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Glacier speech and debate sets record at Gonzaga tourney

hilary matheson, daily inter lake, kalispell, mont.
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Jan. 10—Glacier High School speech and debate brought home the Conway Classic title with its record-breaking performance at Gonzaga University over the weekend.

Glacier dominated the competition, amassing 360 overall points, a tournament record. The new record breaks the one Glacier set in 2012, head coach Greg Adkins noted. The team racked up the points by winning 11 out of 15 individual events.

"This was a great weekend for our team as we gear up for the final weeks before our state tournament at the end of the month," Adkins said.

Twenty-five teams from 11 states competed with only six other teams scoring points. Glacier was the only Montana team to compete. Second place went to Texas team St. Mark's with 65 points. The Washington team from Interlake High School placed third with 55 points.

"The tournament was dramatically smaller than it has been in the past, and you can really see the effects that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on this region," Adkins said. "The teams were very small in total numbers, and some were competing in person for the first time since the winter of 2020."

"We were thankful for the opportunity to compete, and hope that we helped re-establish the tournament as one of the best in the region," he added, noting that students were able to try new events and the tournament format is different from Montana's in that it allowed them to watch teammates compete.

Following are individual results for Glacier.

Original Oratory

1 Mac Adkins

2 Ethan Grant

4 Quindy Gronley

Informative Speaking

1 Lane McKoy

2 Sarah Weingart

3 Annabeth O'Shea

5 Katie Clark

Duo Interpretation

1 Ethan Grant and Kenzie Nordness

2 Mac Adkins and Alden Lamson

3 Kaelin Holt and Ulrich Warner

5 Quindy Gronley and Claire Schwaller

Dramatic Interpretation

1 Annabeth O'Shea

2 Gabby Canrell-Musson

3 Brenna Ernst

4 Kaylin Stein

5 Kaelin Holt

Humorous Interpretation

1 Kaylin Stein

2 Erik Kalvig

3 Meyer Fauth

4 Claire Ennis

Program Oral Interpretation

1 Anya Rountree

2 Annalise Brown

3 Kaylin Stein

4 Maeve Kintzler

5 Bella AuClaire

Impromptu Speaking

1 Brenna Ernst

3 Braden Wakefield

5 Blake Lindemann

Extemporaneous Speaking

1 Sophia Bourriague

2 Blake Lindemann

3 Jason Burkett-Johnson

4 Atticus Cheman

Editorial Commentary

1 Ethan Woods

2 Cadence Murcray

3 Kenna Sandler

4 Jack Syverson

5 Ryan Webster

Varsity Public Forum Debate

2 Timmy Glanville and Calvin Schmidt

3 Amelia Remley and Alex Hudson

5 Jack Syverson and Kennedy Garvin

Novice Public Forum Debate

1 Mac Adkins and Lane McKoy

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

2 Aidan Walker

Congressional Debate

1 Kenna Sandler

2 Lukas Schubert

5 Cadence Murcray

6 Emmery Schmidt

7 Alyssa Conrad

Speaker awards (recognizes the top 10 in each debate event based on speaking points) — Mac Adkins, Gaby Allred, Kevin Fortin, Kennedy Garvin, Timmy Glanville, Alex Hudson, Jakoby Isles, Josh Lee, Lane McKoy, Amelia Remley, Calvin Schmidt, Miles Sneeden, Jack Syverson, Ryan Webster, Aidan Walker and Ethan Woods.