NITOC Awards!

Vector had a fantastic showing at the awards ceremony tonight.  I am so proud of ALL our competitors for all their hard work this year to first of all qualify for Nationals and then continue to sharpen their skills to compete at the national level.  And with 630 competitors the competitions were tough this week!  All of us can be inspired by their hard work and determination.  

National Awards given tonight:

Sam Estep - 27th Persuasive (Quarter Finalist)

Michael Boyles - 17th Humorous (Semi Finalist)

Kyle Ziemnick - 34th Broadcasting (Quarter Finalist)

Cooper Millhouse - 6th Place Persuasive, Quarter Finalist Storytelling, Quarter Finalist Extemp 

Also competed:

Christopher Davis 

Rachel Degan

Lydia Frommack

Beckett Millhouse

Ben Smallwood

I hope you will look forward to another year of Speech and Debate, knowing that each of you have the potential to achieve excellence!

Blessings from San Diego!

Kim Millhouse

NITOC: Finals

It's been a great week here in San Diego. Exciting news.... Cooper broke to finals in persuasive! The awards ceremony is tonight and we look forward to hearing how everybody placed.

NITOC: Breaks

The remainder of the tournament will be spent at the University of California San Diego. I can't imagine the tournament staff slept on Wednesday night because when we arrived early Thursday morning, everything was set up and ready to go.

Team Policy Triple Octas:

Defrank/Koehnke

Quarterfinals Breaks:

Broadcasting: Kyle Ziemnick
Extemp: Cooper Millhouse
Mars Hill: Nora Shaheen
Persuasive: Sam Estep, Cooper Millhouse
Storytelling: Cooper Millhouse

Semifinal Breaks:

Humorous: Michael Boyles
Mars Hill: Nora Shaheen
Persuasive: Cooper Millhouse

Please continue to pray for the competitors and tournament staff today. :)

~Lily

NITOC Update

We're finishing up day two of NITOC 2014. Due to the fires in San Marcos, California State San Marcos is closed. We relocated to Point Loma Nazarene University and enjoyed beautiful weather and a day of parliamentary debate rounds.  The NITOC staff worked tirelessly [while still keeping an attitude of encouragement and joy] to find a different location for today. Six rounds of team policy and Lincoln Douglas debate were held at a resort in SanDiego.

Please be praying for our competitors [speech events begin tomorrow] as well as the tournament staff as they work to provide alternate locations for the duration of the tournament.

I'll update you all with breaks later this week. :)

~Lily