The third and final day of the Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin is underway. The top five competitors in the championship bracket will compete in the Exhibition Round after lunch and the winner of the consolation bracket will be recognized at the awards ceremony. The topic area for this round is U.S. social issues (great way to start off the morning, right?).
Here are the pairings for round nine:
Championship Bracket
Section One
Judges: Aaron Lutkowitz, Jason Warren, and Tyler Fabbri
(7) Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
(1) Nathan Leys (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
(NR) Teagan Lende (Ronald Davies High School, North Dakota)
Section Two
Judges: Harry Strong, Billy Strong, and Scott Pollack
(10) John Cherian (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
(3) Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
(4) Joseph Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
Section Three
Judges: James Mohan, Logan Scisco, and Steve Moss
(5) Bill McDonald (Brophy College Prep, Arizona)
(NR) Vijay Singh (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
(2) Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
Consolation Bracket
Section Four
Judges: Will Hannon, Carole Hamilton, and Carley Anne Barnes
(13) Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
(NR) Kelly Wu (Leland High School, California)
(11) Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
(6) Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
Section Five
Judges: Zachary Stone, Scott Ginger, and Brian Raymond
(18) Zachary Stone (Plano West High School, Texas)
(17) Abhishek Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(14) Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
Section Six
Judges: Steven Ebensberger, Jason Bell, and Mario Herrera
(T24) Alex Wasdahl (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(T41) Karthik Sastry (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
(8) Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
(9) Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
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