Report submitted by Daniel Kind

yaleLast weekend, the Yale Invitational officially kicked off the 2019-2020 Extemp Season! The tournament had 138 entries, making it one of the largest in the history of the tournament. Diverging from previous years, the tournament was cumulative this year rather than having clean breaks.

James Gao of Ridge High School (NJ) edged out a victory against Mo Marks of Theodore Roosevelt High School (IA) by one rank in the final round. Alex Massa of Hoover High School (OH), Juliette Reyes of American Heritage School (FL), and Daniel Kind of Lake Highland Preparatory (FL) were neck and neck for third, fourth, and fifth place respectively. One rank separated each of the three competitors. Dylan Cawley of the Delbarton School (NJ) rounded out the top six in sixth place.

Because Yale is a fourth tier tournament in the National Points Race, Gao earned seventy points for winning the event. Marks earned 60, Massa earned 49, Reyes earned 35, Kind earned 28, and Cawley earned 20. Additionally, all semi-finalists earned 18 points.

Here are the results of the 2019 Yale Invitational (Click
here for tab sheet):

Champion: James Gao (Ridge, New Jersey)
2nd: Mo Marks (Des Moines Roosevelt, Iowa)
3rd: Alex Massa (Hoover, Ohio)
4th: Juliette Reyes (American Heritage, Florida)
5th: Daniel Kind (Lake Highland Preparatory, Florida)
6th: Dylan Cawley (Delbarton, New Jersey)

Semi-Finalists

Leyla Hagan (Syosset, New York)
Nick King (University, Illinois)
Sam Li (Hawken, Ohio)
Eve Mainster (Scarsdale, New York)
Lucas Miner (Ransom Everglades, Florida)
Brian Zheng (Naperville North, Illinois)

Quarter-Finalists

Jaden Bharara (Scarsdale, New York)
Genie Enders (Scarsdale, New York)
Adam Hamdan (Jackson, Ohio)
Shreya Joshi (Woodlands, Texas)
Harrison LaHaie (Hoover, Ohio)
Michelle Liu (Ardrey Kell, North Carolina)
Kevin Mao (Montville, New Jersey)
Marco Munoz (Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Florida)
Katherine Oung (Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Florida)
Ashna Patel (North Allegheny, Pennsylvania)
Emma Pereda (NSU, Florida)
Krishna Sanaka (Hawken, Ohio)
Shria Shyam (North Allegheny, Pennsylvania)

Octo-Finalists

Arnav Barpujari (Lake Highland Prep, Florida)
Vivek Beeram (St. Mary’s Hall, Texas)
Veronica Bloomberg (NSU, Florida)
Vincent Bonanno (Xaverian, New York)
Luke Hartigan (Regis, New York)
Aidan Healy (Catholic Memorial, Massachusetts)
Jason Hu (Strath Haven, Pennsylvania)
Dylan Jansky (Scarsdale, New York)
Aditya Kalahasti (Solon, Ohio)
Shawn Kao (Taipei American, Taiwan)
Sinan Kassim (NSU, Florida)
Aviral Mishra (Acton-Boxborough, Massachusetts)
Marguerite Morgan (St. Mary’s Hall, Texas)
Sean Nguyen (Thomas Jefferson HSST, Virginia)
Mayin Puri (Ridge, New Jersey)
Deepa Irakam (Watchung Hills, New Jersey)
Bhrajit Thakur (Trinity Prep, Florida)
Matthew Visco (Jackson, Ohio)
Abhinav Vittal (Scarsdale, New York)
Andrew Xu (Taipei American, Taiwan)
Ye Zhang (King, Florida)