{"id":59841,"date":"2013-03-29T04:55:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T08:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=59841"},"modified":"2013-03-29T04:55:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T08:55:09","slug":"umw-debate-team-starts-national-tournament-ranked-in-top-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/29\/umw-debate-team-starts-national-tournament-ranked-in-top-five\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Debate Team Started National Tournament Ranked in Top Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Mary Washington Debate Team duo of juniors Colin McElhinny and Patrick McCleary ranked fifth in the country going into the 2013 National Debate Tournament.<!--more--> The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndt2013weber.com\/\">67th annual National Debate Tournament<\/a>, held through Monday, April 1 at Weber State University, brought together the top debate teams from across the country for five days of competition.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59851\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/29\/umw-debate-team-starts-national-tournament-ranked-in-top-five\/debate-2013\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59851\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59851\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/debate-2013\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Debate-2013-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1666\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Joshua Gonzalez&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T3i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1364497549&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Joshua A Gonzalez&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;31&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0769230769231&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Debate 2013\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Colin McElhinny (left) and Patrick McCleary are ranked fifth going into the National Debate Tournament.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Debate-2013-300x195.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Debate-2013-1024x666.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59851\" title=\"Debate 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/Debate-2013-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Debate-2013-300x195.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Debate-2013-1024x666.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Debate-2013-768x500.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Debate-2013-1536x999.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Debate-2013-2048x1333.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Debate-2013-1140x742.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Debate-2013-600x390.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin McElhinny (left) and Patrick McCleary are ranked fifth going into the National Debate Tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McElhinny and McCleary were in the top five alongside teams from Georgetown, Northwestern, Harvard and Wake Forest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of what happens over the next four days of competition, it is essential that we pause to acknowledge that their body of work this academic year has been deemed by their peers to be exemplary,\u201d said Tim O\u2019Donnell, professor of communication and director of debate at UMW.<\/p>\n<p>Debate Coach Adrienne Brovero and Assistant Debate Coach Judd Kimball worked closely with McElhinny, a political science and economics double major, and McCleary, a political science major.<\/p>\n<p>During the opening ceremony of the tournament, O\u2019Donnell received the Lucy M. Keele Award for his outstanding service to the debate community.<\/p>\n<p>As the UMW director of debate, O\u2019Donnell has coached the university\u2019s nationally ranked intercollegiate policy debate team to win the American Debate Association National Championship in 2009 and four other times since 2001. He has received the association\u2019s Robert Lambert Coach of the Year Award for Excellence and Service in Intercollegiate Debate. He was awarded the National Debate Tournament\u2019s George Ziegelmueller Award in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>To follow the team\u2019s progress at the tournament, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMWDebate\">@UMWDebate<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Mary Washington Debate Team duo of juniors Colin McElhinny and Patrick McCleary ranked fifth in the country going into the 2013 National Debate 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