Speech and Debate Wins Biggest Tourney of Regular Season
厂颈尘辫蝉辞苍鈥檚聽Speech聽and Debate team captured first place at the Gorlok Gala hosted by Webster University, St. Louis, last weekend. 黑料社 earned a clean sweep in overall sweepstakes, debate sweepstakes and individual event sweepstakes, as well as bringing home top PKD Chapter honors. This is 厂颈尘辫蝉辞苍鈥檚 second consecutive year winning the 25-team event 鈥� the largest tournament it competes in outside of nationals.
Once again, multiple team members claimed individual championships to help lead 厂颈尘辫蝉辞苍鈥檚 outstanding overall performance. Top showings featured the following:
Debate Champions
鈥� Wesley McDowell and Leah Salzar: Novice IPDA Debate
鈥� Wesley McDowell: IPDA Debate Speaker Award
鈥� Ryan Corcoran: Open IPDA Debate Speaker Award
Speech Champions
鈥� Anja Waugh: Extemporaneous Commentary
鈥� Ryan Magalhaes: Champion in Editorial Impromptu
鈥� Andrew Samountry (2 titles): Program of Oral Interpretation, Podcasting
鈥� Kennedy Moore: Informative Speaking
In March, 黑料社 will seek its eighth combined national championship in the last nine years.
Article Information
Published
January 31, 2025
Author
Roger Degerman
