Bronco Forensics qualifies five additional events for national tournament

While competing at the Kansas in Nebraska Swing Tournament on January 24-25, the Hastings College Bronco Forensics team qualified five additional events for the 2015 American Forensics Association-National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET) scheduled for April in Portland, Oregon.

Eunice Adounkpe, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska, place first in Poetry Interpretation and third in Program of Oral Interpretation on Saturday, qualifying both events for nationals. Miranda Klugesherz, a senior from Colorado Springs, Colorado; Tommy Hendrix, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska; and Trischia Rueckert, a junior from Beloit, Kansas, also qualified events for AFA-NIET.

On both days of the Kansas in Nebraska Swing, Hastings finished third, defeating several top teams from across the country. On January 25, Kathryn Edwards, a sophomore from Louisville, Nebraska, finished first in individual sweepstakes while Hendrix finished third in individual sweepstakes.

Full results follow.

Next weekend, the team will travel to Salina, Kansas, for the 2015 Kansas Wesleyan Invitational.

Kansas in Nebraska Swing

Saturday, January 24:

Klugesherz: 1^st place, Persuasive Speaking* 

Adounkpe: 1^st place, Poetry Interpretation* and 3^rd place, Program Oral Interpretation*

Laurel Teal, a sophomore from Castle Rock, Colorado: 4^th place, Extemporaneous Speaking

Sunday, January 25:

Hendrix: 6^th place, Informative Speaking; 2^nd place, Dramatic Interpretation*; and 1^st place, Duo Interpretation with Edwards 

Rueckert: 2^nd place, Extemporaneous Speaking* and 4^th place, Persuasive Speaking

Teal: 3^rd place, Extemporaneous Speaking

Edwards: 1^st place, After Dinner Speaking and 1^st place, Duo Interpretation with Hendrix

*This event has qualified for the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET).