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FEBRUARY 2017 FEBRUARY 2017
Speech & Debate Tournament Report
SUCCESFUL FALL AND WINTER CAMPAIGN Jack Crawford '17, seated, and John Nahas '17 present at California State University, Long Beach.
The Lancer varsity debaters, juniors John Nahas and Jack Crawford entered a fierce pool of blood-thirsty competitors and won 2nd Place at the CSU Fullerton Tournament in mid October. In a pool of 106 Varsity Public Forum debaters, John and Jack ranked 1st place speaker and 3rd place speaker, respectively. Moreover, this 2nd place, coupled with their 1st place win at the CSULB Jack Howe Tournament in September, qualified them to attend the Tournament of Champions (TOC) in April in Kentucky. In the individual events, Junior Hunter Newell won 3rd place for his Dramatic Interpretation of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” among the Novice D1 competitors. From a field of 56 JV Public Forum teams, Junior Cade Anderson and Freshman Ruobin Lan advanced to Octo-Finals. Sophomores Sebastian Dunbar and Will Murray advanced to Semi-Finals, and in a dramatic and appropriate twist of fate, beat the one team that had previously defeated them that weekend, snagging the 1st place in JV Public Forum trophy. Will was also ranked #8 (out of 102) Best Speaker for PF Debate. In December, John Nahas and Jack Crawford competed in and won the La Costa Canyon Tournament in Carlsbad.
Will Murray '18
The Speech and Debate team then traveled to Tempe, Arizona for the Arizona State Invitatonal. The Lancers competed with students from all over California and four other states as a tune-up for the UC Berkeley Speech and Debate Invitational. Our team will travel to this tournament and compete over Presidents' Day weekend.
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