Holy Trinity Catholic High School in Temple, after a semester and a half of competing in speech tournaments all around the country via the internet, qualified three students for the Speech and Debate Association National Tournament, a news release said.
Seniors Cate Barkis and Faithann Go qualified for nationals in Duo Interpretation. Freshman Therese Mosmeyer qualified for the National Tournament in Original Oratory.
The students qualified by placing in the top three at the district tournament held online Feb. 25-27. The national tournament, which was to have been in Des Moines, Iowa, will be held online in June.
Coach Chris Mosmeyer said, âThis was a really strange year with almost all of our competitions being online, but Iâm really happy that we were able to get our competition in. We, of course, wish we were going to Iowa, but at least we were able to compete. Iâm very proud of them and of the work theyâve done.