2016 Barkley Forum: Boreckzy Defeats Langford to Bring the Title Back to the West Coast

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Several weeks ago Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia hosted its annual Barkley Forum for high schools. Chance Boreckzy of James Logan High School (CA) became the first California winner of the tournament since 2006, edging out Andrew Langford of Lake Highland Preparatory School (FL) by one rank to win the title. National Points Race leader Justin Graham of Trinity Preparatory School (FL) finished in third place.

The tournament was one of the closest in history as only one rank separated each of the top four competitors. For example, Jacob Levenson of Nova High School (FL) finished just three ranks behind Boreckzy.

Since the Barkley Forum is a fourth tier tournament in the National Points Race, Boreckzy will earn seventy points for this win. The tournament allows Justin Graham to enhance his National Points Race lead since none of the competitors close to him inthe standings made the trip to Atlanta.

Here are the results of the 2016 Barkley Forum (Click here for tab sheet):

Champion: Chance Boreckzy (James Logan High School, California)
2nd: Andrew Langford (Lake Highland Preparatory School, Florida)
3rd: Justin Graham (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
4th: Jacob Levenson (Nova High School, Florida)
5th: Nathan Kruse (Battle Ground Academy, Tennessee)
6th: Zac Aikman (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)

Semi-Finalists

*Hasna Karim (Southside High School, South Carolina)
*Sarah Lanier (Northland Christian School, Texas)
*Jorge Rojas-Ortega (Trinity High School, Kentucky)
*Morgan Rowe (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
*Jane Tullis (Valparaiso High School, Indiana)
*Rohan Vaidya (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)

Quarter-Finalists

*Sim Ahuja (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
*Harper Anderson (Rowan County Senior High School, Kentucky)
*Charlie Barton (Regis High School, Florida)
*Paul Bousquet (Battle Ground Academy, Tennessee)
*Andrew Brown (Brentwood High School, Tennessee)
*Zach Kapner (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Yugansh Malik (Lee County High School, Georgia)
*Jane Michaelson (Apple Valley High School, Minnesota)
*Samhitha Sunkara (Ardrey Kell High School, North Carolina)
*Michael Wang (Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Florida)
*Bradley Wascher (St. James School, Alabama)
*Jack Yan (Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Florida)

Extemp Central thanks Emory University for putting the results of the tournament online.