Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Top row, from left: Ashley Johnson, Heather Warren, Brian Locke, Lindsey Ayotte, Sage Russo, Sabrina Sakdikul and Andrew Schwartz. Bottom row, from left: Coach Alexis Litzky and Robin Ponder.
SF State’s Speech and Debate Team outperformed everyone at the Northern California Forensics Association’s regional championship tournament, winning the first-place sweepstakes award, which recognizes the team that accrues the most awards across all divisions and events at the tournament. Robin Ponder, a senior in Sociology, performed so well in debate and individual events that she was named the second-place Overall Speaker at the tournament, held February 7–9 at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton.
SF State winners
First place
- Robin Ponder: Open Impromptu Speaking
- Ashley Johnson: Open Prose
- Robin Ponder and Brandon Pricert: Junior Varsity Parliamentary Debate team
- Samantha Binley: Novice Policy Debate Speaker
Second place
- Robin Ponder: Overall Speaker
- Sabrina Sakdikul: Open Program of Oral Interpretation
Third place
- Ashley Johnson: Open Dramatic Interpretation
- Ashley JohnsonL Open Program of Oral Interpretation
- Heather Warren: Open Prose
Fourth place
- Robin Ponder: Open Poetry
- Heather Warren: Open Program of Oral Interpretation
- Robin Ponder and Ashley Johnson: Open Duo Interpretation
Fifth Place
- Heather Warren: Open Poetry
- Robin Ponder: Junior Varsit Parliamentary Debate Speaker
- John Chin: Junior Varsity Policy Debate Speaker
Finalist Award
Andrew Schwartz: Open Prose
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