UWEC Forensics won 1st place in team sweepstakes at the Twin Cities Forensics League Tournament on Tuesday, February 28th. The students were excited that there were 11 schools attending this tournament, which allowed the events to be large enough for some good completion and quite a few national qualifications to be given. UWEC captured many of these qualifications. Here are the specific results:
Extemporaneous Speaking—3rd-Clayton Cavanaugh
Extemporaneous Speaking—2nd—Colin Pitman
Impromptu Speaking—1st—Clayton Cavanaugh
Informative Speaking—4th—Kayleigh Pook
Informative Speaking—2nd —Taylor Turben
Informative Speaking—1st—Colin Pitman
Persuasion—2nd—Emily Shepardson
Persuasion—1st—Maddy Hinze
After-Dinner Speaking—3rd –Mitchell Krisnik
Communication Analysis—3rd—Taylor Turben
Dramatic Interpretation—3rd—Tennisha Sonsalla
Dramatic Interpretation—2nd—Austen Fairbanks
Duo Interpretation—2nd—Austen Fairbanks/Mitchell Krisnik
Poetry Interpretation—1st—Tennisha Sonsalla
Prose Interpretation—6th—Lauren Brooks
Prose Interpretation—4th—Emily Shepardson
Prose Interpretation—2nd—Cole Estrem
Prose Interpretation—1st—Maddy Hinze
Team Sweepstakes—1st place—UWEC