at Muskingum; third in dramatic interpretation at Ohio State.

Corey Alderdice, a Water Valley junior, third in impromptu speaking, sixth in informative speaking at Muskingum.

Evelio Silvera, a junior from Fort Myers, Fla., rhetorical criticism champion at Muskingum; fifth in rhetorical criticism at Ohio State.

Chris Blackford, a freshman from Evansville, Ind., second in prose interpretation at Muskingum.

Tony Damico, a Phoenix junior, fourth in duo interpretation (with Lindsey Nave) at Muskingum; fourth in duo interpretation (with Nave) at Ohio State.

Lindsey Nave, a junior from Harrisburg, Ill., fourth in duo interpretation (with Tony Damico) at Muskingum; third in duo interpretation (with Ryan Howell), fourth in duo interpretation (with Damico) at Ohio State.

Ryan Howell, a freshman from Plymouth, Ind., fifth in after-dinner speaking at Muskingum; programmed oral interpretation champion, third in duo interpretation (with Lindsey Nave), fifth in after-dinner speaking at Ohio State.

Courtney Smith, a junior from Downers Grove, Ill., fifth in persuasive speaking at Muskingum.

Jeff Woods, a Florence sophomore, fifth in rhetorical criticism at Muskingum; second in rhetorical criticism at Ohio State.

David Burns, a sophomore from Dayton, Ohio, second in informative speaking at Ohio State.

Ashley Courtney, a Mayfield freshman, third in programmed oral interpretation at Ohio State.

Joel Smith, a Murray sophomore, fourth in informative speaking at Ohio State.

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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