Monahan expects tough competition in Jacksonville. There'll be 75 teams and more than 500 student speakers there. All the teams in the California tournament will be going. It will be extremely tough. Monahan says two-time defending national champion, Mt. San Antonio College of Walnut, is the team to beat this year.
Mt. SAC is always extremely strong.
They're a powerhouse. Ill. There's also a strong school from Texas entered in the tourney. Each team will be allowed to enter 14 students in the national competition. The students will compete in 11 different individual events and two team categories. Heidi Mueller of Costa Mesa grabbed a pair of golds, in programmed oral interpretation and reader's theatre, and picked up a bronze in poetry.