Last week Emory University hosted its annual Barkley Forum, which was held online for the second straight year. #1 Daniel Kind of Lake Highland Preparatory (FL) won his sixth consecutive National Points Race event – a new record – and successfully defended his title against a field of 66 extempers. Kind took three first place ranks in the final round, defeating #21 Gabriel Bo of Plano West Senior High School (TX) by three ranks. Natasha Banga of Coppell High School (TX) placed third, five ranks behind Bo.

Two other finalists were ranked in the top 10 of the National Points Race. #5 Marc Zavarro of Western High School (FL) placed fourth and #8 Kyle Letterer of Plano West, who won United States Extemp at the Longhorn Classic last month, was fifth.

Theodore Gercken of College Preparatory School (CA) placed sixth.

Other notable finishes saw #14 Praveen Kumar of the Hawken School (OH) and #18 William Chien of the Harker School (CA) make the semi-final round. #14 Phoena Lin of Plano West reached quarter-finals.

Since the Barkley Forum is a fourth tier tournament in the National Points Race all extempers who reached semi-finals will receive points and new standings will be released later this week.

In terms of TOC qualifications, all finalists receive a bid to the University of Kentucky TOC while all semi-finalists receive a bid to the Extemp TOC.

Here are the results of the 2022 Barkley Forum (Click here for tab sheet):

Champion: Daniel Kind (Lake Highland Preparatory, Florida)
2nd: Gabriel Bo (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
3rd: Natasha Banga (Coppell High School, Texas)
4th: Marc Zavarro (Western High School, Florida)
5th: Kyle Letterer (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
6th: Theodore Gercken (College Preparatory School, California)

Semi-Finalists

*William Chien (The Harker School, California)
*Praveen Kumar (The Hawken School, Ohio)
*Samarth Mannikeri (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
*Alex Sorgini (La Salle College High School, Pennsylvania)
*Karam Weigert (Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington, D.C.)
*Florence Zhu (Mission San Jose High School, California)

Quarter-Finalists

*Nicholas Blauz (Nova Senior High School, Florida)
*Lakshya Chaudhry (Vancouver Debate Academy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
*Sinan Kassim (The University School, Florida)
*Valor Lekas (East Forsyth High School, Georgia)
*Phoena Lin (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Mia Lupica (McClintock High School, Arizona)
*Charlotte Reitman (The University School, Florida)
*Jude Rost (Oak Grove High School, Mississippi)
*Daniel Rupawalla (Tompkins High School, Texas)
*Ava Smith (Midtown High School, Georgia)
*Elliot Smith (Milton Academy, Massachusetts)
*Tyler Tjan (Milton Academy, Massachusetts)

Extemp Central thanks Emory University for putting the results of the tournament online.