Lafayette College Forensics Society

A successful weekend for the debaters! Josh, Jacob, and Ben had fun and competitive debates across the Alexis Elliott Memorial Round Robin and WKU Fall Tournament! Next up, the Lafayette College Ochoie Invitational in two weeks.

After a long season, the team finished strong at NFA and IOA! For a full list of results, head to our website!
https://sites.lafayette.edu/forensics/

Way to go Leopards, see you in the fall!

We are so proud of our competitors who last weekend traveled to Westminster University and took first place in the state tournament for the fourth consecutive year!

Lafayette took eleven students, all of whom placed in at least one event!
Here are there full awards:
Kelly Mwaamba ‘22 won individual sweepstakes in addition to 1st in After Dinner Speaking, 1st in Duo, 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation, 3rd in Persuasive speaking, 3rd in Poetry, and 5th in Prose

Ben Herman and Josh Hale took 2nd in Parliamentary Debate
Josh Hale was also the 2nd Extemporaneous Speaker

Ceci Montufar and Baris Yazici were semi-finalists in Parliamentary debate

Danny Demelfi was 1st in Duo, 1st in POI, and 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation

Shirley Liu took 1st in informative speaking, 1st in persuasive speaking, and 2nd in Rhetorical Criticism

Michael Sun placed 2nd in informative speaking, 5th in Extemporaneous Speaking, and 6th in Prose

Ronnie Ward took 3rd in Prose and 4th in Poetry

Image Patterson took 1st in Poetry and 1st in Dramatic interpretation

James Hixenbaugh was the 2nd place speaker in Impromptu speaking

Congratulations to all the wonderful Pennsylvania competitors!

Shout out to the novices on the speech team! Y’all a handsome and talented squad.
Overall, we placed 4th as a team and were the division 2 champions!

The individual awards are as follows:

Image: 1st POE, 2nd Slam POE, 3rd DI

Angela - 2nd PER, 3rd ADS

James: 2nd IMP, 3rd SAL

Ani: 4th IMP

Dan: 5th IMP

Congratulations to all of those who competed in George Mason's Virginia is Lover's tournament.

The team took 3rd place overall!!!

Here are the individual awards:

Kelly - 2nd ADS, 2nd DUO, 2nd IMP, 3rd PERS

Shirley - 2nd CA, 3rd INF, 5th PERS

Danny - 2nd DUO, 4th DI, 5th POI

Image - 4th POE, 5th DI

Ronnie - 4th PRO, 6th POE

Congratulations to for 3rd place in individual sweeps!

Happy Holidays from the Lafayette Forensics Team! We hope everyone has a safe and healthy holiday season!

The team had a wonderful end to the semester!

For example, last weekend the speech team competed in the Long Island Swing — also known as the Off-Broadway Swing. This was the first in-person tournament for many of our competitors!

Meanwhile, the debate team competed in the Fall Finale hosted jointly by Lafayette College and the University of Nebrask-Lincoln.

Here are the results:

SPEECH DAY 1
Overall, the team scored second place.

Kelly - Tournament champion, 1st POE, 1st DUO, 1st PRO, 2nd DUO, 2nd ADS, 4th DI

Jordan - 2nd DUO, 2nd PRO

Shirley - 2nd CA, 4th INF

Danny - 1st DUO, 6th DI

DEBATE
Overall, the team took second place!

Josh - 4th speaker, made it to finals

Jacob - 2nd Speaker, made it to semis

Michael - Novice Champion

SPEECH DAY 2
Overall, the team took 5th place.

Kelly - Tournament champion, 1st ADS, 1st POE, 1st PRO, 3rd DUO, 4th DI, 6th DUO

Danny - 3rd DUO, 6th DI, 7th POI

Jordan - 6th DUO, 6th PRO

Shirley - 3rd PERS, 4th CA,

Michael - 4th INF

Lafayette has had a wonderful fall season, congrats to all our debaters! We are so excited to be hosting the Fall Finale Tournament with the University of Nebraska - Lincoln!

Season Results:

Western Kentucky University
Alexis Elliott Round Robin Competitors
Josh Hale
Ceci Montufar
WKU Tournament:
Jaden Stone - JV quarters
Jaden Stone - JV 5th speaker
Josh Hale - Open Quarters

Missouri Mule
Josh Hale - Open Quarters

Lafayette Ochoie
Baris Yazici - Novice finalist
Baris Yazici - Novice 1st speaker
Josh Hale - Open Closeout
Josh Hale - Open 2nd Speaker
Ben Herman - Open Closeout
Ben Herman - Open 4th Speaker
Ceci Montufar - Open Closeout
Ceci Montufar - Open 1st Speaker
Jacob Moldover - Open Closeout
Jacob Moldover - Open 5th Speaker

Fall Redbird Debate Tournament
Baris Yazici - Novice Tournament Champion
Michael Antonacci - Novice Semifinalist
Josh Hale - Open Finalist
Josh Hale - Open 5th Speaker

Penn State
Anna Fenkel - Novice Semifinalist
Ben Herman - Open Closeout
Ben Herman - Open 1st speaker
Ceci Montufar - Open Closeout
Yordanos Mengistu - Open Closeout
Yordanos Mengistu - Open 3rd Speaker

Last weekend, three members of the speech team travelled to Bradley in Peoria, IL to compete in the Norton — one of the most competitive tournaments we compete in during the fall semester!

The results are as follows:

Kelly: 6th in DI, 6th in DUO, 6th in POE, 5th in PRO, semi-finals PERS

Jordan: 6th in DUO

and congratulations to Kelly for placing fifth in individual sweeps!

Swipe for a picture of Kelly winning 1st place in the dance off 😳

Yesterday, the team competed in the Ed Leonard Memorial Tournament.

Overall, the team placed first 😎

Here are the individual awards:
Kelly - 1st Individual Sweeps, 1st POE, 1st PER, 1st PRO, 1st DUO, 1st DI

Jefrey - 2nd Individual Sweeps, 1st POI, 3rd DI, 3rd ADS, 5th SAL

Jordan - 1st DUO, 2nd PRO, 2nd DI

Angela - 2nd ADS

Ami - 6th EXT

Ronnie - 5th POE, 7th PERS

Olivia - 3rd PRO

Senior Scott Kamen was just named an AFA All-American, just the second time a Lafayette student has ever received this honor! Congratulations!!!

State Champions for the third year running!!!! We are so thankful for our amazing team and their incredible dedication to this activity even in these difficult circumstances. So thankful for these students!