By Seth Romsa
Staff Writer
Worland speech team takes second at Thermopolis
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WORLAND – After finishing last weekend in first place at the Sundance speech and debate tournament in Utah competing against teams from California and Utah, the Worland Speech and Debate team finished with another top finish this last weekend finishing second in the Thermopolis tournament.
The Worland team finished second behind Riverton in class 3A.
Taking first for Worland were Kim Sumida in extemporaneous speaking and Jade Hefenieder in program interpretation.
Sumida also finished in cross examination (CX) debate and oratory. Chase Johnson also finished third in cross-examination debate.
Those placing in fifth were Katherine Martinson in oratory, Alexis Sandoval in dramatic interpretation and Tate Green in extemporaneous speaking.
Johnson placed sixth in congress, Elizabeth Bleicher placed sixth in oratory and August McIntosh placed sixth in dramatic interpretation.
Raeth Tolman placed seventh in humor. Tolman and Michael Neufer both broke into supercongress finals but failed to place.
Hefenieder reached the semifinals in humor and the duo of Ashlyn Erickson and Adrian Brown reached the semifinals in duo interpretation.
The speech and debate team is set to compete this weekend in Powell.
