WKU Forensic Team Wins
Ohio Swing Tournament

March 08, 2004

Bowling Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University's forensic team won team sweepstakes in both portions of the Muskingum College/Ohio State University Swing Tournament on March 6-7 in Columbus, Ohio.

Individual results the William E. Bivin Forensic Society are as follows:

Armando Martinez, a freshman from Glendale, Ariz., tournament champion in after-dinner speaking and duo interpretation (with Jacob Peregoy) in the Muskingum portion; tournament champion in prose interpretation in the Ohio State portion.

Caleb Williams, a junior from Lewisville, Texas, tournament champion in communication analysis and persuasive speaking in the Muskingum portion.

Stacy Bernaugh, a senior from Seaside, Calif., tournament champion in extemporaneous speaking, third in informative speaking in the Muskingum portion.

Jacob Peregoy, a junior from Evansville, Ind., tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Armando Martinez), third in prose interpretation in the Muskingum portion; second in prose interpretation in the Ohio State portion.

Tony Damico, a Phoenix senior, tournament champion in informative speaking, fourth in prose interpretation in the Muskingum portion; tournament champion in informative speaking, fifth in prose interpretation in the Ohio State portion.

Elizabeth Au, a junior from Evansville, Ind., tournament champion in communication analysis and dramatic interpretation in the Ohio State portion.

Chris Blackford, a sophomore from Evansville, Ind., tournament champion in programmed oral interpretation in the Ohio State portion.

Kate Hertweck, a junior from Evansville, Ind., third in persuasive speaking in the Muskingum portion; tournament champion in persuasive speaking in the Ohio State portion.

Jeff Woods, a Florence junior, third in after-dinner speaking in the Muskingum portion; tournament champion in after-dinner speaking, fifth in poetry interpretation in the Ohio State portion.

Ashley Courtney, a Mayfield sophomore, fourth in communication analysis, fifth in informative speaking in the Muskingum portion; second in informative speaking, third in communication analysis in the Ohio State portion.

Justin Cress, a Florence sophomore, second in extemporaneous speaking in the Muskingum portion; second in extemporaneous speaking in the Ohio State portion.

Lydia Nelson, a freshman from Carver, Mass., second in communication analysis in the Muskingum portion.

Alex Rogers, a junior from Leawood, Kan., second in informative speaking in the Muskingum portion.

Melissa Messer, a San Antonio freshman, fourth in poetry interpretation in the Muskingum portion.

Grace Bruenderman, a Lexington sophomore, fifth in persuasive speaking in the Muskingum portion; second in persuasive speaking in the Ohio State portion.

Ryan Howell, a sophomore from Plymouth, Ind., third in dramatic interpretation in the Ohio State portion.

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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