WKU Forensic Team Takes
First Place At Two Tournaments
February 16, 2004
Bowling Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University forensic team members traveled to four tournaments Feb 14-15, taking first place two tournaments.
Sixteen members of the William E. Bivin Forensic Society traveled to Boston to compete at the Suffolk/West Florida Swing. In the first tournament, hosted by West Florida University, WKU placed first in team sweepstakes ahead of Cornell University and George Mason University. In the second tournament, hosted by Suffolk University, WKU placed first in team sweepstakes ahead of George Mason and Lafayette.
Ten team members traveled to Norman, Okla., to compete at the Oklahoma/West Texas A&M Swing. In the first tournament, hosted by Oklahoma University, WKU placed second in individual events sweepstakes behind the University of Texas. In the second half of the swing, hosted by West Texas A&M, WKU placed third behind Texas and Oklahoma.
Individual results from the Suffolk/West Florida Swing are as follows:
Jacob Peregoy, a junior from Evansville, Ind., first in individual sweepstakes, tournament champion in after-dinner speaking, duo interpretation (with Stacy Bernaugh), prose interpretation in the West Florida portion; tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Stacy Bernaugh), second in individual sweepstakes, second in after-dinner speaking, fourth in prose interpretation in the Suffolk portion.
Grace Bruenderman, a Lexington sophomore, tournament champion in poetry interpretation, second in individual sweepstakes, third in persuasive speaking, third in prose interpretation in the West Florida portion; second in communication analysis, fourth in individual sweepstakes, sixth in prose interpretation in the Suffolk portion.
Stacy Bernaugh, a senior from Seaside, Calif., tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Jacob Peregoy) and Lincoln-Douglas Debate, first in Lincoln-Douglas Debate speaker awards in the West Florida portion; tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Jacob Peregoy), octofinalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate in the Suffolk portion.
Alex Rogers, a junior from Leawood, Kan., third in informative speaking, fourth in Lincoln-Douglas Debate Speaker Awards, sixth in persuasive speaking, semifinalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate in the West Florida portion; second in persuasive speaking in the Suffolk portion.
Caleb Williams, a junior from Lewisville, Texas, third in after-dinner speaking, fifth in persuasive speaking in the West Florida portion; tournament champion in persuasive speaking, third in after-dinner speaking, fifth in impromptu speaking in the Suffolk portion.
Jenny Corum, an Auburn junior, second in impromptu speaking, quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate in the West Florida portion.
Jennifer Purcell, a junior from Lewisville, Texas, quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, second in Lincoln-Douglas Debate Speaker Awards in the West Florida portion; second in impromptu speaking, quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate in the Suffolk portion.
Joelle Perry, a Florence freshman, fifth in informative speaking, semifinalist in
Lincoln-Douglas Debate in the West Florida portion; second in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, third in Lincoln-Douglas Debate Speaker Awards in the Suffolk portion.
Justin Cress, a Florence sophomore, seventh in impromptu speaking, quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate in the West Florida portion; tournament champion in impromptu speaking in the Suffolk portion.
Nicole Hawk, an Upton sophomore, third in impromptu speaking in the West Florida portion; third in impromptu speaking in the Suffolk portion.
Jordon Wadlington, an Eddyville sophomore, third in communication analysis in the West Florida portion; third in persuasive speaking, fourth in communication analysis, octofinalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate in the Suffolk portion.
Hannah Reliford, a Georgetown junior, quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate in the West Florida portion; octofinalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate in the Suffolk portion.
Eric Rogers, a Cave City senior, tournament champion in extemporaneous speaking, fifth in informative speaking in the Suffolk portion.
Lydia Nelson, a freshman from Carver, Mass., tournament champion in informative speaking in the Suffolk portion.
Individual results from the Oklahoma/West Texas A&M Swing are as follows:
Lindsey Nave, a senior from Harrisburg, Ill., tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Ashley Courtney), first in individual sweepstakes, second in poetry interpretation, second in prose interpretation, fourth in after-dinner speaking in the Oklahoma portion; sixth in after-dinner speaking in the West Texas A&M portion.
Ryan Howell, a sophomore from Plymouth, Ind., tournament champion in after-dinner speaking and dramatic interpretation in the Oklahoma portion; third in dramatic interpretation in the West Texas A&M portion.
Ashley Mack, a freshman from Mesa, Ariz., second in programmed oral interpretation, third in informative speaking, seventh in communication analysis in the Oklahoma portion; third in communication analysis, third in programmed oral interpretation, fourth in persuasive speaking in the West Texas A&M portion.
Elizabeth Au, a junior from Evansville, Ind., third in dramatic interpretation, fifth in communication analysis in the Oklahoma portion; fourth in dramatic interpretation in the West Texas A&M portion.
Ashley Courtney, a Mayfield sophomore, tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Lindsey Nave) in the Oklahoma portion; fourth in communication analysis in the West Texas A&M portion.
Rebecca Simms, a Lebanon junior, tournament champion in prose interpretation in the Oklahoma portion.
Melissa Messer, a San Antonio freshman, second in after-dinner speaking in the Oklahoma portion; third in after-dinner speaking, sixth in poetry interpretation in the West Texas A&M portion.
Margaret Au, a senior from Evansville, Ind., second in informative speaking in the Oklahoma portion.
Courtney Wright, a sophomore from Evansville, Ind., fourth in poetry interpretation in the Oklahoma portion; second in prose interpretation, third in persuasive speaking, fourth in poetry interpretation in the West Texas A&M portion.
Nicole Estenfelder, a Florence junior, third in informative speaking in the West Texas A&M portion.
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