Prep for the second round of the day is underway. After this round competitors will have a lunch break and its a fast and furious four rounds. The graph that shows where competitors are in relation to the field (albeit without the competitors identified by name) should be posted soon and if we can snap a good picture of it, we’ll get it up on the site for those of you following our live coverage. The topic area for this round is domestic politics.
Here are the pairings for round four.
Section One
Judges: Rhonda Smith, Forrest Richardson, and Tyler Fabbri
(NR) Kelly Wu (Leland High School, California)
(13) Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
(6) Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
(2) Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
Section Two
Judges: Brian Raymond, Harry Strong, and Tom Wall
(8) Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
(NR) Teagan Lende (Ronald Davies High School, North Dakota)
(17) Abhishek Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(18) Zachary Stone (Plano West High School, Texas)
Section Three
Judges: Erica Blocher, Jon Rhodes, and Steve Moss
(9) Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
(5) Bill McDonald (Brophy College Prep, Arizona)
(10) John Cherian (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
(1) Nathan Leys (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
Section Four
Judges: Bill Healy, Steven Ebensberger, and Scott Ginger
(T41) Karthik Sastry (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
(4) Joseph Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
(11) Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
(3) Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
Section Five
Judges: Jason Warren, Billy Strong, and Aaron Lutkowitz
(7) Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
(T24) Alex Wasdahl (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(NR) Vijay Singh (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
(14) Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
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