2010 George Mason University Patriot Games: Fourth Time’s a Charm as Donahue Breaks Through

The 2010 George Mason University Patriot Games has just concluded and Extemp Central can report that Nathaniel Donahue of Durham Academy in North Carolina is the champion.  This was the fourth National Points Race tournament final for Donahue this season and after enduring three consecutive second place finishes, he broke into the winner’s circle in Fairfax this weekend.  Donahue’s victory will give him a large lead in the National Points Race going into the Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin in January.  Nabeel Zewail of San Marino High School in California finished second and was denied in his bid to win the GMU Round Robin and Patriot Games Tournament in the same year.  Last year’s Wake Forest champion Emily Martin of Boone County High School in Kentucky took third and fellow Round Robin competitors Jason Singh of Green Valley High School in Nevada and Emily Bell of Ladue Horton Watkins High School in Missouri finished fourth and sixth respectively.  Ross Slaughter of Walt Whitman High School in Maryland, who was a third place finisher at the Glenbrooks several weeks ago, placed fifth.

New National Points Race rankings, MBA Bracketology, and TOC qual board updates will be posted later in the week.

Here are the results of the 2010 George Mason University Patriot Games:

Champion: Nathaniel Donahue (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
2nd: Nabeel Zewail (San Marino High School, California)
3rd: Emily Martin (Boone County High School, Kentucky)
4th: Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
5th: Ross Slaughter (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
6th: Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)

Semi-Finalists

*Catherine Chiodo (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*Ben Denton (Pinecrest High School, North Carolina)
*Paavan Gami (Southside High School, South Carolina)
*Nikhil Gupta (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
*Nick Hansen (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Ben Rogers (Holy Ghost Preparatory, Pennsylvania)

Quarter-Finalists

*Katelyn Bertolet (Boone County High School, Kentucky)
*Joe Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
*Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
*Caroline Comyn (Madison County High School, Virginia)
*Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
*Michael Flannery (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*James Fishback (Western High School, Florida)
*David Goldman (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
*Chiraayu Gosrani (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
*Nathan Grant (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Kiran Jones (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Nathan Leyes (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*Julia Manchester (Lake Highland Preparatory, Florida)
*Adi Manohar (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Abhi Mehra (North Allegheny Senior High School, Pennsylvania)
*Kyle Mulholland (Holy Ghost Preparatory, Pennsylvania)
*Mike Neubauer (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Abhi Pandya (Southside High School, South Carolina)
*Andrew Pregler (Mercyhurst Prep School, Pennsylvania)
*Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
*Karthik Sastry (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
*Anand Shah (Southside High School, South Carolina)
*Taylor Shippling (McDowell High School, Pennsylvania)
*Abhiyant Singh (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Peter Vogel (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Joe Weston (Danville High School, Kentucky)

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