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GCHS debate students to nationals
Garden City Telegram
The Garden City High School Debate team finished the national qualifying tournament for the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) on April 17. The team qualified a number of students that will be competing at the national tournament this June. The team also received a series awards from the NSDA. The school belongs to the West Kansas NSDA.
The following students have earned qualifying spots and will be competing at the national tournament. The team qualified a number of seniors for nationals in Public Forum Debate. They are Reagan Wright and Gracie Mueller. This will be Mueller’s fourth national competition. She is only GCHS’ second four-time qualifier for national competition.
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The Garden City High School Debate team finished the national qualifying tournament for the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) on April 17
th. The team qualified a number of students that will be competing at the national tournament this June. The team also received a series awards from the NSDA. The school belongs to the West Kansas NSDA.
The following students have earned qualifying spots and will be competing at the national tournament. The team qualified a number of seniors for nationals in Public Forum Debate. They are Reagan Wright and Gracie Mueller. This will be Mueller’s fourth national competition. She is only GCHS’ second ever four time qualifier for national competition. Other qualifying students include: Jessica Angulo/Riley Metheney, Duo Interpretation; Maddie Stout/Chelsea Valadez, Duo Interpretation; Jessica Angulo, Humorous Interpretation (deferred for Duo); Jacob Wegner, Humorous Interpretation; Jyothi Kalaikkal, Program Oral I
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.