Last weekend, the Speech squad traveled to Tallahasee Community College for our first tournament of the year. It was a great weekend and we had some great results as well. Brianna Mahoney- 3rd in Extemp, 3rd in Impromptu, 1st in Persuasion, 1st in ADS, 1st in Quadrathon Mikayla Hall- Semifinals in Impromptu, 4th in Persuasion, […]
Dear UF Speech and Debate coaches and teammates, Well, after I wrote that, I think it just all became real. I can’t believe I’ve spent four beautiful years on this team! I’m a much different person today than I was when I walked into my very first Speech and Debate meeting, during which I spent […]
IOA stands for Interstate Oratorical Association. It is the longest running, and most prestigious, speech competition in the United States. IOA is a persuasion only tournament. Only the top two people in persuasion from each state qualify to attend IOA. Each qualifier turns in a copy of their speech to be published. UF was lucky […]
On April 4-8 the UF Speech Team traveled to Arizona State University for the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament. We arrived Thursday and spent Friday morning practicing events. We then trekked across the ASU campus for lunch and to find the buildings used for the competition. A surprise awaited us when we returned […]
On February 22 and 23 the speech team traveled to the FIFA State Tournament hosted by UCF. We had some great results and had a lot of fun. It was great to see all of the friends we have all made throughout the state of Florida before the end of the year. Results: Denise Go: […]
A few weeks ago, one of our IE coaches, Carrie, left Florida for the very cold state of Montana to start an new and exciting job there. We will miss her a lot but hope she is enjoying the cold and snow in the far north. Here are some pictures from her last meeting before […]
On February 15th and 16th, the UF speech team hosted a tournament in Gainesville. It was put together pretty last minute but, thanks to our wonderful coaches and everyone pitching in, it ran pretty smoothly. Results Day One: Denise Go: 2nd in Impromptu, 5th in Info, 3rd in CA Neil Decenteceo: 5th in Extemp, 6th […]
Last weekend the speech team traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to attend our district tournament. It was a really long drive there and back and it was COLD (19 degrees on Saturday) but the tournament was a lot of fun. We had quite a few people in final rounds and qualifying their events to nationals. Results […]
Last weekend the speech squad traveled to Orlando for the North American Forensics Society Tournament. It was fun and exciting to see competitors from pretty far away including Michigan and Texas. We even got the opportunity to compete in a special event: Walt Disney Interp. Results: Neil: 3rd in Info, 3rd in Walt Disney Interp […]
The weekend of January 10-13, the UF speech team traveled to Austin Texas to attend Hell Froze Over (HFO) hosted by the University of Texas at Austin and Bradley University. It was a long and crazy weekend that involved a lot of running around trying to get to rounds on time and not a lot […]