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September 29, 2004

Talkin' Broncos Win First Tourney Of The Year At CSI

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The Boise State University debate and speech team kicked off the 2004-05 season by winning the College of Southern Idaho�s Golden Eagle Invitational Tournament. College debate teams from Idaho, Utah and Montana competed in the event, held Sept. 24-25 in Twin Falls. The Talkin� Broncos won the CSI tournament title for the fourth consecutive season and the seventh in eight years.   Boise State rolled up 121 team points to second-place Northwest Nazarene University�s 67 points.  Utah State University (56) finished third, Carroll College of Helena, Mont., (50) was fourth, and Albertson College of Idaho (36) placed fifth. Kristin Davidson (junior, Winnipeg, Manitoba) led the Boise State scoring with first-place finishes in three events: Persuasive Speaking, Informative Speaking and Poetry Interpretation. Team captain Lacey Rammell-O�Brien (senior, Eagle) placed in four events, finishing first in Speech to Entertain, second in Program Oral Interpretation, second in Dramatic Interpretation, and teaming with partner Barton Jackson (sophomore, Eagle) to finish second in Open Parliamentary Debate.  Other multiple award winners for the Talkin� Broncos were Nancy Henke (senior, Boise), who finished second in Persuasive Speaking, second in Informative Speaking and third in Prose Interpretation; and Annah Merkley (senior, Pocatello) who placed first in Program Oral Interpretation, second in Poetry Interpretation and fifth in Parliamentary Debate. Scott Nelson�s (senior, American Falls) third-place finish in Persuasive Speaking rounded out Boise State�s scoring.   The Boise State team returns to competition in three weeks when they travel to Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash., for the first of three Northwest Forensic Conference tournaments.   -30- Contact: Marty Most, Department of Communication, (208) 426-1920, mmost@boisestate.edu                                                                Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, communications and marketing, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu Online at: http://news.boisestate.edu.

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