Now that the debate season is over we can report on the year end
results. Several of you have been asking about this. Sorry for the
delay. Of the three National Championship titles available at the NPDA
Tournament, Point Loma won two and came in 2nd in the third. For those
interested in who are top competition was this year I have also
included other top programs from the hundreds with which we compete,
including most of the U. C. schools and other top research universities
across the nation, as well as schools you see fighting for top athletic
honors like the Gators in Florida or the fighting Irish from Notre
Dame.
National Parliamentary Debate Association Yearlong Sweepstakes: PLNU National Champions!!!
(Here are the top twenty teams in the nation that received awards at nationals, though hundreds competed)
NPDA Tournament Standings: PLNU's Kamermayer and Griffith Win National Championship
Out of the 240 teams entered in the National Championship
Tournament, Point Loma's team of Tim Kamermayer and Griffith Vertican
were the only undefeated team remaining at the end of the 8 preliminary
debates, earning a record of 8 wins 0 losses. All teams with 5/3 or
better records advanced to the elimination rounds, beginning with
Quadra Octa Finals. Point Loma advanced 4 teams. Here are those teams
and how far they advanced.
- Tim Kamermayer and Griffith Vertican - National Champions!!! Beating Creighton University in Finals on a 5 to 4 decision.
- Joel Day and Ben Kautzer - Advanced to Double Octa Finals before losing on a split decision.
- Jordon Cherry and Angela Compton - dropped in Quad Octas
- Caitlyn Burford and Chris Gutierrez - dropped in Quad Octas
- Jaime Wanta and Alysa Pfeifer - though not advancing went 4 and 4, and were named the 2nd Place Novice team in the tournament
NPDA Championship Tournament Sweepstakes Results: PLNU Second Place in Nation
(Listed below are the top twenty schools awarded prizes out of the 80 competing at the National Championship)
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Tournament Team Sweepstakes:
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| Place: |
School: |
| 1 |
(82) Western Kentucky Univ. |
| 2 |
(70) Pt. Loma Nazarene Univ. |
| 3 |
(68) Washburn Univ. |
| 4 |
(68) Texas Tech |
| 5 |
(66) Western Washington Univ. |
| 6 |
(64) Willamette University |
| 7 |
(62) Rice University |
| 8 |
(58) Creighton University |
| 9 |
(54) Carroll College |
| 10 |
(52) Truman State Univ. |
| 11 |
(48) Univ. of Oregon |
| 12 |
(46) Northern Arizona |
| 13 |
(44) Univ. of Montana |
| 14 |
(44) McKendree College |
| 15 |
(42) Colorado College |
| 16 |
(42) UC-Berkeley |
| 17 |
(42) William Jewell College |
| 18 |
(42) Cedarville Univ. |
| 19 |
(42) Univ. of Washington |
| 20 |
(38 pts.) CSU-Long Beach |
NPDA Top Speaker Awards:
Out of the top almost 500 debaters competing at this National
Championship Tournament, only 20 were presented prizes. PLNU students
Tim Kamermayer and Joel Day won 4th Place and 19th Place speakers
respectively.
This was a nice way to cap off the season where Point Loma's speech and
debate team won many other important tournaments including the PSCFA
Fall and Spring Champs, and Christian College Nationals plus many
invitational tournaments. Thanks for your continued support of the
team.
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