MJC Speech & Debate Team wins sweepstakes award at UOP with two members qualifying for National Tournament
(MODESTO, CA)—The Modesto Junior College speech and debate team won the first place sweepstakes award for accumulating the most overall points in the two-year division at the University of Pacific’s Paul Winters Invitational held October 31 through November 2 in Stockton, CA. The tournament draws some of the best speakers and debaters from around the country.
After three intense days, MJC competitors James Baugh and Jon Sahlman won first and second place respectively in open persuasive speaking. This accomplishment qualifies Baugh and Sahlman to compete in one of the most reputable speech tournaments in the country – the National Individual Events Tournament.
MJC’s Director of Intercollegiate Forensics Ryan Guy, explains, “This is an incredibly impressive feat for two students who are only in their second year of competition. When I coached at the university level, it was rare for a single student to qualify at large in the fall, let alone two. The fact that they both achieved their final qualification legs at such an elite tournament is a testimony to their talent and hard work.”
The National Individual Events Tournament will be held next spring in Portland, Oregon. This will be the first time in ten years that MJC has sent speakers to this tournament, and only the eighth time since the team was founded in the early 1920s.
The UOP tournament also marked key wins for the rest of the MJC squad. Ron Thompson, Caterina Grossi, Michael Rourick, Megan Chatelain, Baugh, and Sahlman took home individual awards in a range of events including impromptu, extemporaneous, and persuasive speaking.
The partnership of Sahlman and Rourick took home octo-finalist awards in open parliamentary debate. The partnership of Chatelain and Casey Shoblom took home second place award in novice parliamentary debate.
The team will be traveling to their final tournament of the semester in Berkeley, CA on December 7, 2014.
For more information about the team and upcoming events, contact Coach Guy at guyr@mjc.edu or (209) 575-6110, or visit http://speech.sites.mjc.edu.
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(MODESTO, CA)—The Modesto Junior College speech and debate team won the first place sweepstakes award for accumulating the most overall points in the two-year division at the University of Pacific’s Paul Winters Invitational held October 31 through November 2 in Stockton, CA. The tournament draws some of the best speakers and debaters from around the country.
After three intense days, MJC competitors James Baugh and Jon Sahlman won first and second place respectively in open persuasive speaking. This accomplishment qualifies Baugh and Sahlman to compete in one of the most reputable speech tournaments in the country – the National Individual Events Tournament.
MJC’s Director of Intercollegiate Forensics Ryan Guy, explains, “This is an incredibly impressive feat for two students who are only in their second year of competition. When I coached at the university level, it was rare for a single student to qualify at large in the fall, let alone two. The fact that they both achieved their final qualification legs at such an elite tournament is a testimony to their talent and hard work.”
The National Individual Events Tournament will be held next spring in Portland, Oregon. This will be the first time in ten years that MJC has sent speakers to this tournament, and only the eighth time since the team was founded in the early 1920s.
The UOP tournament also marked key wins for the rest of the MJC squad. Ron Thompson, Caterina Grossi, Michael Rourick, Megan Chatelain, Baugh, and Sahlman took home individual awards in a range of events including impromptu, extemporaneous, and persuasive speaking.
The partnership of Sahlman and Rourick took home octo-finalist awards in open parliamentary debate. The partnership of Chatelain and Casey Shoblom took home second place award in novice parliamentary debate.
The team will be traveling to their final tournament of the semester in Berkeley, CA on December 7, 2014.
For more information about the team and upcoming events, contact Coach Guy at guyr@mjc.edu or (209) 575-6110, or visit http://speech.sites.mjc.edu.
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