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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

UNI Students Qualify at National Forensics Association Tournament

Eleven students qualified in 34 speech events at the NFA (National Forensics Association) National Tournament in Springfield, Missouri.

Qualifying Students:

Chris Outzen (sophomore)
Anna McDermott (sophomore)
Yaw Kyeremateng (sophomore)
Courtney Said (freshman)
Emma Peterson (sophomore)
Jakob Elmquist (freshman)
Adam Beaves (freshman)
Mallory Burggraaf (freshman)
Ashlee Lopez (senior)
Ashveen Sekaran (sophomore)
Ali Horsted (junior)

According to the NFA, "A student qualifies for any of the events by being in a 'final' round, or in the top 10% of that event, at a tournament that had at least 7 schools participating."

UNI's Forensics Team had two students make it to elimination rounds:

Ali Horsted - Quarters in Poetry Interpretation
Ashlee Lopez - Quarters in Dramatic Interpretation

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