Tournament Updates

The competition season and fall semester are now in full swing! We hosted 12 universities on our campus the weekend of September 17-19, and when I get some pictures of the event, I will be sure to post them!

Also, we made our first out-of-state trip last weekend (October 1-2) to Illinois State University. We won some awards, had a great time, and were able to bring a novice competitor to her first forensics tournament ever.

Late last night we returned from the University of Alabama where we had an excellent showing, winning 23 total awards. Some highlights include taking Third Place as a Team at both halves of the tournament (out of 16 universities from across the nation), and Third place overall for the weekend; breaking all of our Duo Interpretation entries, and winning First, Second and Third in the event for the second half of the tournament; breaking every varsity team member into an elimination round; having two competitors win quadrathon (or overall speaker) awards. Full results after the photos!

Our lovely novices: Eryn Hall, Bianca Herron, & Megan Miriah Robertson

The full team with coaches. (front row: l-r) Terra Strong, Maximilian Cole, Kelli Volk, Lanial Madden. (back row: l-r) Coach Emily Kofoed, Coach Jerome Davis, Coach Ben Unanaowo, Veronica James, Byron Harvey, Andrea Durham, Wil Taylor, Chanel Lake, Derrick Johnson, Eryn Hall, Megan Miriah Robertson, Bianca Herron, Coach Kimberley LaMarque

Our competitors in Duo Interpretation

Full results for the weekend:

2010 Alabama Swing, Part One

Hosted by Alabama Forensics Alumni

First Place, Duo Interpretation

Students: Terra Strong and Wil Taylor

Second Place, Persuasive Speaking

Student: Kelli Volk

Second Place, Program of Oral Interpretation

Student: Byron Harvey

Third Place, Team Sweepstakes

Tennessee State University

Third Place, Duo Interpretation

Students: Byron Harvey and Kelli Volk

Fourth Place, Quadrathon Speaking

Student: Andrea Durham

Fourth Place, Program of Oral Interpretation

Student: Terra Strong

Sixth Place, Quadrathon Speaking

Student: Byron Harvey

Sixth Place, Persuasive Speaking

Student: Andrea Durham

Semi-Finals, Prose Interpretation

Student: Kelli Volk

2010 Alabama Swing, Part Two

Hosted by 2010 Alabama Forensics Team

First Place, Duo Interpretation

Students: Derrick Johnson and Wil Taylor

First Place, Program of Oral Interpretation

Student: Byron Harvey

Second Place, Duo Interpretation

Students: Terra Strong and Wil Taylor

Third Place, Team Sweepstakes

Tennessee State University

Third Place, Overall Weekend Team Sweepstakes

Tennessee State University

Third Place, After Dinner Speaking

Student: Veronica James

Third Place, Program of Oral Interpretation

Student: Terra Strong

Third Place, Duo Interpretation

Students: Chanel Lake and Lanial Madden

Fourth Place, Prose Interpretation

Student: Lanial Madden

Sixth Place, Quadrathon Speaking

Student: Andrea Durham

Sixth Place, Prose Interpretation

Student: Kelli Volk

Sixth Place, Program of Oral Interpretation

Student: Maximilian Cole

Sixth Place, Persuasive Speaking

Student: Kelli Volk

We are looking forward to having Fall break this weekend, and getting a couple of days to rest. For our next tournament we will be traveling to Berea, Kentucky the 22nd and 23rd of October.