2004-2005 Individual Events Tournament Results

Truman State University-"The Show Me Swing" (September 25-26, 2004)
Day1
Mike Hilkin: 5th place Rhetorical Criticism (Gay and Lesbian Atlas), 5th place Impromptu Speaking
Coltrane Carlson: 5th place Program Oral Interpretation (children changing the world)
Jessy Ohl/Megan Striffler: 6th place Duo Interpretation ("The Prettiest Girl in Lafayette County)
Erica West: Semifinalist Prose Interpretation ("My Father's Daughter").

Day 2
Mike Hilkin: 3rd place Extemporaneous Speaking (speaking about fair trade)
Coltrane Carlson: 5th place Prose Interpretation ("A & P")
Jessy Ohl/Megan Striffler: 4th place Duo Interpretation

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois (October 1-2, 2004)
Day 1
Jessy Ohl: 1st place Novice Impromptu Speaking
Mike Hilkin: 3rd place Persuasive Speaking, 3rd place Extemporaneous Speaking, 3rd place Communication Analysis, 4th place Impromptu Speaking
Megan Striffler: 4th place Novice Prose Interpretation, 4th place Program Oral Interpretation.

Day 2
Mike Hilkin: 1st place Communication Analysis, 2nd place Extemporaneous Speaking, 3rd place Persuasive Speaking, 4th place Impromptu Speaking
Jessy Ohl: 3rd place Novice Impromptu Speaking
Megan Striffler: 4th place Novice Prose Interpretation
Coltrane Carlson: 5th place Program Oral Interpretation
Richard Dedor: 6th place Novice Prose Interpretation

Concordia College "Talk of the Tundra" (October 8-9, 2004)
Mike Hilkin: 2nd place overall speaker, 2nd place Extemporaneous Speaking, 2nd place Impromptu Speaking, 5th place Communication Analysis, 5th place Persuasive Speaking.

Minnesota State University, Mankato (Saturday October 16, 2004)
Team Sweepstakes: 3rd place
Mike Hilkin: 1st place Communication Analysis, 3rd place Impromptu Speaking, 3rd place overall speaker
Richard Dedor: 5th place Persuasive Speaking, 2nd place Impromptu Speaking
Jessy Ohl: 5th place Extemporaneous Speaking, 5th place Impromptu Speaking
Ryan McGeough: 4th place Impromptu Speaking
Coltrane Carlson: Semifinalist Prose Interpretation.

Gustavus Adolphus College (Sunday October 17, 2004)
Mike Hilkin: 1st place Communication Analysis, 3rd place Impromptu Speaking:
Richard Dedor: 2nd place Persuasive Speaking
Coltrane Carlson: 5th place Program Oral Interpretation, Semifinalist Prose Interpretation.

Wartburg College Speech Tournament (October 23, 2004)
Mike Hilkin: 3rd place Persuasive Speaking

L.E. Norton Memorial at Bradley University (November 4-6, 2004)
Competition included 37 schools from across the nation, represented by over 250 individual competitors.
Mike Hilkin: semifinalist in Varsity Impromptu Speaking
Jessy Ohl: 1st place Novice Impromptu Speaking, 3rd place Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Ryan McGeough: 2nd place Novice Impromptu Speaking
Richard Dedor: 6th place Novice Impromptu Speaking
Coltrane Carlson: 3rd place Novice Program of Oral Interpretation

Concordia College at Moorhead, Minnesota (November 19-20, 2004)
VFL #1
Coltrane Carlson: 1st Place Program Oral Interpretation
Jessy Ohl: 2nd place Impromptu Speaking
Jessica Sauer: 3rd place Communication Analysis
Jessy Ohl/Megan Striffler: 5th place Duo Interpretation (Top Novice)
VFL #2
Mike Hilkin: 1st place Persuasive Speaking
Jessica Sauer: 4th place Communication Analysis
Jessy Ohl/Megan Striffler: 4th place Duo Interpretation (Top Novice)
Coltrane Carlson/Jessica Sauer: 6th place Duo Interpretation

University of Wisconsin-Stout at Menomonie, WI (December 3-4, 2004)
Team Sweeps: 3rd place
Mike Hilkin: 1st place in Persuasive Speaking, 5th Extemporaneous Speaking
Jessy Ohl: 3rd place Extemporaneous Speaking
Coltrane Carlson: 3rd place Prose Interpretation, 5th place Program Oral Interpretation
Megan Striffler: 3rd place Program Oral Interpretation
Jessy Ohl/Megan Striffler: 1st place Duo Interpretation

Twin Cities Forensic League Tournament at Bloomington, MN (December 7, 2004)
Team Sweeps: 2nd place
Ryan McGeough: 1st place Extemporaneous Speaking, 1st Impromptu Speaking
Jessy Ohl: 6th Impromptu Speaking
Megan Striffler: 6th place Program Oral Interpretation
Coltrane Carlson: 4th place Program Oral Interpretation, 3rd placeProse Interpretation
Adam Plendl: 3rd place Extemporaneous Speaking
Ohl/Striffler: 2nd Duo Interpretation

Hell Froze Over University of Texas at Austin (January 8-9, 2005)
(This tournament is considered one of the most difficult regular-season tournaments in the country.  With over 800 individual performances by students representing almost 50 colleges and universities)
Mike Hilkin: 4th place Communication Analysis, Semifinalist Impromptu speaking, 6th place Impromptu Speaking, Semifinalist Communication Analysis, 13th place Persuasive Speaking, and 13th place Extemporaneous Speaking 
Jessy Ohl: Semifinal round of Impromptu Speaking at his first major "Varsity" tournament.

TCFL #4 Bloomington, Minnesota (January 25, 2005)
Team Sweepstakes: 2nd place
Jessy Ohl: 1st place Impromptu Speaking, 1st place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Ryan McGeough: 2nd place Extemporaneous Speaking
Megan Striffler: 1st place Program Oral Interpretation
Coltrane Carlson: 2nd place Program Oral Interpretation, 4th place Prose Interpretation

Bunny Bop IE tournament South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota (January 29, 2005)
Team Sweepstakes: 2nd place
Mike Hilkin: 1st place Persuasive Speaking, 6th place Prose Interpretation
Ryan McGeough: 2nd place Impromptu Speakin,; 2nd place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Jessy Ohl: 2nd place Persuasive Speaking
Megan Striffler: 3rd place Program Oral Interpretation, 5th Place Prose Interpretation
Jessica Sauer: 5th place Extemporaneous Speaking

St. Cloud State University IE Tournament (Feb. 4-5, 2005)
Team Sweepstakes: 3rd Place Overall
Jessy Ohl: 3rd place Individual Sweepstakes, 2nd place Impromptu Speaking, 2nd place Extemporaneous Speaking, 5th place (and Top Novice) Persuasive Speaking
Ryan McGeough: 1st place (and Top Novice) Impromptu Speaking
Coltrane Carlson: 2nd place Program Oral Interpretation
Mike Hilkin: 3rd place Extemporaneous Speaking, 6th place Informative Speaking
Jessica Sauer: 4th place Interpretation of Children's Literature

"Virginia is for Lovers" George Mason University/James Madison University IE tournament (Feb 20-21, 2005)
Mike Hilkin: Feb. 20: 1st place Impromptu Speaking, 2nd place Extemporaneous Speaking; Feb 21: 3rd place Communication Analysis, 4th place Persuasive Speaking, 6th place Extemporaneous Speaking