November 2021 Wrap Up

John R. Park Debate Society Continues to Thrive as Fall Competition Moves Online

The John R. Park Debate Society’s 2021-2022 competitive season moved online with three virtual tournaments in the first two weeks of November. First, the team had one debater entered in the Illinois State University Redbird Debate Tournament on November 6-7. Then, several students entered the OATS 3 (Online Asynchronous Tournament Series) hosted by Southwest Minnesota State University during the week of November 8-12. The John R. Park Debate Society wrapped up their early November run with the Mahaffey Memorial Forensics Tournament hosted by Linfield College the weekend of November 12-14. Across these tournaments nineUniversity of Utah students won 20awards, competing against over 65schools from across the nation. Notably, senior Grace Osusky was awarded the Singletary Award for outstanding Debate Speaker from the Mahaffey Memorial Tournament, an award the recognizes the best individual debate competitor from across all of the disciplines of debating competition offered by the tournament. The team will continue its season in December at the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association fall championships.

COMPLETE RESULTS

Redbird Debate Tournament

18^th Place – Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Alyssa Lee

 

OATS 3

Overall Awards:

6^th Place – Tournament Sweepstakes – University of Utah

 

Individual Speech Awards:

1^st Place – Extemporaneous Speaking – Meredith Jenkins

4^th Place – Communication Analysis – Grace Osusky

4^th Place – Impromptu Speaking – Abigail Carper

 

Mahaffey Memorial Forensics Tournament

Individual Speech Awards:

5th Place – Extemporaneous Speaking – Meredith Jenkins

6^th Place – Poetry Interpretation – Vivian Lee

 

Debate Awards:

Singletary Award for outstanding Debate Speaker – Grace Osusky

 

1^st Place – British Parliamentary Debate – Vivian Lee & Grace Osusky

2^nd Place – Junior Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Javier Tejeda II

2^nd Place Open Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Alyssa Lee

Semifinalists – British Parliamentary Debate – Lorna Gage & Ryan Knippel

Octofinalist – Open International Public Debate – Meredith Jenkins

 

1^st Place Speaker – Open British Parliamentary Debate – Grace Osusky

2^nd Place Speaker – Junior British Parliamentary Debate – Abigail Carper

2^nd Place Speaker – Open Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Alyssa Lee

3^rd Place Speaker – Open British Parliamentary Debate – Vivian Lee

3^rd Place Speaker – Open Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Thane Zeeh

4^th Place Speaker – Open British Parliamentary Debate – Lorna Gage

4^th Place Speaker – Open British Parliamentary Debate – Ryan Knipple

4^th Place Speaker – Open International Public Debate – Meredith Jenkins