Scarlet Invitational
2026 — Des Moines, IA/US
Main
Everyone is welcome to compete at the Scarlet Invitational! We are starting a little later this year to accommodate teams that have larger travel times We will be using the January topic for debate events. If you are worried about being able to attend for financial reasons please reach out to me personally at samuel.juhl@dmschools.org and we can talk about how to support your team in attending,
Tentative Schedule
Friday
Speech
Extemp Draw 4:30
Round 1 5:00-6:00
Round 2 6:30-7:30
Round 3 7:45-8:45
Saturday
Public Forum/LD
Round 1 9:00-10:00
Round 2 10:15-11:15
Round 3 11:30-12:30
Round 4 1:30-2:30
Round 5 2:45-3:45
Quarterfinals 4:00-5:00
Semifinals 5:15-6:15
Finals 6:30-7:30
Policy
Round 1 8:00-9:45
Round 2 10:00-11:45
Round 3 12:00-1:45
Round 4 2:15-4:00
Finals 5:00-6:45
Student Congress
Session one 9:30-12:30
Session two 1:00-3:30
Finals 4:00-6:30