The College of DuPage Forensics team dominated the Litrenta Triangle Tournament at Harper College last month. They walked away with over 20 awards, including overall gold for debate team sweeps and silver in team sweeps, meaning the team beat all delete  opposing teams.

The Litrenta Triangle Tournament was only one of many regional competitions the team took awards home from. Other competitions include Showdown in the Heights and Gorlok Gala Tournament, even the Tabor-Venitsky Tournament, which took place in California.

The Forensics team competes in multiple competitions which vary from impromptu speeches to public debate, group communication and even poetry interpretation. The prep time for each topic goes on for months. Team member Katrina Caluza placed sixth in poetry interpretation at Showdown in the Heights.

“I prepared since September at that point, and the competition was in the beginning of February,” explained Caluza. “My poetry program was about a mother and child’s relationship and how they both deal with life’s situations.”

Some repeat gold winners include Rocky Roque in duo interpretation with Mahera Suhail, Michael Neal with parliamentary debate with Tia Collins and in extemporaneous speaking, Farris Ahmad with three golds, or first place ranks, in impromptu speaking.
The Forensics team travelled back to California to compete in the Phi Ro Pi Nationals this week.