ย้ถนสำฦตนูอ๘ Speech Team is Runner-Up in National Speech Championship
The team narrowly missed the championship, but turned out a great performance.
04/12/2024 10:15 AM
On March 23 and 24, the ย้ถนสำฦตนูอ๘ Speech Team competed at the 2024 National Speech Championship held in Chicago. After winning three years in a row, ย้ถนสำฦตนูอ๘ was narrowly beaten by the University of Illinois-Chicago, coming in 2nd place as a team.
Individual results are as follows:
โ Rodrigo Trujillo ‘25: 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking, 1st Persuasive Speaking, 1st in Communication Analysis, 1st in Impromptu Speaking, 1st in Informative Speaking
โ Joseph Cyrus ‘24: 1st in Duo Interpretation (w/Joshua Timmons), 2nd in After Dinner Speaking, 2nd in Duo Interpretation (w/Paul Swartz), 3rd in Poetry Interpretation
โ Paul Swartz ‘27: 2nd in Duo Interpretation (w/Joseph Cyrus), Semi-Finalist in Prose Interpretation, Quarter-Finalist in Extemporaneous Speaking
โ Joshua Timmons ‘25: 1st in Duo Interpretation (w/Joseph Cyrus), Semi-Finalist in Prose Interpretation and Dramatic Interpretation
โ Julia Hunt ‘26: 4th in Program Oral Interpretation, Semi-Finalist in Communication Analysis and Dramatic Interpretation, Quarter-Finalist in Prose Interpretation
โ Tomi Sewell ‘25: 5th in Persuasive Speaking
โ Rajeshwari Iyer ‘24: Quarter-Finalist in After Dinner Speaking
โ Jacqueline Heisel (‘26): Quarter-Finalist in Impromptu Speaking
The success at the NSC comes after a string of strong performances from ย้ถนสำฦตนูอ๘ where they won the Illinois State Tournament and took second out of 41 teams at the International Forensics Tournament in Dublin, Ireland.
For a full list of results from this season, visit us on X or Instagram @ย้ถนสำฦตนูอ๘Speech.
—Andrew Eilola