Please congratulate the following schools, coaches and students for an outstanding performance at the Wake Forest Earlybird tournament September 11-13 in Winston Salem.  113 Schools from 23 states competed in this tournament and our state was certainly among the best!   See the full results and cume sheets at: http://groups.wfu.edu/debate/earlybird/2008-bird/EARLYBIRDInvit.html

 Overall Team Placement:

Myers Park – 3^rd Place Overall Sweepstakes
Asheville & Pinecrest – 11^th place Overall Sweepstakes (tie)

Congressional Debate:

2^nd Place:  Alex Boudreau – Asheville
3^rd Place:  Brady Nails - Hopewell
4^th Place:  Wilson Parker – Asheville
Finalist – Riley Hurst - Asheville
Finalist:  Rafe Kettler – Myers Park 

Original Oratory break rounds:

3^rd place:  Jenny Quiestell - Pinecrest
Semifinalist:  Minali Nigam – Marvin Ridge

 Duo Interpretation:

6^th Place:  Brendan and Mitchell Nally  - Marvin Ridge 

Dramatic Interpretation:

6^th Place:  Hoke Pittman – Myers Park
Semifinalist: Michael Griggs – Myers Park 

Extemporaneous Speaking:

Semifinalist:  Ben Denton – Pinecrest 

Impromptu Speaking:

4^th Place – Joe Calder – Cary Academy
5^th Place:  Antar Azan – Myers Park
Semifinalist:  Harry Lambert – Cary Academy
Semifinalist: Isabel Williams – Myers Park
Semifinalist:  Ben Denton – Pinecrest
Semifinalist:  Auden Lawrence – Pinecrest 

Public Forum:

Zach Simonetti and Alex Kennedy - Asheville
Octafinalists: Lauren Wiggins and Porter Nenon – Myers Park
Octafinalists:  Ramy El Kalioby and Victor Baciu – Myers Park
Double Octafinalists – Ali McGrath and Rosie Howland – Asheville
Double Octafinalists: Chang Sun and Jason Fuller - Myers Park
Double Octafinalists: Cameron Langford & Sam Dawson – North Mecklenburg
Double Octafinalists:  Connor Taylor and Luke Hagemann – North Mecklenburg
Double Octafinalists:  Jake Elliott and Jairo Vera – Pinecrest 

Varsity Lincoln Douglas:

Double Octafinalist:  Madelyn Powell – Jack Britt
Double Octafinalist:  Marcie Maier – Jack Britt 

JV Lincoln Douglas:

Octafinalist:  John Winn – Myers Park

The team of Josh Price and Bilal Butt from Massey Hill Classical High -octafinalists.

TFL Winners at Nationals