Friday, December 25, 2015
The Canfield speech and debate team competed at three venues the weekend of Dec. 12.
“It was one of the best performances at this collection of tournaments in the team’s history,” said Jeremy Hamilton, speech and debate team director.
The team competed at GlenOak, Poland and Canton McKinley.
Part of the team competed at the GlenOak Debate Tournament, one of the most prestigious debate tournaments in Ohio. A total of approximately 300 students were competing from 26 teams.
In the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Max Lee placed in the top four, and Lindsay Davis was in the top 32. In the Public Forum Debate, the team of Jacob Tomory and Samantha Fritz and the team of Jonathan Gant and Michael Factor both placed in the top eight; the team of Dominic DuPonty and Samantha Morris placed in the top 16.
Another part of the team competed at the McKinley Holiday Speech Tournament, hosted by Canton McKinley. It featured competition from approximately 500 students representing 25 schools.
In Drama, Isaiah McInnis-Colon was awarded fourth place, and Jack Cross was awarded sixth place. In Humor, Zachery Bernat was awarded seventh place. In Informative, Maddy Urig was awarded second place. In International Extemp, Alec Kan was awarded fifth place. In United States Extemp, Carson Markley was awarded first place.
The final part of the team competed at the Poland Tournament, which featured competition of approximately 350 students from 19 teams.
In Drama, Olivia Morrison was awarded second place. In Humor, Gregory Halley was awarded sixth place. In Original Oratory, Taylor Mead was awarded second place, and Jackson Horvat was awarded fourth place. In Program Oral Interpretation, Abby Sigler was awarded fifth place. In Public Forum Debate, the team of Drake Safranic and Garret Kuchmaner was awarded fifth place, and the team of Colin Syrianoudis and Jared Albright was awarded sixth place.