Irvine Valley College Speech and Debate Team Takes Sweepstakes

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Melanie Buettner, Assistant Director of Marketing & Creative Services
Irvine Valley College
(949) 451-5767 | [email protected]
Press Release
IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE SPEECH AND DEBATE
TEAM TAKES SWEEPSTAKES AT PSCFA CHAMPIONSHIP
Irvine, CA – March 13, 2017—Irvine Valley College’s Speech and Debate team took home
1st place Overall Sweepstakes and 1st place Novice Sweepstakes at the Pacific Southwest
Collegiate Forensics Association (PSCFA) League Championships on February 26. The
annual tournament, which took place at California State University Long Beach, drew 34
colleges including Loyola Marymount University, the University of California Los Angeles and
Northern Arizona University.
“What an amazing honor to win the League Championships,” says Director of Forensics, Jules
French. “Winning the top novice award is proof that IVC Forensics is going to continue to be a
dominating force in competitions to come.”
Just prior to the PSCFA Championships, from February 17-19, the team participated in the
Tabor-Venitsky Speech Invitational and the Southern California Lincoln-Douglas
Championships. Both were held at Cerritos College. Joining the IVC team was the Chinese
National Debate team, which was hosted by IVC as part of a two-week tour of Southern
California.
Up next for the IVC Speech Team is the Phi Rho Pi National Tournament in Washington D.C.
and the PSCFA Cool-Off Tournament, both in April. The PSCFA tournament is an excellent
opportunity for those who are new to speech to compete against other novices. Students who
are interested in competing in the tournament can contact Director of Forensics, Jules French
at 949-451-5329 or [email protected], or Forensics Coach Bill Neesen at 949-451-5235 or
[email protected].
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Tabor-Venitsky Speech Invitational Award Winners
NPDA Individual Speaker Awards:
Kevin Grant, First Place Speaker in Novice NPDA
Shirley Hu, Fourth Place Speaker in Novice NPDA
Salam Habib, Fifth Place Speaker in Novice NPDA
Mona Abusir, Sixth Place Speaker in Novice NPDA
Yong “Linda” Sixhuan, Seventh Place Speaker in Novice NPDA
Luis Pena, Ninth Place Speaker in Novice NPDA
Asha Taylor, Third Place Speaker in Open NPDA
Skyler Meador, Seventh Place Speaker in Open NPDA
George Diamantopolis, Eighth Place Speaker in Open NPDA
NPDA Team Debate Awards:
Mona Abusir & Nilam Faqir: Gold Medalists in Novice Debate
Kevin Grant & Yong “Linda” Sixhuan: Gold Medalists in Novice Debate
Chloe Wang & Thiongo N’gugi: Bronze Medalists in Novice Debate
Shirley Hu & Helene Drean: Bronze Medalists in Novice Debate
Skyler Meador & Natasha Calilung: Gold Medalists in Open Debate
Zihad Amin & Soriya Rasheed: Bronze Medalists in Open Debate
Asha Taylor & Wang “Lina” Yi: Bronze Medalists in Open Debate
Individual Debate Awards:
Mona Abusir, Gold Medal in Novice IPDA Debate
Royce Correa, Bronze Medal in Novice IPDA Debate
Nilam Faqhir, Bronze Medal in Novice IPDA Debate
Natasha Calilung, Bronze Medal in Open IPDA Debate
Katrya Ly, Bronze Medal in Open IPDA Debate
Skyler Meador, Bronze Medal in Open IPDA Debate
Sasha Rongahi, Bronze Medal in Open NFA-LD Debate
Colin Squyres, Bronze Medal in Open NFA-LD Debate
Individual Event Awards:
Rishi Malhotra, Second Place in Novice Extemporaneous and Finalist in Novice Impromptu
Sasha Rongahi, Third Place in Novice Impromptu and Finalist in Novice Extemporaneous
Soriya Rasheed- Finalist in Novice Impromptu and Finalist in Novice Extemporaneous
Skyler Meador- Finalist in Open Impromptu and Finalist in Novice Extemporaneous
Jasmine Washington- Finalist in Open Dramatic Interpretation
Katrya Ly- Finalist in Open Impromptu
Zihad Amin- Finalist in Open Extemporaneous
Natasha Calilung- Finalist in Open Extemporaneous
PSCFA League Spring Championship Tournament
NPDA Team Debate Awards:
Thiongo N’gugi & Salam Habib: Gold Medalists in Novice Debate
Katrya Ly & Sasha Rongahi: Bronze Medalists in Junior Debate
Mona Abusir & Nilam Faqhir: Bronze Medalists in Junior Debate
Asha Taylor & George Diamantopolis: Bronze Medalists in Open Debate NPDA
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Individual Speaker Awards:
Mona Abusir, Fifth Place Speaker in Junior
Nilam Faqhir, Seventh Place Speaker in Junior
Thiongo N’gugi, Seventh Place Speaker in Novice
Salam Habib, Ninth Place Speaker in Novice
Individual Debate Awards:
Natasha Calilung, Gold Medalist in Open IPDA Debate
Katrya Ly, Silver Medalist in Junior IPDA Debate
La’Maiyah Lyles, Silver Medalist in Novice IPDA Debate
Yvonne Pham, Bronze Medalist in Novice IPDA Debate
Individual Event Awards:
Katrya Ly, 1st Place in Junior Extemporaneous Speaking & Finalist in Junior Impromptu
Sasha Rongahi, 1st Place in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking & Finalist in Novice Impromptu Louise Hyland, 1st Place in Novice Speech to Entertain & Finalist in Novice Impromptu
Royce Correa, 3rd Place in Novice Extemporaneous
Rishi Malhotra, Finalist in Novice Extemporaneous & Finalist in Novice Impromptu
Soriya Rasheed, 3rd Place in Junior Impromptu
Skyler Meador, 5th Place in Open Impromptu
Colin Squyres, Finalist in Junior Informative Speaking
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