University of Alabama Wins National Poetry Championship; Cantonment Resident Places

April 21, 2013

The University of Alabama has brought home another national championship trophy, while a Cantonment native also placed nationally.

Tuscaloosa native Thaddeus Fitzpatrick won first place in Poetry Interpretation at the American Forensic Association-National Individual Events Tournament this month and also finished ninth in the individual sweepstakes out of 198 total students. It marked back-to-back championships for Fitzpatrick, who was national champion in prose interpretation in 2012.

Fitzpatrick’s performance led the Alabama Forensic Council, UA’s speech and debate team, to a fifth place national finish. Junior Collin Metcalf, a gradate of Tate High School, is a member of the team, which placed in the top five for the first time since 2006.

Metcalf placed fourth in Extemporaneous Speaking and ninth place in  Impromptu Speaking.

Full results are listed below:

5th Place Team Sweepstakes

Thaddeus Fitzpatrick, senior, Tuscaloosa

National champion, Poetry Interpretation
9th Place Individual Sweepstakes
4th place, Prose Interpretation (finalist)
8th place, Dramatic Interpretation
(semi-finalist)
17th place, Duo Interpretation with Taylor McDonald

Kalyn Lee, freshman, Hoover

19th place, Persuasive Speaking (quarter-finalist)

Collin Metcalf, junior, Cantonment
4th place Extemporaneous Speaking (finalist)
9th place, Impromptu Speaking 
(semi-finalist)

Davis Vaughn, junior, Montgomery

19th place, Extemporaneous Speaking 
(quarter-finalist)
15th place, Persuasive Speaking (quarter-finalist)

Kevin Pabst, junior, Niceville,

19th place, Communication Analysis (quarter-finalist)

Taylor McDonald, senior, Prattville

4th place, Dramatic Interpretation (finalist)
7th place, Prose Interpretation
(semi-finalist)
17th place, Duo Interpretation with Thaddeus Fitzpatrick (quarter-finalist)

Comments

One Response to “University of Alabama Wins National Poetry Championship; Cantonment Resident Places”

  1. Karen Mattox on April 21st, 2013 8:23 pm

    Way to go Colin! You were an extraordinary young man way back in second grade and you still are!! Congratulations and good luck in the future.
    Mrs. Karen Mattox

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