Speech and Debate Results from Weekend Competition
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Speech and Debate Results from Weekend Competition
The Potomac speech and debate team brought 35 students to compete in the Durham Academy Cavellier tournament over MLK weekend, advancing a phenomenal 20 students into the elimination rounds. The team came in second place overall. Students from 14 states competed in this year's event. A cavalier sword serves as the first-place trophy.
Taylor Burris ’24 received a special standing ovation at the awards for winning two swords – one for the championships of extemporaneous speaking and another for impromptu speaking. Olivia Eads '23, Natalie Roots-Nowakowski '23, and Hannah de Souza '25 just missed winning a sword with second-place finishes.
Cary Academy (NC) earned the team championship and Bronx Science (NY) took third. Full results of late December and January debate events can be found at this link.
Taylor was also recognized as one of America's top extemp students during a competition in Nashville earlier this month.