WKU Forensic Team Fares
Well At Tournaments
October 22, 2003
Bowling Green, Ky. - Members of Western Kentucky University's forensic team traveled to two sites for Oct. 17-19 tournaments.
Members of the William E. Bivin Forensic Society placed first in individual events sweepstakes, first in overall sweepstakes and second in debate sweepstakes at the Ball State Invitational in Muncie, Ind.
Meanwhile, six team members traveled to Omaha, Neb., where they took third in debate sweepstakes at the Creighton/Concordia Swing.
This weekend, team members will travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., for Colorado College Invitational and to Owensboro for the Owensboro Community College Invitational.
Results from the Ball State Invitational are as follows:
Evelio Silvera, a senior from Fort Myers, Fla., individual sweepstakes champion, extemporaneous speaking champion, impromptu speaking champion, fourth in after-dinner speaking, fifth in poetry interpretation.
Nick Romerhausen, a sophomore from Evansville, Ind., third in individual sweepstakes, after-dinner speaking champion, second in informative speaking, third in rhetorical criticism, fifth in impromptu speaking.
Tony Damico, a senior from Phoenix, fourth in individual sweepstakes, second in duo interpretation (with Adam Henze), second in programmed oral interpretation, third in after-dinner speaking, fifth in prose interpretation.
Margaret Au, a senior from Evansville, Ind., fifth in individual sweepstakes, third in programmed oral interpretation, third in prose interpretation, fourth in poetry interpretation.
Elizabeth Au, a junior from Evansville, Ind., second in after-dinner speaking, fourth in programmed oral interpretation, fourth in prose interpretation.
Nicole Estenfelder, a Florence junior, prose interpretation champion, fifth in dramatic interpretation, fifth in programmed oral interpretation.
Jeff Woods, a Florence junior, persuasive speaking champion, second in rhetorical criticism.
Jacob Peregoy, a junior from Evansville, Ind., poetry interpretation champion, third in informative speaking.
Melissa Messer, a San Antonio freshman, informative speaking champion, sixth in programmed oral interpretation.
Jenny Corum, an Auburn junior, second in Lincoln-Douglas debate, second in impromptu speaking.
Rebecca Simms, a Lebanon junior, third in poetry interpretation, fifth in duo interpretation (with Courtney Wright).
Ashley Courtney, a Mayfield sophomore, third in persuasive speaking, sixth in poetry interpretation.
Grace Bruenderman, a Lexington sophomore, fifth in informative speaking, sixth in rhetorical criticism.
Nicole Hawk, an Upton sophomore, fifth in extemporaneous speaking, sixth in impromptu speaking.
Lydia Nelson, a freshman from Carver, Mass., fifth in persuasive speaking, sixth in after-dinner speaking.
Armando Martinez, a freshman from Glendale, Ariz., dramatic interpretation champion.
Lyndsey Nave, a senior from Harrisburg, Ill., programmed oral interpretation champion.
Corey Alderdice, a Water Valley junior, second in prose interpretation.
Adam Henze, a junior from Evansville, Ind., second in duo interpretation (with Tony Damico).
Ashley Mack, a freshman from Mesa, Ariz., second in novice poetry interpretation.
Caleb Williams, a junior from Lewisville, Texas, third in impromptu speaking.
Courtney Wright, a sophomore from Evansville, Ind., fifth in duo interpretation (with Rebecca Simms).
Results from the Creighton/Concordia tournament are as follows:
Stacy Bernaugh, a senior from Seaside, Calif., semifinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate, final 16 in parliamentary debate (with Jennifer Purcell), seventh in Lincoln-Douglas debate speaker awards; third in impromptu speaking in Creighton tournament; impromptu speaking champion in Concordia tournament.
Jennifer Purcell, a junior from Lewisville, Texas, final 16 in parliamentary debate (with Stacy Bernaugh), fifth in Lincoln-Douglas debate speaker awards; impromptu speaking champion in Creighton tournament; second in impromptu speaking in Concordia tournament.
Hannah Reliford, a Georgetown junior, quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Joelle Perry, a Florence freshman, final 16 in Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Kate Hertweck, a junior from Evansville, Ind., second in impromptu speaking, fourth in rhetorical criticism in Creighton tournament; third in impromptu speaking, third in informative speaking in Concordia tournament.
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.
