The TCU Speech and Debate squad took home top honors from Norman, Oklahoma. The team took home the overall first place school award, along with several top individual performance awards, and two first-year members of the team earned their first finals appearances. Full results are listed below:
Sooner Showdown, Part 1
Shane Brewer
Quarterfinalist, Parliamentary Debate
Isabelle Stahr Fisher
Quarterfinalist, Parliamentary Debate
3rd place, Persuasive Speaking
4th place, Poetry Interpretation
Veronika Bondarenko
2nd place speaker, Parliamentary Debate
Quarterfinalist, Parliamentary Debate
1st place, Impromptu Speaking
3rd place, Extemporaneous Speaking
1st place, Persuasive Speaking
6th place, Poetry Interpretation
Sarah Nichols
Quarterfinalist, Parliamentary Debate
4th place, Extemporaneous Speaking
1st place, After Dinner Speaking
5th place, Impromptu Speaking
Cayla Rosenbaum
Quarterfinalist, Parliamentary Debate
6th place, Impromptu Speaking
Azhan Hasan
Quarterfinalist, Parliamentary Debate
2nd place, Informative Speaking
3rd place, Impromptu Speaking
2nd place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Sooner Showdown, Part 2
Shane Brewer
2nd place, Lincoln Douglas Debate
Isabelle Stahr Fisher
5th place, Poetry Interpretation
5th place, Extemporaneous
Veronika Bondarenko
3rd place, Impromptu Speaking
3rd place, Extemporaneous Speaking
1st place, Persuasive Speaking
4th place, Poetry Interpretation
Sarah Nichols
2nd place, Extemporaneous Speaking
1st place, After Dinner Speaking
Azhan Hasan
1st place, Extemporaneous Speaking
1st place, Impromptu Speaking
Max Kinkade
6th place, After Dinner Speaking