October 1, 2025

Dear Colleagues,

The Palomar College Forensics Team is proud to announce the Ray Dahlin

Invitational. This Individual Events and IPDA open-division tournament will be

held Friday, November 14 at Palomar College.

The Ray Dahlin Invitational will offer:

• Two preliminary rounds of competition breaking to final rounds in the early

evening.

• Four rounds of IPDA with two elims to run concurrently with IE’s.

• A swing tournament opportunity in conjunction with the Griffin Invitational to

be held Saturday and Sunday.

• An assortment of food for the judges and lunch provided for the students.

• Sweepstakes trophies for the top three 4-year and 2-year schools. We will not

be offering a novice division.

• The “Patrick Mills” limited prep speaker award will be given to the top

speaker in short prep.

• Top IPDA award will be presented to the top speaker in IPDA. Top Novice

Awards will be presented in each Individual Event.

We look forward to seeing you at the Ray Dahlin Invitational.

Sincerely,

Dewi Hokett

Brandan Whearty

Jordan Kay

Palomar College Speech and Debate

760-744-1150

dhokett@palomar.edu