The Milton Academy Speech Team recently took first place in the State Championship Tournament at Westbrook Academy. The tournament included three preliminary rounds of competition with the top seven qualifiers moving on to the final round. Milton not only placed first as a whole, but also represented five of the individual event state champions. Click here to see a complete list of Milton’s placing finalists.

Now that the state tournaments are over, the team will be focusing on three national tournaments. Henry Litman, Class III, and Simin Lee and Nathaniel Obler, both Class I, will attend the Tournament of Champions for Extemporaneous Speakers on May 12-14 at Northwestern University in Chicago.

Twenty-three of the 55 students on the team will attend the Catholic National Tournament on Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-29, in Chicago.

Class II students Kenzie Bok, Frank Smith, Marcos Sastre, and Class I students Ivy Martinez, Simin Lee, and Nathaniel Obler will attend the National Forensic League Tournament June 17-24 in Dallas, Texas.