The debate team travelled to the Liberty Bell Classic at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia during the President’s Day weekend. Here are the results:
**2nd place overall sweepstakes- For team performance overall
**3rd place Public Forum Debate-Erica Jimenez and Matt Laird
**5th place Public Forum Debate-Xavier Ortega and Savannah Kirwan
**9th place Public Forum Debate-Matt Smekens and Danny Cajigas
**10th place Public Forum Debate-Reed Flory and David Kirwan
**17th place Public Forum Debate-Zach Rall and Colin Larsen (our novices!)
**5th place Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate-Kelsie Ehalt
**7th place Congressional Debate-Sean Nguyen
**8th place Congressional Debate-Matt Iandoli
**6th place Oral Interpretation of Literature-Jillian Molina
**7th place Oral Interpretation of Literature-Samantha Hansen
**9th place Oral Interpretation of Literature-Abby Loyd
**10th place Oral Interpretation of Literature-Rachel Stamford
**7th place Original Oratory-Samantha Hansen
Round Robin Results:
**1st place Speaker-Xavier Ortega
**2nd place Speaker-Savannah Kirwan
**3rd place Public Forum-Xavier Ortega and Savannah Kirwan