LPS students place at 2024 NSAA State Speech Championships

March 22, 2024

Fifty-one students from five LPS high schools traveled to Kearney on Wednesday, March 20, for the 2024 NSAA Class A State Speech Championships. Several students earned medals by placing in the top six for their events, and four of the teams placed in the top ten for overall team sweepstakes. 

A list of LPS state speech medalists can be found below.

Lincoln Southwest

Team Sweepstakes - Fifth place

Brooklyn Bruggeman & Jack Anderson - State Runners-up, Duo Interpretation

Brooklyn Shoemaker & Mason Farmer - Fourth place, Duo Interpretation

Claire Timperley - Third place, Informative Speaking

Maya Stevenson - Fourth place, Informative Speaking

Mason Farmer - Fourth place, Oral Interpretation of Poetry

Brooklyn Bruggeman - Fourth place, Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose

Lincoln East

Team Sweepstakes - State Champions

Claire Rooney & Jack Welstead - Third place, Duo Interpretation

Korben Ockander & Abena Bonsu - Fifth place, Duo Interpretation

Jack Welstead - Sixth place, Entertainment Speaking

Isabella Razdan - State Champion, Extemporaneous Speaking

Leo Goldberg - State Runner-up, Extemporaneous Speaking

Gavin Foust, Luke Nash, Annabeth Schubert, Amelia Schupbach and Sophia Wang - State Runners-up, Oral Interpretation of Drama

Ellie Hiser, Alex Jurrens, Vesta Anderson, Evan Volkmer and Harper Schupbach - Third place, Oral Interpretation of Drama

Max Apel - State Runner-up, Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose

Claire Rooney - State Champion, Oral Interpretation of Poetry

Abena Bonsu - Third place, Oral Interpretation of Poetry

Max Apel - State Runner-up, Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose

Nusrat Amin - Fifth place, Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose

Leo Goldberg - State Runner-up, Persuasive Speaking

Max Apel - State Champion, Program Oral Interpretation

Jack Welstead - Third place, Program Oral Interpretation

Lincoln Southeast

Team Sweepstakes - Third place

DaZayah Hartshorn-Harvey - State Champion, Entertainment Speaking

Lillias McKillip - State Champion, Informative Speaking

Olivia Nelson - State Runner-up, Informative Speaking

Lillias McKillip - Third place, Extemporaneous Speaking

Olivia Nelson - Third place, Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose

Kalainey Nickel - Sixth place, Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose

Kalainey Nickel - Fourth place, Program Oral Interpretation

Lincoln North Star

Team Sweepstakes - Eighth place

Elijah Standeven - Fifth place, Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose

Mabruka Mumade - Fifth place, Persuasive Speaking

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