{"id":17874,"date":"2016-07-06T10:08:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T14:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=17874"},"modified":"2016-12-20T11:24:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T16:24:55","slug":"speech-team-surpasses-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/speech-team-surpasses-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech Team Surpasses its Own Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Story by <a href=\"https:\/\/communication.cos.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicholson News<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17875 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/07\/Speech-team-FIFA-2016-1024x779-e1467814096570-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"Speech-team-FIFA-2016-1024x779\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/07\/Speech-team-FIFA-2016-1024x779-e1467814096570.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/07\/Speech-team-FIFA-2016-1024x779-e1467814096570-299x227.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>UCF&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/UCF-Speech-Team\/244327945637610\" target=\"_blank\">Speech Team<\/a>\u00a0has seen a great deal of growth since it started just four years ago, said\u00a0<strong>Jonathan Conway<\/strong>, instructor of human communication in the UCF Nicholson School of Communication and director of the Speech Team.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the year, Conway and his team set clear goals: secure a finalist in the Alabama Swing, a tournament team win,\u00a0ten individual champions and a little national recognition.<\/p>\n<p>First up was the Alabama Swing, which is actually two consecutive tournaments and by far the team\u2019s most difficult regular season competition. Last year, some of the students got close to finals, but this year Hunter Menning clinched a sixth place finish in communication analysis.<\/p>\n<p>In early February, the team participated in the Iowa Swing, where they gained national exposure and scored the team win they were striving for. Not only did they win the small team sweepstakes on the first day, but they won by a significant margin. The speech team returned home\u00a0to Florida\u00a0to host the\u00a0Knight-Nole Swing where they won the overall team sweepstakes by a large margin.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to 2014, the speech team had no tournament champions. They\u00a0ended that year with six and set their sights on winning 10 in 2015-16. By the time the team arrived at the state championship tournament, it was on its way to its 14th win with Amanda Grimsey\u2019s\u00a0poetry championship win.<\/p>\n<p>The 2015-16 year left the team in a good place as they accomplished all they set out to achieve and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalforensics.org\/competition\/nfa-nationals\" target=\"_blank\">National Forensics Association<\/a> National Championship Tournament Miarim Perez made the National Quarter Finals (top 24) in After Dinner Speaking, UCF\u2019s first national quarter final. The team then finished 35<sup>th<\/sup> overall in the nation and 10<sup>th<\/sup> in President\u2019s Division 2,\u201d said Conway. \u201cI\u2019d say, overall\u00a0it\u00a0was a great\u00a0season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>View original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/communication.cos.ucf.edu\/speech-team-surpasses-its-own-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story by Nicholson News UCF&#8217;s\u00a0Speech Team\u00a0has seen a great deal of growth since it started just four years ago, said\u00a0Jonathan Conway, instructor of human communication in the UCF Nicholson School of Communication and director of the Speech Team. 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