Simpson Speech & Debate Scores Big in Big Apple Tourneys

Simpson College Speech and Debate captured a team title and a second-place finish while competing in a pair of online tournaments hosted by Queens College, City University of New York on Sept. 26-28. The competition featured 42 teams from around the country.

Simpson took first place in the Individual Event Sweepstakes of the East Coast Early Bird Swing Tournament — finishing 32 points ahead of second place Notre Dame. Simpson also claimed second in the Big Apple Debate Tournament, which was won by the University of North Texas.

Simpson’s strong showing featured many outstanding individual performances, including six tournament champions — led by multiple event winners Wesley McDowell, Rachel Garcia and Mya Postel. Here’s a complete recap of team and individual results:

East Coast Early Bird Swing Tournament

            Team Results:

1. Simpson College             122 points
2. Notre Dame 90
3. Emerson College 84
4. George Mason University 60
5. Wiley College 52

Individual Results:

        Wesley McDowell:

• Tournament Champion- Extemporaneous Speaking and Individual Sweepstakes
• 2^nd place-Communication Analysis and Oral Interpretation

        Rachel Garcia:

• Tournament Champion- Poetry Interpretation and Prose Interpretation
• 2^nd place-Communication

        Mya Postel:

• Tournament Champion- After Dinner Speaking and Duo (Ella Glawatz)
• 2^nd place-Individual Sweepstakes
• 6^th place-Impromptu Speaking

Ella Glawatz:

• Tournament Champion- Duo (Mya Postel)
• 2^nd place-Persuasive Speaking
• 5^th place-Individual Sweepstakes

Nissa Molgaard:

• Tournament Champion- Dramatic Interpretation

Kennedy Moore:

• Tournament Champion- Impromptu Speaking

Dillon Sullivan:

• 4^th place- Prose Interpretation
• 5^th place- Informative Speaking
• 6^th place- Extemporaneous Speaking

Selena Constanza-Chavez:

• 4^th place- Persuasive Speaking

Henry Godar:

• 2nd place- Duo (Alex Beveridge)
• 6^th place-Prose Interpretation

Alex Beveridge:

• 2nd place- Duo (Henry Godar)

Edward Kent:

• 7^th place- Impromptu Speaking

Big Apple Debate Tournament

            Team Results:

1. University of North Texas 123
2. Simpson College   84                             
3. Colorado University   63

Individual Results:

        Dillon Sullivan:

• Semifinalist, Novice IPDA Speaker
• 3^rd place, Novice IPDA Speaker

        Wesley McDowell:

• 2^nd place, Open IPDA Debate
• 3^rd place, Open IPDA Speaker

       Selena Constanza-Chavez

• Quarterfinalist, Novice IPDA Debate

Teams Competing:

Simpson College

University of North Texas

CU Boulder Speech & Debate

Marshall University

Murray State University

Texas Tech University

University of Indianapolis

Oral Roberts University

Seton Hall University

Lafayette College

Glendale Community College

Denison University

University North Carolina – Charlotte

Otterbein University

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Wiley University

Tyler Junior College

University of North Georgia

Newberry College

Baruch College

UC – Cumberlands

Queens College

North Carolina State University

University of Central Florida

Liberty University

John Carroll University

Notre Dame

Maricopa Community College

St. Anselm College

Tennessee Technological University

University of Pittsburgh

George Mason University