College of Western Idaho’s (CWI) speech and debate team started the 2017-18 competitive season with a strong victory at the Steve Hunt Classic, hosted at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, Oct. 13-15. The tournament featured 42 schools from 11 states, for a total of more than 600 entries. In addition to winning the community college division, CWI received second place in speech events among all two- and four-year schools. This marks the first time CWI has achieved such a high honor at the Steve Hunt Classic.
Fifteen CWI students competed at the tournament in both speech and debate events, bringing home awards in both categories on the way to winning the community college division.
The Steve Hunt Classic marks the first of three Northwest Forensics Conference (NFC) designated tournaments in which the team will be competing to earn points toward the division championship decided in January. The team is now preparing for The Mahaffey Memorial, the second tournament in the NFC designates, held at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, Nov. 10-12.
STEVE HUNT CLASSIC RESULTS
Individual Events:
Dramatic Interpretation
1st Place Novice, 6th Place Open DI - Adrianna Davis
Extemporaneous Speaking
5th Place Novice - Marley Dawson
Informative Speaking
1st Place Novice - Emily Lawrence
2nd Place Novice - Izzy Stoddard
Impromptu Speaking
6th Place Novice - Garrett Ellison
Prose
1st Place Novice - Sarah Darby
2nd Place Novice - Tim Cornell
3rd Place Novice - Marley Dawson
Debate Events:
IPDA Finalists
Novice Octofinalist - Izzy Stoddard
Novice Octofinalist - Marley Dawson
IPDA Speakers Awards
4th Place Novice - Izzy Stoddard
10th Place Novice - Marley Dawson
Overall Team Sweepstakes
Community Colleges - 1st Place
Speech Events - 2nd place among all colleges