Mason Forensics Team Shines at National Competition

November 8, 2007

The most competitive intercollegiate forensics competition of the fall semester, the 60th Annual L.E. Norton Forensics Tournament at Bradley University, Peoria, IL., just concluded, and Mason's Forensics Team finished second overall.

According to director Peter Pober, 14 of the top 17 teams in the nation as well as dozens more went head-to-head in the competition.

"While we finished behind the reigning national champions, we more than doubled the score of the third-place team," says Pober. He was also more than pleased with the success of the freshman group: "I have never had a first-year group this dedicated and talented."

Mason was the only school at the tournament to have students in the final rounds of all 11 competitive events. "That is an outstanding accomplishment," Pober says. "The team has brought incredible honor to George Mason University. I could not be more proud of them."

The individual results follow.

Final Round Placements:
Impromptu: Ian Summers, fourth; Colston Reid, fifth; Chrissy Kendall,
semifinalist
Prose: Jeff Moscaritolo, second
Novice Prose: Liz Ellington, fifth
Informative: Chrissy Kendall, fifth
Extemporaneous: Ian Summers, Champion; Al Bender, fifth; Colston Reid,
semifinalist
Novice Extemporaneous: Jacob Abraham, champion
Persuasive: Ian Summers, sixth; Chrissy Kendall, semifinalist
Novice Persuasive: Kat Dayton, champion
Program Oral Interp: Jeff Moscaritolo, champion
Novice Program Oral Interp: Patrick Mahoney, second
Novice Duo: Liz Ellington and Quincey Smith, champion
Novice After-Dinner: Jacob Abraham, second
Communication Analysis: Ian Summers, second; Jeff Moscaritolo, fifth; Chrissy Kendall, semifinalist
Novice Communication Analysis: Katie Miller, champion
Dramatic Interpretation: Chrissy Kendall, sixth
Novice Dramatic Interpretation: Camilo Brun, second
Novice Poetry Interpretation: Quincey Smith, third

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