Speech Team Wins State Championship

06/28/2010 10:30 AM

The Bradley Speech Team celebrated the end of their regular season with a resounding victory at the Illinois Intercollegiate Forensic Association State Tournament, held March 6-7 at Illinois Central College in East Peoria. As you can see, it was a strong, strong conclusion to what has been an excellent regular season! Here are our results:

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING

4th – Becky Suhr (junior, Palatine, IL)

State Champion – Patrick Campbell (senior, Jackson, WI)

COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS
6th – Nik Payne (senior, Darlington, MO)

5th – Jared Boyer (senior, Freeport, IL)

2nd – Becky Suhr

PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION

5th – Maddy Wilson (senior, Madison, WI)

4th – Pricilla Merritt (sophomore, Fullerton, CA) 

State Champion – Miranda Morgan (senior, Madison, WI)

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING

State Champion – Patrick Campbell

AFTER-DINNER SPEAKING

3rd – Miranda Morgan

State Champion – Patrick Campbell

IMPROMPTU SPEAKING

4th – Patrick Campbell

2nd – Nik Payne

State Champion – Amanda Voirol (senior, Wolcottville, IN)

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION

4th – Ryan Marquardt (junior, Bloomington, IL)

State Champion – Amanda Voirol

POETRY INTERPRETATION

5th – Pricilla Merritt

3rd – Suswara Gayam (senior, Peoria, IL)

2nd – Amanda Voirol

State Champion – Camille Yameen (sophomore, Liberty, MO)

PROSE INTERPRETATION

4th – Jared Boyer

3rd – Amanda Voirol

State Champion – Camille Yameen

DUO INTERPRETATION

3rd – Jared Boyer / Ryan Marquardt

2nd – Rebi Roos (sophomore, Germantown Hills, IL) / Matt Weibel (junior, Oak Lawn, IL)

State Champions – Jared Boyer / Amanda Voirol

PERSUASION

4th – Nik Payne

3rd – Jacoby Cochran (freshman, Chicago Heights, IL)

State Champion – Patrick Campbell

INDIVIDUAL SWEEPSTAKES(most points scored by an individual student)

3rd – Jared Boyer

2nd – Amanda Voirol

State Champion – Patrick Campbell

OPEN TEAM SWEEPSTAKES

5th – Northern Illinois University – 28 pts. (Grad. Asst. BU alumnus Michael Steudeman)

4th – North Central College – 46 pts.

3rd – Northwestern University – 60 pts.

2nd – Illinois State University – 179 pts. (Grad. Asst. BU alumnus Mike Storr)

STATE CHAMPIONS – BRADLEY UNIVERSITY – 299 PTS