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Round seven prep will begin @ 6:15 p.m. CST.  The topic area will be foreign hotspots.  The line graph that shows where the 16 competitors currently stand (albeit they are not aware of what line they are) shows a lot of movement in the top six places.  In fact, the competitor currently sitting in first place entered today in tenth place.

Here are the round seven pairings:

Section One:

Judges: Bill Healy, Ron Kendler, and Logan Scisco

1. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
2. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
3. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
4. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)

Section Two:

Judges: Lisa Miller, Steve Moss, and Matt Murrell

1. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
2. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
3. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
4. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)

Section Three:

Judges: David Tucker, Dean Rhoads, and Jim Miller

1. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
2. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
3. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
4. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)

Section Four:

Judges: Scott Baker, Chris McDonald, and Liz Vieira

1. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
2. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
3. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
4. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)

This is the last round of the evening. The pairings for the eighth round will be released tomorrow by 7:30 p.m. CST.

The pairings for round six (draw set to go off @ 4:30) have been released.  The topic area for this round is every extemper’s favorite:  U.S. Social Issues.

Here are the pairings:

Section One:

Judges: Jim Miller, Neil Conrad, and Joe Vaughan

1. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
2. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
3. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
4. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)

Section Two:

Judges: Steve Moss, David Tucker, and George Clemens

1. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
2. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
3. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
4. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)

Section Three:

Judges: Dean Rhoads, Sharon Volpe, and Erin Melin

1. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
2. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
3. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
4. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)

Section Four:

Judges: Ron Kendler, Dan Sheehan, and Jon Cruz

1. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
2. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
3. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
4. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)

The MBA Extemp Round Robin resumes at 1:45 after lunch and the topic for round five will be U.S. foreign policy.

The topic for this year’s “experimental” (or as some say “the silly”) round concerned Obama’s administration. Extempers drew a name of a Obama cabinet appointee and had to answer a question concerning if they were that nominee what they would consider to be the biggest single greatest policy problem facing the country, how they would address it, and how they would ensure that the Obama administration made their proposal a priority.

Here are the pairings for round five (draw time @ 1:45 p.m. CST):

Section One:

Judges: Hunter Kendrick, Matthew Vansuch, and Brian Raymond

1. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
2. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
3. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
4. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)

Section Two:

Judges: Sharon Volpe, Lisa Miller, and Diane Forbes

1. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
2. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
3. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
4. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)

Section Three:

Judges: Justin Seiwell, Scott Baker, and Liz Vieira

1. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
2. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
3. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
4. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)

Section Four:

Judges: Jim Miller, Charles Oakes, and David Tucker

1. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
2. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
3. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
4. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)

Round four prep is now underway and it is the so-called “silly” round.  An explanation of what this entailed will be discussed when round five pairings are released in several hours.  Past “silly” rounds have included forming a question from the New York Times, picking a world leader and writing a question, or interpreting a political cartoon.

Here are the pairings:

Section One:

Judges: Sharon Volpe, Matthew Vansuch, and Bill Healy

1. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
2. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
3. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
4. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)

Section Two:

Judges: Jimmy Ficaro, Jason Warren, and David Tucker

1. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
2. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
3. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
4. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)

Section Three:

Judges: Steve Moss, Logan Scisco, and Matt Murrell

1. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
2. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
3. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
4. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)

Section Four:

Judges: Dean Rhoads, Jon Cruz, and Eric Melin

1. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
2. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
3. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
4. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)

It is almost time to start day two of the MBA Extemp Round Robin, with draw beginning for round three in approximately twenty-one minutes.

The topic areas extempers have had for the first three rounds of competition so far have been:

Round One: Asia
Round Two: The Bush Presidency Revisited

The upcoming round will have International Economics as its topic area. By the way, the topics have been written by Jason Warren of George Mason University.

Here are the pairings for round three (which goes off at 9:00 a.m. CST):

Section One:

Judges: Matthew Vansuch, Diane Forbes, and Sharon Volpe

1. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
2. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
3. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
4. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)

Section Two:

Judges: Justin Seiwell, Anjan Choudhury, and B.A. Gregg

1. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
2. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
3. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
4. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)

Section Three:

Judges: Hunter Kendrick, Billy Healy, and Scott Baker

1. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
2. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
3. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
4. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)

Section Four:

Judges: Corey Metzman, Dan Sheehan, and Logan Scisco

1. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
2. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny HS, Pennsylvania)
3. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
4. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)

Here are the pairings for the second round of the MBA Extemp Round Robin:

Section One:

Judges: David Tucker, Logan Scisco, and Chris McDonald

1. Morgan Brooksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
2. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
3. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny HS, New Jersey)
4. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)

Section Two:

Judges: Max Webster, Hunter Kendrick, and Ron Kendler

1. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
2. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
3. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
4. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)

Section Three:

Judges: B.A. Gregg, Diane Forbes, and Howard Miller

1. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
2. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
3. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
4. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)

Section Four:

Judges: Jason Warren, Jimmy Ficaro, and Steve Moss

1. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
2. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
3. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
4. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)

Here are the pairings for first round of the MBA Extemp Round Robin that were released just minutes ago!

Section One:

Judges:  Sharon Volpe, Brian Raymond, and Lisa Miller

1.  Alex Draime  (Howland HS, Ohio)
2.  Evan Larson  (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
3.  Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
4.  Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)

Section Two:

Judges: Matthew Vansuch, Bill Healy, and Steve Moss

1. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
2. Jason Ball (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
3. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
4. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)

Section Three:

Judges: Max Webster, Justin Seiwell, and Scott Baker

1. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
2. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
3. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
4. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny HS, Pennsylvania)

Section Four:

Judges: Matt Murrell, Jimmy Ficaro, and Jason Warren

1. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
2. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
3. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
4. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)

During this MBA Round Robin, Extemp Central will be bringing you live coverage.  This coverage will include the postings for each of the ten prelim rounds (along with their judges) and post the Exhibition Round participants when they become available on Sunday.  Stick with Extemp Central for updates on this prestigious event!