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After a series of Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) qualifiers took place last week on university campuses, qualifying tournaments returned to high school hosting sites last week and Dowling Catholic High School was one of them. At the school’s Dowling Catholic Paradigm tournament, Jacob Thompson of Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA) took the title by three ranks over Alekh Kale of James Madison Memorial High School (WI). Kale won two first place ranks in the final round, but an errant seven cost him the championship. Thompson’s teammate Daniel Drane took third.
The tournament was helpful for those extempers seeking a qualification to this year’s Extemp TOC at Northwestern University as five of the seven finalists completed their at-large applications. In addition to Thompson, Kale, and Drane, Ben Anderson of Liberty Senior High School (MO) and Olivia Shoemaker of Lakeville North High School (MN) earned their second at-large qualifying leg. Two other finalists earned their first TOC qualifying leg of the season. All of those earning TOC qualifying legs are indicated in italics in the results listing.
Here are the results of the 2014 Dowling Catholic Paradigm (Click here for tab sheet):
Champion: Jacob Thompson (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
2nd: Alekh Kale (James Madison Memorial High School, Wisconsin)
3rd: Daniel Drane (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
4th: Ben Anderson (Liberty Senior High School, Missouri)
5th: Olivia Shoemaker (Lakeville North High School, Minnesota)
6th: Matias Figari (Edina High School, Minnesota)
7th: Benjamin Pankow (Eagan High School, Minnesota)
Extemp Central thanks Dowling Catholic High School for putting the results of the tournament online.