2016 Stanford National Invitational: Xu Sweeps Both Extemp Categories For First National Points Race Win of the Season

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Moving from its traditional February date, this year’s Stanford National Invitational, a fifth tier tournament in the National Points Race, attracted a smaller field.  Twenty-six competitors faced off in International Extemp and twenty-four in United States Extemp and Brian Xu of San Marino High School (CA) took the titles in both categories.  Xu defeated Michelle Huang of Irvington High School (CA) in International Extemp and teammate Joseph Kiang in United States Extemp.  These wins give Xu his first victory in a National Points Race tournament this season.

Since Stanford allowed competitors to double in both extemp categories, our “St. Mark’s formula” was used to determine which competitors would receive National Points Race points.  Xu, Kiang, and Huang occupied the top three places and there were several ties for the other points.  As a result, Connor Wright of Lodi High School (CA) and Jennifer Xiao of San Marino High School will share the fourth place points awarded for Stanford and Karisa Anand of Sierra Canyon High School (CA) and Micalyn Strubble of College Preparatory (CA) will share sixth place points.

Here are the results of the 2016 Stanford National Invitational (Click here for tab sheet):

International Extemp

Champion: Brian Xu (San Marino High School, California)
2nd: Michelle Huang (Irvington High School, California)
3rd: Conner Wright (Lodi High School, California)
4th: Karisa Anand (Sierra Canyon High School, California)
5th: Jack Yanos (Antelope High School, California)
6th: Joseph Kiang (San Marino High School, California)
7th: Angelia Miranda (TAF Academy, Washington)

United States Extemp

Champion: Brian Xu (San Marino High School, California)
2nd: Joseph Kiang (San Marino High School, California)
3rd: Jennifer Xiao (San Marino High School, California)
4th: Micalyn Struble (College Prep, California)
5th: Delaney Collins (Chagrin Falls High School, Ohio)
6th: Leonardo Graeff (Jesuit High School, California)
7th: Sathvik Nair (Leland High School, California)

National Points Race Points

1st: Brian Xu (San Marino High School, California) – 2 pts.
2nd: Joseph Kiang (San Marino High School, California) – 13 pts.
3rd: Michelle Huang (Irvington High School, California) – 18 pts.
T4th: Connor Wright (Lodi High School, California) – 20 pts.
T4th: Jennifer Xiao (San Marino High School, California) – 20 pts.
T6th: Karisa Anand (Sierra Canyon High School, California) – 22 pts.
T6th: Micalyn Struble (College Preparatory, California) – 22 pts.
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Next Out: Jack Yanos (Antelope High School, California) – 24 pts.
Next Out: Delaney Collins (Chagrin Falls High School, Ohio) – 24 pts.

Extemp Central thanks Stanford for putting the results of the tournament online and Bradley Wascher for forwarding them to us.