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MHCC Forensics team breaks the competition
The Advocate
The Mt. Hood Community College Forensics team had the most event breaks of any Northwest school at the Phi Rho Pi Nationals last weekend in downtown Portland, according to Forensics coach Shannon Valdivia.
An event break is a term used to describe when a competitor advances from preliminary rounds to elimination rounds, or from one elimination round to the next.
“The highlight was having the three breaks in Oral Interpretation, that’s quite an accomplishment as the Northwest’s last breaks in Oral Interpretation were about 10 years ago,” said Valdivia.
The Forensics team currently has 12 participating students and five competed at the Phi Rho Pi Nationals.
Sam Pagano earned a bronze medal in the Individual Programmed Oral Interpretation and the Extemporaneous Speaking event. Heidi Miller and Genia Findley both earned bronze medals in the Prose Interpretation event.
The team of Badger Moore and Melissa Lucas earned bronze in the Parliamentary Debate.
“We had a young team and they have performed beyond my expectations,” said Valdivia.
The Forensics team earned two bronze sweepstakes awards for medium-sized teams in both individual events and debate.
The team will compete next at the Northwest Forensics Conference Community College Championships at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Wash. on April 24 and 25.