BCFU Earns State Championship
BCFU won their 24th consecutive Georgia Intercollegiate Forensics Association Team State Championship on Feb. 17. Nineteen members of the BCFU traveled to the University of North Georgia-Gainesville and defended their title, earning 42 individual awards and 11 out of 14 available individual state championships.
This year was especially impressive with 13 of the competitors being in their first year of competition and no seniors on the roster.
The top two places in persuasion at the state tournament earn the honor of representing the state of Georgia at the Interstate Oratorical Contest in late April.
The team now prepares for national competitions; Novice Nationals on March 9-11 at Suffolk University in Boston, and the National Speech Championships on March 24-25 at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
GIFA 2018 RESULTS:
Persuasion
Britton Ody - Champion*
Anna Claire Tucker - 2nd*
Tasha Mwangi - 3rd
Impromptu Speaking
Jacob Pritchett - Champion
Ben Allee - 2nd
Beth Anne DeKeizer - 4th
Program of Oral Interpretation
Avery James - Champion
Sara Arms -2nd
Noah Syverson - 3rd
Dramatic Interpretation
Nadia Clinkscales - Champion
Tasha Mwangi - 2nd
Margaret Ashton - 3rd
Rhetorical Criticism
Anna Claire Tucker - Champion
Bailey Dingley -2nd
Beth Anne DeKeizer - 3rd
Duo Interpretation
Ben Allee and Olivia Brown - Champions
Jacob Pritchett and Noah Syverson - 2nd
Annie Dietz and Chase Hollub - 3rd
Poetry Interpretation
Shelby Newland - Champion
Avery James - 2nd
Prose Interpretation
Bailey Dingley - Champion
Ben Allee - 2nd
Sara Arms - 3rd
Informative
Beth Anne DeKeizer - Champion
Ashley Beaubeouf - 2nd
Chase Hollub - 3rd
After Dinner Speaking
Margaret Ashton - Champion
Olivia Brown - 2nd
Public Narrative
Shelby Newland - Champion
Tasha Mwangi - 2nd
Olivia Brown - 3rd
Impromptu Sales
Beth Anne DeKeizer - 2nd
Jacob Pritchett - 3rd
Britton Ody - 5th
Extemporaneous Speaking
Jacob Pritchett - 2nd
Annie Dietz - 4th
Slam Poetry
Noah Syverson -2nd
Shelby Newland - 3rd
Avery James - 4th
Sarah Baker - 5th
Individual Sweepstakes
Beth Anne DeKeizer - 2nd
Jacob Pritchett - 3rd
BCFU is proud of the work from the whole team and we are excited to take our events to national tournaments to finish out the year!

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