Klugesherz paces Broncos at first tourneys of 2015

Miranda Klugesherz, a senior from Colorado Springs, Colorado, paced the Hastings College Bronco Forensics team at one of the top public speaking contests in the country.  On January 10 — the first day of the the Hell Froze Over Tournament held Peoria, Illinois — Klugesherz’s first place finish in Prose Interpretation helped the Broncos finish 10^th overall. The Broncos then finished 13^th on the tournament’s second day. More than 40 colleges and universities and 200 students participated in the tournament.

The Broncos stayed closer to home on January 17-18, 2015, to compete at the 2015 Sleet and Snow Invitational held in Seward, Nebraska. On both days, Hastings College finished 3^rd and garnered 1^st place overall for the weekend.

In addition to competing in individual public speaking events at the Sleet and Snow Invitational, several Hastings College students participated in parliamentary debate.

Results for both tournaments, including parliamentary debate, are as follows:

Hell Froze Over Tournament, co-hosted by Bradley University and the University of Texas-Austin

Saturday, January 10:

Klugesherz: 6^th in Informative Speaking and 1^st in Prose Interpretation*

Sunday, January 11:

Klugesherz: 6^th in Informative Speaking and 3^rd in Prose Interpretation

Sleet and Snow Invitational, co-hosted by Concordia University and Bethel University

Saturday, January 17:

Klugesherz: 1^st in Persuasive Speaking

Tommy Hendrix, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska: 3^rd in Poetry Interpretation and 3^rd in Duo Interpretation with Edwards 

Teal Timperley, a junior from Lynch, Nebraska: 4^th in Program Oral Interpretation 

Eunice Adounkpe, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska: 4^th in Poetry Interpretation 

Trischia Rueckert, a junior from Beloit, Kansas: 6^th in Impromptu Speaking and 7^th in Extemporaneous Speaking 

Laurel Teal, a sophomore from Castle Rock, Colorado: 5^th in Extemporaneous Speaking

Kathryn Edwards, a sophomore from Louisville, Nebraska: 5^th in Impromptu speaking and 3^rd in Duo Interpretation with Hendrix

Mandie Cox, a sophomore from Blue Hill, Nebraska: 6^th in Prose Interpretation

Micala Burns, a freshman from Bloomington, Minnesota: 6^th in Poetry Interpretation 

Sunday, January 18:

Klugesherz: 2^nd in Persuasive Speaking

Hendrix: 2^nd in Poetry Interpretation

Corbin Henk, a junior from Doniphan, Nebraska: 3^rd in Impromptu Speaking and 3^rd in Communication Analysis

Eunice Adounkpe, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska: 1^st in Poetry Interpretation

Rueckert: 6^th in Extemporaneous Speaking, 1^st in Persuasive Speaking, and 3^rd in Impromptu Speaking

Parliamentary Debate

Sierra Walker, a senior from Gering, Nebraska, and Jess Ayers, a junior from Newcastle, Wyoming: 2^nd in Parliamentary Debate — Varsity.

Ayers: 4^th place speaker, Open Division

Laurel Teal, a sophomore from Castle Rock, Colorado: 1^st place speaker, Parliamentary Debate – Junior Varsity and 6^th place speaker, Open Division

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