News Release

Oct. 17, 2006
 

Boise State Talkin' Broncos Win 10th Consecutive Tourney

The Boise State University debate and speech team ran its winning streak to 10 consecutive tournaments, dominating a field of 31 schools from eight states to win the Lewis and Clark College Pioneer Invitational Tournament in Portland, Ore., Oct. 12 - 15. The Talkin’ Broncos rolled up 192 team points to outdistance runner-up University of Oregon’s 120 points. Utah State University placed third with 102 points and Pacific University was fourth with 70.

Boise State had six competitors who scored in double figures, with co-captains Katy Jibben (senior, Boise) and Barton Jackson (senior, Eagle) leading the way. Jibben had 36 points and won both Persuasive Speaking and Informative Speaking. She also placed third in Speech to Entertain, fifth in Program Oral Interpretation and teamed with Sean Watson (sophomore, Kimberly) to take second in the novice division of Debate. Jackson scored 28 points with a first-place finish in Impromptu Speaking, a second in Extemporaneous Speaking, a third in Informative Speaking and a fifth in Speech to Entertain.

Boise State’s other double-digit scorers were: Chad Judy (junior, Idaho Falls), who won both Impromptu Speaking and Program Oral Interpretation, and placed fifth in Informative Speaking; Regan Charlton (freshman, Inkom), who placed first in Extemporaneous Speaking, second in Informative Speaking and third in Persuasive Speaking; Wayne Rysavy (senior, Ramstein, Germany), who was first in Rhetorical Analysis, fourth in Program Oral Interpretation, fourth in Impromptu Speaking, and who teamed with Travis Walker (freshman, Idaho Falls) to place fifth in Debate; and Watson, who was second in Rhetorical Analysis, third in Extemporaneous Speaking and sixth in Speech to Entertain.

The Lewis & Clark tournament is one of the largest intercollegiate tournaments held in the Western United States. Colleges and Universities from California, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington participated in the three-day competition.

Boise State’s 10-tournament winning streak extends back to February 2005 and includes the 2006 Great West Regional Championship and the 2005 Pi Kappa Delta National Championship.

The Talkin’ Broncos travel to Shreveport, La., next month for the Red River Swing, co-hosted by Louisiana Tech and Louisiana State University.

-30-


Contact: Marty Most, Department of Communication, (208) 426-1920, mmost@boisestate.edu 
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

Where you see blue, we see the largest institution of higher education in Idaho. For the ninth time in the last 10 years, Boise State University has set an all‑ time state record with a fall enrollment of 18,876 students. Since 1996, Boise State’s student population has increased 25 percent.


 

The Office of Communications and Marketing - Boise State University
1910 University Drive - Boise Idaho 83725-1030
Located in Capitol Village, 2225 W. University Drive

208-426-1577
(fax)208-426-4001

email communications@boisestate.edu

Last reviewed on Wednesday, January 03, 2007