2018 Ocean City Tournament Results
As we approach spring break, I’d like to share some additional good news from the Debate and Forensics Team’s participation in the Collegiate Forensics Association’s Year-end Tournament in Ocean City, Maryland. Not only does this tournament feature regular competition and awards but it also gives out season-end war for those students who have reached finals in at least four tournaments in their respective events. Fortunately, we have results for both sets of results.
For the CFA Year-end Tournament, our team brought home 2nd Place in team sweepstakes out of more than 10 teams. The tournament featured the following individual results:
Debate
Parliamentary Debate Team (based on W-L records)
3rd Place…Molly Lovern & Carleigh West
5th Place…Sam Brown & Casey Feezle
Parliamentary Debate Speaker Awards (based on speaker points)
2nd Place…Madison Ronevich
3rd Place…Casey Feezle
6th Place…Sam Brown
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
4th Place…Sam Brown
Public Address
Extemporaneous speaking
1st Place…Sam Brown
4th Place…Molly Lovern
Informative speaking
1st Place…Spencer VanHoose
2nd Place…Casey Feezle
4th Place…Sam Brown
Impromptu
3rd Place…Carleigh West
5th Place…Josh Smart
Persuasion
3rd Place…Sam Brown
6th Place…Casey Feezle
Communication Analysis
5th Place…Miranda Jones
6th Place…Katie Zakrzewski
After-Dinner Speaking
5th Place…Casey Feezle
Interpretation
Prose:
1st Place…Sam Brown
Dramatic Interpretation:
3rd Place…Casey Feezle
Pentathlon
1st Place…Sam Brown
3rd Place…Casey Feezle
Year-end Awards
**These awards are based on students reaching finals in at least four tournaments. In more than one case, our students took home 1st Place in two or more tournaments—a tremendous feat against tough competition.
Barb Sims Memorial Lincoln-Douglas Debater of the Year: Sam Brown
Extemporaneous Speaker of the Year: Sam Brown
Extemporaneous Speaker of the Year, Runner-up: Casey Feezle
Prose Interpretation Performer of the Year: Sam Brown
Informative Speaker of the Year: Casey Feezle
Informative Speaker of the Year, Runner-up: Spencer VanHoose
Persuasion Speaker of the Year: Sam Brown
Communication Analysis Speaker of the Year: Sam Brown
Single Dramatic Interpretation Performer of the Year, Runner-up: Casey Feezle
Parliamentary Debate Team of the Year, Runners-up: Sam Brown and Casey Feezle
Other students competing in this tournament include Jordan Jalil, Imen Bouhestine, Aubrey Duckworth, Antoinette Wimbish, Kristiana Carnivale, Jacob Klepp-Egge, and Mikayla Duhaime.
Our success is not possible without the help of our volunteer assistants David Bennett, John Isner, and DeVan Sample. We are incredibly grateful for their wisdom and help!