2014 Colorado High School Activities Association State Tournament: Denver East Sweeps Both Categories; MBA Participants Slater and Glaser Duel it Out in International Extemp; Segal Wins USX

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Last weekend the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) State Tournament took place in Highlands Ranch, Colorado and two new state champions were crowned. International Extemp was a battle between two MBA Extemp Round Robin participants, as Gabe Slater of Denver East High School captured the state title over Jack Glaser of George Washington High School. Denver East High School had three of the six participants in the International Extemp final round.

In United States Extemp, Evan Segal of Denver East High School defeated Kayla Blessinger of Kent Denver School to win his first state title. George Washington High School, which had the most competitors in the United States Extemp final round, had Margaret Schaack place third.

All of the finalists at the tournament earned an automatic qualification to this year’s Extmeporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University. Eight competitors managed to secure this automatic qualification and they are represented in italics in the results listing.

Here are the results of the 2014 Colorado High School Activities Association State Tournament:

International Extemp

Champion: Gabe Slater (Denver East High School)
2nd: Jack Glaser (George Washington High School)
3rd: Vincent Wroble (Denver East High School)
4th: Addie Glickstein (Denver East High School)
5th: Tom Kourlis (Kent Denver School)
6th: Mina Mungekar (Smoky Hill High School)

Semi-Finalists

*Corinne Moss (Air Academy)
*Hunter Neary (Air Academy)
*Amy Patterson (Woodland Park High School)
*Shelby Saltus (Lakewood High School)
*Ethan Snow (Arapahoe High School)
*Hank Sparks (Cheyenne Mountain High School)

United States Extemp

Champion: Evan Segal (Denver East High School)
2nd: Kayla Blessinger (Kent Denver School)
3rd: Margaret Schaack (George Washington High School)
4th: Abbie Bardales (Heritage High School)
5th: Suzanna Steele (George Washington High School)
6th: Molly Naylor-Komyatte (Lakewood High School)

Semi-Finalists

*Emma Bakken (George Washington High School)
*Molly Culhane (Denver East High School)
*Andrew Davis (Doherty High School)
*Steven Malouff (La Junta High School)
*Josh May (Palisade High School)
*Katrina San Nicolas (Northridge High School)

Extemp Central thanks the Colorado High School Activities Association for putting the results of the tournament online.