The University of Texas-Austin hosted its Longhorn Classic on December 7-10. The tournament attracted its usual Texas-heavy field, with 104 extempers competing in international extemp and 102 extempers competing in United States Extemp.
In International Extemp, Anurima Mummaneni of Westwood High School (TX) defeated Nikolas Kirk of Brophy College Preparatory (AZ) via judges preference when both competitors tied with cumulative scores of eight. Mummaneni captured two first place ranks in the final round, allowing her to avoid a loss when the other judge in the final round gave her sixth place. Angela Wang of Jasper High School (TX) took third.
In United States Extemp, Vivian Zhao of Plano Senior High School (TX) emerged victorious over Pranav Pattatathunaduvil of Jasper High School (TX) by a mere one rank. Zhao did not capture a first place rank in the final round, but her consistency of scores, which included two second place ranks and one third place rank, helped her triumph in a fractured room where no competitor assembled more than one first place score. Mackenzie Matheson of Lake Travis High School (TX) finished third.
Due to the fact that the Longhorn Classic allows extempers to compete in both extemp categories, the scoring system used for Florida Blue Key was used to determine National Points Race points. UT was a fourth tier tournament and when the results of both competitons were assembled, Zhao and Kirk tied for first place. Both competitors will share first and second place points in the National Points Race and the top twelve competitors at the tournament will receive points in the competition.
Here are the results of the 2018 University of Texas Longhorn Classic (Click here for tab sheet):
International Extemp
Champion: Anurima Mummaneni (Westwood High School, Texas)
2nd: Nikolas Kirk (Brophy College Preparatory, Arizona)
3rd: Angela Wang (Jasper High School, Texas)
4th: Mackenzie Matheson (Lake Travis High School, Texas)
5th: Vivian Zhao (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
6th: Benjamin Ai (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
7th: Sarah Sowell (Lake Travis High School, Texas)
8th: Emily Gao (Westwood High School, Texas)
Semi-Finalists
*Julia Belov (Lake Travis High School, Texas)
*Rohan Chhaya (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
*Shristi Chitlangia (The Woodlands High School, Texas)
*Anahita Farishta (W.B. Ray High School, Texas)
*Erin Feng (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Kimber Hageman (Chaparral Star Academy, Texas)
*Rasheek Huq (James Bowie High School, Texas)
*Alexander Jimenez (Saint Mary’s Hall, Texas)
*Shreya Joshi (The Woodlands High School, Texas)
*Ivin Lam (Tuloso-Midway High School, Texas)
*Caleb Lawson (Moore High School, Oklahoma)
*Zach Linhart (Brophy College Preparatory, Arizona)
*Marguerite Morgan (Saint Mary’s Hall, Texas)
*Rene Manuel Otero (Hendrickson High School, Texas)
*Khushi Parikh (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Tania Pena-Reyes (The Woodlands High School, Texas)
*Anne Rubsamen (Saint Mary’s Hall, Texas)
*Jack Douglas Schoenbrun (All Saints Episcopal School, Texas)
*Lily Sethre-Brink (Dripping Springs High School, Texas)
*Anuj Trivdi (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
*Cole Wheeler (Lampasas High School, Texas)
*Max Wolf (Westwood High School, Texas)
*Cedric Zhou (Plano East High School, Texas)
United States Extemp
Champion: Vivian Zhao (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
2nd: Pranav Pattatathunaduvil (Jasper High School, Texas)
3rd: Mackenzie Matheson (Lake Travis High School, Texas)
4th: Nikolas Kirk (Brophy College Preparatory, Arizona)
5th: Zach Linhart (Brophy College Preparatory, Arizona)
6th: Sarah Sowell (Lake Travis High School, Texas)
7th: Linette Page (Westwood High School, Texas)
8th: Rohan Chhaya (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
Semi-Finalists
*Benjamin Ai (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
*Max Bibeau (Dripping Springs High School, Texas)
*Sindhu Bommineni (Plano East High School, Texas)
*Rishob Dasgupta (Westwood High School, Texas)
*Coltrane Drexler (Pflugerville High School, Texas)
*Erin Feng (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Rasheek Huq (James Bowie High School, Texas)
*Caleb Lawson (Moore High School, Oklahoma)
*Trisha Motupalli (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
*Anurima Mummaneni (Westwood High School, Texas)
*Rene Manuel Otero (Hendrickson High School, Texas)
*Khushi Parikh (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Anne Rubsamen (Saint Mary’s Hall, Texas)
*Jack Douglas Schoenbrun (All Saints Episcopal School, Texas)
*Suket Shah (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
*Gregory Shumakevich (Plano East Senior High School, Texas)
*Aruj Trivedi (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
*Urui Vallapreddy (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
*Mallory Wilcox (Tuloso-Midway High School, Texas)
*Max Wolf (Westwood High School, Texas)
*Allen Zhang (A&M Consolidated High School, Texas)
Here is how points were calculated for the National Points Race for finishes at the tournament in each half:
1st place = 1 pt.
2nd place = 3 pts.
3rd place = 5 pts.
4th place = 7 pts.
5th place = 9 pts.
6th place = 10 pts.
7th place = 11 pts.
8th place = 12 pts.
Semi-Finalist = 15 pts.
Non-Break = 25 pts.
National Points Race Totals from UT Longhorn Classic:
T1: Zhao = 9(I) + 1(U) = 10 pts.
T1: Kirk = 3(I) + 7(U) = 10 pts.
3: Matheson = 7(I) + 5(U) = 12 pts.
4: Mummaneni = 1(I) + 15(U) = 16 pts.
5: Sowell = 11(I) + 10(U) = 21 pts.
6: Linhart = 15 + 9(U) = 24 pts.
S: Ai = 10(I) + 15(U) = 25 pts.
S: Chhaya = 15(I) + 12(U) = 27 pts.
S: Pattatathunaduvil = 25(I) + 3(U) = 28 pts.
S: Wang = 5(I) + 25(U) = 30 pts.
S: Feng = 15(I) + 15(U) = 30 pts.
S: Huq = 15(I) + 15(U) = 30 pts.
S: Lawson = 15(I) + 15(U) = 30 pts.
S: Otero = 15(I) + 15(U) = 30 pts.
S: Parikh = 15(I) + 15(U) = 30 pts.
S: Rubsamen = 15(I) + 15(U) = 30 pts.
S: Schoenbrun = 15(I) + 15(U) = 30 pts.
S: Trivedi = 15(I) + 15(U) = 30 pts.
S: Wolf = 15(I) + 15(U) = 30 pts.
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Page = 25(I) + 11(U) = 36 pts.
Gao = 12(I) + 25(U) = 37 pts.
Extemp Central thanks the University of Texas-Austin for putting the results of the tournament online.