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Congratulations to the Speech Team on their fantastic performance at the NIETOC National Tournament! We had an LSE record 10 events in outrounds! Octofinalists were Lillias McKillip in Informative, DaZayah Hartshorn-Harvey in Humorous Acting, Kalainey Nickel in Program of Interpretation, Olivia Nelson and Bella McCowan in Duo Interpretation, and Julia Johnson in Dramatic Acting, and Julia Johnson in Persuasive. Semi-Finalists were Gideon Terwilleger in Poetry, Aoloani Wilson in Poetry, Olivia Nelson in Humorous Acting, and Olivia Nelson in Informative. As a team, we finished in the top 20 of around 240 teams! Fantastic job, Knights!