Hays High School’s Speech and Debate team standouts Chance Walker and Jude McClaren competed last weekend at the Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions at Northwestern University in Chicago. HHS Speech and Debate Sponsor Gina Lozano reports the tournament’s rigorous qualification process “restricted entry to the nation’s sixty most elite extemporaneous speakers this year.” Jude fell just short of qualifying to out-rounds. Chance advanced to the quarterfinal round, earning him distinction as being among the top 24 extemporaneous speakers in the nation.
