Saddleback’s Speech and Debate Team Place 3rd Overall at the Griffin Invitational Tournament
San Diego CA–The Saddleback Speech and Debate team competed at the Griffin Invitational on Saturday, November 15that Grossmont College in San Diego, California. Team co-director Heidi Ochoa stated, “I’m thrilled with our results at the tournament.
To see so many first year students do so well means good things for Saddleback in the next coming months.” Co-director Larry Radden added, “What a wonderful weekend! What an incredible job from our plat-formers and new speech team members. I’m so excited to see what the next few tournaments hold for our team.”
Results:
Katie Rochefort: 1st Place Open Informative
Alex Sherwood: 3rd Place Open Informative
Kyle Torres: Informative Finalist
Marlene Khamis: 1st Place Open Persuasion
Dante Johnson: 4th Persuasion
Gabby Jackson: 2nd Place Drama Interpretation
Maggie Shepard: 1st Place Poetry
Jack Sinnott: Finalist Poetry
Tyler Kline: Finalist Open Impromptu
The Saddleback Forensics Team started in the 1970s and prides itself on offering students the ability to create innovative arguments for future writing and speaking engagements to strengthen their critical thinking skills and to better communicate with others. On the forensics team, students write, rehearse, and perform at 6-7 tournaments against students from Universities and Community Colleges to qualify for the national tournament.
The students representing Saddleback at the national tournament have placed above several competitors representing institutions throughout the year, including: Concordia University, Point Loma, California State University, Los Angeles, California State University, Long Beach, and UCLA.
Located in Mission Viejo, Saddleback College provides quality higher education and training to the greater south Orange County community. Having served more than 500,000 students since 1968, Saddleback College offers over 300 degree and certificate programs to help students reach their personal, career, and educational goals. For more information, please visitwww.saddleback.edu and for Fine Arts information, please visitwww.saddleback.edu/arts.
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Photo: (left to right)
Katie Rochefort, Gabby Jackson, Marlene Khamis
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Nina Welch
Fine Arts Public Information Officer
Saddleback College
28000 Marguerite Parkway
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
