The second event in the 2018-2019 Extemp Central National Points Race, the New York City Invitational, took place at the Bronx High School of Science in the Bronx on October 12-14. In the cumulative tournament, Juliette Reyes of American Heritage School (FL) defeated Rayhan Murad of Ridge High School (NJ) by one rank. Reyes won the final round by one rank over Murad, which solidified her first national circuit victory of the season. Reyes was a runner-up finisher at the University of Kentucky National Season Opener.
Aside from Reyes, two other Floridians made the final round. Gustavo Lanz of Cypress Bay High School was third and Eli Finkelstein of Trinity Preparatory School was fourth.
Ridge High School also had two competitors in the final round. In addition to Murad’s runner-up finish, James Gao placed fourth.
For winning the tournament, Reyes earned forty points in the National Points Race because the New York City Invitational was a fifth tier event. Her victory moved her into fifth place in the National Points Race standings. Murad moved into third place as he was a semi-finalist at the Yale Invitational.
Fifth place finisher Louis Savoia of Xaverian High Schol (NY) also moved up the National Points Race standings, earning sixteen points at this event to go with the eighteen he received for being a Yale semi-finalist. After this tournament he was seventh in the national rankings.
Defending champion Christopher Maximos of the Delbarton School (NJ) did not attend the tournament.
Here are the results of the 2018 New York City Invitational (Click here for tab sheet):
Champion: Juliette Reyes (American Heritage School-Plantation, Florida)
2nd: Rayhan Murad (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
3rd: Gustavo Lanz (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
4th: James Gao (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
5th: Louis Savoia (Xaverian High School, New York)
6th: Eli Finkelstein (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Semi-Finalists
*Jake Cannon (Iona Preparatory School, New York)
*Marco Munoz (A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Florida)
*Danielle Piccoli (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Jose Quinones (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
*Bhrajit Thakur (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Quarter-Finalists
*Jaden Barara (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Rufus Black (Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School, New York)
*Colotn El-Habr (Holy Ghost Preparatory, Pennsylvania)
*Deepa Irakam (Watchung Hills High School, New Jersey)
*Andrew Lin (Montville Township High School, New Jersey)
*Lucas Miner (Ransom Everglades School, Florida)
*Jay Nagabhairu (Lake Highland Preparatory, Florida)
*Becca Segal (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
*Nicole Strubinski (La Salle High School, California)
*Claudia Zimmerman (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
Extemp Central thanks the Bronx High School of Science for putting the results of the tournament online.