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Lafayette Forensics Starts 2018 Strong

October 22, 2018 / / 0 Comments

EASTON, PA and WEST CHESTER, PA – The Lafayette Forensics Society has had an impressive showing to start their 2018-19 tournament season. Over the last two weeks the team hosted the 11th annual OCHOIE Invitational, and traveled to the Carolyn Keefe Forensics Memorial Tournament at West Chester University, showcasing our new and returning competitors.

On October 6th and 7th, the Lafayette Forensics Society kicked off the year with 15 students entered across debate and speech events in the friendly confines of our own campus. 12 schools were represented and the tournament launched the second year of the Northern Tier Debate Conference. Thanks to the support of countless alumni judges, the tournament ran without a hitch and our students performed extremely well!

Scott Kamen – 1st Place in Informative, 1st Place in Persuasion, and 3rd Place in Prose
Chris Mayer – 1st Place in Impromptu and 2nd Place in Extemp
Saeed Malami – 1st Place in Drama and 4th Place in Persuasion
Ansh Mishra – 2nd Place in Impromptu
Lia Charles* – 2nd Place in Persuasion
Kaitlin McNamara – 2nd Place in POI
Luisa Gunn – 3rd Place in Persuasion, 5th Place in Extemp, and 6th Place in Impromptu
Kelly Mwaamba* – 3rd Place in Drama and 5th Place in Poetry
Jennie Richardson – 3rd Place in Poetry and 6th Place in Prose
Fatma Mahmoudi* – 4th Place in Prose
Ben Fuller* – 6th Place in Extemp

Ansh Mishra – Quarterfinalist in Open LD, 4th Place Open LD Speaker
Luisa Gunn – Quarterfinalist in Open LD

*= College Forensics Debut

On Saturday, October 13th, the Lafayette Forensics Team competed at West Chester University. The team brought 14 students and the tournament featured 13 schools. Against stiff competition, the team had 3 finalists, and won two sweepstakes awards, including the first team championship of the year. In addition, three LFS members were nominated for the best audience member award, a special feature of this tournament.  Congratulations to Scott Kamen, Jennie Richardson, and William McAlpine for receiving this honor!

Saeed Malami – 2nd Place Drama
Scott Kamen – 3rd Place Prose
Ansh Mishra – 5th Place Extemp
Team – 1st Place in Pi Kappa Delta Sweepstakes, 4th Place in Overall Sweepstakes

After a successful start to the season, the Lafayette Forensics Society is traveling to Clarion University and Seton Hall University over the next two weeks.  Watch this space for more updates throughout our competitive tournament season!

 

Lafayette Debater has 5-star Fall Semester!

January 21, 2011 / / 1 Comment

Last spring, James Hilbert and Sam Derrick went on a historic run at the national tournament.  Both debaters found themselves in the semi-final round.  If both debaters had won, it would have set up the first time teammates debated in the final round of the national tournament!  Unfortunately, Sam Derrick was bested by Kaleb Jessee of Western Kentucky University.  Kaleb would go on to defeat James Hilbert in the final round on a 3-2 decision.  Still, despite that loss, Lafayette had its best finish at nationals in the team’s history and placed two debaters in the top 4.  A remarkable achievement.

Fast forward to this fall. Now a senior, James Hilbert picked up where he left off and had one of the best semesters of any debater in recent memory in the Fall of 2010. His semester began in late September at Western Kentucky University. James finished in 1st place at this tournament defeating a debater from Truman State University in the final round. This triumph was only the beginning. The following weekend on home soil, James defeated Sarah Spiker-Rainey from Western Kentucky University in the final round of the Lafayette College Fall Invitational. The very next weekend, the team traveled to West Chester University. This small regional tournament continued his success as he once again was victorious in the final round.

In late October, James took a few weeks off to recuperate and apply to PhD schools in Engineering before returning to action the first weekend in November at St. Anselm’s College in New Hampshire. At St. A’s James picked up where he left off, by winning the final round on a 3-2 decision. After another break to resume his graduate school planning, the team traveled to the Ohio State University for their biggest test of the semester. OSU has a very competitive and strong tournament, and attracts the best debate programs from around the nation. Once again James found himself in the final round and once again he was victorious. James became the first Lafayette debater to win this prestigious tournament at Ohio State.

If you weren’t keeping score, that was five tournaments entered and five tournament wins!  This level of success is unprecedented in the activity and cements James Hilbert as the clear front runner to win nationals.

The team begins its travels during the spring semester with a tournament at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. This tournament will be the largest debate tournament of the year outside of nationals and is a strong test. Victory at Webster is far from assured, as no Lafayette debater has won this tournament before. Our best finish at Webster is as a semi-finalist a few years ago. Wish us luck and follow along on our quest for a national championship!

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