Gustavus Adolphus College will host the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) state speech tournament April 23-24. The Class AA tournament will take place Friday, April 23, while the Class A tournament will take place Saturday, April 24.
This will be the second straight year that Gustavus will host the state speech tournament. Hundreds of high school students from across the state will travel to Gustavus to compete in one or more of the following event categories: Creative Expression, Discussion, Duo Interpretation, Extemporaneous Reading, Extemporaneous Speaking, Great Speeches, Humorous Interpretation, Informative Speaking, Original Oratory, Serious Interpretation of Drama, Serious Interpretation of Poetry, Serious Interpretation of Prose, and Storytelling.
Click here to view a tentative schedule for the two-day event.
Over the past five years, Gustavus has developed into a leading educational institution in the state of Minnesota when it comes to speech. Often competing against large Division I universities, the Gustavus forensics program has earned a top 20 national ranking in each of the last three years. The team recently won the Pi Kappa Delta National individual events national championship. The team is also the three-time defending Minnesota Collegiate Forensics Association State Champions.
Forensics Head Coach Kristofer Kracht also founded the Gustavus Summer Speech Institute for students in grades 9-12 to hone their competitive speech skills. Sixty-nine students from six different states attended the 2009 Summer Speech Institute.
Click here for more information about this year’s state speech tournament on the MSHSL website.
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