Lunch has finished and prep for the fifth round of competition is underway. This is the experimental round of the tournament and it is entitled “Democratic Field of Dreams.” More details will be provided later because extempers are not aware of the actual prompt of the experimental round yet.
Here are the pairings for round five:
Competitors mingle after the third round of competition this morning.
Section One
Judges: Carole Hamilton, Aaron Lutkowitz, and Jason Bell
(6) Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
(11) Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
(8) Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
(T24) Alex Wasdahl (Jackson High School, Ohio)
Section Two
Judges: Jason Warren, Steve Moss, and Logan Scisco
(13) Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
(18) Zachary Stone (Plano West High School, Texas)
(1) Nathan Leys (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
(NR) Vijay Singh (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
Section Three
Judges: Harry Strong, James Mohan, and Rhonda Smith
(3) Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
(NR) Kelly Wu (Leland High School, California)
(9) Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
(17) Abhishek Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
Section Four
Judges: Brian Raymond, Tyler Fabbri, and Erica Blocher
(5) Bill McDonald (Brophy College Prep, Arizona)
(14) Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
(NR) Teagan Lende (Ronald Davies High School, North Dakota)
(T41) Karthik Sastry (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
Section Five
Judges: Shahid Ahmed, Forrest Richardson, and Carley Anne Barnes
(4) Joseph Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
(2) Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
(7) Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
(10) John Cherian (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
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