TCU Forensics had a successful trip to the 2016 Hub City Swing co-hosted by the University of Southern Mississippi and William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The team won first place combined speech and debate sweepstakes and first place in debate team sweepstakes. This is the second year in a row that TCU Forensics has won first place at this invitational. Full results are listed below.
2016 Hub City Swing Results – Day 1
Timothy Betts
1st, Varsity IPDA Speaker
2nd, Varsity IPDA Debate
2nd, Editorial Impromptu Speaking
2nd, Individual Events Sweepstakes (Day 1 only)
3rd, Impromptu Speaking
3rd, Program Oral Interpretation
3rd, Rhetorical Criticism
Veronika Bondarenko
Octafinalist, Varsity IPDA Debate
Espérance Bwenyi
6th, Varsity IPDA Speaker
Amanda Bulot
3rd, Parliamentary Speaker
5th, Individual Events Sweepstakes (Day 1 only)
6th, Rhetorical Criticism
Semi-finalist, Parliamentary Debate
Azhan Hasan
2nd, Parliamentary Speaker
6th, Persuasive Speaking
Top Novice, Persuasive Speaking
Semi-finalist, Parliamentary Debate
Alma Guadalupe Luna
Quarterfinalist, Varsity IPDA Debate
Colten Meisner
2nd, Impromptu Speaking
2nd, Editorial Impromptu Speaking
4th, Individual Events Sweepstakes (Day 1 only)
Shank Saravat
1st, Novice IPDA Speaker
Semi-finalist, Novice IPDA Debate
2016 Hub City Swing Results – Day 2
Timothy Betts
1st, Individual Events Sweepstakes (Day 2 only)
2nd, Impromptu Speaking
2nd, Editorial Impromptu Speaking
4th, Extemporaneous Speaking
4th, Rhetorical Criticism
4th, Program Oral Interpretation
Amanda Bulot
5th, Rhetorical Criticism
5th, Individual Events Sweepstakes (Day 2 only)
6th, After Dinner Speaking
Azhan Hasan
6th, Persuasive Speaking
Top Novice, Persuasive Speaking
Semi-finalist, Impromptu Speaking
Colten Meisner
1st, Editorial Impromptu Speaking
Shank Saravat
Top Novice, Informative Speaking
Melanie Webb
5th, After Dinner Speaking
The team’s next tournament is the Sun Carnival Swing at El Paso Community College in El Paso, Texas on September 30-October 2, 2016.