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Fishers High School in Fishers, Indiana was the site of this year’s Indiana High School Forensic Association (IHSFA) State Speech Tournament. Munster High School was the most dominant school in extemporaneous speaking, placing five of the twelve finalists in International and United States Extemporaneous Speaking. Four of those five finalists finished in the top three of their respective category. In International Extemp, Sidarth Singh of Munster edged teammate Rathnam Venkat to capture the title. Singh is the first Munster extemper to capture International Extemp since 2002. Christian Sayers of Valparaiso High School finished third.
In United States Extemp, Jane Tullis of Valparaiso High School won the first extemporaneous speaking champion in her school’s history and ended a Munster’s two-year winning streak in the category. Tullis was the only non-Munster extemper in the top four of the category and she won by four ranks over second place finisher Zach Long, who was the only male extemper in the final round. Emily Wierman took third place.
Ten of the finalists, including the entire final round of United States Extemp, earned an automatic qualification to this year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University. They are indicated in italics in the results listing.
Here are the results of the 2014 Indiana High School Forensic Association State Speech Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):
International Extemp
Champion: Sidarth Singh (Munster High School)
2nd: Rathnam Venkat (Munster High School)
3rd: Christian Sayers (Valparaiso High School)
4th: Alec Bullough (Nobelsville High School)
5th: Thomas Ritz (Fishers High School)
6th: Kendall Gardner (Fishers High School)
Semi-Finalists
*Aliza Adhami (Canterbury High School)
*Andrew Caratini (Chesterton High School)
*Quinn Coolidge (Carroll High School)
*Nicholas Curtis (Fishers High School)
*Sammy Guinn (Carroll High School)
*Adrian Helmling-Cornell (North Central High School)
*Dathan Jones (Warren Central High School)
*Kylee Rippy (Plymouth High School)
*Curtis Smith (Plymouth High School)
*Ben Snyder (Culver Academies)
*Tim Vincent (Chesterton High School)
*Gracie Webb (Columbus East High School)
United States Extemp
Champion: Jane Tullis (Valparaiso High School)
2nd: Zach Long (Munster High School)
3rd: Emily Wierman (Munster High School)
4th: Anna Riggs (Munster High School)
5th: Lauren David (Fishers High School)
6th: Jessica Ratel-Khan (Chesterton High School)
Semi-Finalists
*Bernie Becker (Carroll High School)
*Nicole Bodi (Columbus East High School)
*David Brown (Culver Academies)
*Nate Burris (Chesterton High School)
*Olivia Cummings (Lawrence North High School)
*Garrett Garver (Plymouth High School)
*Danny Getz (Cathedral High School)
*Urvi Joshi (Northrop High School)
*Joseph Marquardt (Warren Central High School)
*Kevin O’Sullivan (Brebeuf Jesuit High School)
*Ethan Smith (North Central High School)
*Lena Yeakey (Bethany Christian School)
Extemp Central thanks the Indiana High School Forensic Association for posting the results of the tournament online.