This past weekend, Belmont’s Forensic Team participated in the Jackson Purchase Swing, a two-day tournament held at Murray State University in Kentucky. The annual competition led to an impressive win for Belmont, with numerous students racking up recognition on both days.

 

Awards Day 1 at Murray State University:

Individual Events Sweeps: 1st in small team

Debate Sweeps: 5th in team sweeps

Janvi Shukla: 3rd in Radio Broadcasting and 3rd in Impromptu

Emily Vo: 4th in Novice Program of Oral Interpretation, 9th in novice IPDA (debate)

Megan Burchfield: 1st in Novice Program of Oral Interpretation, 2nd in Novice Prose, 5th in Novice After Dinner Speaking

Alexander Baynum: 2nd in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking, 7th in Novice Informative, 4th in Novice Impromptu, and 3rd in Novice Communication Analysis

Grace Freidman: 3nd in Novice Parliamentary debate, semi-finalist in Novice NPDA (debate), 2nd in Novice Radio Broadcasting

Tyler Redmon: semi-finalist in Novice NPDA (debate), and 8th in Novice Parliamentary Debate

 

Awards Day 2 at Murray State University:

Individual Events Sweeps: 2nd team sweeps

Janvi Shukla: 5th in Radio Broadcasting and 3rd in After Dinner Speaking

Emily Vo: 5th in Novice Program of Oral Interpretation

Megan Burchfield: 3rd in Novice Program of Oral Interpretation, 4th in Novice Prose, and 4th in Novice After Dinner Speaking

Tyler Redmon: 3rd in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking

Alexander Baynum: 3rd in Novice Communication Analysis, 3rd in Novice Informative Speaking, and 2nd in Novice Impromptu

Grace Freidman: 4th in Novice Radio Broadcasting

 

Congratulations to Speech & Debate on their outstanding performance!