Debate at Tournament of Champions

This past weekend, the Potomac Speech and Debate extemp team took national runner-up honors at the Tournament of Champions in extemp speaking. This annual event was hosted by Northwestern University and featured the nation's best extemp programs. The national team title went to Plano West High School in Dallas. Taylor Burris ’24 was the only double finalist in the tournament, placing second in impromptu speaking and sixth in extemporaneous speaking. Alexander Bauer '25 and Kasim Khapra '25 placed third and fifth, respectively, in impromptu speaking.