WKU forensic team members traveled to Rome, Ga., and Huntington, W.Va., on the weekend of Oct. 30-Nov. 1 to take part in two tournaments.
At both tournaments, WKU advanced all team members to elimination rounds.
Results from the Berry College “Georgia Mountain” Swing Tournament are as follows:
Jessica Furgerson, a senior from San Antonio, Texas, tournament champion in impromptu speaking, tournament champion in individual sweepstakes, second in informative speaking, third in communication analysis, third in extemporaneous speaking and sixth in poetry interpretation in the Alumni portion; tournament champion in individual sweepstakes, second in communication analysis, third in impromptu speaking, fourth in informative speaking and sixth in extemporaneous speaking in the Berry portion.
Seth Peckham, a senior from Alden, Kan., tournament champion in informative speaking, tournament champion in impromptu variations, second in extemporaneous speaking and third in persuasive speaking in the Berry portion; tournament champion in informative speaking and tournament champion in impromptu variations in the Alumni portion.
Jerome Davis, a senior from Austell, Ga., tournament champion in dramatic interpretation, second in prose interpretation and second in duo interpretation (with Jamaka Young) in the Berry portion; tournament champion in dramatic interpretation and second in prose interpretation in the Alumni portion.
Jamaka Young, a sophomore from Burnsville, Minn., tournament champion in poetry interpretation, second in dramatic interpretation and second in duo interpretation (with Jerome Davis) in the Berry portion; tournament champion in poetry interpretation and third in dramatic interpretation in the Alumni portion.
Robert Whittley, a junior from Glenview, Ill., tournament champion in programmed oral interpretation and fourth in poetry interpretation in the Berry portion; second in programmed oral interpretation, third in poetry interpretation and fourth in dramatic interpretation in the Alumni portion.
Chelsea Harman, a junior from Hickory, tournament champion in programmed oral interpretation and fifth in poetry interpretation in the Alumni portion; third in programmed oral interpretation and fifth in poetry interpretation in the Berry portion.
Matt Whitman, a sophomore from Austin, Texas, tournament champion in extemporaneous speaking in the Berry portion; second in extemporaneous speaking in the Alumni portion.
Rob Strobel, a junior from Lexington, second in impromptu speaking in the Alumni portion.
Todd Rainey, a junior from Indianapolis, third in extemporaneous speaking and fifth in impromptu speaking in the Berry portion; fifth in extemporaneous speaking in the Alumni portion.
Kelcy Hathaway, a senior from Garden City, Kan., fourth in impromptu speaking and fifth in persuasive speaking in the Berry portion; fifth in impromptu speaking in the Alumni portion.
Celena Allen, a sophomore from Hayward, Calif., fifth in dramatic interpretation and sixth in prose interpretation in the Berry portion; fifth in dramatic interpretation in the Alumni portion.
Colby Holt, a junior from Paducah, fourth in communication analysis in the Alumni portion; sixth in communication analysis in the Berry portion.
Results from the Marshall University “Chief Justice” Tournament are as follows:
Elias Abdalla, a freshman from Portland, Texas, tournament champion in dramatic interpretation and third in prose interpretation.
Khristan Solliday, a sophomore from Mitchell, Ind., tournament champion in impromptu speaking, third in communication analysis and fourth in extemporaneous speaking.
Kelly Lootz, a junior from Plymouth, Mass., tournament champion in poetry interpretation, fifth in after-dinner speaking and fifth in dramatic interpretation.
Adam Bouchareb, a freshman from Lakeville, Minn., second in prose interpretation and third in duo interpretation (with Adam Swanson).
Adam Swanson, a senior from Rosemount, Minn., third in poetry interpretation and third in duo interpretation (with Adam Bouchareb).
Contact: Judy Woodring, (270) 745-6340.
