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NSU Speech and Debate Team Captures Back-to-Back Titles
Christensen Qualifies for National Contest
Released February 15, 2008
Matt Delzer, Karla Jager, Sea Atwood, Lenaya
Kerlin, Bonny Athy Laura Eidsness,
James Ruehle, Kacie Richard, Linse Christensen, Becky Johnson, Kevin
Sackreiter
(Aberdeen, S.D.) For the second year in a row the Northern State University Speech and Debate team has won both the South Dakota State Championship and the Championship of the Dakotas, a combination of North and South Dakota. The competition was held on Sat., Feb. 9 at Mayville State University, in Mayville N.D.
“This was a great weekend for NSU Speech and Debate. Going into the tournament we were an extremely young team going up against some very veteran competition, but I knew how great our NSU students were and they lived up to every bit of that potential,” said Kevin Sackreiter, coach of the Speech and Debate Team, “These back-to-back victories at the Dakota Championships the past two years allow Northern State University and the College of Arts and Sciences to be able to proudly claim to be the home to South Dakota and North Dakota’s premiere Intercollegiate Speech and Debate program.”
Members of the NSU Speech and Debate Team include Linse Christensen,
Webster, James Ruehle, Lake Park, Iowa, Becky Johnson, Glenburn,
N.D., Lenaya Kerlin, Devils Lake, N.D., Matt Delzer, Garrison, N.D.
Kacie Richard, Rolette, N.D. Laura Eidsness, Henry, Karla Jager,
Gary, Sea Atwood, Aberdeen, and Bonny Athy, St. Charles, Iowa.
Along with the team championship, Linse Christensen, a junior elementary education major, qualified for the Interstate Oratorical Association National Contest which is scheduled to be held on April 24 – 26, on the campus of University of Wisconsin, Madison. Only the top two persuasive speakers from each state are invited to compete. Linse’s qualified by finishing in the top two at the South Dakota Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Championships in the persuasive speech category.
Interstate Oratorical Association represents the nation's oldest competitive collegiate speaking association. The orators that have competed in this national contest in the past have included Robert Lafollette, William Jennings Bryan, George McCarthy, Barbara Jordan, and Oprah Winfrey.
Here is a complete listing of the results from the South Dakota/North Dakota Intercollegiate Speech and Debate Championship:
South Dakota Team Sweepstakes
1st Place – Northern State University
North Dakota/South Dakota Combined Team Sweepstakes
1st Place – Northern State University
North Dakota/South Dakota Individual Sweepstakes
2nd Place – Lenaya Kerlin
Tie 4th Place – Matt Delzer
Top Individual Place Winners
Persuasive Speaking
Interstate Oratorical Association National Qualifying Event
Linse Christensen – 2nd Place – National Qualifier
Kacie Richard – 3rd Place – First Alternate
Impromptu Speaking
Linse Christensen – 1st Place
Extemporaneous Speaking
Sea Atwood – 2nd Place
Duo Interpretation
James Ruehle/Bonny Athy – Unbreakable Tie – 1st Place
Matt Delzer/Becky Johnson – Unbreakable Tie – 1st Place
Informative Speaking
Lenaya Kerlin – 2nd Place
Program Oral Interpretation
Lenaya Kerlin – 1st Place
Poetry Interpretation
Lenaya Kerlin – 1st Place
Prose Interpretation
Laura Eidsness – 1st Place
Drama Interpretation
Karla Jager – 1st Place
About Northern State University
Northern State University is a premier residential institution characterized by outstanding instruction, extraordinary community relations, and unparalleled extracurricular opportunities. In August of 2007 NSU was named by US News and World Report as one of the best undergraduate public institutions in the Midwest. For more information about NSU, visit our Web site at www.northern.edu.
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