The George Mason University Patriot Games, which is the last National Points Race tournament of the first semester, was held this past weekend and when it ended, Isabelle Taft of Henry W. Grady High School in Georgia defeated National Points Race leader Nathan Leys of Des Moines Roosevelt High School in Iowa.  This is Taft’s third career national circuit victory, which goes with her Wake Forest and Barkley Forum titles earned last season.  Ben Constine of Yorktown High School in Virginia fought his way to a third place finish.  Des Moines Roosevelt continued its impressive showing on the national stage this year, by also placing Lily Nellans in the final round.  Nellans finished fifth.  The round robin that GMU holds before the general tournament followed the same result order, as Taft defeated Leys and Constine finished third.

The semi-finalist and quarter-finalist results will be typed in over the next couple of days, as all competitors who made these elimination rounds received bids to the 2012 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University.  Since George Mason is a third tier tournament in the National Points Race, Taft will earn 100 points for her victory and all competitors who made elimination rounds will earn points for themselves and their respective schools.

On another note, GMU is the last major tournament held before bids to the Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin are sent out.  When we get word about the complete field for this year’s 2012 Round Robin, we will post it here on Extemp Central.

Here are the results of 2011 George Mason University Patriot Games Tournament (full results can be found by clicking here):

Champion:  Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
2nd:  Nathan Leys (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
3rd:  Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
4th:  Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
5th:  Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
6th:  Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)

Semi-Finalists

*Cameron Bonnewell (Lake Highland Prep, Florida)
*David Goldman (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
*Lauren Moore (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
*Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
*Jonathan Sheu (San Marino High School, California)
*Nishwant Swami (Delbarton School, New Jersey)
*Steven Tyler (Belen Jesuit Prep, Florida)
*Alex Young (Durham Academy, North Carolina)

Quarter-Finalists

*David Abraham (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
*Mohammed Alwan (Dominion High School, Virginia)
*Joe Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
*Kayleigh Courard-Hauri (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*Abby Deely (Freedom High School, Pennsylvania)
*Carolyn Evans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*James Fishback (IB Boyd Anderson High School, Florida)
*Evan Garnick (Milton Academy, Massachusetts)
*Ethan Grant (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Shray Gupta (Freedom High School, Virginia)
*Becky Hall (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
*Alin Haruway (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Sarah Hitt (Cooper City High School, Florida)
*Robert McDonough (Holy Ghost Prep, Pennsylvania)
*Aahil Merchant (Southside High School, South Carolina)
*Becca Morton (McDowell High School, Pennsylvania)
*Santiago Munevar (Freedom High School, Virginia)
*Caitie Murphy (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Rahul Nanchahal (Freedom High School, Virginia)
*Connor Philips (North Allegheny Senior High School, Pennsylvania)
*Alexia Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
*James Reding (LaRue County High School, Kentucky)
*Megan Schuler (Freedom High School, Virginia)
*Abhiyant Singh (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
*Rachel Thomas (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
*Joseph Vasoli (La Salle College High School, Pennsylvania)
*Thomas Worm (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
*Mick Zloof (Stuyvesant High School, New York)

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