February 05, 2007
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University forensic team members traveled to San Diego, Calif., and Murray, Ky., to take part in two tournaments the weekend of Feb. 2-3.
At Point Loma, the team swept the Four-Year sweepstakes, the individual events and debate sweepstakes, and the overall tournament sweepstakes. The University of the Pacific placed second in the Four-Year sweepstakes and Arizona State University was third. The University of the Pacific also placed second in individual events and debate sweepstakes, with Northern Arizona University taking third.
In Murray, WKU’s team of 13 placed first overall in the Alumni portion, with Illinois State University placing second and the University of Alabama placing third. In the Murray State University portion, WKU placed third overall behind Bradley University and the University of Alabama.
Results from the Point Loma/Southwest College Swing are as follows:
Saeed Jones, a junior from Lewisville, Texas, tournament champion in persuasive speaking, tournament champion in poetry interpretation, third in after-dinner speaking, third individual sweepstakes in the Southwest portion; individual sweepstakes champion, tournament champion in after-dinner speaking, tournament champion in impromptu speaking, tournament champion in persuasive speaking, second in poetry interpretation, quarterfinalist in JV parliamentary debate (with Barry Fields), 13th JV parliamentary debate speaker in the Point Loma portion.
Natalie Sintek, a junior from Eagan, Minn., tournament champion in programmed oral interpretation, second in informative speaking, third in poetry interpretation in the Southwest portion; tournament champion in informative speaking, tournament champion in poetry interpretation, fourth in individual sweepstakes in the Point Loma portion.
Kasey Gardner, a senior from Simi Valley, Calif., tournament champion in impromptu speaking, second in extemporaneous speaking in the Southwest portion; tournament champion in parliamentary debate (with Keyon Shokraie), second in Lincoln-Douglas debate, second parliamentary debate speaker in the Point Loma portion.
Joelle Perry, a senior from Florence, first parliamentary debate speaker, second in persuasive speaking, semifinalist in parliamentary debate (with Thomas Schally) in the Point Loma portion; top debate speaker, second in parliamentary debate (with Thomas Schally) in the Point Loma Round Robin.
Lauren Nelson, a sophomore from Wheaton, Ill., third in persuasive speaking, third in impromptu speaking, sixth in extemporaneous speaking in the Southwest portion; quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate, double octofinalist in parliamentary debate (with Chad Meadows), 17th parliamentary debate speaker in the Point Loma portion.
Keyon Shokraie, a senior from Somis, Calif., tournament champion in extemporaneous speaking in the Southwest portion; tournament champion in parliamentary debate (with Kasey Gardner), quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate, 10th parliamentary debate speaker in the Point Loma portion.
Barry Fields, a senior from Bowling Green, second in rhetorical criticism in the Southwest portion; second in informative speaking, second in impromptu speaking, fourth in individual sweepstakes, quarterfinalist in JV parliamentary debate (with Saeed Jones), 10th JV parliamentary debate speaker, finalist in rhetorical criticism in the Point Loma portion.
Beth Berger, a junior from Lexington, tournament champion in after-dinner speaking, fourth in rhetorical criticism in the Southwest portion; second in rhetorical criticism, third in after-dinner speaking, finalist in informative speaking in the Point Loma portion.
Thomas Schally, a junior from Stillwater, Minn., tournament champion in Lincoln-Douglas debate, semifinalist in parliamentary debate (with Joelle Perry) in the Point Loma portion; second in parliamentary debate (with Joelle Perry) in the Point Loma Round Robin.
Chad Meadows, a junior from Owensboro, second in impromptu speaking, third in extemporaneous speaking in the Southwest portion; semifinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate, double octofinalist in parliamentary debate (with Lauren Nelson) in the Point Loma portion.
Daniel Johnson, a freshman from Independence, Mo., tournament champion in dramatic interpretation in the Point Loma portion.
Joseph Allen, a sophomore from Boise, Idaho, semifinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate, double octofinalist in parliamentary debate (with Rachel Mosley), ninth parliamentary debate speaker in the Point Loma portion.
Elizabeth Mullins, a freshman from Plymouth, Mass., quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate, 16th parliamentary debate speaker in the Point Loma portion.
Rachel Mosley, a sophomore from Lake Tahoe, Calif., third parliamentary debate speaker, double octofinalist in parliamentary debate (with Joseph Allen) in the Point Loma portion.
Adam Heugel, a junior from Rosenburg, Texas, fourth in impromptu speaking in the Southwest portion.
Jessica Furgerson, a freshman from San Antonio, Texas, fifth in extemporaneous speaking in the Southwest portion.
Logan Parke, a freshman from Little Rock, Ark., quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate in the Point Loma portion.
Results from the Murray State/Alumni Swing are as follows:
Cornelius Lee, a sophomore from Killeen, Texas, tournament champion in duo interpretation (with J.D. VanSlyke), third in dramatic interpretation in the Alumni portion; second in duo interpretation (with J.D. VanSlyke), fourth in prose interpretation, fifth in informative speaking in the Murray portion.
Micah Mason, a sophomore from Desoto, Texas, tournament champion in informative speaking, tournament champion in programmed oral interpretation, fourth in persuasive speaking, sixth in duo interpretation (with Nick Courtney) in the Alumni portion; third in programmed oral interpretation, fifth in persuasive speaking in the Murray portion.
Samantha Harrison, a freshman from Carrollton, Texas, tournament champion in poetry interpretation, sixth in impromptu speaking in the Alumni portion; second in poetry interpretation, fifth in impromptu speaking in the Murray portion.
Nick Courtney, a sophomore from Morristown, Tenn., tournament champion in rhetorical criticism, sixth in duo interpretation (with Micah Mason) in the Alumni portion; fourth in informative speaking, sixth in rhetorical criticism in the Murray portion.
Jerome Davis, a freshman from Austell, Ga., tournament champion in dramatic interpretation, fifth in prose interpretation in the Alumni portion; third in dramatic interpretation, third in prose interpretation in the Murray portion.
J.D. VanSlyke, a sophomore from Wylie, Texas, tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Cornelius Lee) in the Alumni portion; second in duo interpretation (with Cornelius Lee) in the Murray portion.
Maggie Waid, a junior from Symsonia, second in prose interpretation, fourth in dramatic interpretation in the Alumni portion; tournament champion in dramatic interpretation, fifth in prose interpretation in the Murray portion.
Benjamin Pyle, a junior from Harrisburg, Ill., second in duo interpretation (with Rachel Wigginton) in the Alumni portion; tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Rachel Wigginton) in the Murray portion.
Rachel Wigginton, a sophomore from Glendale, second in duo interpretation (with Ben Pyle), fourth in rhetorical criticism, fifth in informative speaking in the Alumni portion; tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Ben Pyle), third in rhetorical criticism in the Murray portion.
Lydia Nelson, a senior from Carver, Mass., fourth in impromptu speaking, fourth in informative speaking, fifth in dramatic interpretation in the Alumni portion; third in informative speaking, sixth in dramatic interpretation in the Murray portion.
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