The Marshall High School Speech Team won first place out of 19 teams at the Fairmont High School invitational tournament Saturday.
Marshall led the team scores by 50 points, over St. Peter, Fairmond and Mankato East, and had the most individual champions of any team at the tournament. A total of 15 students placed in individual events.
Winners in individual events were:
Chris Sanders, champion in Discussion
Kim Homan, champion in Original Oratory
Hayley Moede, champion in Poetry Interpretation
Jenna Surprenant and Margaret Roesler, champions in Duo Interpretation
Kirby Schmidt, champion in Drama Interpretation; second place in Humor Interpretation
Tammy Vo, second place in Drama Interpretation
Margaret Roesler, third place in Humor Interpretation
Emily Jensen, third place in Great Speeches; third place in Informative
Charles Hulsizer and Olivia Bennett, third place in Duo Interpretation
Joe Paskach, third place in Prose Interpretation; fourth place in Humor Interpretation
Amy Her, fifth place in Informative
Jenna Surprenant, fifth place in Original Oratory
Katie Palmer, fifth place in Poetry Interpretation
Allison VanDenBroeke, sixth place in Extemporaneous Reading
Billie Miller, seventh place in Extemporaneous Reading
Charles Hulsizer, seventh place in Original Oratory