Report and images courtesy of Daniel Kind.
On a rainy weekend in the middle of of October, anxious extempers gathered in the Bronx for the 49th annual New York City Invitational held at the Bronx School of Science. With 83 entries in the tournament, the elimination round was hotly contested. As seems to be the precedent this season, the tournament was cumulative with a preliminary drop round.
Pranav Pattatahunaduvil of Plano West High School (TX) triumphed the tournament by a long shot, with a margin of eight ranks separating him from second place finisher – and teammate – Angela Wang also from Plano West High School (TX). Jack Silvers of Scarsdale High School (NY) and James Gao from Ridge High School (NJ) were tied for third and fourth places respectively, yet Silvers pulled away by a margin of 0.03 reciprocals to win the tiebreaker. Tristan Wertanzl of Cypress Bay High School (FL) earned fifth place and Leyla Hagan from Syosset High School (NY) finished in sixth.
Due to The NYC Invitational being a fifth tier tournament in the Extemp Central National P by oints race, Pattatahunaduvil gets on the board with 40 points. Wang earned 34 points, Silvers got 28, Gao accrued 20, Wertanzl scored 16, and Hagan got 13. (Editor’s Note: The first National Points Race standings for 2019-2020 will be released follow the Florida Blue Key)
Here are the results of the 2019 New York City Invitational (Click Here for Tab Sheet):
Champion: Pranav Pattatahunaduvil (Plano West, Texas)
2nd: Angela Wang (Plano West, Texas)
3rd: Jack Silvers (Scarsdale, New York)
4th: James Gao (Ridge, New Jersey)
5th: Tristan Wertanzl (Cypress Bay, Florida)
6th: Leyla Hagan (Syosset, New York)
Semi-Finalists
*Veronica Bloomberg (NSU, Florida)
*Dylan Cawley (Delbarton, New Jersey)
*Shreya Joshi (Woodlands, Texas)
*Srikar Mamillapalli (Plano West, Texas)
*Marco Munoz (Dreyfoos, Florida)
*Katherine Rollins (Potomac, Virginia)
Quarter-Finalists
*Katia Benguesmia (Plano West, Texas)
*Alex Dray (Ransom Everglades, Florida)
*Sil Gamboa Marty (Cypress Bay, Florida)
*Aditya Karthik (Plano West, Texas)
*Aditya Kumar (Plano West, Texas)
*Eve Mainster (Scarsdale, New York)
*Marguerite Morgan (St. Mary’s Hall, Texas)
*Ashna Patel (North Allegheny, Pennsylvania)
*Max Schaked (Lake Highland, Florida)
*Aditi Sharma (Ridge, New Jersey)
*Ali Taoube (Stuyvesant, New York)
*Evan Violette (Chanhassen, Minnesota)
*Dev Wernik (Valley International, California)
