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Last weekend, Bradley University hosted the 66th annual L.E. Norton Memorial Tournament, which is the largest collegiate invitational tournament of the fall semester. The tournament featured two divisions of extemporaneous speaking, open and novice. Open extemporaneous speaking was won by Matthew Roberts of Belmont University (TN), who defeated Amelia Martin of George Mason University (VA) on judges preference. Novice extemporaneous speaking was won by last year’s NFL International Extemporaneous Speaking national champion Nathan Leys of George Mason University, who defeated former Des Moines Roosevelt High School teammate Carolyn Evans of Western Kentucky University by two ranks in the final round.
In team sweepstakes, Western Kentucky University took first, George Mason University took second, and Ball State University took third. The next big tournament on the collegiate calendar is the fifteenth annual Hell Froze Over Swing Tournament, which is co-hosted by Bradley University and the University of Texas-Austin. The tournament will be held on January 12th and 13th.
Here are the results from the 66th annual L.E. Norton Memorial Tournament (Click here for tab sheets):
Open Extemp
Champion: Matthew Roberts (Belmont University)
2nd: Amelia Martin (George Mason University)
3rd: Collin Metcalf (University of Alabama)
4th: Tom Forrest (Illinois State University)
5th: Paige Settles (Western Kentucky University)
6th: Dara McGreal (Northwestern University)
Semi-Finalists
*Farrah Bara (University of Texas-Austin)
*Brittany Broder (Western Kentucky University)
*Maggie Butzen (Illinois State University)
*Nefertit Dukes (Western Kentucky University)
*Milana Duggan (Northwestern University)
*Andrew Neylon (Ball State University)
*Matthe Roberts (Belmont University)
Novice Extemp
Champion: Nathan Leys (George Mason University)
2nd: Carolyn Evans (Western Kentucky University)
3rd: Tyler Ross (Illinois State University)
4th: Derrek Chung (University of Texas-Austin)
5th: Maggie Koll (Northern Illinois University)
6th: Justin Ali (North Central College)