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Cap CityOver the last nine seasons, the Capital City Extemp Round Robin has attracted some of the top tier talent in the state of Texas.  This year’s competition, put together by Coach Joe Uhler of Westlake High School, will take place from February 9-10 at Westlake United Methodist Church.  Spencer Buckner of Lake Travis High School was the winner of last year’s competition, defeating other notable talents such as Nikhil Ramaswamy, Kate Fisher, and Katherine Hu.

Here are the 16 participants in this year’s Capital City Round Robin, all of which attend schools in Texas:

*Uzair Alpial (Plano West Senior High School)
*Evan Bewersdorf (Lindale High School)
*Hunter Brown (Spring Woods High School)
*Ashwin Desai (Plano West Senior High School)
*Kate Fisher (St. Mary’s Hall)
*Elizabeth Khalilian (Plano West Senior High School)
*James Kosub (La Vernia High School)
*Steven Manning (L.C. Anderson High School)
*Isaac Martin (L.C. Anderson High School)
*Nicci Mattey (St. Mary’s Hall)
*Rene Otero (Hendrickson High School)
*Nikhil Ramaswamy (Plano West Senior High School)
*Saskia Reford (St. Mary’s Hall)
*Ben Rogers (L.C. Anderson High School)
*Byron Xu (Tompkins High School)
*Jackie Wei (Plano West Senior High School)