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WKU’s Forensics Team traveled to Lebanon, Illinois, to compete in two tournaments Nov. 10-11.

The WKU team won all three team sweepstakes championships, across debate and the two individual events tournaments. In debate, the team advanced seven of its eight students to elimination rounds before advancing four students to a rare semifinal close-out, ahead of the University of Nebraska, Wiley College, Illinois State University, Central Missouri University, Hillsdale College, Central Michigan University and Simpson College. In individual events, the team secured 13 of the available 24 championships, competing against 16 schools, including Illinois State University, Bradley University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Ball State University.

Next week the team will split in two and travel to Normal, Illinois, and Jefferson City, Tennessee, to compete in three tournaments.

Results from the McKendree University City of Cedars and Forensics Roots Swing Tournaments are as follows:

• Sabas Del Toro, a senior from El Paso, Texas, tournament champion in individual sweepstakes, tournament champion in prose interpretation, tournament champion in dramatic interpretation, tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Sal Tinajero) and second in programmed oral interpretation at the City of Cedars tournament; tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Sal Tinajero), second in individual sweepstakes, second in dramatic interpretation and third in prose interpretation at the Forensics Roots tournament.
• Sal Tinajero Jr., a junior from Santa Ana, California, tournament champion in individual sweepstakes, tournament champion in after-dinner speaking, tournament champion in programmed oral interpretation, tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Sabas Del Toro) and second in prose interpretation at the Forensics Roots tournament; tournament champion in duo interpretation (with Sabas Del Toro), third in individual sweepstakes and third in programmed oral interpretation at the City of Cedars tournament.
• Bradley Wascher, a junior from Montgomery, Alabama, tournament champion in impromptu speaking, second in informative speaking and third in persuasive speaking at the Forensics Roots tournament; tournament champion in communication analysis, second in individual sweepstakes, third in extemporaneous speaking, fifth in impromptu speaking and sixth in persuasive speaking at the City of Cedars tournament.
• Ryan Gosling, a sophomore from West Palm Beach, Florida, tournament champion in poetry interpretation at the City of Cedars tournament; tournament champion in poetry interpretation and third in dramatic interpretation at the Forensics Roots tournament.
• Brian Anderson, a senior from Hodgenville, tournament champion in impromptu speaking, second in extemporaneous speaking, third debate speaker and quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate at the City of Cedars tournament.
• Alex Rivera, a junior from Newton, Kansas, tournament co-champion in Lincoln-Douglas debate, second debate speaker and third in impromptu speaking at the City of Cedars tournament.
• Kelly Lingen, a freshman from Lakeville, Minnesota, tournament champion in programmed oral interpretation and fourth in poetry interpretation at the City of Cedars tournament; third in programmed oral interpretation, third in after-dinner speaking and sixth in poetry interpretation at the Forensics Roots tournament.
• Madelynn Einhorn, a freshman from Oakwood, Ohio, top debate speaker and quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate at the City of Cedars tournament.
• Kelly Stone, a senior from Louisburg, Kansas, tournament co-champion in Lincoln-Douglas debate at the City of Cedars tournament.
• Anthony Survance, a junior from Louisville, tournament co-champion in Lincoln-Douglas debate, second in impromptu speaking and fifth debate speaker at the City of Cedars tournament.
• Isaac Keller, a sophomore from Kansas City, Missouri, tournament co-champion in Lincoln-Douglas debate and fourth debate speaker at the City of Cedars tournament.
• Matt Wisenden, a senior from Moorhead, Minnesota, second in dramatic interpretation, third in informative speaking and fourth in prose interpretation at the City of Cedars tournament; fifth in prose interpretation at the Forensics Roots tournament.
• Corey Newsome, a sophomore from Morehead, second in poetry interpretation, fourth in prose interpretation and sixth in dramatic interpretation at the Forensics Roots tournament; second in poetry interpretation and fifth in dramatic interpretation at the City of Cedars tournament.
• Jessica Duncan, a freshman from Arnaudville, Louisiana, second in persuasive speaking at the Forensics Roots tournament; fourth in persuasive speaking at the City of Cedars tournament.
• Ashlyn Jones, a sophomore from Lafayette, Louisiana, third in persuasive speaking and octofinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate at the City of Cedars tournament.
• Paige Allbright, a freshman from Youngsville, Louisiana, fifth in dramatic interpretation at the Forensics Roots tournament.

More: Check out the WKU Forensics Facebook page or follow @wkuforensics on Twitter.

Contact: Ganer Newman, (270) 745-6340