AFA-NST District 7 Fall Qualifier

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AFA-NST District 7 Fall Qualifying Tournament

Dear AFA-NST District 7 Schools:

You and your teams are invited to participate in the fourth annual AFA-NST District 7 Fall Qualifying Tournament on Saturday, November 16, 2024! This year Fall Districts will be virtual and synchronous, hosted by Cornell University!

District 7 is comprised of the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio University, The University of Akron, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. To compete, you must pay your District 7 subscription fees for the AFA- NST. Fees are $50. Fees can be paid directly on the AFA website here: https://www.americanforensicsassoc.org/product/national-individual-events-tournament/ or will be added to your school's entry fee. If you know of other programs in your state or region that might be interested in joining the AFA-NST, please encourage them to attend our district tournament or contact the District Chair MacLain Naumann (mn497@cornell.edu) for more information. We want our district to be well represented at the 2024 AFA-NST!

As with the traditional Spring Qualifying Tournament, the top three finishers in all 11 AFA-NST events at the Fall Qualifier will count as district qualifiers to the 2025 AFA-NST.  If that placement qualifies the student at-large, the district qualification will “trickle down” to the next student.  Schools from outside of District 7 can attend the qualifier, though only students from District 7 schools can earn district qualifications.  No student that has qualified an event at-large to the 2024 AFA-NST may enter the Fall District Qualifying Tournament in that event.

We will be using SpeechWire for entries, e-ballots, and tabulation. Please go to their website to enter: www.speechwire.com.  We will use Zoom for synchronous tournament rounds. There have been a lot of changes in AFA-NST qualification rules, number legs needed to qualify, number of legs that count over the past few years.  If you have any questions about rule changes, this Fall’s district tournament, the Spring district tournament, or the national tournament, please don't hesitate to contact me.

We look forward to seeing you at the AFA-NST District 7 Fall Qualifying Tournament, the Spring Qualifying Tournament, and at the 2025 AFA-NST!

Sincerely,

Maclain Naumann, District 7 Chair

The District 7 Committee                                                                     

TOURNAMENT ENTRIES

1. There will be two preliminary rounds with finals. A school may not enter more than five students in each event, and only the top three entries in an event from any school will count toward sweepstakes awards. Material must not have been used by the student before September 1, 2024. Competitors may enter up to three events in a grouping. A STUDENT MAY NOT ENTER AN EVENT THAT HAS BEEN QUALIFIED FOR THE 2025 AFA-NST THROUGH THE AT-LARGE QUALIFICATION METHOD--please see at-large qualification method below. Two tournament placements used for qualification may not exceed a cumulative total of five (5), based on the following formula:

# Entries # Legs

2-3           1 1st

4-5           2 1st, 2nd

6-7           3 1st, 2nd, 3rd

7-8           4 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th

2. Fees: $8.00 per individual event slot entered. Additional fees: $10.00 per slot not covered by a judge provided by your school $10.00 per slot drop $60.00 per judge drop. Make checks payable to AFA District 7.

3. Judges: Each school will be expected to provide one judge for every six slots entered. The cost for hired judges will be $10.00 per uncovered slot.

4. Deadlines: All entries must be received by 5:00 pm, EST, Wednesday, November 13. After this time, we will impose a late-drop fee of an additional $10.00 per slot dropped, and $60.00 per judge dropped. No additions past the deadline.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Saturday, November 16

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Virtual Registration/Check-in

8:30 AM Extemp Draw

9:00 AM Round 1 Flight A (DUO, EXT, INF, PER, POI, PRO)

10:15 AM Round 1 Flight B (ADS, CA, DI, IMP, POE)

11:30 AM Lunch Break

12:00 PM Extemp Draw

12:30 PM Round 2 Flight A

1:45 PM Round 2 Flight B

3:00 PM Extemp Finals Draw

3:15 PM Finals

4:30 PM District 7 Meetings

5:30 PM Awards

Flight A – DUO, EXT, INF, PER, PRO, POI

Flight B – ADS, CA, DI, IMP, POE

***How to use SpeechWire for e-ballots***

1. Go to live.speechwire.com

2. Log in with your email and password (the same email used to register as a judge)

3. See your e-ballots on that page once they are released

4. Click an e-ballot and click start when the round has begun  

Manager contact information

MacLain Naumann
Email address: mn497@cornell.edu
Phone number: 6189778038

Mailing address

121 Tower Rd
Ives 615b
Ithaca, NY 14853