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Last weekend Pennsbury High School in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania hosted its eleventh annual Pennsbury Falcon Invitational. The tournament has been an Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) qualifier for the last several seasons and the tournament is the second to last qualifier stationed on the East Coast for the 2013-2014 season. Emmalie Langan of EL Meyers High School (PA) bested thirty-nine other extempers to win the tournament championship and became the seventh female extemper to win a TOC qualifying tournament this season. Langan defeated Collin Quigley of Holy Ghost Preparatory (PA), who qualified to this year’s TOC last week by semi-finaling at the Columbia Invitational, by three ranks in the final round. Delbarton High School (NJ) had two finalists – Thomas Abel and Abhinav Karale – who placed third and fourth, respectively.
The tournament had just enough extempers to give TOC legs to all elimination round participants. Three extempers – Mary Breen of Gwynedd Mercy Academy (PA), Nick Giuliano of Holy Ghost Preparatory, and Jack Marshall of St. Joseph’s Preparatory School (PA) – finished up their TOC qualifications by earning their second qualifying leg. Giuliano’s qualification is notable because he earned his first leg last week at the Columbia Invitational, so he qualified to this year’s TOC in two weeks. Four other extempers, which includes tournament champion Langan, earned their first qualifying leg. All extempers that earned a TOC qualifying leg are indicated in italics in the results listing.
Here are the results of the 2014 Pennsbury Falcon Invitational (Click here for tab sheet):
Champion: Emmalie Langan (EL Meyers High School, Pennsylvania)
2nd: Collin Quigley (Holy Ghost Preparatory, Pennsylvania)
3rd: Thomas Abel (Delbarton High School, New Jersey)
4th: Abhinav Karale (Delbarton High School, New Jersey)
5th: Nick Giuliano (Holy Ghost Preparatory, Pennsylvania)
6th: Mary Breen (Gwynedd Mercy Academy, Pennsylvania)
Semi-Finalists
*Connor Fitzgibbon (Unionville Area High School, Pennsylvania)
*Eric Gelles (The Bronx High School of Science, New York)
*Alexander Hanon (Marriotts Ridge High School, Maryland)
*Seckin Kara (Dallastown Area High School, Pennsylvania)
*Jack Marshall (St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, Pennsylvania)
*Ellis Sargeant (St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, Pennsylvania)
Extemp Central thanks Pennsbury High School for putting the tournament results online.