The Wake Forest National Early Bird will feature 39 competitors this year, up from 33 from the previous version. All competitors are competing for the 50 points in the 2009-2010 Extemp Central National Points Race that will be awarded to the winner.
Here are the participants, in alphabetical order, in this year’s tournament. Apologies for any misspellings or lack of location for competitors:
Matthew Alonsozana (Loyola Blakefield High School, Maryland)
Antar Azan (Myers Park High School, North Carolina)
Rohan Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
Matt DeBari (Lake Highland Preparatory, Florida)
Joseph Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
Ben Denton (Pinecrest High School, North Carolina)
Tyler Dillon (Oakwood High School, Ohio)
James Dingess
Nathaniel Donahue (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
Hala Elaki
Katie Fisher (East Chapel Hill High School, North Carolina)
Paavan Gami (Southside High School, South Carolina)
John Gilliam (Dikcson County High School, Tennessee)
Rachel Hanline
Katie Hoffman (Oakwood High School, Ohio)
Ziger Huffnagie
John Holsinger (Sherando High School, Virginia)
Tre Hunt (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
Harry Lambert (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
Auden Lawrence (Pinecrest High School, North Carolina)
Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
Julia Manchester (Lake Highland Preparatory, Florida)
Emily Martin (Boone County High School, Kentucky)
Matt Meeks (Perry High School, Ohio)
Lawrence Moore
Matthew Novak (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
Neil Ryan (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
Karthik Sastry (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
Anand Shah (Southside High School, South Carolina)
Dustin Shreve (Carrollton High School, Ohio)
Ross Slaughter (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
Rhett Spurlin (Collierville High School, Tennessee)
Will Stewart (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
Aaron Strickland (Jackson HS, Ohio)
Nick Torian (Carrollton High School, Ohio)
Taylor Thompson (Carrollton High School, Ohio)
Isabel Williams (Myers Park High School, North Carolina)
Brianna Willits (Perry High School, Ohio)
Matt Zaloba (Brentwood High School, Tennessee)