Speech and Debate Tournament Outcome
The speech team at The University of Kentucky
March 22, 2019
The Speech and Debate tournament took place at the University of Kentucky. Debates took place on March 13 and March 14. 13 students competed in the Debate.
Mary Rose Beeken – Lincoln-Douglas
Eric Reynolds & Charlie Stephenson – Public Forum
John Boyle – Congress
Johnathan Hurley – Congress
Walker Prather – Congress
Claire Qian – Congress
Cooper Samuelson – Congress
Julie Sharpe – Congress
Nick Skidmore – Congress
Jules Stowe – Congress
Brandon Taylor – Congress
Ellen Woodward – Congress
Johnathan Hurley, Julie Sharpe, and Nick Skidmore made it to the final round meaning that they are placed in the top 24 student representatives in Kentucky.
JT Baniak – Storytelling
Jack Clements – Impromptu
Elke Coenders – Prose and Improv Duo (with Claire Qian)
Arden Ensor – Impromptu and Declamation
Maya Farrell – POI
Devyn Fleming – Informative and Improv Duo (with Sarah Grace Sajadi)
Jasmine Flora – Poetry and Prose
Annabelle Gunning – POI
Johnathan Hurley – Humorous Interpretation
Rachael Kelly – Dramatic Interpretation and Improv Duo (with Ellen Woodward)
Claire Qian – Impromptu, POI, and Improv Duo (with Elke Coenders)
Ty Reynolds – Broadcasting
Sarah Grace Sajadi – Broadcasting, Extemporaneous, and Improv Duo (with Devyn Fleming)
Julie Sharpe – Extemporaneous
Nick Skidmore – Extemporaneous
Charlie Stephenson – Broadcasting, Poetry, and Humorous Interpretation
Manya Tiwari – Oratory
Pragya Upreti – Prose
Ellen Woodward – Improv Duo (with Rachael Kelly)
These are the students that made it to the quarterfinals: Elke Coenders in Prose, Sarah Grace Sajadi in Broadcasting, and Rachael Kelly/Ellen Woodward in Improv Duo
The students that made it to the semifinal: Johnathan Hurley in Humorous Interpretation and Nick Skidmore in Extemporaneous
Claire Qian made it to finals and finished 6th overall in Impromptu. Congratulations to Claire!
The speech event took place on Friday 15th and Saturday the 16th. 19 students competed in Speech. Mrs. Bolinger and Mr. Stancil, the team coaches, are extremely proud of everyone the team.
