George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia hosted 55 extempers for its annual Patriot Games tournament on December 2 and 3. Siri Ural of Shrewsbury High School (MA) denied #14 Taylor Burris‘ attempt to repeat as champion, winning the final round by three ranks to take the title.
Ural is the first extemper from Massachusetts to win the Patriot Games title in seven years. Marshall Sloane of Milton Academy won the championship in 2016.
Burris, who competes for the Potomac School (VA), finished runner-up for the second time at a National Points Race tournament this season. She was runner-up at the Florida Blue Key in October. Burris was also the only final round finisher who is ranked in this year’s National Points Race.
Navya Raju of Ridge High School (NJ) finished third, one rank ahead of Meredith Vorndran of the Potomac School. Vorndran took one of the five available first place ranks in the final round, with the others going to Ural (three) and Burris (one).
Jack Anderson of Lincoln Southwest High School (NE) and Logan Mitchell of Martin County High School (FL) finished further back in the final round. Anderson’s final round composite was 12 ranks behind Vorndran but was enough to beat Mitchell by one rank for fifth.
#3 Amy Cao and #20 Aparna Iyer of Ridge High School (NJ) were in the field but dropped in quarter-finals.
All of the finalists earn National Points Race points as the Patriot Games is a fifth tier tournament. Ural will receive 40 points for winning.
Here are the results of the 2023 George Mason University Patriot Games (Click here for tab sheet):
Champion: Siri Ural (Shrewsbury High School, Massachusetts)
2nd: Taylor Burris (The Potomac School, Virginia)
3rd: Navya Raju (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
4th: Meredith Vorndran (The Potomac School, Virginia)
5th: Jack Anderson (Lincoln Southwest High School, Nebraska)
6th: Logan Mitchell (Martin County High School, Florida)
Semi-Finalists
*Vishnu Angiras (Shrewsbury High School, Massachusetts)
*Rowan Milton Benoit (James River High School, Virginia)
*Krteyu Ramanathan (Riverside High School, South Carolina)
*Samvrit Rao (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Virginia)
*Armaan Sethi (The Potomac School, Virginia)
*Lily Waehner (James River High School, Virginia)
Quarter-Finalists
*Anika Agrawal (The Potomac School, Virginia)
*Avi Agrawal (The Potomac School, Virginia)
*Renia Ahmed (Walt Whitman High School,
*Alex Bauer (The Potomac School, Virginia)
*Amy Cao (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Eva Chen (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Zane Holley (Riverside High School, South Carolina)
*Aparna Iyer (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Ethan Maher (The Potomac School, Virginia)
*Isabella Murillo (Riverside High School, South Carolina)
*Ayanna Nayar (The Potomac School, Virginia)
*Logan Wells (Saratoga West Hardin High SChool, Texas)
*Kenneth Zalewski (Riverside High School, South Carolina)
Extemp Central thanks George Mason University for posting the results of the tournament online.