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Orange Coast College’s speech and debate team finished second at a

competition held earlier this month.

The two-time state champions finished behind defending national champ

Mount San Antonio College at the Fall Championships Tournament, which was

held Dec. 2-3 at Cal State Long Beach.

Among OCC’s standouts were Adam Navarro, who won a gold in reader’s

theater and a silver in duo interpretation; Melissa Jenkin and Dan

Culbert, who won gold in reader’s theater; Nick Saia, who captured a

silver medal in prose and a bronze in duo interpretation; Heidi Mueller,

who won a silver in programmed oral interpretation; and Angel Correa, who

won a bronze in poetry.

The Pirates will compete in one tournament during the winter break and

then start preparing for the spring season.