John R. Park Debate Wins Big in California

The John R. Park Debate Society traveled to Stockton, CA for its third tournament of the competitive season at the Pat Kennedy Round Robin, Mustang Invitational, and Paul Winters Invitational hosted over three days by the University of the Pacific. At the tournament, the team faced competition from twenty-two colleges and universities. Among the other institutions in attendance were the University of the Pacific, San Francisco State University, the University of Nevada, and Sacramento State University. Among the team’s many accomplishments, students won four events, and finished the second half of the weekend as the overall top-performing school at the tournament. The team will look to conclude its strong fall season on an equally successful note at the last tournament of the semester when it travels to Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs, WY on the first weekend of December.

COMPLETE RESULTS

Overall (Sweepstakes) Awards

1^st Place – Paul Winters Invitational

3^rd Place – Mustang Invitational

2^nd Place – Combined (Paul Winters & Mustang Invitational) Sweepstakes 

Debate Awards

Pat Kennedy Round Robin

Semifinalists – Open Parliamentary Debate – Courtney Nilson & Amanda Shepherd

Paul Winters Invitational

1^st Place – Open Parliamentary Debate - Christopher de Freitas & Jose Soto

2^nd Place – Open Parliamentary Debate – Courtney Nilson & Amanda Shepherd

2^nd Place – Junior Parliamentary Debate – Jordan Berkshire & Summer Gomez

Quarterfinalists – Open Parliamentary Debate – Averie Vockel & Shad Wojciechowski

Quarterfinalists – Junior Parliamentary Debate – Ben Jensen & Madeline Lehman

Quarterfinalists – Junior Parliamentary Debate – Bryan Casselman & Jeremy Lam

2^nd Place - Junior Parliamentary Debate - Madeline Lehman

3^rd Place - Junior Parliamentary Debate - Rachel Carlson

6^th Place - Open Parliamentary Debate - Averie Vockel

9^th Place - Open Parliamentary Debate - Courtney Nilson

10^th Place - Junior Parliamentary Debate - Jeremy Lam

Individual Event Awards

Paul Winters Invitational

1^st Place – Extemporaneous Speaking – Shad Wojciechowski

2^nd Place – After Dinner Speaking – Averie Vockel

2^nd Place – Programmed Oral Interpretation – Zac Ray

2^nd Place – Prose Interpretation – Jose Soto

3^rd Place – Poetry Interpretation – Jose Soto

4^th Place – Extemporaneous Speaking – Jordan Berkshire

4^th Place – Prose Interpretation – Zac Ray

5^th Place – Individual Sweepstakes – Zac Ray

5^th Place – Informative Speaking – Ben Jensen

Mustang Invitational

1^st Place – Extemporaneous Speaking – Shad Wojciechowski

1^st Place – Informative Speaking – Ben Jensen

2^nd Place – Prose Interpretation – Jose Soto

3^rd Place – Programmed Oral Interpretation – Zac Ray

3^rd Place – Prose Interpretation – Zac Ray

4^th Place – After Dinner Speaking – Averie Vockel

5^th Place – Dramatic Interpretation – Zac Ray

5^th Place – Extemporaneous Speaking – Jordan Berkshire