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2024 Extemp TOC: Morel Returns Plano West to the Winner’s Circle, Beats 40 Other Competitors to Win the Season’s Second Major

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On May 21, 2024

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This year’s Tournament of Champions of Extemporaneous Speaking, hosted by Northwestern University, attracted a disappointing field of only 41 extempers for the national extemp circuit’s second major championship.

Sasha Morel of Plano West Senior High School (TX) won a decisive victory, beating Kajal Parmar of Cary Academy (NC) by eight ranks in the final round. Morel earned five of the seven available first place ranks.

Devarsh Borah of Edina High School (MN) rounded out the top three with a third place finish.  Borah finished four ranks behind Parmar.

#12 Taylor Burris of the Potomac School (VA) was the highest ranked competitor in the field and made the final round, placing sixth. The only other ranked competitor in the National Points Race who made elimination rounds was #18 Kate Liu of Plano East Senior High School (TX), who dropped in semi-finals.

Even though the field did not attract many of the extempers in the top 25 of the National Points Race, the final round featured extempers from five states.

Plano West had two extempers in the final as Abraham Zhang took fifth.

Morel is the first Plano West extemper to win the TOC since Jacqueline Wei in 2019. Plano West has had three champions at the event, including Morel, since 2018.  The school also won the tournament’s sweepstakes award.

All of the extempers that reached elimination rounds will earn National Points Race points.

Here are the results of the 2024 Tournament of Champions of Extemporaneous Speaking (Click here for tab sheet):

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2014 Extemp TOC: Nellans Wins Third TOC Title & Breaks Major Championship Record

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On May 12, 2014

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tocHistory was made Sunday at the 2014 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC). Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA) won her third consecutive TOC championship and her seventh major championship. Nellans victory over Chase Harrison of Millburn High School (NJ) gives her more major championships than any extemper in history. She has also won the second leg of the Grand Slam for the third straight year. In 2012, Nellans came just shy of becoming the second extemper in history to win a season Grand Slam when she finished third in International Extemp at the NFL (now NSDA) National Tournament. If she were to win the NSDA National Tournament this year, she would complete a career Grand Slam, something only one other extemper – Kevin Troy of Eagan High School – has ever done.

The tournament featured sixty extempers and the final round contained the top five finishers from this year’s Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin. The finalists also shared two national championships, six NSDA final round appearances, and eleven 2014 TOC qualifying championships between them. Two of the finalists, Nellans and third place finisher Miles Saffran of Trinity Preparatory School (FL), will compete in International Extemp at the 2014 NSDA National Tournament, while the other four (Harrison, Josh Wartel of Lake Braddock Secondary School (VA), Arel Rende of Booker T. Washington High School (OK), and Sydney Walter of Salado High School (TX)) will compete in United States Extemp. It is very likely that elements of this TOC final round will be played out again in a month’s time in Overland Park, Kansas.

The TOC also gives out a service and coaching award each year.  This year’s service award went to Harry Strong of Des Moines Roosevelt.  The coaching award went to Meredith Deaton of Booker T. Washington.

Lake Braddock Secondary School was the tournament’s sweepstakes award winner, besting Booker T. Washington by ten and a half points.

According to TOC qualifying rules, all extempers reaching elimination rounds at the tournament automatically qualify for the 2015 TOC. Fourteen extempers met this criteria and earn tickets back to Evanston next season. These extempers are indicated in italics below. Extemp Central will have the 2015 TOC qualification board posted just prior to the NCFL Grand National Tournament.

Here are the results of the 2014 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (Click here for tab sheet):

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2012 Extemp TOC: Nellans Wins Her Second Consecutive Grand Slam Tournament and Fourth National Points Race Tournament; Harrison Takes Second

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On May 20, 2012

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Last week, the tenth edition of the Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) was held at Northwestern University. Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt High School in Iowa won the second consecutive leg of the extemporaneous speaking Grand Slam by defeating Chase Harrison of Millburn High School, this year’s Yale champion, in the final round. For Nellans to complete the Grand Slam, which has not been done since Kevin Troy of Eagan High School in Minnesota accomplished the feat in 2005, she will need to win CFL and NFL Nationals. Nellans won the MBA Extemp Round Robin earlier this year and her victory will give her 100 points in the Extemp Central National Points Race. Des Moines Roosevelt High School in Iowa continued its impressive streak of showings on the national level this year by having two the top three extempers in the tournament. Carolyn Evans of Des Moines Roosevelt placed third behind Nellans and Harrison.

All of the elimination round participants per TOC qualification rules have already locked up a spot in next year’s Extemp TOC.

Here are the full results of the tournament (tab sheet can be found by clicking here)

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2011-2012 Extemp TOC Updates

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On October 13, 2011

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There are several updates for this year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) that have recently been added to the site.  The Extemp TOC has made several changes to this year’s qualification process.  The biggest is that legs at invitational tournaments will be based on the size of the field.  To better understand this process, you can visit the Extemp TOC’s website or read our description, which is available when you click on the “TOC” tab above (don’t click on any of the submenus).  Also, in an attempt to encourage more state champions to attend, all state champions of their 2011 state tournament (if held after April 15th last year) and all state champions of their state tournaments that happen prior to April 15, 2012 will receive an entry fee waiver to this year’s event.

The 2011-2012 Extemp TOC calendar has been updated.  The dates for three tournaments, the Fayette Classic, the University of Pennsylvania Liberty Bell Classic, and the Northwestern Invitational could not be found.  If you have these, please e-mail them to me at [email protected].  You can check out the updated TOC calendar by clicking here or by placing your mouse over the TOC tab and clicking one of the drop down menus.

Also, the TOC qualification board has been updated to reflect Wake Forest and Yale.  Due to this year’s changes to the qualification process, it is VERY important that Extemp Central receive tab sheets OR accurate information about entries from all tournaments that are TOC qualifiers.  Otherwise, it will make it difficult for us to keep the qualification board accurate.  The new qualification board can be found by clicking here or by placing your mouse over the TOC tab and clicking one of the drop down menus.

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2011 Extemp TOC: Constine Upsets Slinger; National Points Race Remains Undecided

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On May 15, 2011

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After two days of competition, the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) has come to a close and Ben Constine of Yorktown High School in Virginia is your winner.  Constine, who finished second at the George Mason Extemp Round Robin, fourth at the Wake Forest National Early Bird, and was a quarter-finalist at the George Mason University Patriot Games Tournament and at Harvard, scored what many could call an upset in the final round when he defeated last year’s CFL extemp national champion, Dylan Slinger of Lakeville High School in Minnesota, by judges preferences to win the title.  Constine is the first Virginia extemper to win a National Points Race tournament since Ariel Schneller won Yale in 2001.  Slinger was the only competitor in the top 15 in the National Points Race to make the final round.  Texas, which had more qualifiers to this year’s TOC than any other state, had two finalists.  Matthew Hinojosa of Flower Mound High School placed third and Susan Czaikowski, who was an NFL semi-finalist in United States Extemp last year and was invited to this year’s Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin, placed fifth.  Matt Rauen of Pennsbury High School in Pennsylvania placed fourth and Emily Bell of Ladue Horton Watkins High School in Missouri made her second National Points Race final of the year and placed sixth.

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2011 Extemp TOC: Finalists Announced

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On May 15, 2011

In Extemp TOC, National Circuit News

Here are the announced finalists for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions at Northwestern University.  These extempers, as well as te finalists, earned foruth tier National Points Race points.  Thanks to Robert Sheard for these posting updates.

*Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
*Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
*Susan Czaikowski (Lamar Consolidated High School, Texas)
*Matthew Hinojosa (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
*Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
*Dylan Slinger (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)

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2011 Extemp TOC: Quarter-Finalists Are Announced

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On May 15, 2011

In Extemp TOC, National Circuit News

Quarter-Finalists for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) have been released.  All of these individuals have earned an automatic qualification to next year’s TOC.  These come courtesy of Robert Sheard.  Some competitors information has not been collected, so if you know who certain people are below, please let us know by commenting in this post or e-mailing me at [email protected].

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2011 Extemp TOC: Haven’t Registered for the TOC Yet? There’s Still Time

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On May 3, 2011

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There is still time for extempers that are qualified for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University to register for next week’s event.  The deadline is May 7th.  You can visit the TOC’s website to access necessary registration information.

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2011 Extemp TOC: TOC Qual Board is Updated to Reflect the Barkley Forum, the Schwan’s Speech Spectacular, and CSU Fullerton

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On February 3, 2011

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The qualification board for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions has been updated to reflect the results of last week’s Barkley Forum and Schwan’s Speech Spectacular tournaments.  Also, we have obtained the results of the Cal State University, Fullerton Tournament that was held in October thanks to Josh Samra, so those results are also reflected in the qual board.

Ten extempers qualified to the Extemp TOC after entering these results, bringing the total number of extempers qualified to 215.  California gained four quals, more than any other state, and is now tied with Florida with the second most number of quals at twenty-one.  Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee each gained one qualifier last week. Twenty-four extempers earned their first TOC leg last week and the total number of potential qualifiers now stands at 307. This weekend there are two TOC qualfying tournaments:  the Pennsbury Falcon Invitational in Pennsylvania and the Apple Valley Minneapple Speech Tournament in Minnesota. If anyone is attending and can send us the names of elimination round participants and subsequent results we would appreciate it.

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2011 Extemp TOC: TOC Qual Board is Updated to Reflect Columbia

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On January 27, 2011

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The qualification board for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions has been updated to reflect the results of the Columbia University Invitational.

Six extempers qualified to the Extemp TOC last week, bringing the total number of extempers qualified to 205.  New York added three qualifiers last week, while California added two and Massachusetts added one. Eleven extempers earned their first TOC leg last week and the total number of potential qualifiers now stands at 289.  This weekend there are two TOC qualifying tournaments:  the Barkley Forum (which is also a fourth tier tournament in the National Points Race) and the Schwan’s Speech Spectacular in Minnesota.  If anyone is attending and can send us the names of elimination round participants and subsequent results we would appreciate it.

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2011 Extemp TOC: The Qual Board is Updated to Reflect the MLK Invitational, the Crestian Classic, and Winston Churchill

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On January 20, 2011

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The qualification board for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions has been updated to reflect the results of the James Logan MLK Invitational, the Crestian Classic, and the Winston Churchill High School Tournament.  We were able to get complete results from all of the tournaments held last week and thanks to James Logan and Pinecrest for posting their results on Joy of Tournaments and Adam Johnson for giving us breaks at Winston Churchill.  Also, I appreciate some Florida extempers for sending me the Crestian result soon after the tournament finished.  Keep in mind that we still need the results from the Isidore Newman School Tournament and the Nevada Debate and Forensic Festival, so if there are any readers in Louisiana or Missouri, please get us information about these tournaments.

Seven extempers qualified to the Extemp TOC last week and after making a correction and adding Jason Singh of Green Valley High School in Nevada to the qualified list under category 2B, that brings the total number of extempers qualified to 199.  Texas has more qualifiers than any other state with 45 and Florida sits in second place with 21.  One hundred extempers earned their first TOC leg last week and the total number of potential qualifiers now stands at 284.  The Colombia Invitational is the only TOC qualifying tournament this weekend and if anyone is attending and can send us the names of elimination round participants and subsequent results we would appreciate it.

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2011 Extemp TOC: TOC Qual Board is Updated

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On January 14, 2011

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The qualification board for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions has been updated to reflect the results of the Myers Park Laird Lewis Invitational, the Fayette Classic, the Sunvitational, and the Southwestern Championships at Arizona State University.  The qual board also reflects the non-finalist elimination round participants from the Alief Taylor High School Tournament.  We still need the results from the Isidore Newman School Tournament and the Nevada Debate and Forensic Festival.  Any help the community could provide in getting us these results is appreciated.

Eleven extempers qualified to the Extemp TOC last week, bringing the total number qualified to 191.  Fifty extempers earned their first TOC leg last week and the total number of potential qualifiers now stands at 192.  There are three qualifying tournament this weekend:  the James Logan High School MLK Invitational, the Crestian Classic, and the Winston Churchill High School Tournament.  E-mailing us the results of these tournaments, or at least a list of the names and school affiliations of all elimination round participants, shortly after they conclude will ensure that our TOC qual board is as accurate as possible.

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2011 Extemp TOC: The Qual Board is Updated!

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On December 17, 2010

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The qualification board for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions has been updated to reflect the results of the Alief Taylor High School Tournament, the Dowling Catholic Paradigm,and the Western Kentucky University Hilltopper Classic. We have also obtained the non-finalist elimination round participants from the George Armstrong Heart of Illinois Tournament, so those results have been keyed into the system.  However, we still need the names of the non-finalist elimination round participants at Alief Taylor and we need complete results from the Isidore Newman School Tournament.  Any help the community could provide in getting us these results is appreciated.

Eight extempers qualified for the TOC last week, which means that 167 extempers have now qualified for this year’s tournament. Texas added four qualifiers and continued to increase its lead among the states.  Texas has 38 qualifiers.  Iowa added three qualifiers and now has four.  Thirty extempers gained their first qualifying leg last week, bringing the number needing another elimination round appearance to qualify to 142.

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2011 Extemp TOC: Qual Board is Updated!

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On December 9, 2010

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The qualification board for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions has been updated to reflect the results of George Mason, Princeton, Bradley, and the University of Texas at Austin.  We still need the names of any non-finalist elimination round participants from the George Armstrong Heart of Illinois Tournament (Bradley), so if you have those please send them our way.

Last weekend, twenty-one extempers qualified for the Extemp TOC. This brings the tally of extempers who have now qualified to 159.  Texas added nine qualifiers to increase its qualifier lead to seventeen over Florida and Kansas.  120 extempers now have one qualifying leg and need another elimination round appearance to become a qualifier.

This weekend four tournaments host Extemp TOC qualifiers:  the Dowling Catholic Paradigm in Iowa, the Alief Elsik High School Tournament in Texas, the Isidore Newman School Tournament in Louisiana, and the Western Kentucky University Hilltopper Classic in Kentucky.  As always, if you have any results from these tournaments forward them our way so we can make sure our TOC qual board is as accurate as possible.

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Extemp Central Recognized at the Extemp TOC!

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On May 17, 2010

In Extemp TOC, Site News

Yesterday, Extemp Central was recognized at the Extemp TOC awards ceremony for its role in assisting the high school extemp community.  Although the TOC Service Award was awarded to me, I would like to say that the award should be shared with Corey Alderdice, our website manager, as well as everyone who has worked for the site since it came online in the summer of 2006:  Michael Garson, Colin West, Hunter Kendrick, Sebastian Pyrek, Adam Johnson, Stacey Chen, Mark Royce, Ian Panchevre, Omar Qureshi, Akshar Rambachan, Nicholas Cugini, Max Webster, David Tannenwald, Bill Thompson, Rob Warchol, Sarah Anand, Matt Arons, and Evan Larson.

Also, thank you to everyone who has helped spread the word about Extemp Central.  It continues to grow and it is good to know that many programs and students have found it useful over the last several years.   Without your support, this website would not exist.  Look for the return of R&D (based on CFL/NFL topic areas) starting late Monday evening, the wrap up of this year’s National Points Race, topic area brief books for CFL & NFL Nats, and other resources in the run up to NFL Nationals in Kansas City!

Extemp Central thanks the Extemp TOC and its staff for the recognition.

-Logan Scisco

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