The second round of the Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin hasconcluded, which finishes the first day of the tournament. The pairings were to be released priorto the round, but because of a temporary wireless connection problem on campus and reaallly slow wireless at the hotel, the pairings were delayed. The topic area for the second round was America’s Economic Health. Tomorrow is “moving day” at MBA, as competitors will try to position themselves within the top eight after round six, which will give them a chance to win the tournament. Tomorrow features six rounds of competition and the third rounds kicks off at 9:00 a.m. CST, which is when our updates will begin (although it’s possible they may be posted earlier).
Here were the pairings for round two:
Section One
Judges: Forrest Richardson, Carole Hamilton, and Jon Rhodes
(3) Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
(6) Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
(5) Bill McDonald (Brophy College Prep, Arizona)
(NR) Vijay Singh (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
Section Two
Judges: Max Webster, Madison Grinnell, and Erica Blocher
(14) Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
(18) Zachary Stone (Plano West High School, Texas)
(4) Joseph Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
(NR) Kelly Wu (Leland High School, California)
Section Three
Judges: Scott Ginger, Molly Beck, and Rhonda Smith
(2) Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
(9) Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
(T24) Alex Wasdahl (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(NR) Teagan Lende (Ronald Davies High School, North Dakota)
Section Four
Judges: Carley Anne Barnes, Mario Herrera, and Amelia Martin
(8) Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
(T41) Karthik Sastry (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
(13) Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
(10) John Cherian (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
Section Five
Judges: Brian Raymond, Logan Scisco, and Tyler Fabbri
(1) Nathan Leys (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
(7) Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
(17) Abhishek Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(11) Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
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