Last weekend, the NSU University School in Davie, Florida hosted eighty extempers as part of its annual Sunvitational. The tournament is a fourth tier event in the Extemp Central National Points Race due to its regional reputation, and in this year’s competition Joseph Mullen of Cypress Bay High School (FL) demolished the final round, going straight 1’s to secure the championship. Mullen defeated teammates Jose Quinones, Susana Davis, and Tristan Wertanzl in the final round, with Quinones taking second, Davis finishing fourth, and Wertanzl placing fifth.
The only non-Floridian in the final round was Avi Gulati of the Harker School (CA), who placed third.
Marco Munoz of A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts (FL) rounded out the final round field in sixth place.
Mullen will earn seventy points in the National Points Race for his victory and all extempers who finished in the semi-final rounds and beyond will earn points. The biggest mover after the tournament was Quinones, who now occupies the third position in the National Points Race behind Kay Rollins of the Potomac School (VA) and Mo Marks of Theodore Roosevelt High School (IA). Updated National Points Race standings will be released near the end of the week.
Here are the results of the 2019 Sunvitational (Click here for tab sheet):
Champion: Joseph Mullen (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
2nd: Jose Quinones (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
3rd: Avi Gulati (The Harker School, California)
4th: Susana Davis (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
5th: Tristan Wertanzl (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
6th: Marco Munoz (A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Florida)
Semi-Finalists
*Gustavo Lanz (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
*Tyler Loring (Western High School, Florida)
*Rehan Rupawalla (Tompkins High School, Texas)
*Max Schaked (Lake Highland Preparatory, Florida)
*Brendan Sossoman (Western High School, Florida)
*Alissa Vuillier (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Quarter-Finalists
*Dorothy Bogen (The Laurel School, Ohio)
*Angelica Boyette (South Plantation High School, Florida)
*Jose Leon (St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Florida)
*Sabrina Lyn (West Broward High School, Florida)
*Quentin Powell (C. Leon King High School, Florida)
*Juliette Reyes (American Heritage School-Plantation, Florida)
*Jacqueline Sanchez (West Broward High School, Florida)
*Bhrajit Thakur (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
*Jonah Wexler (Nova Senior High School, Florida)
*Cory Wurenberger (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
*Marc Zacarro (Western High School, Florida)
*Kevin Zhu (Pine View School, Florida)
Extemp Central thanks the NSU University School for posting the results of the tournament online.