At the 2011 Yale Invitational Tournament, which was a fourth tier tournament in this year’s National Points Race and took place several weeks ago, Chase Harrison of Millburn High School in New Jersey came out on top.  Harrison defeated teammate Henry Chapman for the title.  Harrison becomes the foruth extemper from Millburn to win the Yale tournament since 2004.  The final round featured a litany of competitors who made their names known in last year’s National Points Race.  Alessandro Pauri from Flower Mound High School in Texas, who was the overall winner of the St. Mark’s tournament last year according to Extemp Central’s rankings, placed third and Joe Calder of Cary Academy in North Carolina, who was a runner-up at the Wake Forest National Early Bird, placed fifth.  All of the extempers who broke at Yale earned a bid to the 2012 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions.  All of those who made the semi-final round and beyond earned National Points Race points.

Here are the full results from the tournament:

Champion:  Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
2nd:  Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
3rd:  Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
4th:  Matt Linn (The University School, Florida)
5th:  Joe Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
6th:  Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)

Semi-Finalists

*Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
*James Fishback (Boyd H. Anderson High School, Florida)
*Eryn Hughes (St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Florida)
*Zach Klein (Montville High School, New Jersey)
*Robert McDonough (Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Pennsylvania)
*Caitlin Murphy (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Jonathan Sheu (San Marino High School, California)
*Brandon Slotkin (Nova High School, Florida)

Quarter-Finalists

*George Chamoun (Needham High School, Massachusetts)
*Nikhil Goyal (Syosset High School, New York)
*Chris Grillo (Regis High School, New York)
*Nick Hansen (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Darius Hunt (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Chad Klitzman (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
*Bruno Mastrodicasa (St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Florida)
*Arjun Murth (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
*Alex Oshinsky (Syosset High School, New York)
*Rachel Picolo (St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Florida)
*Chuck Richardson (Montville High School, New Jersey)
*Nicole Rubin (Syosset High School, New York)
*Miles Saffran (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
*Abhiyant Singh (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Nishwant Swami (Delbarton School, New Jersey)

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