New Bountiful High School

Utah State Debate Tournament

Date Saturday, March 14, 2026 Location Salt Lake City, UT

Director Lila Park Assistant Director Avery Holt

Speech COM DEC EXP IMP INF IX OO USX

Interp DI DUO HI POI PRO STO

Debate BQ CON LD CX PF

Events Offered

Speech COM · DEC · EXP · IMP · INF · IX · OO · USX

Interp DI · DUO · HI · POI · PRO · STO

Debate BQ · CON · LD · CX · PF

Limits on Competitors

Students may double enter in one speech or interp event and one debate event. CX teams may not double enter. CON is considered a debate event.

Maximum of four (4) entries per event per school.

Judge Burdens

Schools failing to supply allotted judges will be fined $100.00 per judge. All judges must be graduated.

1 judge per 6 speech / interp competitors · 1 judge per 2 debate competitors or teams · 1 judge per CON session (if entering)

Saturday, March 14 — Full Day

Time	Event	Room	Notes
7:00 AM	Registration & Check-in	Main Lobby	All competitors
7:45 AM	Judges' Orientation	Auditorium	Mandatory — coffee provided
8:00 AM	Session 1 CON	Room 114	Congressional Debate
8:30 AM	Round 1 — Speech & Interp	Assigned	COM · DEC · EXP · IMP · INF · IX · OO · USX · DI · DUO · HI · POI · PRO · STO
9:00 AM	Round 1 — LD / PF / CX / BQ	Assigned	Pairings posted 8:45
10:00 AM	Round 2 — Speech & Interp	Assigned
10:15 AM	Round 2 — LD / PF / BQ	Assigned
11:00 AM	Session 2 CON	Room 114	Congressional Debate
11:30 AM	Lunch Break	Cafeteria	45 minutes
12:15 PM	Round 3 — Speech & Interp	Assigned	Last prelim round — speech
12:30 PM	Round 3 — LD / PF / CX / BQ	Assigned
1:45 PM	Round 4 — LD / PF / BQ	Assigned	Last prelim round — debate
2:00 PM	Speech & Interp Finals	Auditorium	COM · DEC · EXP · IMP · INF · IX · OO · USX · DI · DUO · HI · POI · PRO · STO
3:00 PM	Break Announcements	Auditorium	Elimination brackets posted
3:15 PM	Elim CX 1	Assigned
3:30 PM	LD Quarterfinals / PF Quarterfinals	Assigned
4:30 PM	Elim CX 2	Assigned
4:45 PM	LD Semifinals / PF Semifinals	Assigned
6:15 PM	LD Final / PF Final / CX Final	Auditorium	All finals
6:4— PM	Awards Ceremony	Auditorium
—:— PM	Cleanup & Departure

Tournament Director: Lila Park · Assistant Director: Avery Holt · Tech Support: Jonah Reyes · On-site VP: Mateo Reyes

Press Contact: Priya Nand, Salt Lake Herald

the awards were never given.