Speech and Debate wins University of Pennsylvania tournament

The CM Forensics team took home its third consecutive team championship from the University of Pennsylvania's 35th Annual Liberty Bell Classic on February 13. In the team's first year at the tournament, it surpassed fifty-five schools by earning individual spots in the finals in every speech category.

"This was an impressive showing for CM and an outstanding overall team effort," said head coach Rob Croteau '93.

The team was led by Pat Simas '10 and Ethan Madden '11, who earned a first place trophy in duo interpretation, and Jhovani Vonleh '11 who earned the tournament's first place trophy in declamation.

Also earning high honors were Chris Masterson '10 (2nd - Original Oratory), Pat Simas '10 (3rd - Dramatic Interp), Kevin Donnelly '11 (3rd - Declamation), Mark Woodall '12 (3rd Oral Interp), Laroy Streat '12 (4th - Oral Interp), Marcus Jackson '12 (4th - Declamation), Sean Steinberg '10 (5th - Dramatic Interp), Eric Butts '10 (5th - Oral Interp), Andrew Fanikos '10 (6th - Extemp) , Joe Botsch '12 & Michael MacKenzie '12 (Octo-Final - Debate) Joe Sweeney '10 (Super Session - Congress), Tom Foley '12 (Semifinals - Declamation), Chris Traynor '12 (Semifinals - Declamation), and Kevin Verity 10 (Semifinals - Oral Interp).