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Adam Johnson, the tournament director of the Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin, recently released the sixteen participants of this year’s event, which will take place in person in Nashville, Tennessee on March 4-6.  MBA will be the first major tournament of the season and will be a second tier tournament, awarding 150 National Points Race points to the winner and points to extempers that make the top six.

This year’s field features extempers from ten states, with five of the top ten extempers in the National Points Race participating.  Two schools – Plano West Senior High School (TX) and the Harker School (CA) – have multiple extempers competing.

Congratulations to the following extempers for being invited to this year’s round robin!

*Peter Alisky (Smoky Hill High School, Colorado)
*Katelyn Cai (BASIS Scottsdale, Arizona)
*William Chien (The Harker School, California)
*Chirag Choudhary (Unionville High School, Pennsylvania)
*Mukta Dharmapurikar (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Gabriel Frank-McPheter (Gabrielino High School, California)
*Charles Hou (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Michelle Jin (The Harker School, California)
*Daniel Kind (Lake Highland Preparatory, Florida)
*Kyle Letterer (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*McKinley Paltzik (Phoenix Country Day School, Arizona)
*Cameron Roberts (Jack C. Hays High School, Texas)
*Cade Savoy (Teurlings Catholic High School, Louisiana)
*Alex Sorgini (LaSalle College High School, Pennsylvania)
*Ananth Veluvali (Edina High School, Minnesota)
*Faye Zhang (Eastview High School, Minnesota)

Tournament Director Adam Johnson recently announced the field for this year’s edition of the Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin, the first major championship of the season.

This year’s tournament is making history as it will be the first round robin held in a digital format.  The sixteen extempers, all of whom were selected for their placings at national and national circuit competitions over the last two years, will face off in ten rounds on January 2 and 3.

Congratulations to the following extempers for being invited to compete in this year’s event!

*Peter Alisky (Smoky Hill High School, Colorado)
*Jishnu Basu (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
*Katelyn Cai (BASIS Scottsdale, Arizona)
*Mukta Dharmapurikar (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Gabriel Frank-McPheter (Gabrielino High School, California)
*Vikash Giritharan (Eastview High School, Minnesota)
*Charles Hou (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Ethan Jiang (Seven Lake High School, Texas)
*Kush Narang (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
*McKinley Paltzik (Phoenix Country Day School, Arizona)
*Pranav Pattatathunaduvil (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Ashok Ramkumar (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
*Kay Rollins (The Potomac School, Virginia)
*Krishna Sanaka (Hawken High School, Ohio)
*Ananth Veluvali (Edina High School, Minnesota)
*Angela Wang (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)

Adam Johnson, the director of the Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin, recently unveiled the list of this year’s sixteen invitees.  These competitors, who represent eleven states, will compete in Nashville on January 5-6 in one of the two second tier tournaments in this year’s Extemp Central National Points Race.

Extemp Central congratulates the following invitees:

*Steve Asthana (Shrewsbury High School, Massachusetts)
*Mukta Dharmapurikar (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*James Gao (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Nikitha Kalahasti (Presentation High School, California)
*Anuj Kothari (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
*Gustavo Lanz (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
*Eve Mainster (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Jocelyn “Mo” Marks (Theodore Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*Alex Massa (Hoover High School, Ohio)
*Anurima Mummaneni (Westwood High School, Texas)
*Pranav Pattatathunaduvil (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Juliette Reyes (American Heritage School – Plantation, Florida)
*Kay Rollins (The Potomac School, Virginia)
*Jack Silvers (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Angela Wang (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Brian Zheng (Naperville North High School, Illinois)

Adam Johnson, the tournament director for the Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin, recently released the names of those who have been invited to compete in this year’s event.  The Round Robin, which is the first major tournament of the 2018-2019 school year, will take place January 5-6 in Nashville, Tennessee on the campus of Montgomery Bell Academy.  Extempers will compete in ten rounds, placed into sections of four where every competitors meets every other twice, and each of those rounds will have a panel of three judges and a three minute cross-examination period.

Here is the list of this year’s invitees.  Extemp Central congratulates all of those who received an invitation to this year’s field:

*Pranay Dhondi (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*James Han (University High School, Illinois)
*Nikolas Kirk (Brophy College Preparatory School, Arizona)
*Sam Lieberman (Acton-Boxborough High School, Massachusetts)
*Mo Marks (Theodore Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*Christopher Maximos (The Delbarton School, New Jersey)
*Jose Quinones (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
*Juliette Reyes (American Heritage School-Plantation, Florida)
*Kay Rollins (The Potomac School, Virginia)
*Arjun Shanmugam (Jackson High School, Ohio)
*Jack Silvers (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Jacqueline Wei (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Tristan Wertanzl (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
*Byron Xu (Tompkins High School, Texas)
*Vivian Zhao (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
*Brian Zheng (Naperville North High School, Illinois)

In addition, Johnson had this to say about the passing of Kate Fisher, who competed for St. Mary’s Hall in Texas and tied for first place at last year’s event:  “Kate was invited to return for her third year to participate in this year’s field after she tied for the Round Robin championship this past January. Aside from being an incredible competitor, Kate was also a wonderful person and had a vibrant personality. It is with great sadness that we will be unable to welcome her back. We will seek ways to honor her memory.”