5 SCHOOLS, 12 TEAMS, OPEN DIVISION ONLY

Participating Schools:

• Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato MN
• Bethel College, St. Paul MN
• Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter MN
• Macalester College, St. Paul MN
• Carleton College, Northfield MN

Preliminary Rounds:

• 3 - 0 Macalester BH (Josh Beu - Diedre Hipwell)
• 3 - 0 Carleton RB (Matt Reints - Laura Blom)
• 2 - 1 Gustavus Adolphus SC (Gaurav Sharma - Nick Chirhart)
• 2 - 1 Macalester/Bethany Lutheran JH (Jeremy Jensen - Mike Holmen)
• 2 - 1 Macalester MD (Micah Minnema - Roland DuCote)
• 2 - 1 Bethany Lutheran KC (Larry Kovaciny - Matt Coulsey)
• 1 - 2 Bethany Lutheran LS (Aaron Lambrecht - Jon Schmidt)
• 1 - 2 Gustavus Adolphus KS (Andy Knudsen - Deven Spinelli)
• 1 - 2 Carleton YM (Jessica Yarnall - Heidi Manschreck)
• 1 - 2 Bethel OM (Ann Oettel - John Mayo)
• 0 - 3 Gustavus Adolphus SZ (Sapna Shahani - Lindsay Zumbrunnen)
• 0 - 3 Bethel NG (KariJo Nelson - Marissa Greer)

Bronze Round:

• Carleton RB (opp) def. Bethany KC 1-1
• Bethany LS (gov) def. Macalester BH 2-0
• Gustavus SC (opp) def. Macalester/Bethany JH 2-0
• Macalester MD (gov) def. Gustavus KS 2-0

Gold Round:

• Macalester MD (gov) def. Gustavus SC 2-1
• Carleton RB (opp) def. Bethany LS 3-0

Gold winners from Carleton (Blom and Reints) and Macalester (Minnema and DuCote)

Top 5 speakers: (front) Beu and Hipwell, (rear) Sharma, Yarnall, and Lambrecht

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS (top 10):

• tie 1 - Josh Beu, Macalester
• tie 1 - Diedre Hipwell, Macalester
• 3 - Aaron Lambrecht, Bethany
• 4 - Gaurav Sharma, Gustavus
• 5 - Jessica Yarnall, Carleton
• 6 - Jon Schmidt, Bethany
• 7 - Laura Blom, Carleton
• 8 - Matt Reints, Carleton
• tie 9 - John Mayo, Bethel
• tie 9 - Lindsay Zumbrunnen, Gustavus
• tie 9 - Roland DuCote, Macalester
• tie 9 - Jeremy Jensen, Macalester

TOPICS:

• Round One: This house has high hopes for third parties.
• Round Two: This house would protect the lesser species.
• Round Three: This house embraces the legacy of the millennium just ending.
• Bronze: This house values surprises over the expected.
• Gold: Resolved: U.S. politicians should be forgiven when leaving office.