Since the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational allows extempers to do International and United States Extemp, Extemp Central combines extemper’s finishes in each category to prevent counting both as separate tournaments and giving extempers who attended St. Mark’s an advantage over other competitors in the National Points Race.  Prior to St. Mark’s, Extemp Central announced how it would determine which extempers would receive National Points Race points.  At St. Mark’s, extempers received points based on their finishes in International and United States Extemp.  The six extempers with the lowest point totals were awarded National Points Race points.

Here is a quick rehash of that system:


1st place = 1 pt.
2nd place = 3 pts.
3rd place = 5 pts.
4th place = 7 pts.
5th place = 9 pts.
6th place = 10 pts.
Semi-Finalist = 15 pts.
Non-Break = 25 pts.

After making the necessary calculations, here are the six extempers who received National Points Race points.  They will receive fifth tier points in relation to where they are ranked below.  Stone and Leys will split the 40 points given to the winner because they ended up with the same point total and both secured a victory at St. Mark’s.  Alessandro Pauri will receive the sixth place points instead of others who also finished with thirty points in our calculations since he made one final round at St. Mark’s.  Extempers who just missed the cut for points are also identified.

T1st:  Zachary Stone (Plano West High School, Texas) – [1st IX (1) + 2nd (3) = 4]
T1st:  Nathan Leys (Des Moines Roosevelt Senior High School, Iowa) – [2nd IX (3) + 1st USX (1) = 4]
3rd:  Sydney Scott (Claudi Taylor “Lady Bird” High School, Texas) – [[4th IX (7) + 3rd USX (5) = 12]
4th:  Lindsey Butler (Hendrickson High School, Texas) – [6th IX (10) + 5th USX (9) = 19]
5th:  Cyrus Ghaznavi (Parish Episcopal School, Texas) – [5th IX (9) + SF USX (15) = 24]
6th:  Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School, Texas) [3rd IX (5) + Not Break USX (25) = 30]

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*Blade Angel (Lake Travis High School, Texas) = [SF IX (15) + SF USX (15) = 30]
*David Engleman (L.C. Anderson High School, Texas) = [SF IX (15) + SF USX (15) = 30]
*Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt Senior High School, Iowa) = [SF IX (15) + SF USX (15) = 30]
*Matthew Rindelaub (Plano Senior High School, Texas) = [SF IX (15) + SF USX (15) = 30]
*Clancy Taylor (Flower Mound High School, Texas) = [SF IX (15) + SF USX (15) = 30]
*Sara Wofford (L.C. Anderson High School, Texas) = [Not Break IX (25) + 4th USX (7) = 32]
*Sahil Vanjani (Parish Episcopal School, Texas) = [Not Break IX (25) + 6th USX (10) = 35]