What do you get when you take 52 determined debaters, a championship debate tournament, a bunch of pizza, piles of research, and a whole bunch of hard work? Well, I’ll tell you! You end up with 30 winners (which is 57% of the team)! The Championship debate tournament took place at Draper Park Middle School on April 25th, 2024.
Policy Debate:
- FIRST Place – Gary Lyhnakis
- 2nd Place Team (and qualified for State) – Gage Christensen and Habeeb Khan
- 5th Place Team (and qualified for State) – Will Croft and Lincoln Wong
- Additional Top 10% Winners:
- John Vaughan and Marcus Broderick (and qualified for State)
- Cason Plott and Don Guymon (and qualified for State)
- Bridger Swenson and Connor Moon (and qualified for State)
- Charlie Peterson
- Audrey Curry
Lincoln-Douglas Debate:
- FIRST Place (and qualified for State) – Henry Slabbert
- 4th Place (and qualified for State) – Neve Chamberlain
- 5th Place (and qualified for State) – Greyson Bills
- Top 10% – Sophia Bergstrom
Oratory Speaking:
- 5th Place (and won 1st place in all 4 rounds) – Bridget Smit
- Top 10 % (and qualified for State)
- Ellie Longaker
- Elizabeth Young
- Liam Blair
- Abbey Tait
Extemporaneous Speaking:
Top 10 % (and qualified for state) – Charlie Radzinski
Additionally:
- Gary Lyhnakis won the MVP award for being Albion’s most successful overall debater in his 3 semesters of debate.
- Chloe Bergen won the Coach’s award for being the debater with the most heart, commitment, determination, and perseverance.
- The following students were recognized for their commitment to debate. Since they’ve each chosen to take debate class 3 separate times, they were awarded a special 3-year debater award.
- Chloe Bergen
- Gary Lyhnakis
- Hank Frederickson
- Charlie Peterson
- Abbey Tait
- Finally, in the competition for the team sweepstakes award for being the most successful overall team, Albion won 2nd place!
