Speech & Debate Shows Off at State

Congratulations to Kent Denver’s Speech & Debate program on a great weekend at state! A number of students won awards—including two state champions and one state runner-up!

Please help us congratulate Noah ’26 (United States Extemporaneous State Champion) and Lucas ’27 (Original Oratory State Champion), as well as Charlie ’26 (Humorous Interpretation State Runner-Up). As a whole, Speech & Debate placed 5th as a team and 4th in the Speech section in Class 5A.

Speech and Debate Results

Team Sweepstakes: 5th Place
Speech: 4th Place

United States Extemporaneous
Noah ’26 — State Champion
Connor ’28 — Quarterfinalist
Eliana ’26 —  Quarterfinalist

Original Oratory
Lucas ’27 — State Champion

Humorous Interpretation
Charlie ’26 — State Runner-up

International Extemporaneous
Sam ’27 — Quarterfinalist
Suleman ’26 — 9th Place

Dramatic Interpretation
Kaitlin ’27 — 8th Place
Clara ’28 — 10th place
Eli ’27 — 11th Place

Program Oral Interpretation
Emmy ’28 — 9th Place

Lincoln Douglas Debate
Akhil ’27 — Double-Octafinalist
Liam '27 — Triple-Octafinalist

Public Forum Debate
Edo ’27 and Levi ’27 — Double-Octafinalists