SU
Speech and Debate Tournament Schedule
2023-2024
Tentative 3.1
Tournaments you can participate in.
Please put them into your calendar.
You don’t have to attend all of them but we would love to have you go to as many as you can. : )
Tournaments that we host are highlighted in light red.
Spring 2024
MARCH 19-24 Hawaii Pacific Tournament
(Limited number of
qualified teams can go, must apply and be approved to go.)
Fly Tuesday and
return Sunday evening.
APRIL 5-8 * Air Force Colorado Springs
YODL Championship (In Person)
(limited number of
teams can go, must apply and be approved to go)
Friday morning fly, Saturday and Sunday all day, Return
late Monday evening.
APRIL 21 Climb Team IPDA Tournament (Online)
April 21, Sunday
9:20am to 3:45pm plus elims into early evening.
https://www.nwforensics.org/climb-tournaments/index-college.htm
MAY 17, 18,
19 Seattle U Hosted:
Elem-MS-HS-Congress-Speech tournaments
Judge Debates,
Speeches
Friday May 17, 4
to 9:15pm (online)
Saturday May 18,
8:50am to 5:30pm (in-person)
Sunday May 19, 9:20am to 6:10pm (in-person)
*Apply for Vanderbilt, Hawaii Pacific, and YODL
Nationals (and any plane travel tournament) confirming the following:
--Confirm you have photo id and know that there is 1
day travel before and after these tournaments and you know you may not check-in
baggage unless you have an ada reason to do so
--Confirm that you've judged or that you will judge at
su elem/ms/hs tournaments before the start of the tournament. Each regional
(van) trip requires 1 day of judging. Each national (plane) trip requires 2
days of judging. SU IV participation can count for the 2023-2024 year.
--List the tournaments you have competed at or that you
will compete at before the plane travel tournament happens. We would normally
expect an absolute minimum of 3 local/online tournaments prior to traveling by
plane.
--Confirm you've attended at least 2/3 of practices
during the previous 2 months of debate meetings/practices.
--Concisely and briefly explain the work you have done
to help others on the team
--Confirm you've been a supportive teammate and
speech-debate community member
Understand that we have a limited budget and so we can
only afford to send so many to plane ticket tournaments. That means not
everyone that can go to plane ticket tournaments even if you meet the above
standards. So, we ask and will make decisions also based on:
--List out any awards/high rankings you have received
especially this year
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Fall 2023
Sept 29-30 YODL
First Tournament (online)
Friday 3:15 to
7:30pm, Saturday 930am to 3pm plus elims into early evening.
Oct 13-15 Lewis
and Clark (Portland, OR)
Friday late afternoon/evening drive, Saturday all day, Sunday return in
the evening.
If students are
committed to doing speech events, we may leave Thursday evening.
Nov 5 Climb Team
IPDA Tournament (online)
Sunday 9:20am to
3:45pm plus elims into early evening.
Nov 10-11 YODL
Second Tournament (online)
Friday 3:15 to
7:30pm, Saturday 930am to 3pm plus elims into early evening.
Seattle U Hosted:
Elem-MS-HS-Congress-Speech tournaments
Judge Debates, Speeches (online or in-person)
Friday Nov 17, 4
to 9:15pm (online)
Saturday Nov 18,
8:50am to 5:30pm (in-person)
Sunday Nov 19, 9:20am to 6:10pm (in-person)
Dec 1 Seattle U IV WUDC Rules
(Online)
Friday Dec 2,
8:20am to 6:45pm plus finals after that (online)
Dec 2-3 Seattle U IV YODL Rules
(In-Person)
Saturday 8:50am to
8:00pm and Sunday 8:50am to 12:30pm plus multiple elims into the evening
(in-person)
Winter 2024
JAN 20 su ms tournament jan 20 sat
only Online
8:50am to 5:30pm
JAN 25-28 Pacific
University In Person
At the same time, the Seattle HS tournament Jan 26-27 Online happens.
Thursday evening
drive, Friday speech events/help with the HS tournament, Saturday all day,
Sunday return in the evening.
FEB 2-5 Vanderbilt
In Person
(limited number of
qualified teams can go, must apply and be approved to go)
Friday morning
fly, Saturday and Sunday all day, Monday fly return late evening.
FEB 24-25 Seattle
U Mini Speech and Debate In Person
Seattle
U Mini Invitation with Schedule Rules Events Etc
MARCH 1-2 YODL 4 Online
Friday 3:15 to
7:30pm, Saturday 930am to 3pm plus elims into early evening.
MARCH 8, 9, 10
Seattle U Hosted: Elem-MS-HS-Congress-Speech tournaments
Judge Debates, Speeches
Friday March 8, 4
to 9:15pm (online)
Saturday March 9,
8:50am to 5:30pm (in-person)
Sunday March 10, 9:20am to 6:10pm (in-person)