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