[fblike]
Last month, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association State Speech Tournament took place on the campus of the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. The highlight of the tournament was Alex Sapadin of Snohomish High School winning his third consecutive Class 4A state championship. Sapadin’s historic victory was not easy, though, as Heather Selby of Gig Harbor High School tied him in the tournament’s final round and won a majority of the judges, but lost on reciprocals. Austin Jang of Union High School placed third.
In Class 3A, Calvin Clark of Mountain View High School won his school’s first state extemp championship of this century by two ranks over teammate Grant Mathers. Maddie Lee of Seattle Academy was the third place finisher.
Here are the results of the 2014 Washington Interscholastic Activities Association State Speech Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):
Class 4A
Champion: Alex Sapadin (Snohomish High School)
2nd: Heather Selby (Gig Harbor High School)
3rd: Austin Jang (Union High School)
4th: Kendall Dunovant (Walla Walla High School)
5th: Patrick Spieker (Gig Harbor High School)
6th: Jina Yi (Thomas Jefferson High School)
7th: Jayaram Ravi (Tahoma High School)
Class 3A
Champion: Calvin Clark (Mountain View High School)
2nd: Grant Mathers (Mountain View High School)
3rd: Maddie Lee (Seattle Academy)
4th: Jacob Anderson-Kester (Ridgefield High School)
5th: Gamy De La Torre (Othello High School)
6th: Jake MacDuff (Eastside Catholic High School)
7th: Carlin Cherry (Ingraham High School)
Extemp Central thanks the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association for putting the results of the tournament online and Amy McCormick for bringing them to our attention.