On the first day of the Outer Limits Swing Forensics Tournament, the Hastings College Bronco Forensic team took fourth place. The event, held on December 7-8 and hosted by Concordia College and the University of Nebraska-Kearney, was the team’s last competition in 2013. Tournaments resume in January 2014.
Outer Limits Swing, December 7:
Jared Buskirk, a senior from Holdrege, Neb.
1st place, After Dinner Speaking
4th place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Tommy Hendrix, a sophomore from Omaha, Neb.
4th place, Dramatic Interpretation
Corbin Henk, a sophomore from Doniphan, Neb.
6th place, Communication Analysis
Russell Heitmann, a freshman from Hebron, Neb.
2nd place, Persuasion Speaking
Outer Limits Swing hosted by the University of Nebraska-Kearney, December 8:
Amanda Cargile, a senior from Devine, Texas,
1st place, Dramatic Interpretation
Corbin Henk, a sophomore from Doniphan, Neb.
4th place, Communication Analysis
The Hastings College forensics team has continued a long-running tradition of national competitive success, 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 at AFA 2012 in San Marcos, Texas, and 18th at AFA 2011 in Kearney, Neb.