GW Students Head to National Speech and Debate Tournament

16 students qualified for the National Speech and Debate Tournament last weekend at Golden High School. GW qualified more competitors than any other school in our qualifying district. Nationals will be held the third week of June in Birmingham, Alabama.

Qualifiers include:

Policy Debate
John Clayman and Sara Astatke
Erin Liedtke and Gabby Ollig

Lincoln Douglas Debate
Jake Fisher

Public Forum Debate
Tristan Camp-Lagueux and Eric Webb

International Extemporanous Speaking
Alex Weissman
Isabel Levine-Clark
Julia Bailey

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Jamal Giornazi

Humor
Tanner Hemmingsen

Drama
Kathryn Swan

Original Oratory
Mykell Fisher
Escadar Alemayehu

Program of Oral Interpretation
Lucca Raabe