Congrats to all of the coaches and competitors who brought their best to the Online National Speech and Debate Tournament last week!
I wanted to take a quick moment to congratulate all the amazing Wyoming competitors! You represented Wyoming so very well, and we are so very proud of you.
Check out the students who broke into out rounds from Wyoming at Nats (including a National Champion!):
Debate Breaks to Out Rounds
Policy Debate - Brody White & Gwennan Pritchard, Rock Springs
Public Forum - Haley Neisen & Faith Powell, Cheyenne East
Extemp Debate - Brody White, Rock Springs
Extemp Debate - Josh Hansen, Jackson
Extemp Debate - Will Aepli, Jackson
Congress
House, Quarterfinalist - Wolfgang Wuerker - Buffalo
Senate, Semifinalist - Breeze Petty, Hot Springs Co. HS
Individual Events Top 60
Duo - Carly Thornton & Isaac Almejo-Ponce, Riverton
Drama - Adley Robbins, Rock Springs
International Extemp - Shiva Yeshlur, Rock Springs
Poetry - Rachel West, Cheyenne East
Poetry - Dani Schulz, Cheyenne East
Poetry - Adley Robbins, Rock Springs
Individual Events Top 30
POI - Saga McAllister, Cheyenne East
Oratory - YuYu Yuan, Cheyenne East
US Extemp - Lauren Blackwelder, Natrona
Semifinalists
Commentary - Will Aepli, Jackson
Commentary - Makayla Kramer, Rock Springs
National Champion!!
Prose - Jayden Roccaforte, Cheyenne East