Pacific Speech and Debate Squad Take First Overall

Pacific Speech and Debate Takes First in Debate

Pacific Debaters take Second!

 

On October 6 & 7, Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to Concordia University in Irvine, CA.  With 15+ other schools in attendance such as Pt. Loma Nazarene, UC San Diego, and Arizona State, Pacific speakers accumulated the most points of every squad there!  Doing exceptionally well were Pacific’s debaters.  The Lincoln-Douglas debaters “closed-out” the tournament at the semi-finals (Meaning ALL debaters in that round were Pacific!).  The Parliamentary debate team Pacific FS (Steve Farias/Emily Sheldon) took second place in senior division with a record of 12-3!  The only loss was in finals!  Steve also was the overall winner in Open Impromptu Speaking.  Individual speakers also did very well.  Chelsea Kelleher finished second in open prose interpretation and Anne Eastlick was first in the novice division.  All in all it was a very good showing for Pacific.  This finishes four tournaments in a row for the Pacific squad.  They get this weekend off and then they compete at four more tournaments in a row!  If you want to know the complete results, please visit http://psds.pitas.com/

 

Complete results: For general information and not necessarily for publication

 

Individual Events

Informative Speaking

Open Division

Third   Anne Eastlick

 

Communication Analysis

Open Division

2^nd       Emily Sheldon

 

Dramatic Interpretation

Open Division

Finalist            Brandon Schwartz

 

Prose Interpretation

Novice Division

Champion   Anne Eastlick

 

Open Division

Second Place   Chelsea Kelleher

 

Extemporaneous Speaking

Open Division

Semi-Finalist   Brandon Schwartz

 

Impromptu Speaking

Open Division

Champion   Steve Farias

Finalist            Broc Maples

 

Debate

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Champion        Steve Farias

Second Place   Will Chamberlain

Third Place      Emily Sheldon

 

Parliamentary Debate

Junior Division

Speakers

Eight Speaker  Chelsea Kelleher

 

Speakers

Open Division

Champion   Emily Sheldon

Third Speaker  Steve Farias

Eight Speaker  Anne Eastlick

13^th Speaker    Broc Maples

19^th Speaker    Richard Aragon

 

Team Results

Open Division

Second Place               Pacific FS        (Farias/Sheldon)

Quarter-Finalist           Pacific AC       (Aragon/Candler)

Quarter-Finalist           Pacific EM      (Eastlick/Maples)

Pacific Speech and Debate Takes Second

Pacific Debaters take First and Second (and third!)

 

This weekend, September 22-23, 2007, Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to UC Berkeley to compete in the Cal/Long Beach Season Opener.  Leaving campus at 5:30 am to compete at 7:45 am until 10:00 pm that night, Pacific students excelled in their respective competitions.  Passing other schools handily, Pacific finished 2^nd in Individual Events overall and First in Debate overall.  Here are the individual results:

 

Parliamentary Debate

Novice Division

Speakers

Top Speaker  Brandon Schwartz

2^nd Speaker      Chelsea Kelleher

3^rd Speaker      Jill Riffkind (First College Debate Tournament)

4^th Speaker Michael Biddle

5^th Speaker      Nolan Long (Also first tournament)

7^th Speaker      Youa Yang

8^th Speaker      Isaac Molsee  

 

Open Division

5^th Speaker      Richard Aragon

6^th Speaker      Emily Sheldon

9^th Speaker      Will Chamberlain

 

Placings

Novice Division

Pacific’s novice debaters “closed out” the division in finals.  In fact, our only losses were to ourselves in the elimination rounds!

Champions      Pacific KM (Chelsea Kelleher & Isaac Molsee) (Undefeated!)

2^nd Place          Pacific LY (Nolan Long & Youa Yang) (Undefeated in prelims!)

3^rd Place (tie)   Pacific RS (Jill Riffkind & Brandon Schwartz)

 

Open Division

5^th (tie)             Pacific AC (Richard Aragon & Raymond Candler)

5^th (tie)             Pacific FS (Steven Farias & Emily Sheldon)

5^th (tie)             Pacific EM (Broc Maples & Anne Eastlick)

 

Individual Events

Extemporaneous Speaking

Novice Division

Champion      Isaac Molsee

Second Place   Youa Yang

Finalist            Alyssa Kee

Finalist            Jill Riffkind

 

Open Division

Second Place   Emily Sheldon

Fifth Place       Broc Maples

 

Prose Interpretation

Novice Division

Champion      Raymond Candler

Third Place      Chelsea Kelleher

 

Impromptu Speaking

Novice Division

Second Place   Youa Yang

 

Open Division

Champion        Steven Farias

 

Persuasive Speaking

Novice Division

Champion        Chelsea Kelleher        

 

Communication Analysis

Combined Division

Third Place      Emily Sheldon

Top Novice     Richard Aragon

 

Programmed Oral Interpretation

Open Division

Finalist            Ariana Grova

 

 

 

 

Pacific Debate Team Takes Second!

Pacific Squad Ties for Third in Season Opener!

 

In Laramie, Wyoming, the University Speech and Debate Team battled it out with thirty other schools and in the end, were victorious!

 

In overall sweepstakes, the Pacific squad tied for third with Texas Tech University.  The entire team helped in this win by competing in numerous events, three weeks of hard practice and everyone on the 25+ team pitching in to do research.  Here is how it all settled out:

 

In Individual Events:

Ariana Grova (‘08) : 5^th place in Informative Speaking

                                    6^th place in Programmed Oral Interpretation

Raymond Candler (2012):   Quarter-finalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate (his 1^st college tournament ever!)

                                                **This also qualifies Raymond to the National tournament!  He is the first one to qualify this year and is a freshman!

 

Broc Maples (’12)                  Seventh Place Speaker in Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Isaac Molsee (’13)                 Ninth place Speaker in Lincoln-Douglas Debate

 

In Parliamentary Debate:

Junior Division

Pacific EM (Anne Eastlick ’09 & Broc Maples)                  Second Place

Pacific AC (Richard Aragon ’11 & Raymond Candler)   Third Place

This was an exciting part of the tournament.  This was Broc’s first college tournament and he and Anne had only debated together in practice.  In a field of 60+ teams, Anne & Broc debated a total of eleven rounds in a 36 hour period.  The final round did not start until  ONE A.M.!!!  But, in a close 2-1 decision, they emerged in second place.  Unfortunately, the tournament forced Pacific EM and Pacific AC to debate in the semi-finals, thereby preventing Pacific from closing out the final round!!  However, this is an outstanding start to what looks like a great semester.

 

It should be noted that Pacific FS (Steve Farias & Emily Sheldon) as well as Pacific KM (Chelsea Kelleher & Isaac Molsee) barely missed making it to the elimination rounds.  However, the points they earned (along with EM & AC’s points), gives Pacific a great start to the season-long rankings!

 

The Pacific Speech team travels to UC Berkeley for the Northern California season opener with over twenty people!

 

 

Pacific Places Ninth in National Forensics Association Sweepstakes

On April 18-25, Pacific Speech and Debate travelled to Berry College in Rome, Georgia for the National Forensics Association Tournament.  Using some frequent flyer miles, seven students and two coaches attended the tournament.  Kathleen Bruce (COP '07, History) competed in Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu Speaking, and Persuasive Speaking.  Branigan Robertson (Bus '07) competed in Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu Speaking, and Prose Interpretation.  Kristin Pace (COP '07, Communication) competed in Persuasive Speaking and Prose Interpretation.  Raman Deol (COP '07, Political Science) competed in Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu Speaking, and Lincoln-Douglas Debate.  Ariana Grova (COP '08, Communication) competed in After-Dinner Speaking and Prose Interpretation.  After all was said and done, Pacific placed Ninth in its division the best it has done since 1999!!  Congratulations to all!

 

Northern California Forensics Association Recognizes Pacific Team Members

            Pacific has been recognized by the Northern California Forensics Association with some additional individual awards.  This organization is the one which all directors of forensics and coaches from Northern (and a number of Southern) California debate schools belong.

 

Kathleen Bruce was nominated and voted by coaches from around California as the "Best Parliamentary Debater at a Four Year College"!  

 

Kristin Pace was nominated as "Best Platform Speaker at a Four Year College." 

 

Also, Dr. Bates was nominated and voted by coaches from around California as "Coach of the Year."

 

End of the Year Wrap-Up

 

Thankfully this was the last tournament of the season!  This means that PSDS travelled approximately 16,000 air miles and 6,000 road miles in 17 weekends during the entire 2006-2007 academic year!  These numbers represent what eighteen Pacific students EACH have done over the course of the 2006-2007 academic year. During that time, they debated 150 times, gave 100+ speeches, and received a number of awards.  The team did exceptionally well this year.  Despite a major change in the way points are calculated, we finished 14th in the country in debate and took seven students to the national speech competition in Atlanta, Georgia and placed ninth nationally in our division!  We took first place in sweepstakes at three tournaments, second at the largest tournament in the country outside of a national (Pt. Loma), and a 3rd or 4th at every other tournament.  Quantitatively and qualitatively, Pacific Speech and Debate has exceeded its record from last year.

            Individually, the team members have also excelled.  Kathleen Bruce and Branigan Robertson were ranked as high as 2nd in the nation this year in debate.  Additionally, at the national tournament, Kathleen and Branigan made it to 29th in the rankings—the best any debate team from Pacific has done in 10+ years.  Phillip Krueger and Steven Farias were also very successful reaching 35th in the nation.  There are many, many awards I could list off for all of the team members.  Suffice it to say that each and every member of the team won at least five awards this year.  Please visit http://psds.pitas.com/ for an official tally of all of our results.

            On the home front, things have been happening for Pacific Speech and Debate.  This year we hosted one of the largest tournaments in the country for the Fall 2006 semester.  We grew by at least ten regular members and we are one of—if not the—most ethnically diverse teams on the circuit.  Most exciting has been the new awarding of full ride scholarships from the University (up to two Full Tuition Scholarships) and Raoul Kennedy.  We have also secured the number four debater in the country, Kasey Gardner (Wky) to be a graduate student and an assistant coach next year.  This means that we will have up to six coaches next year!  Also, we have recruited a number of high school national champions to come to Pacific!  Next year will be a rebuilding year, but we have high hopes!  If you wish more information about Pacific Speech and Debate, please contact Dr. Marlin Bates, the Director of Forensics, at 209-946-3049 or mbates@pacific.edu

 

Nationals Results and Other News

 

From March 15^th to March 27, 2007, the Pacific Speech and Debate team has been competing at two debate national tournaments.  Our results have set a new school record in terms of individual team results at the national tournament!

 

During the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence Pacific BR (Kathleen Bruce & Branigan Robertson) & Pacific KF (F. Phillip Krueger & Steven Farias) did very well and tied the school record for the number of ballots won at the NPTE.  The NPTE is a very exclusive tournament and only invites the top 56 teams in the country to participate.  This year, Pacific BR was ranked 26^th and Pacific KF was ranked 35^th.   A total of 995 teams were ranked this year by the NPTE.  This tournament was held in Laramie, WY on March 15-19, 2007.

 

http://npte.debateaddict.com/unleashed/rank.php?npteyear=2007

 

During the National Parliamentary Debate Association National tournament Pacific beat its old record for result at this tournament!  Out of 238 teams competing, Pacific BR were ranked 29^th after preliminary rounds.  This earned them a bye in the Quadra-Octofinal round.  They had a heart-wrenching loss during the Triple-Octofinal round, but this still beat the team record for finishes at NPDA!  Pacific KF almost made it to the elimination rounds.  The had a 4-4 record and need a 5-3 to advance!  Pacific DC (Raman Deol & Will Chamberlain) also competed at Nationals.

 

Moreover, the team finished 14^th nationwide.  This is out of 257 teams ranked nationwide. 

 

http://cas.bethel.edu/dept/comm/npda/stats/schools?season=2006-2007&sort=byrank

 

In other news, the number four debater in the country has agreed to come to Pacific as a graduate assistant coach!  Kasey Gardner is part of the Western Kentucky GS team.  He is also an outstanding person and really looks forward to coming to Pacific to not only get a great M.A. in Political Communication, but also coach this team.  As Dr. Bates, Director of Forensics, stated: “This is an incredible boon for Pacific!  Next year looks to be a banner year for potential.  Although a lot of our senior members are graduating this year, we should have a huge team next year and a great coaching staff to go with it!  We anticipate 30-40 people on the team and—hopefully—four to six coaches!”

 

Pacific Speech and Debate hosts the Irish National Champions this coming weekend and will debate them on Monday, April 2, 2007 at the Bechtel International Center at 6 pm.  The public is invited to attend.

 

Our last tournament of the season is the National Forensic Association Nationals in Rome, Georgia on April 18-24, 2007.

Pacific Debaters NorCal Champions!!

 

This past weekend (February 9-11, 2007) Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to Diablo Valley College for the Northern California Forensics Association Championship tournament.  Pacific Debaters led the charge to defend our debate crown from last year.  They were quite successful! Individual speakers also brought Pacific to second place overall in the tournament.  Once again, Pacific proved a force to be reckoned with.

 

In Individual Events, Pacific students also excelled!!  In fact, newcomer Katherine Chang, took first in her first collegiate tournament!

 

Individual Events:

Impromptu Speaking

Open Division

Third Place  Raman Deol

Finalist            Brandon Schwartz

Novice Division

Finalist            Nan “David” Zhang

 

 

Persuasive Speaking (Open Division)

Finalist            Kristin Pace

 

 

Informative Speaking (Novice Division)

Fourth Place    Michael Biddle

Finalist            Chinwe Ohanele

 

Informative Speaking (Open Division)

Fourth Place    Anne Eastlick

 

Extemporaneous Speaking

Open Division

CHAMPION  F. Phillip Krueger

Finalist            Steven Farias

Finalist            Will Chamberlain

 

Prose Interpretation (Novice)

CHAMPION  Katherine Chang

Parliamentary Debate

Open Division

CHAMPIONS           Pacific KF       F. Phillip Krueger & Steven Farias

Quarter-Finalists         Pacific DC       Raman Deol & Will Chamberlain

 

Second Speaker           Raman Deol

 

Junior Division

Second Speaker           Anne Eastlick

 

Novice Division

Quarter-Finalists         Pacific OS       Chine Ohanele & Brandon Schwartz

CHAMPION SPEAKER      Chinwe Ohanele

 

Pacific shows NATIONAL Excellence!!

 

This past weekend (February 1- February 5, 2007), Pacific Speech and Debate attended Pt. Loma Nazarene University’s Sunset Cliffs Classic and the Southwestern College Invitational.  This swing is known as the most difficult tournament in the nation.  Indeed, it has earned the nickname, “Bloodbath by the Beach.” Over sixty schools compete at this tournament, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, San Diego State, Temple, Lewis & Clark and MANY OTHERS!  Every year, many schools are thankful just to be in the top five of this tournament.  Pacific did what it has not done in THE ENTIRE TEN YEAR HISTORY of the Swing:  Take Second place overall and Second place overall for the Swing! Each and every student contributed to Pacific’s massive placing!  It was a banner day for Pacific and sets them in good stead for the Northern California Championships this weekend.  Here is how it all stacked up:

 

In Individual Events, Pacific students excelled!!

 

Individual Events:

Impromptu Speaking

Open Division (Sunset Cliffs)

Finalist        Raman Deol

Finalist            Steven Farias

Novice Division (Sunset Cliffs)

Second Place    Brandon Schwartz

Finalist            Michael Biddle

Novice Division (Southwestern College)

CHAMPION  Brandon Schwartz

 

 

Persuasive Speaking (Open Division Sunset Cliffs)

Third Place      Kathleen Bruce

Finalist            Kristin Pace

 

After Dinner Speaking (Novice Division Sunset Cliffs)

CHAMPION              Brandon Schwartz

Second Place               Ariana Grova

 

Informative Speaking (Novice Division Sunset Cliffs)

Third Place      Anne Eastlick

Fourth Place    Michael Biddle

 

Extemporaneous Speaking

Novice Division Southwestern College

CHAMPION  Brandon Schwartz

Second Place   David Zhang

Finalist            Moises Vargas

 

Open Division Sunset Cliffs

Second Place   Kathleen Bruce

Semi-Finalist   Steven Farias

Semi-Finalist   Branigan Robertson

 

Open Division Southwestern College

Fourth Place    Raman Deol

 

 

Parliamentary Debate

 

Junior Division

Seventeen Speaker (out of 110!)         Anne Eastlick

 

Double-Octofinalist     Pacific BZ       Michael Biddle & David Zhang

 

Pacific DOMINATES Gladiator Invitational!!

 

This past weekend (Jan. 27-29, 2007), Pacific Speech and Debate attended the Gladiator Invitational held in Hayward, CA.  Fielding the largest team that Pacific has had in almost two decades, Pacific students came away not only with the first place trophy, but also with more than DOUBLE the amount of points of their closest competitor!  Indeed, with 191 total points, Pacific Speech and Debate students were 96 points ahead of anyone else at the tournament.  In doing so, Pacific debate teams did what they have not done in more than twenty years: close out the final round of open division debate!  In fact, the Champions of the tournament, Phillip Krueger and Steven Farias, did not lose even ONE ballot for the ENTIRE tournament!

 

Each and every student contributed to Pacific’s massive win and first place overall!  It was a banner day for Pacific and a great lift before their next tournament in San Diego.  Here is how it all stacked up:

 

In Individual Events, Pacific students excelled!  In some events, it was ONLY Pacific students who were elevated to the elimination rounds of competition!

 

Individual Events:

Impromptu Speaking

Open Division (Pacific had 4 of the 7 final round competitors!)

CHAMPION  Raman Deol

Third Place      Phillip Krueger

Fourth Place    Steve Farias
Finalist Kathleen Bruce

 

Novice Division

Second Place   Will Chamberlin

Finalist            Chinwe Ohanele

Finalist            Anne Eastlick

 

Prose Interpretation (Open Division)

CHAMPION  Branigan Robertson

Fifth Place       Ariana Grova

Finalist            Kristin Pace

 

Persuasive Speaking (Open Division)

CHAMPION  Kristin Pace

Second Place   Kathleen Bruce

 

After Dinner Speaking (Open Division)

Finalist            Ariana Grova

 

Extemporaneous Speaking

Novice Division

CHAMPION  Anne Eastlick

Second Place   Brandon Schwartz

Finalist            Moises Vargas

 

Open Division

Second Place   Kathleen Bruce

Third Place      Phillip Krueger

Fourth Place    Branigan Robertson

 

Parliamentary Debate

Open Division

Top Speaker    Branigan Robertson

Third Speaker  Raman Deol

Fifth Speaker   Steven Farias

Sixth Speaker  Kathleen Bruce

Seventh Spkr   Phillip Krueger

 

CHAMPIONS           Pacific KF Phillip Krueger & Steven Farias

Second Place   Pacific BR Branigan Robertson & Kathleen Bruce

Quarterfinals   Pacific DC Raman Deol & Will Chamberlin

(Narrowly missing elim rounds were Pacific BZ Michael Biddle & Nan “David” Zhang in their first tournament in Open division!)

 

Novice Division

Fifth Speaker   Moises Vargas

Ninth Speaker Chinwe Ohanele

 

Third Place      Pacific OS Chinwe Ohanele & Brandon Schwartz (Their FIRST tournament together)

Quarter-Finals Pacific EV Anne Eastlick & Moises Vargas

 

SEMESTER STARTS OFF WITH NEW RECORDS

 

January 5, 2007

PACIFIC ATTENDS WORLD UNIVERSITY DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

For the first time in its history, Pacific Speech and Debate competed at the World University Debate Championships with three teams.  Pacific competed against over 700 debaters from 32 countries!  Held at the University of British Colombia in Vancouver Canada, the WUDC is the world’s oldest and most prestigious British parliamentary debate tournament.  Pacific did very well for its first time, finishing in the top half of the very large field.  The three teams that attended were Pacific BR (Kathleen Bruce & Branigan  Robertson), Pacific EV (Anne Eastlick & Moises Vargas), and Pacific KF (F. Phillip Krueger & Steven Farias).

 

January 10, 2007

PACIFIC GETS FIRST ROUND BID TO NPTE!

The National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence is the most exclusive and competitive national tournament in American Parliamentary Debate.  The tournament is by invitation only and those invitations are extended to only the top 56 teams in the nations.  However, these invitations go out in three rounds.  The first round bids (invitations) are only extended to the top 16 teams in the country based on tournament results up to this point.  In the past three years, Pacific has gone from getting an at-large bid (third round), then last year two second round bids, and now—for the first time ever—a first round bid for Pacific BR (Kathleen Bruce & Branigan Robertson)!!

The season is still a long way from ending and we hope to get at least one more team invited to this exciting tournament!

 

January 16, 2007

PACIFIC CHOSEN TO HOST IRISH CHAMPIONS FOR 2ND YEAR

Every year, only five schools in the entire country are selected to host the Irish National Champion Debate teams.  Last year, Pacific had the honor of hosting them for the first time.  Because only a few schools can be hosts, it is highly unusual for a school to be chosen twice—let alone in a row—that Pacific is VERY honored!  The Irish National Champions will arrive at Pacific on March 30^th.  On Monday, April 2, 2007, at 6:00 pm, The Irish will debate a team of Pacific debaters in a public demonstration of how enjoyable debate can be.  The debate will be held in the Bechtel International Center and will be on the topic that we should return to Prohibition!

 

January 22, 2007

Pacific Takes Third, TWICE! (and in the SNOW!)

For the second year in a row, Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to the wintry land of Nebraska to compete in two tournaments at Concordia University.  Called the “Sleet and Snow Swing,” it certainly lived up to its name!  Eight inches of snow fell during the weekend and Pacific had to slug through snow drifts to get to their debate rounds!  However, it was all worth it because, once again, Pacific took third at both tournaments!  With such powerhouses as Western Kentucky University, Kansas State, and Truman State University, it was tough competition, but Pacific held on.  Here is how Pacific’s students did:

Parliamentary Debate (Open, Sleet Side, Concordia University)

Quarter-finalists          Pacific BR (Kathleen Bruce & Branigan Robertson)

Octo-finalists              Pacific KF (F. Phillip Krueger & Steven Farias)

Seventh Speaker          Branigan Robertson

 

Individual Events (Sleet Side)

7^th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking, Branigan Robertson

4^th Place, Prose Interpretation, Branigan Robertson

 

Parliamentary Debate (Open, Snow Side, Wheaton College)

Quarter-finalists          Pacific BR (Kathleen Bruce & Branigan Robertson)

Ninth Speaker             Branigan Robertson

 

Parliamentary Debate (Junior, Snow Side)

Seventh Speaker          Nan “David” Zhang

Ninth Speaker             Michael Biddle

 

Congratulations to all!  This is the first of seven tournaments in a row for Pacific this semester!  Pacific next travels to Chabot College on Friday, January 26^th!

 

 

 

Pacific Hosts Largest Tournament in the country

AND

Takes Second in Debate!!

This weekend, Pacific Speech and Debate hosted thirty-five schools and 500 college students from around the nation.  Nicknamed “Death Duel By The Delta,” this tournament has three parts and hosts some of the best teams in the country.

 

On Friday, November 10^th, Pacific held the second Pat Kennedy Round Robin.  This tournament pitted teams from the top twenty teams in the country.  In a grueling double-elimination format, Pacific’s Kathleen Bruce and Branigan Robertson tied for fourth.  The final round was a close one with UC, Berkeley defeating Western Kentucky by a vote of 15-14.

 

That same day, Delta college hosted the Mustang Invitational.  The balance of Pacific’s team competed here against 20 schools in individual events only.  AT the end of the evening Pacifi9c had finished 5^th through the following indiviodual’s success:

 

Open Duo Interpretation

First Place       Charlene Kidwell & Kristin Pace

Second Place   Steve Farias & Phillip Krueger

 

Open Prose

Finalist            Ariana Grova

 

Open POI

Finalist            Ariana Grova

 

Novice Informative

Finalist            Charlene Kidwell

 

On Saturday and Sunday the Paul Winters Invitational was held at Pacific.  Since it was our own tournament, we could not give ourselves a trophy.  But, if we could have, we would have finished 4^th out of all 35 schools!!  We were help there by the following results:

Parliamentary Debate

Novice

Second Place!!!           David Zhang & Michael Biddle

Octofinalists               Anne Eastlick & Moises Vargas

 

15^th Speaker (out of 64 debaters)        David Zhang

16^th Speaker                                        Anne Eastlick

Open

Octofinalists               Kathleen Bruce & Branigan Robertson

Octofinalists               Steve Farias & Phillip Krueger

 

Individual Events

Open Extemp

Finalist            Phillip Krueger

Novice Extemp

4^th                    Michael Biddle

Semi-Finalist   Chinwe Ohanale

Novice Informative

4^th        Charlene Kidwell

Novice Impromptu

First Place!!                Chinwe Ohanale

Open Prose Interp

Semi-Finalist   Branigan Robertson

Pacific Takes First at Berkeley!

 

For the second year in a row, Pacific traveled to the Golden Gate Invitational held at UC Berkeley.  After two days of intense competition from 7 am until 10 pm at night, University of the Pacific came out on top once more!  Defeating such schools as UCLA, UC Berkeley, and University of Washington, along the way these individuals helped the team succeed:

 

Parliamentary Debate

 

Kathleen Bruce & Branigan Robertson were Quarter-Finalists (tied for 4^th) out of sixty teams!

 

Individual Events

Dramatic Interpretation

2^nd Place          Kristin Pace

Programmed Oral Interp

1^st Place           Ariana Grova

Informative Speaking

2^nd Place          Charlene Kidwell

After-Dinner Speaking

1^st Place           Ariana Grova

Poetry Interpretation

2^nd Place          Raman Deol

Prose Interpretation

1^st Place           Branigan Robertson

2^nd Place          Ariana Grova

Extemporaneous Speaking

2^nd Place          Raman Deol

3^rd Place          Branigan Robertson

Impromptu Speaking (Pacific had 4 or the 6 finalists!!)

1^st Place           Branigan Robertson

3^rd Place          Phillip Krueger

5^th Place           Raman Deol

6^th Place           Kathleen Bruce

Persuasive Speaking

2^nd Place          Kathleen Bruce

3^rd Place          Kristin Pace

 

Pacific’s final tournament for the semester is the Pacific Meets the Delta Swing on our campus.  Rumor has it being the largest tournament in the country!  Come on out!

Contact Dr. Marlin Bates, if you would like to judge or compete! (209-946-3049).

 

PACIFIC TAKES FOURTH

 

On October 19, the Pacific Speech & Debate Team traveled to Azusa Pacific University to attend the California Double-Up Speech Swing.  The Swing consisted of two tournaments on one weekend.  On Friday, Pacific competed in the Todd Lewis Invitational, finishing 4^th overall out of 35 schools.  On Saturday and Sunday, Pacific finished 5^th overall out of 37 schools.  Pacific defeated such schools as UCLA, UC, Berkeley, Pepperdine, and many others.  Here is how the individual members of Pacific did it:

 

At the Todd Lewis Invitational:

Parliamentary Debate

Novice

Bronze Medal             Abby Liao & Michael Biddle

Bronze Medal             David Zhang & Charlene Kidwell

 

Open

Octofinalists               Kathleen Bruce & Branigan Robertson

Individual Events

Finalist            Programmed Oral Interp         Arian Grova

Finalist            Impromptu                             Raman Deol

Third               Persuasive Speaking                Kristin Pace

 

 

At the Cougar Classic

 

Open Parliamentary Debate

12^th Speaker (out of 64)          Branigan Robertson

13^th Speaker                            Phillip Krueger

 

Octofinalists                           Phillip Krueger & Steven Farias

Quarter-Finalists                     Kathleen Bruce & Branigan Robertson

NOTE:                        Kat & Branigan were undefeated going into the quarterfinal round!

 

Novice Parliamentary Debate

8^th Speaker                              Charlene Kidwell

 

Also helping earn sweepstakes points in prelim rounds of debate were:

Anne Eastlick & Moises Vargas

Donnie Rowe & Brooke Galbraith

 

Open NFA Lincoln-Douglas Debate

3^rd Place          Raman Deol (this qualifies her for the Nationals in Georgia next year!)

 

Individual Events

 

1^st Place           Novice Duo Interp      Phillip Krueger & Steve Farias

3^rd Place          Novice Informative     Charlene Kidwell

4^th Place           Open Duo Interp        Krueger & Farias

5^th Place           Open Extemp              Kathleen Bruce

 

Semi-Finalist   Open Impromptu       Phillip Krueger

Semi-Finalist   Open Impromptu       Steve Farias

Semi-Finalist   Novice Impromptu     David Zhang

 

Also helping earn sweepstakes points in prelim rounds of debate were:

Anne Eastlick & Moises Vargas

Donnie Rowe & Brooke Galbraith

 

Pacific Speech and Debate Is UNDEFEATED at UC Berkeley tournament

 

On September 22-24, Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to Berkeley to compete against schools from around the country again.  This time the debate team of Branigan Robertson and Kathleen Bruce did an exceptional job!  Not only did they take first place at the tournament, but they did not lose a single ballot!  This is an extremely difficult feat!

 

Also helping Pacific win were a lot of new faces and returning veterans:

 

In Parliamentary Debate

The Team of Phillip Krueger and Steven Farias broke to the quarterfinal round before being defeated by their own team mates!!

For Speaker Awards:  Raman Deol was 10^th speaker out of 62 speakers total, Steve Farias was 8^th, Kathleen Bruce was 7^th, Phillip Krueger was 5^th, and Branigan Robertson was the TOP SPEAKER!!

 

In Novice Parliamentary Debate:

Benjamin Dunphy and Charlene Kidwell broke to the quartfinal round and advanced to Semi-finals, taking third place!  Also, the BRAND NEW team of Anne Eastlick & David Zhang also broke to quarter-finals.

For Speaker Awards Anne Eastlick placed Third out of 40 speakers in her first tournament ever!  Well Done!!

 

In Individual Events:

In Extemporaneous Speaking, Branigan Robertson placed sixth and Kathleen Bruce 5^th.

In Persuasive Speaking, Kathleen Bruce placed 2nd in open division and Phillip Krueger placed 3rd in novice division!

 

Not to be outdone by her debate colleagues, Ariana Grova walked home with six awards!  She placed 2^nd in her Duo with Benjamin Dunphy, 2^nd in her Programmed Oral Interp, and 4^th in Novice Prose.  Also, while her teammates were debating, she competed in a second tournament earning First in Programmed Oral Interp and 2^nd in Prose!! 

 

In Novice Impromptu Speaking, Mariel Garcia Sanchez took 3rd in her first tournament ever!

 

Congratulations!

Next Events:

Pacific’s next tournament is in Western Kentucky (10/13-10/16) and then a full-squad two tournament swing in Azusa on October 20-23!

Pacific Debate Starts Season with a Bang in Wyoming!

 

On September 15-17, Pacific Speech and Debate traveled to their first tournament of the year:  The Top of the Rockies Invitational in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

 

In Parliamentary Debate

Once again, Pacific shows that it can do both debate and individual speeches well. 

Team Results

The team did well with the debate team of Branigan Robertson and Kathleen Bruce besting forty other debate teams from around the country such as the US Air Force Academy, William Jewell, Colorado College, Truman State and others.

In Individual Events:

In individual events, Branigan Robertson did very well.  Taking fourth in both Impromptu and Prose Interpretation.

 

Next Events:

Pacific’s next tournament is the UC Berkeley Season Opener on Sept 22-24.