Cedar Rapids, IA - Congratulations to West Des Moines Valley's Trent Gilbert for winning the 2014 Iowa Caucus tournament! In finals, Trent defeated Barrington's Sienna Nordquist on a 5-0 decision (Mayes, Smith, Laverty, Burdt, and Power). Congratulations to both debaters! Trent is coached by Dave McGinnis, Lucy Korsakov, Leah Shapiro, and Christian Tarsney. Sienna is coached by Brian Denesha and Taylor Amey. Iowa Caucus is a semifinals bid qualifier to the Tournament of Champions. Pairings and results can be found on Joy of Tournaments: http://www.joyoftournaments.com/ia/crwashington/warmroom.asp Partial OctafinalsTheodore Roosevelt EW def. WDM Valley CT (White, Smith, Burdt)Dowling Catholic CK def. Millard North GB (Korsakov, Power, Mayes)Barrington SN def. New Trier LK (Sloven, Laverty, Hale)Hopkins SG advances without debatingWDM Valley GS advances without debatingWDM Valley TG advances without debatingWDM Valley TF advances without debatingWDM Valley EM over WDM Valley SC QuarterfinalsBarrington SN def. WDM Valley GS (Gina Scorpiniti) (McCool, Ahsan, Burdt)WDM Valley TG def. Dowling Catholic CK (Cati Kalinoski) (Smith, Minks, Hale)Theodore Roosevelt EW def. WDM Valley TF (White, Combs, Power)Hopkins SG def. WDM Valley EM (Evan McKinney) (Laverty, Rankin, Mayes) Semifinals (bid)Barrington SNWDM Valley TGTheodore Roosevelt EWHopkins SG FinalsWDM Valley TG def. Barrington SN (Sienna Nordquist) 5-0 (Mayes, Smith, Laverty, Burdt, and Power) ChampionWDM Valley TG (Trent Gilbert)