UWEC Forensics traveled to Mankato, MN on October 19-20, 2019 to compete at the Minnesota Swing Tournament. Saturday’s tournament was hosted by MSU-Mankato led by UWEC alumni Katie Brunner and Dr. Justin Rudnick and Sunday’s tournament was hosted by Southwest Minnesota State University under the direction of UWEC alumnus Julie Walker. Blugolds won the quality award on Saturday (most breaks for size of event) and the limited sweeps award on Sunday.
Day 1 of the Minnesota Swing (Larry Schnoor Invitational) -October 19, 2019
Extemp: Emily Shepardson (senior) 3rd Place
Persuasion : Meghan Neu (junior) 4th Place
ADS: Meghan Neu 5th Place
DI: Ali Metzen (first year) 5th Place
DI: Emily Shepardson 1st Place
Poetry: Elder Romero 1st Place
Julie Walker Quality Award: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Day 2 of the Minnesota Swing- (Mustang Stampede) Sunday Oct. 20, 2019
ADS - Meghan Neu junior) 3rd Place
DI-Ali Metzen (first year)3rd place
DI - Emily Shepardson (senior) 1st Place
Extemp - Emily Shepardson 2nd Place
Persuasion - Meghan Neu 2nd Place
Prose - Elder Romero 5th Place
1st in Limited Sweeps and 4th in Open Sweeps-University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire