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East Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska played host to the 2014 Alaska School Activities Association/First National Bank State Championship tournament and South Anchorage High School swept both extemporaneous speaking categories. Kari Marie Jahnsen gave South Anchorage its third state championship in International Extemp in four years as she defeated Ina Flood of West Anchorage High School. Skyler Hektner gave South Anchorage its first title in United States Extemp since 2011 when he defeated Sam Erickson of Eagle River High School and Sawyer Birnbaum of West Anchorage High School, who was the defending champion in the category.
All of the extempers that made the final round of the state tournament earned automatic qualifications to this year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University.
Here are the results of the 2014 Alaska Activities Association/First National Bank Alaska State Championship:
International Extemp
Champion: Kari Marie Jahnsen (South Anchorage High School)
2nd: Ina Flood (West Anchorage High School)
3rd: Taylor Holshouser (Eagle River High School)
4th: Jacob Shercliffe (Chugiak High School)
5th: Chandler Powers (Robert Service High School)
United States Extemp
Champion: Skyler Hektner (South Anchorage High School)
2nd: Sam Erickson (Eagle River High SchooL)
3rd: Sawyer Birnbaum (West Anchorage High School)
4th: Karl Rodvik (Dimond High School)
5th: Chaz Rivas (Wasilla High School)