Updated at 11:52 a.m., Friday, June 22, 2007
Damien debate duo finishes in top 20 at championship
Advertiser Staff
A Damien Memorial School debate team finished in the top 20 among teams competing this week in the National Forensic League's championship event.Junior Christopher Ballesteros placed eighth in a field of 454 in national speech competition at the event, which wrapped up yesterday in Wichita, Kan., according to a news release issued by Damien Memorial. Ballesteros has won the past two state titles in "Impromptu Speaking."
Damien's Public Forum Debate team includes Ballesteros and Brack Duvall, also a junior.
A Hawai'i student last won a National Forensic League title in 1990 when Chad Ho of Damien took top honors in U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking. Ho is now vice president for business and legal affairs at MySpace.com in Beverly Hills, Calif.
