WKU forensic team members traveled to Philadelphia, Pa., and Normal, Ill., to take part in two tournaments the weekend of Oct. 3-4.
At the Lafayette College Debate Tournament, WKU placed first in team sweepstakes.
At the “Seventy-Four Swing” in Illinois, WKU’s team of 13 swept the Bradley portion of the tournament in team sweepstakes with Ohio University second and Wisconsin Eau Claire third. In the ISU portion, WKU placed second, with Ohio University in first, and Wisconsin Eau Claire in third.
Results from the Lafayette College Debate Tournament are as follows:
Kaleb Jessee, a senior from Garden City, Kan., top debate speaker and quarter-finalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Sarah Spiker, a junior from Snohomish, Wash., third debate speaker and semifinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Todd Rainey, a junior from Indianapolis, semifinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate and seventh debate speaker.
Logan Parke, a senior from Little Rock, Ark., quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Jessica Furgerson, a senior from San Antonio, Texas, octofinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Rob Strobel, a junior from Lexington, eighth debate speaker.
Joshua Harzman, a junior from Salina, Kan., 10th debate speaker.
Results from the Seventy-Four Swing are as follows:
Seth Peckham, a senior from Alden, Kan., tournament champion in impromptu speaking, tournament champion in extemporaneous speaking and tournament champion in informative speaking in the Bradley portion; sixth in extemporaneous speaking in the ISU portion.
Samantha Harrison, a senior from Carrollton, Texas, tournament champion in individual sweepstakes, tournament champion in after-dinner speaking, second in poetry interpretation, and second in duo interpretation (with Colby Holt) in the Bradley portion; third in individual sweepstakes and fifth in poetry interpretation in the ISU portion.
Carrie Guggenmos, a senior from Fullerton, Calif., tournament champion in programmed oral interpretation, second in informative speaking in the Bradley portion; second in informative speaking, second in programmed oral interpretation in the ISU portion.
Celena Allen, a sophomore from Hayward, Calif., tournament champion in dramatic interpretation in the Bradley portion.
Ethan Millspaugh, a junior from Coppell, Texas, third in prose interpretation and fifth in programmed oral interpretation in the ISU portion; eighth in prose interpretation in the Bradley portion.
Colby Holt, a junior from Paducah, second in duo interpretation (with Samantha Harrison) in the Bradley portion; fourth in programmed oral interpretation in the ISU portion.
Maggie Woodward, a sophomore from Collierville, Tenn., third in informative speaking in the ISU portion; third in communication analysis in the Bradley portion.
Tatiana Mackins-Burton, a freshman from Burnsville, Minn., fourth in informative speaking and sixth in poetry interpretation in the ISU portion; sixth in informative speaking in the Bradley portion.
Kelly Lootz, a junior from Plymouth, Mass., fourth in after-dinner speaking in the Bradley portion.
Jamaka Young, a sophomore from Burnsville, Minn., fifth in poetry interpretation in the Bradley portion; sixth in dramatic interpretation in the ISU portion.
Khristan Solliday, a sophomore from Mitchell, Ind., seventh in extemporaneous speaking in the ISU portion.
Contact: Judy Woodring, (270) 745-6340.
