Deploying the tactics of history’s great orators, from Pericles and Cicero to Winston Churchill and Frederick Douglass, four Canyons School District students claimed victory at the 2017 Utah State Middle School and Elementary School Debate Tournaments.

More than 250 middle school and 180 elementary students participated in the tournaments, which were held at Alta High. Canyons District students won three of the four middle school events, and earned a first-place finish in one elementary event. 

In all, 36 Canyons’ students earned awards. Here’s a full list:

Middle School Winners
Oratory

1^st Place: Juseong Kang, Albion
3^rd Place: Raunya Barakat, Albion
5^th Place: Hayden Sullivant, Mount Jordan
6^th Place: Parker McKay, Mount Jordan
7^th Place: Mollie Scott, Mount Jordan

Extemporaneous Speaking

4^th Place: Elias Stennet, Mount Jordan
2^nd Place: Angelica Hsueh, Draper Park

Policy Speaker

2^nd Place: Caizden Agnew, Indian Hills
3^rd Place: Callaway Call, Draper Park
4^th Place: Britton Bettinson, Eastmont
6^th Place: Ashlin Richardson, Draper Park
8^th Place: Ryan Humeniuk, Eastmont
11^th Place: Anders Sandberg, Draper Park
12^th Place: Coleman Rohde, Union

Policy Debate

1^st Place: Isabella Nibley and Anna Page, Draper Park
2^nd Place: Hailey Hendrickson and Reya Wyniss, Eastmont
10^th Place: Ethan Updike, Mount Jordan
11^th Place: Anders Sandberg and Landon Brough, Draper Park

Lincoln-Douglas Speaker

1^st Place: Emily Erickson, Indian Hills
4^th Place: Cameron Johns, Albion
6^th Place: Abbey Simmons, Mount Jordan
7^th Place: Cameron Johns, Albion
8^th Place: Abbey Simmons, Mount Jordan
10^th Place: Ethan Updike, Mount Jordan
12^th Place: Kenna Matthews, Mount Jordan

Elementary Winners

1^st Place Informative Speaking:  Eric Lu, Oakdale Elementary
3^rd Place Informative Speaking: Mason Lohrke, Oakdale Elementary
2^nd Place Speaker Division I Con:  Myles Rackley, Brookwood Elementary
4^th Place Division I Pro:  Jeremy Baker and Miles Morgan, Brookwood Elementary
4^th Place Division II Con: Jacob An, Peruvian Park Elementary
5^th Place Division II Pro:  Michael O’Neal and Anna Oldham, Sunrise Elementary