The Rushmore Challenge 26
2026 — Harrisburg, SD/US
Main
We are a TOC Finals bid all Speech Events!!!
IMPORTANT INFO:
- Debate will have a Varsity and a JV/Novice divisions.
- PF will use the February NSDA Topic and LD will use the Jan-Feb NSDA Topic
- IE Rounds will be all have 3 Rounds and a final on Friday and Interp Awards that evening
- Debate will have 2 Rounds on Friday, with the rest on Saturday.
- Congress will have 1 session and a Final on Friday during IE's!!
- To keep things going to have sections of 5 in all events.
- We are will be asking that all IE and Debate ballots be turned in online. Please bring a fully charged device. We will have hard copies of comment sheets for Fridays Oral Interp and Speech Events.
- As this close to qualifying Tournaments, we are asking that all judges take the NSDA certification courses in what ever event areas (speech and/or debate) that they are judging. we owe this to our hard working students. Please let us know if you have trouble
- We will have a Coach Heather Reed running a belonging and inclusion office at this tournament.
- Schedule will try to follow this:
Friday February, 139:00 Building opens for Registration
10:00 AM Extemp Draw Round 1
10:30 AM Speech Round 1
10:30 AM Congress Session
11:15 AM Extemp Draw Round 1
11:45 AM Speech Round 2
1:15 PM Congress Finals
12:45 PM Extemp Draw Round 3
1:15 PM Speech Round 3
Break
2:30 PM Extemp Draw Final Round
2:55 PM Speech Honor Finals (if needed)
3:00 PM Speech Finals
Speech Awards
5:30 PM Debate Round 1
6:45 PM Debate Round 2
Saturday, February 148:00 AM Building opens
9:00 AM Debate Round 3
10:15 AM Debate Round 4
11:45 AM Debate Round 5
Lunch
1:30 PM Debate Elims #1
3:00 PM Debate Elims #2
Awards
5:30 PM Debate Elims #3
We will accelerate the tournament when ever we are logistically able to. Elimination rounds will be based on entries.