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This year the debate team traveled to nine states to
compete in fifteen national circuit tournaments. The ■

debaters made Carrollton history while defending and
Boston, MA
opposing the annual resolution — whether the federalf
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or exploration o f space beyond the earth's mesosphere.

Ann Arbor, Michigan
This academic year the National Forensic League

November 5 , 2 'd fflfl estimated that there were more than 1,500 teams
competing to earn the tw o bids necessary to attend
the Tournament o f Champions, which hosts the
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University o f Kentucky country's top 7 2 teams. The Carrollton squad earned
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Six Carrollton debaters earned T O C bids: Fabiola
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Urdaneta, Kelly Keough, Valeria Villa, Francis Swanson,
University o f Kentucky
EOhj^Valley Tournament1 Meredith Angueira and Mary Grace Darmody. Under the
December 5, 2011 leadership o f Fabiola Urdaneta and Francis Swanson,
President and Vice President respectively, the Carrollton
debate team was represented in late elimination rounds
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at multiple major national tournaments including:
Octofinals appearances at the Greenhill Tournament in
Dallas, the St. Marks Tournament in Dallas, the Southern
Bell Forum at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville,
and the N D C A Championship Tournament
Quarterfinals appearances at the John Edie Holiday
Debate Tournament at Blake in Minneapolis, the Harvard
University Tournament in Cambridge, Semifinals
appearances at the University o f Michigan in Ann
Arbor and the Georgetown University Tournament
■ n Washington, DC, victorious Finals appearances at
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Pifie Cfgst School the Crestian Classic in Boca Raton and the Colleyville
Grestian Classic* • Heritage Tournament in Texas.
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