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NITOC 2016 Final Day & Awards!

What an amazing week we've had!  So thankful to the Stoa Board for organizing a great national tournament. I can't even begin to imagine how much work goes into planning a tournament for over 600 students. 

David broke to Finals today in Apol and we all went to support him.  He gave a winning speech and we were all proud of him. 

The awards ceremony was tonight.  It was a time of celebration and fun for all the competitors. Here are the final standings for our Vector Team. 

Speech Awards:

David 8th Place Apol 

Beckett 25th Place Monologue

Kyle 28th Place Mars Hill, 20th Extemp, 17th Apol 

Debate:

Kyle 27th Team Policy Speaker

Kyle & David 49th in TP with a 5-1 record

Kyle 28th Parli Speaker

Kyle and Beckett 28th in Parli, 4-2 record

And of Course, more pictures!

Final Round Apol

Watching the final Parli Round

Award ceremony is about to begin. 

Quarters and Semis!

NITOC 2016 is wrapping up.  Only one more day left.  More and more students are on campus in shorts and t's and the audiences in rounds are getting larger as breaks eliminate more and more students from the competition. Beckett and Kyle were sadly eliminated in Parli today. 

However, in the speech arena Vector remains strong!  Beckett, Kyle, and David broke to quarters this morning. Beckett in  Monologue, David in Apol, and Kyle in Apol, Mars Hill, and Extemp.  

Later this evening semi-final breaks were announced this afternoon and the boys made it to semi-finals!!  David in Apol, Kyle in Apol and Extemp, and Beckett in Monologue.  They competed tonight and will hear breaks for speech finals in the morning.  

Regardless of how they finish, I am so proud of ALL our Vector competitors! I'll make one more post tomorrow night after the awards ceremony.  Stay tuned!

If you want to watch the awards ceremony live Sat night at 8:30 ET Click here: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCEe8iMCHOApXTsaoV9v7TCA

Some pics from today:

Kyle in the Mars Hill Quarter-final round. 

Semi-final breaks for Speech

Listening to Breaks

What's the secret to your success, Kyle? "Please no photos." 

Beckett mistakenly puts on the wrong jacket before a round. 

NITOC 4TH DAY!

Last I reported Kyle and Beckett broke to Double Octas in Parli.  They competed late last night, and wowed all of us who were watching the round.  It was a FANTASTIC debate round, the best I've ever seen either Kyle or Beckett speak!  The Res: The use of weapons of mass destruction can be morally justified.  We were Opp, and it was a great clash.  The round was so good on both sides, we have no idea which way the judges would go.  We'll find out tomorrow (Fri) at 1p if they will advance to the next level.

Today was a great day, and no rain!!  Everyone had speech rounds but there's no news to report on any progress.  It was day 3 of Speech Prelims, and Speech breaks will be announced in the morning (Fri) at 7am.  Quarterfinals and Semis will be during the day on Friday.  I'll keep you posted!

Tonight the entire Vector gang enjoyed dinner out at a local Peruvian restaurant -- great food!  Back at the campus we joined in the Stoa Beach Party with ice cream and a live band.  It was awesome to see the whole student body (parents & Mrs. Snyder too!) dance, hang out, or play ball on the lawn. It was great music and fun for everyone.

Some pictures from today:

 Beckett giving his 3rd Extemp speech on why the US should improve relations with Cuba

 Dads are the judging backbone!

Lunchtime!

A great dinner at Cafe Caruso

 More spotlight on dads

Ice Cream and Soccer/Frisbee on the Lawn

 Mrs. Snyder & Mrs. Craig do the Macarena!

 Jamming with Low Rent District