Fairmont Speech claims 6th in Stillwater tournament

FAIRMONT – Thirteen members of the Fairmont Speech Team competed on Jan. 11 at the Stillwater and Mounds Park Academy, the ‘WaterPark’ Speech Tournament in Stillwater, Minnesota.

Team Sweepstakes Results:

Fairmont ranked 6th Place out of 26 teams.

Varsity Individual Sweepstakes Results:

Senior Oliver Thedens took 3rd Place.

Varsity Finals Results:

Duo Interpretation: Seniors Grace Simpson and Oliver Thedens were the Champions and Sophomore Annie Reyelts and Evan Reyelts took 5th Place.

Extemporaneous Reading: Senior Oliver Thedens took 2nd Place.

Extemporaneous Speaking: Senior Dominick Lund-May took 6th Place.

Humorous Interpretation: Sophomore Leon Yang was the Champion and Senior Isaac Thomas took 2nd Place.

Impromptu: Junior Bel Lutterman took 3rd Place.

Program of Oral Interpretation: Sophomore Allie Streit took 6th Place.

Prose: Cooper Gudahl took 7th Place.

Varsity Next-In Final Results:

Freshman Michelle Esquivel took 3rd Place.

Novice Final Results:

Humorous Interpretation: Freshman Evan Reyelts took 5th Place.

Poetry: Freshman Hailey McConnell was the Champion.

Fairmont Speech competes on Saturday, Jan. 18 in Chanhassen. The Fairmont Speech Team is coached by Kathleen Walker, Erik Walker and Miles Duffey.