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.