With a second place finish in Dramatic Interpretation, Eunice Adounkpe, a sophomore from Omaha, Neb., qualified for the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET). Her performances at the 2014 Sleet and Snow Swing held at Concordia University in Seward, Neb., on January 18-19, 2014, helped propel the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Bronco Forensics team to a third place finish for the weekend overall.
Individual results follow.
The Broncos will travel to Manhattan, Kan., next weekend to compete in the Kansas in Nebraska Swing.
Sleet and Snow Swing, Saturday, January 18:
Amanda Cargile, a senior from Devine, Texas
Semifinalist, Prose Interpretation
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Adounkpe
2nd place, Dramatic Interpretation*
4th place, Program of Oral Interpretation
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Corbin Henk, a sophomore from Doniphan, Neb.
5th place, Communication Analysis
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Sleet and Snow Swing, Sunday, January 19:
Jose Jimenez, a senior from Lexington, Neb.
5th place, Duo Interpretation with Adounpke
6th place, Dramatic Interpretation
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Cargile
3rd place, Poetry Interpretation
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Adounpke
5th place, Duo Interpretation with Jimenez
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Tommy Hendrix, a sophomore from Omaha, Neb.
1st place, Program of Oral Interpretation
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Jess Ayers, a junior from Newcastle, Wyo., and Kathryn Edwards, a sophomore from Louisville, Neb.
Semifinalists, Parliamentary Debate
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Ayers
3rd place speaker, Parliamentary Debate
*This event has qualified for the AFA-NIET.
The Ï㽶ÊÓƵ forensics team has continued a long-running tradition of national competitiveÌýsuccess, placing in the top 20 at the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET) for most of the past ten years, including 16th atÌýAFA 2012 in San Marcos, Texas, and 18th atÌýAFA 2011 in Kearney, Neb.