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Simpson’s defending national champion speech & debate team captured first place in the overall sweepstakes at the Derryberry Season Opener at Southwest Baptist University last weekend. Simpson dominated the 18-team field with 122 points, besting second-place University of Central Missouri by 41 points.
In addition to claiming the overall crown, Simpson was the top PKD chapter and took first in the individual event sweepstakes, while earning second place in the debate sweepstakes.
Ryan Corcoran and Anja Waugh led the way for Simpson, which produced many outstanding individual performances. Waugh was the tournament champion in quadrathon, while Corcoran walked away with tournament champion honors in extemporaneous speaking, prose interpretation, duo interpretation — with teammate Andrew Samountry — and the Bright Young Scholar Award.
Here is the complete list of individual results:
Debate:
Anja Waugh:
- Semifinalist in Open IPDA Debate
- Thirteenth Top Speaker IPDA Debate
Ryan Corcoran:
- Quarterfinalist in Open IPDA Debate
MJ Klinzman
- Semifinalist in Open IPDA Debate
- Sixth Top Speaker IPDA Debate
Ryan Magalhaes
- Semifinalist in Lincoln Douglas Debate
- Second Place Top Speaker - Lincoln Douglas Debate
Wesley McDowell:
-Thirteenth Place Top Speaker Novice IPDA Debate
Aidan Jones
- Quarterfinalist in Novice IPDA Debate
- Fifth Place Top Speaker Novice IPDA Debate
Maggie Fitzpatrick:
- Fourteenth Place Top Speaker - Open IPDA Debate
Andrew Samountry:
- Ninth Place Top Speaker - Open IPDA Debate
Ari Ziegler:
-Fifteenth Place Top Speaker - Open IPDA Debate
Madeline Waddingham:
-Fourth Place Top Speaker - Open IPDA Debate
Breanna Drahota:
-Octofinalist in Open IPDA Debate
Speech:
MJ Klinzman:
- Fifth Place in Open Interviewing
-Seventh Place in Dramatic Interpretation
Anja Waugh:
- Tournament Champion in Quadrathon
-Second Place in Extemporaneous Speaking
-Second Place in Informative Speaking
-Second Place in After Dinner Speaking
-Fifth Place in Open Impromptu Speaking
-Second Place in the Bright Young Scholar Award
Ryan Corcoran:
- Tournament Champion in Extemporanous Speaking
-Tournament Champion in Prose Interpretation
-Tournament Champion in Duo Interpretation with Andrew Samountry
-Tournament Champion in Bright Young Scholar Award
-Second Place in Quadrathon
- Third Place in Program of Oral Interpretation
- Fourth Place in Open Impromptu Speaking Place in Prose Interpretation
Andrew Samountry:
- Tournament Champion in Poetry Interpretation
-Tournament Champion in Duo Interpretation with Ryan Corcoran
Ryan Magalhaes:
- Second Place in Program of Oral Interpretation
- Third Place in Extemporaneous Speaking
-Third Place in After Dinner Speaking
- Third Place in Quadrathon
- Third Place in the Bright Young Scholar Award
Maggie Fitzpatrick:
-Third Place in Persuasive Speaking
-Fourth Place in Poetry Interpretation
Abby Fry:
-Second Place in Open Impromptu Speaking
Wesley McDowell:
-Third Place in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
-Fourth Place in After Dinner Speaking
-Fourth Place in Novice Impromptu Speaking
-Sixth Place in Novice Interviewing
Aidan Jones:
-Fifth Place in Duo Interpretation with Kyler Griffis
-Sixth Place in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Leah Salazar:
-Fifth Place in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
-Sixth Place in Novice Impromptu Speaking
Kyler Griffis:
-Fifth Place in Duo Interpretation with Aidan Jones
Garrett Bond:
-Tournament Champion in Novice Impromptu Speaking
Aaron Harnden Jr.:
-Seventh Place in Novice Interviewing