On Saturday, November 5th, the Lafayette Forensics Society had its most successful tournament of the year! Director of Forensics, Scott Placke and Debate Coach, John Boyer travelled with 11 students to Manchester, NH and the campus of St. Anselm College for the Jack Lynch Invitational. The team finished in first place in IE sweepstakes and second place in LD sweepstakes behind countless strong performances highlighted by SIX individual championships.

Angela Wnek – 1st Place in Triathalon, 1st Place in DI, 1st Place in Persuasion, 2nd Place in Poetry, and 3rd Place in Prose
James Pensack – 1st Place in Extemp, 3rd Place in Impromptu
Daniela Filip – 1st Place in Prose, 3rd Place in Extemp
Marybeth O’Connor – 2nd Place in DI
Sharon Chen – 3rd Place in Informative
Ashli Austin – 4th Place in Poetry
Justin Horn – 4th Place in Impromptu
Team – 1st Place IE Sweepstakes

Joshua Geesey – Quarterfinalist in Open LD
Ryan Monahan – 1st Place in Novice LD
Alex Hytha – 3rd Place in Novice LD, 2nd Place Novice LD Speaker
Justin Horn – 5th Place in Novice LD
TEAM – 2nd Place LD Sweepstakes

Congratulations are in order for the whole team! Everyone did a fantastic job! Alum, Ryan Benjamin, joined the team as a judge.  Freshman, Peter Berexa, also attended the tournament.  The IE team travels this weekend to Morgan State University, while the debaters wait until early December to compete at the Ohio State University.