SPEECH & DEBATE CONTINUES SUCCESS AT CHESAPEAKE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP

It was a record-setting day for Loyola Speech & Debate at the Chesapeake District Championship hosted on campus on Saturday, April 1. The team won the district championship in speech and took third place in debate and congress.

Ten Dons finished in first or second place in their event, thereby qualifying them to attend the National Speech and Debate Association Championship in Birmingham in June. This is the largest contingent that Loyola will have ever brought to this tournament, breaking the previous record of eight set in 2013.

Please congratulate the following students for their award-winning presentations:

Alex Pongchit & Giovanni Steckel
2nd Place in Policy Debate

Robert Vail 
2nd Place in Humorous Interpretation
6th Place in Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Marlo Lacson & Zach Durkin
3rd Place in Duo Interpretation

Casey Piparo & Tre Barr
2nd Place in Duo Interpretation

Anthony Price & Patrick Redrick
District Champions in Duo Interpretation

Tre Barr
4th Place in Program Oral Interpretation

Anthony Price
5th Place in Dramatic Interpretation
3rd Place in Congressional Debate

Luke Scaletta
4th Place in Dramatic Interpretation
2nd Place in Original Oratory
6th Place in Congressional Debate

Joey Ghirardelli
District Champion in Dramatic Interpretation
2nd Place in International Extemporaneous Speaking

Jon Pejo
District Champion in Original Oratory

Patrick Redrick
3rd Place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking

Also, Kurt Imhoff ’13 was awarded the District Alumni Achievement Award for his successes in collegiate forensics at Northwestern University, his work in directing the Tournament of Champions in Extemporaneous Speaking, and his skill in coaching students both locally and nationally.
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