The 2012 Montgomery Bell Round Robin is underway and one of the sections features the top three in the National Points Race.  The topic area for the first round of the tournament is International Politics.  The first six rounds of the tournament are set in stone and after six rounds the field will be split into two round robins.  One will have the top eight competitors and one will have the bottom twelve competitors.  The first round has four sections of five competitors, but all of the other early preliminary rounds will feature five sections of four competitors each.

Here are the pairings for round one. The competitor’s current National Points ranking is placed in parenthesis to the left of their name.

Section One

Judges:  Bill Healy, Steven Ebensberger, and Aaron Lutkowitz

(1) Nathan Leys (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
(3) Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
(14) Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
(2) Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
(8) Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)

Section Two

Judges: Steve Moss, Harry Strong, and Shahid Ahmed

(7) Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
(6) Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
(18) Zachary Stone (Plano West High School, Texas)
(9) Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
(T41) Karthik Sastry (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)

Section Three

Judges: Jason Warren, Max Webster, and Madison Grinnell

(17) Abhishek Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(5) Bill McDonald (Brophy College Prep, Arizona)
(4) Joseph Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
(T24) Alex Wasdahl (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(13) Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)

Section Four

Judges: Amelia Martin, Billy Strong, and Scott Pollack

(11) Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
(NR) Vijay Singh (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
(NR) Kelly Wu (Leland High School, California)
(NR) Teagan Lende (Ronald Davies High School, North Dakota)
(10) John Cherian (Bellarmine College Prep, California)

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