Simpson Excels at Speech And Debate Tourney in Missouri

The winning continues for Simpson’s Speech and Debate team.

The debate team defeated 18 other colleges and universities to take top honors at the Missouri Mule competition, hosted Oct. 19-20 at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo.

The combined Speech and Debate team finished second.

Individual results:

Public Forum Debate:
Lydia Magalhaes Top Speaker
Danielle Blake 3^rd Speaker
Michael Roets 5th Speaker

Quarter-Finalists
Michael Roets & Geoff VanDeusen
Lydia Magalhaes & Nick Keller

Semi-Finalists
Evan Sand & Danielle Blake
Courtney Craig & Casey Spring

Finalist, and Tournament Champion: Sarah Baker & Ben Sebastian; defeated UCM on a 2-1 decision.

Public Forum Novice
Lexy Moran 6th Speaker
Runner-Up Team: Jorge Sanchez & Lexy Moran

Parliamentary Debate:
Novice Parli
Triniti Krauss 2nd
Elise Sturgeon 4th
Eden Moad 5th

JV Parli
5th Geoff VanDeusen 5th Speaker

Varsity Parli
Kelli Ruth 4^th Speaker
Jake Stoulil 6^th Speaker

Parli Quarter-Finalist
Coby Berg & Jake Stoulil

Finalist, and Tournament Champion: Kelli Ruth & Foxx Harrington defeat UCM on a 3-0 decision

Speech:
Impromptu
Lydia Magalhaes 7th

Poetry
Taylor Williams 3rd

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DEBATE TEAM POINTS

Simpson 174
MO State 135
UNL 112
Western Kentucky 96
UCMO 86
Truman St. 80
SBU 72
Kansas Wesleyan 56
Lewis & Clark 45
Park 23
MO Valley 20
UNI 18
TAMU 15
Illinois State 5
Northwest MO St. 0
McKendree
Ottawa
Sterling