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Las Positas College’s champion forensics team, Talk Hawk, won first place and took second in two tournaments last month.
The team attended the 2020 Off Broadway Swing, which was held virtually over the weekend of Dec. 5, in two tournaments. Overall, Talk Hawk received second place at the Nassau Community College tournament — beaten out only by Cornell University — and won first place in the other tournament held by Hofstra University.
Both tournaments were held virtually this year, allowing the entire Talk Hawk team to participate, and featured competitors from 30 colleges and universities from 15 different states. The team’s novice competitors were also able to compete in open level competition for the first time.
In a statement, Talk Hawk coaching staffer and LPC communications studies instructor Jim Dobson called his students “amazing.”
“We are certainly making a lot of noise around the country,” Dobson said. “This small community college is doing something very unique. We just went against an Ivy League school in an academic activity and won.”
With the pandemic forcing all competitions to pivot to virtual formats, some “unique challenges” such as poor internet connectivity and making technology operate from a distance have risen. But despite the difficulties, Dobson said the students are preparing for future success in a more virtual environment with the skills they are learning right now.
LPC students who won individual awards at the Dec. 5 Nassau Community College Tournament include:
Alexis Bondarenko
3rd After Dinner Speaking
6th Impromptu
7th Informative
Ashley Eastman
1st Communication Analysis
Danny Georgiev
1st Duo Interpretation (with Alejandra Quezada-Sermeno)
6th Dramatic Interpretation
Marius Mayer
4th Informative
Brennan Mock
4th Speaker for the whole tournament
3rd Prose Interpretation
4th Impromptu
Rameesha Muhammad
5th Poetry Interpretation
Alejandra Quezada-Sermeno
5th Speaker for the whole tournament
1st Duo Interpretation (with Danny Georgiev)
David Valadez
4th After Dinner Speaking
4th Program Oral Interpretation
Also competing were Nez Hasanly, Adrianna Marquez, Melissa Garcia, and Dawn Fore.
Individual award winners from LPC’s Talk Hawk forensics team during the Dec. 6 Hofstra University Tournament include:
Alexis Bondarenko
1st After Dinner Speaking
6th Informative
Ashley Eastman
4th Communication Analysis
4th Dramatic Interpretation
5th Persuasion
Danny Georgiev
1st Duo Interpretation (with Alejandra Quezada-Sermeno)
7th Dramatic Interpretation
Adrianna Marquez
6th Communication Analysis
Brennan Mock
2nd Speaker for the whole tournament
1st Communication Analysis
1st Extemporaneous Speaking
2nd Prose Interpretation
4th Impromptu
Alejandra Quezada-Sermeno
1st Duo Interpretation (with Danny Georgiev)
6th Poetry Interpretation
David Valadez
4th After Dinner Speaking
Also competing were Nez Hasanly and Marius Mayer.
Talk Hawk also received a second place team finish in both tournaments.
