1997-1998 Results


At the Eastern Michigan University tournament, the team finished second place out of eleven schools. Berry speakers won a total of fourteen awards! The results are as follows:

1st Place Rhetorical CriticismLynsey Morris
2nd Place Dramatic DuoEric Christensen & Carrie Schuchts
2nd Place InformativeWhitney Posey
3rd Place Rhetorical CriticismAmber Still
4th Place ImpromptuLynsey Morris
4th Place Extemporaneous SpeakingLynsey Morris
5th Place After Dinner SpeakingAmy Birath
5th Place ProseCarrie Schuchts
5th Place Dramatic DuoDavid Mast & Jim Moore
5th Place Novice ProseDavid Mast
6th Place ProseEric Christensen


At the first half of the Berry Swing, the Autumn in the Mountains tournament hosted by Berry College our novices won a total of eleven awards! The results are as follows:

1st Place Novice InformativeWhitney Posey
1st Place After Dinner SpeakingJim Moore
3rd Place Dramatic DuoDavid Mast & Courtney Urquhart
3rd Place Novice ProseDavid Mast
4th Place Extemporaneous SpeakingDan Alban
6th Place PersuasionDan Alban
Top Novice Extemporaneous SpeakingDan Alban
Top Novice After Dinner SpeakingJim Moore
Top Novice Dramatic DuoDavid Mast & Courtney Urquhart


At the second half of the Berry Swing, the Mountain Magic tournament hosted by Young Harris College, the team finished third out of twenty-two chools. Berry speakers won a total of twenty awards! The results are as follows:

1st Place PoetryMarcie Millard
1st Place Novice InformativeWhitney Posey
2nd Place Rhetorical CriticismLynsey Morris
2nd Place ProseCarrie Schuchts
2nd Place Novice ImpromptuWhitney Posey
3rd Place Dramatic DuoMarcie Millard & JAS Sustrich
3rd Place After Dinner SpeakingCarrie Schuchts
4th Place After Dinner SpeakingAmy Birath
4th Place Rhetorical CriticismKim Bryant
4th Place Extemporaneous SpeakingLynsey Morris
4th Place Novice ImpromptuDan Alban
5th Place Dramatic DuoAmy Birath & Carrie Schuchts
6th Place Dramatic DuoDan Alban & Lindsey Wolfgang
7th Place After Dinner SpeakingJim Moore
7th Place PoetryEric Christensen
Top Novice Extemporaneous SpeakingDan Alban


At the first half of the Five Rivers Swing, held at Carson-Newman College, the team finished third out of thirteen schools. Berry speakers won a total of fifteen awards! The results are as follows:

1st Place Dramatic DuoMarcie Milliard & JAS Sustrich
2nd Place Dramatic DuoAmy Birath & Carrie Schuchts
2nd Place After-Dinner SpeakingAmy Birath
3rd Place PoetryEric Christensen
4th Place ProseEric Christensen
4th Place PoetryAmber Still
5th Place Dramatic DuoEric Christensen & Marcie Milliard
5th Place Extemporaneous SpeakingLynsey Morris
5th Place ProseCarrie Schuchts
5th Place After-Dinner SpeakingJim Moore
6th Place PersuasionDan Alban


At the second half of the Five Rivers Swing, held at Walters State Community College, the team finished fourth out of thirteen schools. Berry speakers won a total of twelve awards! The results are as follows:

1st Place PoetryMarcie Millard
2nd Place Dramatic DuoAmy Birath & Carrie Schuchts
3rd Place After-Dinner SpeakingAmy Birath
2nd Place ProseCarrie Schuchts
3rd Place PoetryEric Christensen
4th Place Dramatic DuoDavid Mast & Jim Moore
5th Place Dramatic DuoEric Christensen & Carrie Schuchts
6th Place Extemporaneous SpeakingLindsey Wolfgang


At the Holiday Frolic hosted by Ohio State University, the team finished fifth out of thirty schools. Berry speakers won a total of twelve awards! We also we crowned champions of the "Team Sing" for the third year in a row, bringing the "traveling fruitcake" once again in to the South! The results are as follows:

1st Place Varsity ProseMarcie Millard
1st Place Novice ImpromptuDan Alban
1st Place Novice PersuasionDan Alban
2nd Place Dramatic DuoEric Christensen & Carrie Schuchts
2nd Place PoetryCarrie Schuchts
3rd Place After-Dinner SpeakingAmy Birath
3rd Place Dramatic DuoEric Christensen & Marcie Millard
3rd Place Varsity ImpromptuLynsey Morris


At the Georgia Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Championship, Berry finished fourth and took home the State Championship for the fourth year in a row! Berry speakers won a total of forty-four awards! The results are as follows:

1st Place Parlaimentary DebateDan Alban, Lynsey Morris,
Carrie Schuchts, & Lindsay Wolfgang
1st Place PoetryCarrie Schuchts
1st Place Dramatic DuoEric Christensen & Carrie Schuchts
1st Place PersuasionDan Alban
1st Place Rhetorical CriticismLynsey Morris
1st Place After Dinner SpeakingAmy Birath
1st Place InformativeWhitney Posey
1st Place ProseJAS Sustrich
2nd Place Programmed Oral InterpretationCarrie Schuchts
2nd Place Dramatic DuoAmy Birath & Carrie Schuchts
2nd Place ImpromptuLynsey Morris
2nd Place PersuasionLindsay Wolfgang
2nd Place Extemporaneous SpeakingDan Alban
2nd Place Dramatic InterpretationJAS Sustrich
2nd Place ProseDavid Mast
2nd Place After Dinner SpeakingJim Moore
3rd Place Rhetorical CriticismAmy Birath
3rd Place InformativeLindsay Wolfgang
3rd Place ImpromptuLindsay Wolfgang
3rd Place PersuasionWhitney Posey
3rd Place Dramatic DuoDavid Mast & Jim Moore
3rd Place PoetryDavid Mast
4th Place Rhetorical CriticismLindsay Wolfgang
4th Place ImpromptuWhitney Posey
4th Place After Dinner SpeakingEric Christensen
4th Place InformativeBrooke Cooper
5th Place PoetryDavid Mast
Top Novice After Dinner SpeakingJim Moore
Top Novice Dramatic DuoDavid Mast & Jim Moore
Top Novice Dramatic InterpretationJAS Sustrich
Top Novice Extemporaneous SpeakingDan Alban
Top Novice ImpromptuWhitney Posey
Top Novice InformativeWhitney Posey
Top Novice PersuasionDan Alban
Top Novice PoetryDavid Mast
Top Novice ProseJAS Sustrich


At the Heart of the Carolinas tournament hosted by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the team finished first out of eleven schools. Berry speakers won a total of twenty-nine awards! The results are as follows:

1st Place PentathlonCarrie Schuchts
1st Place Dramatic DuoAmy Birath & Carrie Schuchts
1st Place After Dinner SpeakingJim Moore
1st Place PersuasionDan Alban
1st Place Extemporaneous SpeakingDan Alban
1st Place InformativeLindsay Wolfgang
2nd Place Dramatic DuoEric Christensen & Carrie Schuchts
2nd Place ProseCarrie Schuchts
2nd Place After Dinner SpeakingJim Moore
2nd Place PersuasionLindsay Wolfgang
3rd Place After-Dinner SpeakingCarrie Schuchts
3rd Place Dramatic DuoAmy Birath & Amber Still
3rd Place ProseAmber Still
3rd Place PoetryAmber Still
3rd Place InformativeAmber Still
4th Place Dramatic DuoDavid Mast & Lindsay Wolfgang
4th Place ProseEric Christensen
4th Place After Dinner SpeakingEric Christensen
5th Place Dramatic DuoDavid Mast & Jim Moore
5th Place ProseJim Moore
5th Place Extemporaneous SpeakingAbby Safford
5th Place Programmed Oral InterpretationAbby Safford
6th Place After Dinner SpeakingEric Christensen


At the first half of the Florida Sunshine Swing, hosted by the in University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida, Berry finished sixth out of eighteen schools. Berry speakers won a total of five awards! The results are as follows:

4th Place InformativeLindsay Wolfgang
5th Place Dramatic DuoAmy Birath & Carrie Schuchts
6th Place After-Dinner SpeakingAmy Birath
6th Place Rhetorical CriticismBrooke Cooper


At the second half of the Florida Sunshine Swing, hosted by the University of Florida in Pensacola, Florida, Berry speakers won four awards! The results are as follows:

5th Place Extemporaneous SpeakingDan Alban
5th Place PersuasionLindsay Wolfgang
6th Place After Dinner SpeakingAmy Birath
6th Place ProseCarrie Schuchts


At the National Forensic Association National Tournament, hosted by Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois, Berry placed third in Division I and twelth place overall out of ninety-four. Berry speakers won seven awards! The results are as follows:

4th Place After Dinner SpeakingJim Moore!!!
Semi-Finalist in PoetryMarcie Millard
Quarter-Finalist in ProseMarcie Millard
Quarter-Finalists in Dramatic DuoAmy Birath & Carrie Schuchts
Quarter-Finalists in Dramatic DuoMarcie Millard & JAS Sustrich


At the Interstate Oratory Contest held in Springfield, Illinois, Berry was proud to represent the state of Georgia with the top two persuasive speakers in the state. Congratulations to Dan Alban and Lindsay Wolfgang for a job well done!


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