Madilyn Norvell of Amber Pocasset FFA was the first of several Oklahoma FFA speech contestants chasing a national championship at the 98th Annual Convention of the FFA to reach the Final Four in her speech category- Creed.
Norvell advanced out of the preliminary round Wednesday morning- then the national semis in the afternoon where she landed as one of four speakers for the national Final Four in Creed Wednesday evening. She competed against state winners from Texas, Idaho and Hawaii. We will learn if she reached her goal of being a National Champion when the results will be announced on the General Session stage in Lucas Oil Stadium around 2 PM.
Meanwhile, Annie Schneider and Corbin Robbins will hope to hear their names called as finalists for their speech categories on Thursday morning. Both advanced out of the Preliminary rounds on Wednesday and competed in the National Semis in the afternoon. Schneider is in the Prepared Public Speaking Contest- they will announce the final four at 10 AM at the Convention Center with the Final Four competition to follow at 12 noon eastern. Robbins will learn if he will be in the Final Four of the Extemp contest first thing Thursday morning as they will announce those participants at 8 AM eastern followed by the Final Four of the Extemp that starts at 9:30 AM. You can watch both of those finals on the FFA Live Streaming platform- available here.
Also competing on Thursday is Oklahoma’s representative in the Employment Skills Contest- Darla Fesmire of Oklahoma Union. The Awards program for that contest happens Thursday afternoon at 6 PM eastern- that will also be carried on the FFA Live stream you can access above.
At the general session of the organization on Thursday afternoon- a a former Texas State FFA Officer returns as the Trump Administration’s Secretary of Agriculture. Brooke Rollins will offer remarks to the General Session in Lucas Oil on Thursday after lunch.
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