March 09, 2009
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Four Western Kentucky University forensic team members traveled to New Concord, Ohio, to compete in the last invitational tournaments of the season the weekend of March 7-8.
This was the last chance to qualify for the national tournaments, which will be in April. The debate team, however, will begin its string of national debate tournaments on March 21 with the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence.
Results from the Ohio Generic Swing are as follows:
Seth Peckham, a junior from Alden, Kan., tournament champion in after-dinner speaking in the Muskingum portion.
Rachel Wigginton, a senior from Glendale, tournament champion in informative speaking in the Muskingum portion.
Ethan Millspaugh, a sophomore from Coppell, Texas, tournament champion in programmed oral interpretation in the Ohio State portion.
Logan Parke, a junior from Little Rock, Ark., fourth in persuasive speaking in the Muskingum portion; fourth in persuasive speaking in the Ohio State portion.
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