A Christmas break proved beneficial to the Hastings College Bronco Forensics team as they performed well at their first tournaments of 2016. Competing at the Sleet & Snow in Seward, Nebraska, on January 16-17, the team finished second overall — finishing second on the first day and first on the second.
Individual results are as follows:
Saturday, January 16:
Trischia Rueckert, a senior from Hutchinson, Kansas: 4th Place, Informative Speaking
Eunice Adounkpe, a senior from Omaha, Nebraska: 2nd Place, Poetry; 2nd Place, Prose
Kenzie Shofner, a sophomore from Maple Plain, Minnesota: 1st Place, Poetry; 2nd Place, Duo with Caleb Merritt, a sophomore from Brookings, South Dakota
Caleb Merritt, a sophomore from Brookings, South Dakota: 1st Place, Prose; 2nd Place, Duo with Kenzie Shofner, a sophomore from Maple Plain, Minnesota
Cami Sharratt, a freshman from Savage, Minnesota: 1st Place, Dramatic Interpretation; 4th Place, Prose; 1st Place, Duo with Abby Davis, a freshman from Grand Island, Nebraska
Abby Davis, a freshman from Grand Island, Nebraska: 1st Place, Duo with Cami Sharratt, a freshman from Savage, Minnesota
Sunday, January 17:
Rueckert: 2nd Place, Informative Speaking; 2nd Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Adounkpe: 2nd Place, Dramatic Interpretation
Shofner: 3rd Place, Impromptu Speaking; 1st Place, Duo with Merritt
Merritt: 1st Place, Prose; 1st Place, Duo with Shofner
Sharratt: 1st Place, Dramatic Interpretation; 2nd Place, Prose; 2nd Place, Duo with Davis
Davis: 2nd Place, Duo with Sharratt
Andrew Boge, a sophomore from Johnston, Iowa: 3rd Place, After Dinner Speaking
