Bronco speakers compete at Kansas Swing forensics tournament

While many Ï㽶ÊÓƵ students ventured home over the January Term Break, members of the Bronco Forensics team traveled to Manhattan, Kan., to participate in the January 25-26 Kansas Swing hosted by Kansas State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Individual results follow.

The Broncos will travel to Cheyenne, Wyo., next weekend to compete in the 2014 Flatland Fiesta.

Kansas Swing, Saturday, January 25:

Kathryn Edwards, a freshman from Louisville, Neb.

5^th place, Impromptu Speaking

7^th place, Extemporaneous Speaking

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Kansas Swing, Sunday, January 26:

Amanda Cargile, a senior from Devine, Texas

2^nd place, Poetry Interpretation

5^th place, Prose Interpretation

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Eunice Adounpke, a sophomore from Omaha, Neb.

2^nd place, Program of Oral Interpretation

6^th place, Prose Interpretation

Edwards

7^th place, Extemporaneous Speaking

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.