Gustavus Forensics Team Wins State Championship

Congrats to the Gustavus Adolphus College forensics team, which won its second straight Minnesota Collegiate Forensics Association State Championship on Sunday, Feb. 22. Gustavus finished with 446 points to beat out Minnesota State University, Mankato (408 points) and Concordia College, Moorhead (213 points). Gustavus placed first in six of 13 events and placed four individuals in the top seven of the individual sweepstakes standings. First-year student Chloe Radcliffe placed first in the individual sweepstakes and senior Tasha Carlson will represent Minnesota at the 2009 Interstate Oratorical Association National Contest – the oldest speaking competition in the country – on April 25 in Oxford, Miss.