Here are the final results from the 2013 Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament that was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania over the weekend.  Half of this year’s final round was composed of finalists from the previous year.  Winner Gabe Ferrante of Iona Preparatory School in New York took sixth in last year’s final.   Allison McKibban of El Dorado High School in Kansas took third, the same place that she took in last year’s tournament, and Robert McDonough of Holy Ghost Preparatory School in Pennsylvania improved his performance by one placing and finished fourth.  Jake Ethe of Half Hollow Hills High School took second, giving New York the top two extempers in this year’s tournament.  Ferrante becomes the first New York winner of the CFL extemp championship since at least 1997.

Defending national champion Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt High School in Iowa was not in attendance to defend her title.

Here is the complete listing of elimination round results.  All elimination round participants have qualified to next year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions at Northwestern University (Rankings for the tournament can be viewed at this link):

Champion: Gabe Ferrante (Iona Preparatory School, New York)
2nd: Jake Ethe (Half Hollow Hills High School, New York)
3rd: Allison McKibban (El Dorado High School, Kansas)
4th: Robert McDonough (Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Pennsylvania)
5th: Omkar Mahajan (James Logan High School, California)
6th: Dylan Adelman (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)

Semi-Finalists

*Brian Anderson (LaRue County High School, Kentucky)
*Haley Brahmbhatt (Chanhassen High School, Minnesota)
*Hunter Cook (Tonganoxie High School, Kansas)
*Melissa Eperjesi (Cardinal Mooney High School, Ohio)
*Eryn Hughes (St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Florida)
*Gregory Ross (Lamar High School – Houston, Texas)

Quarter-Finalists

*Kyle Angelotti (Thomas Jefferson High School Science and Technology, Virginia)
*Amani Carson-Rose (Wellesley High School, Massachusetts)
*Brian Duricy (Howland High School, Ohio)
*Nathan Holcomb (West Bend East High School, Wisconsin)
*Rohan Mishra (Fordham Preparatory School, New York)
*Cristine Oh (Montville High School, New Jersey)
*Camille Peterson (Villa Walsh High School, New Jersey)
*Miles Saffran (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
*Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
*Rathnam Venkat (Munster High School, Indiana)
*Drayton Willey (Salina High School Central, Kansas)
*Saif Yasin (Montville High School, New Jersey)

Octo-Finalists

*Damon Brown (Independence Truman High School, Missouri)
*Matt Couch (Myers Park High School, North Carolina)
*James DeMarshall (St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, Pennsylvania)
*Richard Diurba (Millard West High School, Nebraska)
*Connor Fitzgibbons (Unionville Area High School, Pennsylvania)
*Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
*John Michael Hogue (Creighton Preparatory School, Nebraska)
*Darius Hunt (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Abhinau Karale (Delbarton High School, New Jersey)
*Noah Katcher (Altoona Area High School, Pennsylvania)
*Elizabeth Kingaby (Central Cabarrus High School, North Carolina)
*Jacob McHugh (Ardrey Kell High School, North Carolina)
*Brian Min (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
*Nicole Nemec (Kentucky Country Day School, Kentucky)
*Vera Ranneft (Lamar High School – Houston, Texas)
*Jonah Sharf (Lake Braddock Secondary School, Virginia)
*Sidarth Singh (Munster High School, Indiana)
*Jay Sirot (Montville High School, New Jersey)
*Mike Sorice (Canfield High School, Ohio)
*Arjun Subramanyam (Canfield High School, Ohio)
*Matt Tyson (Chanhassen High School, Minnesota)
*Steven Wang (The Harker School, California)
*Josh Wartel (Lake Braddock Secondary School, Virginia)
*Dalton Willey (Salina High School Central, Kansas)
*Andrew Willis (Regis High School, New York)

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