New standings for the 2024-2025 Extemp Central National Points Race are have been posted!  These reflects the results of the past month of tournaments that include the James Logan MLK Invitational, the Barkley Forum, the Apple Valley Minneapple, and the Stanford Invitational.   Check them out by clicking here or the “Natl Points Race” tab above. 

Robert Zhang of Elkins High School (TX) retains the first place spot but Waleed Haider of Hendrickson High School (TX) is drawing closer.

The National Points Race concludes this weekend when nearly 300 extempers will attend Harvard’s National Speech and Debate Tournament and more than 150 extempers will compete that the University of California-Berkeley’s California Invitational.  As second and third tier events, respectively, these competitions could provide a big shakeup in the standings before postseason tournaments begin.