𝐒𝐏𝐂 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐩

San Pedro College (SPC) Speech Society won awards in different categories at the 7th Mindanao Novice Cup held from Jan. 9 to 11 at the Philippine Science High School–Caraga.

Conducted through Discord and Google Meet, the event involved over 100 college teams from across Mindanao, with SPC sending five teams composed of 15 participants.

SPC Speech Society ended the preliminary rounds with three breaking teams and one breaking adjudicator.

Ernest Michael Polinar and Angelica Manalang placed first with 12 points.

Manalang also ranked second overall speaker among the 200 competing participants.

Raven Ashley Tupino and Christopher Beltran of Team RRocket placed 17th in the team rankings.

Freshman debaters Prince Ormo and Carlos Flauta entered the outrounds with a 22nd-place standing, marking Ormo’s third consecutive break and Flauta’s first tournament.

Iana Janducayan represented SPC as the breaking adjudicator for the outrounds.

Participants who joined their first tournament were Jenuelyn Libarnes, Althea Eda, Tina Cipriano, and Danica Basaca.

Competing adjudicators were Cedrick Lunay, Juliana Maxine Llerin, Samantha Lala, and Angel Faith Parba.

Overall participation in the Mindanao Novice Cup reflected SPC’s involvement in debate and adjudication activities.

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