Saints Speech and Debate Stands Out at Barkley Forum

This past weekend, 11 St. Andrew's students flew to Atlanta to compete at the prestigious Barkley Forum Speech and Debate Tournament for High Schools. The teams of Joy Dhar/Patten Lane and Henry Cooper/Pranav Reddy competed in Public Forum Debate, while the speech contingent included Ryder Hebert, Kara Pickett, Nehemiah Thompson, Lauryn Chambers, Alex Foster, Hannah Moore, and Pegah Vasighi-Ansarifar.  After preliminary rounds were finished, the team of Pickett and Chambers advanced in Duo Interpretation, while Pickett also advanced in Original Oratory and Thompson advanced in Program of Oral Interpretation. In Original Oratory, Pickett made it past the quarterfinal round to semifinals, where she narrowly missed advancing to finals. The Pickett/Chambers team and Thompson advanced to finals in their respective events, finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively.
 
The Saints are off this weekend before traveling to the Jackson Catholic Forensic League Diocesan Qualifier in Oxford next weekend.
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