John R. Park Debate Society Begins Spring Season with a Strong Start
The John R. Park Debate Society opened its Spring 2018 competitive season at home by hosting the Mile High Debate Swings, Great Salt Lake Invitational, and UTEP Classic with tournament cohosts Texas Tech University and the University of Texas-El Paso. At the tournament, the team kicked off the Spring season with a strong competitive showing, including winning 7 of 22 public speaking events across 2 days of competition and qualifying six events to the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament. The team will look to build on its strong start to the Spring season on January 26-29 at Kansas State University.
COMPLETE RESULTS
Overall (Sweepstakes) Awards
1st Place - IE Sweepstakes (UTEP Classic)
Debate Awards
TTU Invitational
Double Octofinalists - Open Parliamentary Debate - Averie Vockel & Shad Wojciechowski
Double Octofinalists - Open Parliamentary Debate - Rachel Carlson & Ashton Poindexter
Great Salt Lake Invitational
Octofinalists - Open Parliamentary Debate - Rachel Carlson & Ashton Poindexter
Octofinalists - Open Parliamentary Debate - Courtney Nilson & Amanda Shepherd
Individual Event Awards
Great Salt Lake Invitational
1st Place - Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Lam
1st Place - Dramatic Interpretation - Madeline Lehman
2nd Place - Prose Interpretation - Summer Gomez
3rd Place - Persuasive Speaking - Bryan Casselman
3rd Place - Dramatic Interpretation - Zachary Ray
3rd Place - Prose Interpretation - Zachary Ray
UTEP Classic
1st Place - Individual Sweepstakes - Zachary Ray
1st Place - Poetry Interpretation - Jeremy Lam
1st Place - Prose Interpretation - Zachary Ray
1st Place – Programmed Oral Interpretation – Jose Soto
1st Place - Persuasive Speaking - Averie Vockel
1st Place – Duo Interpretation – Madeline Lehman & Zachary Ray
2nd Place - Persuasive Speaking - Bryan Casselman
2nd Place – Communication Analysis – Christopher de Freitas
2nd Place - Informative Speaking - Ben Jensen
2nd Place - Dramatic Interpretation - Zachary Ray
2nd Place – After Dinner Speaking – Shad Wojciechowski
3rd Place - Prose Interpretation - Summer Gomez
7th Place - Extemporaneous Speaking - Bryan Casselman