For Immediate Release
Office of Public Information
Crowder College

RE: Crowder Speech and Debate Team open season with a win

Bolivar, MO – The Crowder College Speech and Debate Team opened their season at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri with a victory in their respective Debate Event as Freshman Eleanor Jones (Carl Junction) and teammates Sheldon Robertson (Neosho), Douglas Brown (Joplin) and Paityn Black (Joplin) edged out the University of Missouri whose team finished 2nd and 3rd.

According to team coach Michael Brockett, “This was Eleanor and Paityn’s first collegiate debate experience”. A total of 18 colleges and universities from across the Midwest competed including Division I and II schools and two community colleges. Entries included the University of Missouri, Missouri State University and the University of Nebraska.

Crowder’s next tournament will be hosted by Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Missouri October 12.

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Attached please find a photo of the students (L-R): Sheldon Robertson, Paityn Black, Eleanor Jones and Douglas Brown

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