Macken Debate and Speech Team

Tournament Schedule & Results

Where we'll be this season...

2014-2015 Season

March 2015

National Parliamentary Debate Assoc Champs, KCKCC (Debate only, open only)

3/15-3/17

National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence, William Jewell College (Debate only, qualified teams)

3/20-3/22

February 2015

Northern California Forensics Association (Debate & IEs, All)
2/20-2/22

University of Oregon Invitational, UO (Debate & IEs, All)
2/27-3/1

January 2015

Mile High, University of Utah (Debate)
1/6-1/8

First Half

Samantha Edmondo & Jon Gumz, triple octo-finalists in senior parlimentary debate (out of 89)
Miranda Rowley & Alice Lin (Hybrid partner from U.C. Berkeley), triple octo-finalists in senior parlimentary debate

Second Half

Samantha Edmondo & Jon Gumz, double octo-finalists in senior parlimentary debate (out of 96)
Miranda Rowley & Alice Lin (Hybrid partner from U.C. Berkeley), double octo-finalists in senior parlimentary debate

November 2014

Paul Winters Invitational, University of the Pacific (Debate, All)
10/31-11/2

Miranda Rowley & Carmen Terlaje, 6-0 second seed, Octofinalist (Out of 61 teams)
Miranda Rowley, 16th place senior parli debate speaker (Out of 122 speakers)
Carmen Terlaje, 18th place senior parli debate speaker

October 2014

Biggest Little City Classic, University of Nevada, Reno (Debate, All)
10/18-10/19

Samantha Edmondo, Top speaker senior Parliamentary debate
Samantha Edmondo & Jon Gumz, quarter-finalists in senior parlimentary debate (out of 36)
Miranda Rowley & Carmen Terlaje, octo-finalists in senior parliamentary debate
Miranda Rowley, 4th place senior-level speaker

Santa Rosa Invitational, SRJC (Debate & IEs, All)
10/10-10/11

SMC, First Place Debate Sweepstakes

Carmen Terlaje & Miranda Rowley, Semifinalist senior Parliamentary debate team
Samantha Edmondo & Jon Gumz, Quarterfinalist senior Parliamentary debate team
Travis Root & Andrei Simpson, Quarterfinalist senior Parliamentary debate team
Andrei Simpson, Third Place senior Parliamentary debate speaker
Miranda Rowley, Semifinalist senior Lincoln-Douglas debate
Jon Gumz, Semifinalist senior Lincoln-Douglas debate
Miranda Rowley, Top speaker senior Lincoln-Douglas debate
Jon, Gumz, Fourth speaker senior Lincoln-Douglas debate

SMC, Fourth Place Overall Sweepstakes

Travis Root, First Place Extemporaneous speech

September 2014

Golden Gate Regional Opener, SFSU (Debate & IEs, All)
9/26-9/28

Carmen Terlaje & Miranda Rowley, Second place senior Parliamentary debate team
Samantha Edmondo & Jon Gumz, octafinalists in senior-level parli debate
Miranda Rowley, Semifinalist Lincoln-Douglas debate
Miranda Rowley, Top Speaker Lincoln-Douglas debate
Travis Root, 2nd place in novice extemporaneous speaking.
Carmen Terlaje, 15th place senior parli debate speaker
Miranda Rowley, 15th place senior parli debate speaker
Andrei Simpson, 16th place senior parli debate speaker

2013-2014 Season

March 2014

National Christian Colleges Forensics Assoc Champs, Cal Baptist (Debate & IEs, open only)
3/8-3/10

SMC, 2nd Place Debate Sweepstakes

Miranda Rowley & Carmen Terlaje, 2nd place open debate (out of 32)
Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo, quarterfinalists open debate)
Miranda Rowley, 9th place open debate speaker (out of 64)
Miranda Rowley, 5th place open Communication Analysis (out of 28)

National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence, Northern Arizona Univ (Debate only, qualified teams)
3/16-3/18

Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo, qualified with first round bid
Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo finished 50th out of 823 open teams nationwide
Miranda Rowley & Carmen Terlaje finished 70th out of 823 open teams nationwide

National Parliamentary Debate Assoc Champs, Northern Arizona Univ (Debate only, open only)
3/21-3/23

Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo, triple octafinalists

February 2014

Northern California Forensics Assoc Champs, Delta CC (Debate & IEs, All)
2/7-2/9

SMC 3rd place Overall Team Sweepstakes

Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo, quarterfinalists open parli
Miranda Rowley & Carmen Terlaje, quarterfinalists open parli
Miranda Rowley, 6th place open debate speaker (out of 52)
Carmen Terlaje, 9th place open debate speaker (out of 52)
Miranda Rowley, 1st in open Communication Analysis
Miranda Rowley, finalist open extemporaneous speaking
Carmen Terlaje, finalist open Extemporaneous Speaking
Andrei Simpson, 3rd place novice Persuasive speech
Emily Lawson-Gill, finalist novice extemporaneous speaking

Western States Forensics Assoc Champs, CSU Long Beach (Debate & IEs, All)
2/14-2/16

Carmen Terlaje, 1st place open After Dinner Speaking
Miranda Rowley, 2nd place open Communication Analysis
MIranda Rowley, 3rd place open Extemporaneous Speaking
Samantha Edmondo, finalist open Persusasive
Miranda Rowley, 5th place open debate speaker
Emily Lawson-Gill, 5th place junior debate speaker

November 2013

Paul Winters Invitational, UoP (Debate & IEs, All)
11/2-11/3

Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo, double-octafinalists open parli (out of 64)
Miranda Rowley, finalist in open Extemporaneous speaking (out of 35)
Carmen Terlaje, semifinalist in open Extemporaneous speaking
Emily Lawson-Gill, 3rd place novice Persuasive Speaking
Andrei Simpson, finalist novice Persuasive Speaking

October 2013

Santa Rosa Invitational, SRJC (Debate & IEs, All)
10/11-10/12

SMC, First Place Debate Sweepstakes

Samantha Edmondo & Noah O’Connor, 1st place open parli
Emily Lawson-Gill & Andrei Simpson, 3rd place novice parli

Noah O’Connor, 1st place open debate speaker
Andrei Simpson, 1st place novice debate speaker

SMC, Fourth Place Overall Sweepstakes

Miranda Rowley, 2nd place open Communication Analysis
Carmen Terlaje, finalist open After Dinner Speaking
Samantha Edmondo, 1st place novice Persuasive (3rd place open, collapsed senior/novie division)

Keven Twohy Invitational, DVC (Debate only, All)
10/18-10/19

Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo, quarterfinalists open parli
Miranda Rowley & Carmen Terlaje, octofinalists open parli
Emily Lawson-Gill & Andrei Simpson, quarterfinalists novice parli
Emily Lawson-Gill, 5th place novice debate speaker (out of 56)

September 2013

Golden Gate Regional Opener, SFSU (Debate & IEs, All)
9/27-9/29

Miranda Rowley & Carmen Terlaje, 3rd place, open parli (out of 44)
Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo, open parli octafinalists
Emily Lawson-Gill & Andrei Simposon, novice parli quarterfinalists (out of 23)

Emily Lawson-Gill, 5th place novice debate speaker (out of 46)
Andrei Simposon, 10th place novice debate speaker
Noah O'Connor, 16th open debate speaker (out of 88)

Miranda Rowley, finalist in open Communication Analysis speaking
Andrei Simpson, finalist in novice Persuasive speaking
Emily Lawson-Gill, finalist in novice Persuasive speaking
Miranda Rowley, finalist in open Extemporaneous speaking
Emily Lawson-Gill, finalist in novice Extemporaneous speaking

2012-2013 Season

March 2013

NW First-Second Year Parli Champs , UW-Bothell, WA (Debate only, JV only)
3/2-3/3

Miranda Rowley & Jon Gumz, 1st place junior
Carmen Terlaje & Samantha Edmondo, semi-finalists junior
Carmen Terlaje, 1st place JV debate speaker
Miranda Rowley, 2nd place JV debate speaker
Jon Gumz, 3rd place JV debate speaker

National Parliamentary Debate Assoc Champs, UoP, CA (Debate only, All)
3/22-3/25

February 2013

Western States Communication Assoc Champs, UNR, NV (Debate & IEs, All)
2/15-2/17

Jon Gumz & Carmen Terlaje, 1st place junior debate
Jon Gumz, 1st place junior debate speaker
Carmen Terlaje, 7th place junior debate speaker

Carmen Terlaje, 2nd place junior Extemporaneous speaking
Miranda Rowley, 3rd place junior Extemporaneous speaking
Jon Gumz, finalist junior Extemporaneous speaking
Samantha Edmondo finalist junior Extemporaneous speaking

Carmen Terlaje, 3rd place combined junior-senior Informative speaking
Miranda Rowley, finalist combined junior-senior Persuasive speaking

Sunset Cliffs Classic, PLNU, CA (Debate & IEs, All)
2/2-2/3

Miranda Rowley & Jon Gumz, 2nd place junior debate (out of 46)
Jon Gumz, 5th place junior debate speaker (out of 92)
Miranda Rowley, 7th place junior debate speaker (out of 92)
Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo, double-octofinalists open debate (out of 66)
Jon Gumz, 3rd place novice Persuasive
Samantha Edmondo, finalist novice Persuasive
Carmen Terlaje, finalist open Informative

November 2012

Paul Winters Invitational, UoP, CA (Debate & IEs, All)
11/3-11/4

Jon Gumz & Jen Stanley, 2nd place junior debate (out of 24)
Miranda Rowley & Carmen Terlaje, quarterfinalists in junior debate (out of 24)
Jen Stanley, 2nd place junior debate speaker (out of 48)
Miranda Rowley, 3rd place junior debate speaker (out of 48)
Jon Gumz, 4th place junior debate speaker (out of 48)
Carmen Terlaje, 1st place novice Extemporaneous Speaking (out of 26)
Samantha Edmondo, 2nd place novice Extemporaneous Speaking (out of 26)
Miranda Rowley, finalist in open Persuasive Speaking (out of 21)
Jon Gumz, 2nd place novice Persuasive Speaking (out of 10)
Carmen Terlaje, 3rd place novice Informative Speaking (out of 15)
Samantha Edmondo, finalist in novice Persuasive Speaking (out of 10)

October 2012

Keven Twohy Invitational, DVC, CA (Debate only, All)
10/19-10/21

Jon Gumz & Jennifer Stanley, 1st place novice debate (out of 31)
Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo, open octofinalists
Jon Gumz, 9th place novice debate speaker (out of 62)

Steve Hunt Invitational, Lewis & Clark College, OR (Debate & IEs, All)
10/12-10/14

Jon Gumz & Jennifer Stanley, novice debate quarterfinalists
Miranda Rowley: 1st place, Persuasive Speaking
Carmen Terlaje: 3rd place, Extemporaneous Speaking

September 2012

Golden Gate Regional Opener, SFSU, CA (Debate & IEs, All)
9/28-9/30

Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo, open octofinalists
Jon Gumz & Jennifer Stanley, novice quarterfinalists

Noah O'Connor, 19th place open debate speaker (out of 74)
Jon Gumz, 11th place novice debate speaker (out of 66)

Miranda Rowley, 1st place novice Persuasive Speech
Miranda Rowley, Finalist, novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Carmen Terlaje, Finalist, novice Extemporaneous Speaking

NorthWest Parli-IE Warm-up, Bellevue College, WA (Debate & IEs, Jr/Open only)
9/22-9/23

Noah O'Connor & Samantha Edmondo: 2nd place, junior division
Miranda Rowley & Carmen Terlaje: 4th place team, junior division

Miranda Rowley: 7th place junior debate speaker
Miranda Rowley: 3rd place, Persuasive Speaking
Samantha Edmondo: 6th Persuasive Speaking

2011-2012 Season

January & Spring 2012 Tournaments

Copeland Invitational, Santa Clara University
1/27-1/28

Northern California Forensics Assoc Champs, Chabot College
2/10-2/12

SMC, 2nd Place Small School Sweepstakes Award

Anya Reames & Erika Reames, semi-finalists in junior-level debate

David Fujii, 5th place junior-level debate speaker
Erika Reames, 7th place junior-level debate speaker
Erika Reames, 1st place novice Persuasive Speaking
Maggie Powers, 3rd place novice Persuasive Speaking

Northwest Parli Champs, University of Washington, Bothell
3/2-3/3

David Fujii & Alina Nguyen, 2nd place novice-level debate
David Fujii, 4th place novice debate speaker

Noah O'Connor, 8th place 1st/2nd year debate speaker

National Parliamentary Debate Assoc Champs, Western Washington University
3/21-3/23

Fall 2011 Tournaments

November 2011

Paul Winters Invite, UoP
11/5-11/6

Anya Reames & Erika Reames, octofinalists in junior-level debate (out of 28)
David Fujii & Clarissa Sheff, quarterfinalists in novice-level debate (out of 40)

Noah O'Connor, 12th place senior-level debate speaker (out of 102)
Anya Reames, 6th place junior-level debate speaker (out of 56)
Erika Reames, 19th place junior-level debate speaker (out of 56)

October 2011

Kevin Twohy Invite, DVC
10/21-10/23

Noah O'Connor, 1st place senior-level debate speaker (out of 56)
Clarissa Sheff, 10th place novice-level debate speaker (out of 76)
Noah O'Connor & Maggie Powers, octofinalists in senior-level debate (out of 28)
David Fujii & Clarissa Sheff, quarterfinalists in novice-level debate (out of 38)
Anya Reames, finalist novice-level impromptu speaking

California Double-Up, Concordia
10/13-10/16

CA DU, Pt 1:

David Fujii & Clarissa Sheff, quarterfinalists in novice Parliamentary debate (out of 42 teams)
Maggie Powers, 3rd place in novice Persuasive Speaking
Maggie Powers, finalist in senior Extemporaneous Speaking

CA DU, Pt 2 (debate only):

Anya Reames & Erika Reames, 2nd place in junior Parliamentary debate (out of 12 -- forfeited final round due to travel)
Erika Reames, 8th place junior speaker (out of 24)

September 2011

Golden Gate Season Opener, SFSU
9/23-9/25

Maggie Powers, 1st place novice Persuasive Speaking