Prep for the final round of the evening is underway at the 2012 MBA Extemp Round Robin. The topic area for this round is international relations.
Here are the pairings for round nine:
Championship Bracket
Section One
Judges: Brian Raymond, Logan Scisco, and Jason Fernandez
(2) Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
(NR) Teagan Lende (Ronald Davies High School, North Dakota)
(10) John Cherian (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
Section Two
Judges: Bill Healy, Aaron Lutkowitz, and James Mohan
(3) Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
(5) Bill McDonald (Brophy College Prep, Arizona)
(7) Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
Section Three
Judges: Jason Warren, Molly Beck, and Jason Bell
(1) Nathan Leys (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
(4) Joseph Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
(NR) Vijay Singh (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
Consolation Bracket
Section Four
Judges: Shahid Ahmed, Billy Strong, and Tom Wall
(6) Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
(T24) Alex Wasdahl (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(18) Zachary Stone (Plano West High School, Texas)
(8) Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
Section Five
Judges: Mario Herrera, Forrest Richardson, and Will Hannon
(9) Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
(17) Abhishek Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(13) Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
Section Six
Judges: Erica Blocher, Steve Moss, and Carley Anne Barnes
(11) Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
(14) Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
(T41) Karthik Sastry (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
(NR) Kelly Wu (Leland High School, California)
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