Although we await the final placings in International and United States Extemp later this evening, NSDA has already named the exact placings of the semi-finalists in International and United States Extemp.
Included below are the rankings for the semi-finalists in International and United States Extemp at this year’s national tournament. Competitors that are highlighted in blue are non-seniors who have the option of automatically returning to next year’s national tournament in that same extemp category.
International Extemp
7th: Angela Wang (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
8th: Allison Hering (Eastview High School, Minnesota)
9th: Ashok Ramkumar (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
10th: Ethan Jiang (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
11th: Shreyas Sriram (Cherry Creek High School, Colorado)
12th: Daniel Kind (Lake Highland Preparatory School, Florida)
13th: Marc Zavarro (Western High School, Florida)
14th: Iesh Gujral (Eden Prairie High School, Minnesota)
United States Extemp
7th: Kush Narang (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
8th: Kyle Letterer (Jasper High School, Texas)
9th: Josh Morganstein (Miramonte High School, California)
10th: Veeravikash Giritharan (Eastview High School, Minnesota)
11th: Faye Zhang (Eastview High School, Minnesota)
12th: Sean Nguyen (Thomas Jefferson HSST, Virginia)
13th: Coltrane Drexler (Pflugerville High School, Texas)
14th: Kate Carline (Rock Hill High School, Texas)
Extemp Central congratulates all of the competitors listed above for their achievement at this year’s national tournament.