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Speaking Bearcats bring home hardware

BOLIVAR, Mo. — The ŷƵ Speaking Bearcats had a successful Fall Break, bringing home second- and third-place finishes from the University of Central Missouri “Missouri Mule” and “Dale Carnegie” swing speech and debate tournaments Oct. 14-16.

debate.duoCompeting against teams from 24 different colleges and universities, ŷƵ captured second place in overall team sweepstakes for the first half of the swing tournament (Oct. 14-15) and third place in overall combined sweepstakes for the weekend.

Missouri Mule individual results

  • Kensey Slone (junior) and Tiana Brownen (junior) – first place in public forum debate
  • Jeffrey Metzler (freshman) and Mariah Gilmore (freshman) – semifinalists in novice public forum debate
  • Tiana Brownen – first place in both communication analysis and persuasive speaking; sixth place in extemporaneous speaking; fourth in impromptu
  • Reece Tabor (junior) – second place in communication analysis; fourth place in persuasion
  • Mikayla Throne (sophomore) – third place in informative; sixth place in program of oral interpretation; sixth place in impromptu. These results helped her win first place in individual events pentathlon for the first half of the swing.
  • Skyler Sanzotera (sophomore) – sixth place in informative speaking
  • Marisa Mayo (sophomore) – third place in persuasion; fifth place in informative

debate.teamDale Carnegie individual results

  • Slone – third place in communication analysis; sixth place in extemporaneous speaking
  • Brownen – second place in persuasion and communication analysis; third place in impromptu; fifth place in extemporaneous
  • Mayo – fifth place in persuasion; sixth in informative
  • Throne – second place in the pentathlon competition