East Kansas NSDA

The official Twitter account of the District Committee of the East Kansas chapter of the National Speech and Debate Association (formerly NFL).

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Congratulations to Niklas Schintgen (Lansing) and Carolina Perez-Lozano (Sumner) who reached final rounds this weekend at NIETOC in Minnesota!

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Congratulations to our 2023 National Qualifiers!

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Congratulations to our national qualifiers in Congressional Debate!

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National Qualifiers in policy debate:
Emma Stammeyer / Connor Brown - Lawrence Free State
Lucienna Guess / Isabella Guess - Mill Valley
Maddie Augustine / Jeremiah Rimpson - SM South

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Policy debate:
SMS Bradley/Hato finish 8th in the nation and automatically qualify for the 2023 National Tournament in Phoenix, Arizona!
Brooklynn Hato was the 3rd speaker!

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Congratulations to Brooklynn Hato of SMS who will be recognized as a top 14 speaker in policy debate after tomorrow’s final round!

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Still rolling in main events:
Policy Debate - SMS Hato/Bradley currently debating round 12 among the top 8!
House - Helen Viloria (Lawrence) advances to semifinals!

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Advancing to Wednesday competition in main events:

Policy Debate - Top 32
Free State Persinger/Williams
SMS Bradley/Hato
ONW McKeever/Wellman

House quarterfinalists
Serrano - Sumner
Larson - Bishop Miege
Viloria - Lawrence

Senate semifinalist
Riggins - Lawrence

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NSDA breaks from East Kansas so far:
JaKayla Brown (Sumner) - POI
CiCi Hunter (Free State) - HI
Ezra Joseph (Free State) - IX
Persinger/Williams (Free State) - CX
Wellman/McKeever (ONW) - CX
Hato/Bradley (SMS) - CX

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Congratulations to our 2022 NSDA national qualifiers!

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Who's going to be our 400th member to keep us at Level 3 for 2022-23?

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Your Congress national qualifiers!
House:
Viloria (Lawrence)
Larson (Bishop Miege)
Goulter (Lawrence)
Serrano (Sumner)
Fritton (SMS)
Stammeyer (Free State)
Senate:
Robertson (OS)
Riggins (Lawrence)

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We still need 4 more scorers for THIS FRIDAY to make our Congressional Debate qualifier happen at Piper. If you can help us out, contact Skoglund or DM this account!

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Congratulations to our policy debate national qualifiers!
SMS Hato / Bradley
SMS Smith / Shaw
Free State Persinger / Williams

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Seven teams have advanced to the double elimination bracket in policy, competing for three tickets to Louisville:
LFS Persinger/Williams
Lawrence Dunn/Lushington
SMS Rimpson/Pickering
ONW Wellman/McKeever
SMS Smith/Shaw
ONW Zimmerman/Harker
SMS Bradley/Hato

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Future looks pretty bright from here - EK represented two of the final four in the Glenbrooks novice division this evening!

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Congratulations to Tim Huffman of Lawrence Free State, who placed 5th in the nation in United States Extemporaneous Speaking!

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Congratulations to Kaelyn Wellman from Olathe Northwest, who finished in 3rd place in the nation in Extemporaneous Debate!

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Congratulations to Amaya Starks from Piper, who finished 5th in the nation in Original Spoken Word Poetry!

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The School of Outstanding Distinction award is given to the top 10 schools - out of the more than 1600 who competed - at the 2021 National Tournament.

Congratulations to Lawrence Free State on earning this historic honor!