March 21, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University’s forensic team won its ninth world championship in 10 years this week at the International Forensic Association tournament in London, England.
WKU was crowned world champions in team sweepstakes with a team half the size of second-place George Mason University. Tennessee State University placed third in the March 16-18 tournament.
Results from the IFA are as follows:
Natalie Sintek, a senior from Eagan, Minn., world champion in Lincoln-Douglas debate, world champion in after-dinner speaking, third in prose interpretation, fifth in duo interpretation (with Ganer Newman) and semifinalist in persuasive speaking.
Saeed Jones, a senior from Lewisville, Texas, world champion in impromptu speaking, sixth in persuasive speaking and semifinalist in after-dinner speaking.
Adam Swanson, a sophomore from Rosemount, Minn., second in duo interpretation (with Daniel Johnson), third in poetry interpretation and fourth in prose interpretation.
Samantha Harrison, a sophomore from Carrollton, Texas, second in impromptu speaking, third in communication analysis and semifinalist in after-dinner speaking.
Seth Peckham, a sophomore from Alden, Kan., fifth in persuasive speaking, semifinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate, semifinalist in informative speaking and semifinalist in impromptu speaking.
Ganer Newman, a junior from Sherman Oaks, Calif., second in dramatic interpretation, fifth in duo interpretation (with Natalie Sintek) and semifinalist in prose interpretation.
Maggie Waid, a senior from Symsonia, third in duo interpretation (with Ben Pyle), fourth in dramatic interpretation and semifinalist in prose interpretation.
Daniel Johnson, a sophomore from Independence, Mo., second in duo interpretation (with Adam Swanson) and semifinalist in dramatic interpretation.
Ben Pyle, a senior from Harrisburg, Ill., third in duo interpretation (with Maggie Waid) and sixth in poetry interpretation.
Beth Berger, a senior from Lexington, semifinalist in informative speaking.
Upcoming national tournaments
WKU debaters will travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., for the National Parliamentary Debate Association tournament March 27-30. WKU won the NPDA championship in 2007.
WKU will seek its fifth American Forensic Association National Individual Events Tournament in six years on April 5-7 in Austin, Texas.
The team will wrap up the 2007-08 season at the National Forensic Association National Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. Last year, WKU won its sixth NFA championship in debate and its fourth NFA title in individual events.
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