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2010 Florida Blue Key: Calder Wins International, Odessky Wins U.S., Chiodo and Slotkin Final in Both

On November 4, 2010

Last weekend, competitors converged on the University of Florida for the 2010 Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament. The tournament allowed extempers to do International and United States Extemporaneous Speaking and there was a lot of volatility in the final results. Joseph Calder of Cary Academy in North Carolina, who was invited to compete at this year’s George Mason University Patriot Games Round Robin, won the International Extemp competition, while Jared Odessky of Nova High School in Florida won the United States Extemp competition. Odessky adds this title to the International Extemp title he won last year at Blue Key. Catherine Chiodo of Des Moines Roosevelt High School in Iowa, who will also be competing at the George Mason Round Robin, and Brandon Slotkin of Nova High School in Florida were the only extempers to final in both extemp categories. Chiodo placed fourth in the United States Extemp portion and sixth in the International Extemp portion and Slotkin took fifth in both categories.

Since the Florida Blue Key is a qualifier for the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC), all of the competitors listed below earned TOC bids.

Here are the results from the 2010 Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament:

2010 Florida Blue Key: Extemp Round Robin Results

By geniao44446

On October 29, 2010

In National Circuit Results

Yesterday, the 2010 Florida Blue Key Tournament kicked off with round robins in extemporaneous speaking, public forum debate, and congressional debate. The extemporaneous speaking round robin had six competitors from three different states.

Here are the results of the 2010 Florida Blue Key Extemp Round Robin:

Champion: Nathaniel Donahue (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
2nd: Jared Odessky (Nova High School, Florida)
3rd: Rishi Bajaj (Trinity Prep, Florida)
4th: Catherine Chiodo (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
5th: Indira Puri (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
6th: Matt DeBari (Lake Highland Prep, Florida)

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St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Results Corrected

By geniao44446

On October 18, 2010

In National Circuit Results

Several readers pointed out some inaccuracies in our report about St. Mark’s results. In International Extemp, Karthik Sastry of Montgomery Bell Academy took fourth and Nikki Sachdeva of Plano East High School took fifth. In United States Extemp, Shikha Garg of Plano Senior High School took fourth, while Neal White of Lake Travis High School took fifth.

Extemp Central apologies for the errors and thanks its readers for pointing them out so that they could be immediately corrected. The initial results page for St. Mark’s has been updated to reflect these changes and can be found here.

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2010 St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational: Narayanan and Sachdeva Split Titles

By geniao44446

On October 17, 2010

In National Circuit Results

Over the weekend, extempers from Texas, Iowa, and Tennessee battled it out at the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational in Dallas, Texas. The tournament allowed extempers to participate in International and United States Extemp categories and broke to quarter-finals this year. In International Extemp, Akshay Narayanan of Plano Senior High School in Texas emerged victorious. Nikki Sachdeva of Plano East High School in Texas won the United States Extemp portion.

Here are the results from the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational. Thanks to Adam Johnson and local Texas sources, we are able to give you the results of the final rounds of International and United States extemp as well as the semi-finalists in each category.

Yale Invitational Results: Mehra Triumphs Over Donahue to Give Scarsdale Its Third Yale Win in Five Years

By geniao44446

On September 28, 2010

In National Circuit Results

The final results from the Yale Invitational are in. In the final round, Curan Mehra of Scarsdale High School in New York defeated Nathaniel Donahue of Durham Academy in North Carolina to become the 2010 champion. Mehra’s victory marks the third time since 2006 that an extemper from Scarsdale High School has won the tournament. Donahue, last year’s third place finisher, has now finished second at the first two major national circuit events of the season.

Peter Vogel of Ridge High School in New Jersey, who was 32nd in last year’s National Points Race, placed third. Matt DeBari of Lake Highland Prep in Florida, who finished sixth at Wake Forest, made semi-finals and will add to his National Points Race total. Audrey Denis of the Berkeley Carroll School in New York, who was unranked last year, but finished tied for 22nd in the 2008-2009 National Points Race, earned points for making semi-finals. Other National Points Race notables such as Jared Odessky of Nova High School in Florida, Ben Constine of Yorktown High School in Virginia, and Emily Martin of Boone County High School in Kentucky failed to make elimination rounds.

Local Results: The Grapevine Classic (Texas)

By geniao44446

On September 19, 2010

In National Circuit Results

Here are the results from the Grapevine Classic, held at Grapevine High School on September 17th.

United States Extemp

Champion: Susan Czaikowski (Lamar Consolidated High School)
2nd: Paul Samuel (Southlake Carroll High School)
3rd: Shikha Garg (Plano Senior High School)
4th: Kelley Kim (Spring Woods High School)
5th: Megan Schippmann
6th: Nick Lowrimore (Southlake Carroll High School)

2010 Wake Forest National Early Bird: Taft Has Wake on Her Mind

By geniao44446

On September 12, 2010

In National Circuit Results

The final results of the Wake Forest National Early Bird are in. In a final round that was dominated by North Carolina extempers, Isabelle Taft of Henry W. Grady High School in Georgia emerged victorious and claimed the first national circuit championship of the year. This is the second consecutive victory by a female extemper at the Wake Forest National Early Bird and the first time that an extemper from the state of Georgia has won a recognized national circuit extemp championship. Nathaniel Donahue of Durham Academy in North Carolina, who finished third at Yale last year and was on Extemp Central’s pre-season top ten list, took second.

Extemp Central thanks Dr. Steve Moss for providing updates from the tournament this weekend.

Live from the Extemp TOC: Zewail Earns Convincing Victory; San Marino (CA) & L.C. Anderson High School (TX) Place Two in Finals

By geniao44446

On May 17, 2010

In Extemp TOC, National Circuit Results

After two intense days of competition, the eighth annual Extemp Tournament of Champions has concluded at Northwestern University. On a day that began with the announcement of the 24 participants in quarter-finals, Nabeel Zewail of San Marino High School in California, a finalist at Yale, the California Invitational at Berkeley, and the Exhibition Round champion at this year’s Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin, marched through the tournament and won each of his elimination rounds to become the champion. Zewail was joined in the final by San Marino teammate Oscar Wang, who made his second national circuit final appearance of the season. L.C. Anderson High School in Texas also had a strong showing, with Haydn Forrest placing second and Shaan Heng Devan placing fifth in his second consecutive TOC final round appearance. Mirza Germovic of Des Moines Roosevelt High School in Iowa, MBA participant and George Mason finalist, and Valerie Shen of James Madison Memorial High School in Wisconsin rounded out the final. (More after the jump)

2010 California Invitational at Berkeley Results: Tembhekar Edges Out Baker to Take Home the Championship

By geniao44446

On February 20, 2010

In National Circuit Results

Results have finally been posted for last week’s California Invitational tournament at Berkeley. The tournament had seven extempers in the final round and was tabulated cumulatively. All of the finalists were from the state of California and two of the finalists, Jacob Baker and Nabeel Zewail were ranked in the National Points Race. The top six finishers earned points in the Extemp Central National Points Race as the California Invitational is a fifth tier tournament. After surviving three preliminary rounds and four elimination rounds, Amode Tembhekar of Leland High School surged past Baker, the third ranked extemper in this year’s National Points Race, to capture the tournament championship. Tembhekar took four of the five ones available in the final round to secure a two point victory.

Here are the results (click here for the tab sheet):

Champion: Amode Tembhekar (Leland High School)
2nd: Jacob Baker (Bellarmine College Prep)
3rd: Pradhan Bhat (Granite Bay High School)
4th: Ali Hazrati (Bellarmine College Prep)
5th: Remi Sun (Bellarmine College Prep)
6th: Ben Mabie (James Logan High School)
7th: Nabeel Zewail (San Marino High School)

Extemp Central congratulates all of the finalists. With the end of Harvard and the California Invitational the national circuit regular season has come to an end. The National Points Race rankings were not updated last week because we were waiting on the results of the California Invitational. Now that we have them we will update the standings and release them early next week. The next National Points Race tournament will the Extemp Tournament of Champions (TOC) in May.

Harvard Invitational: Barton Wins the Championship in Second Consecutive National Circuit Final; Ridge High School and Regis High School Get Two Finalists

By geniao44446

On February 15, 2010

In National Circuit Results

The 2010 Harvard National High School Invitational Forensic Tournament has concluded and Michael Barton of Regis High School in New York emerged victorious in one of the toughest fields of the season. As the elimination rounds progressed individuals in the top fifteen of the National Points Race such as points leader Dillon Huff, Aaron Lutkowitz (2nd), Steven Elliott (7th), Gabriela Barahona (11th), and Nathaniel Donahue (T13th) fell by the wayside to clear the way for a final round that featured two competitors from Ridge High School in New Jersey and Regis High School in New York. The round also featured two-time Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin invitee Karen Zhou and Shahid Ahmed, who was a participant at this year’s Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin as well. Barton was a fifth place finisher at the Barkley Forum two weeks ago and this victory will earn him 100 points in the Extemp Central National Points Race.

Here are the results of the 2010 Harvard National High School Invitational Forensic Tournament (click here for the tab sheet):

Champion: Michael Barton (Regis High School, New York)
2nd: Karen Zhou (Lakeville North High School, Minnesota)
3rd: Shahid Ahmed (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
4th: Peter Vogel (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
5th: Ricky Altieri (Regis High School, New York)
6th: Rohun Pai (Ridge High School, New Jersey)

Extemp Central says congratulations to all of the extempers who made the final round and to all of those who made elimination rounds at the biggest extemp tournament so far this season. The National Points Race will be updated by the end of the week to accomodate these results.

2010 Barkley Forum: Mohan Ends Huff’s National Circuit Winning Streak

By geniao44446

On January 31, 2010

In National Circuit Results

The 2010 Barkley Forum tournament has come to an end and when the dust settled, Jamie Mohan of Danville High School in Danville, Kentucky emerged as the winner. In the process he ended Dillon Huff’s four tournament winning streak this season on the national circuit. However, Huff still enlarged his lead in the National Points Race because he finished ahead of Aaron Lutkowitz of Montgomery Bell Academy in Tennessee in the tournament. Mohan gets 70 points in the National Points Race for his victory.

Here are the results of the 2010 Barkley Forum (click here for the tab sheet):

Champion: Jamie Mohan (Danville High School, Kentucky)
2nd: Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
3rd: Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
4th: Ryan Sasse (Nova High School, Florida)
5th: Michael Barton (Regis High School, New York)
6th: Emily Martin (Boone County High School, Kentucky)

Extemp Central congratulates all of the finalists. The next National Points Race tournaments are held simultaneously in a few weeks as the Harvard Invitational runs up against the California Invitational at Berkeley.

Live from the 2010 MBA Extemp Round Robin: Huff Edges Out Kessner For Overall Title; Kessner Wins Exhibition Round

By geniao44446

On January 10, 2010

In MBA Coverage, National Circuit Results

The 2010 MBA Extemp Round Robin has concluded in Nashville, Tennessee. Dillon Huff of Southlake Carroll High School in Texas emerged victorious in the tournament for his fifth national circuit championship of the season defeating Jane Kessner of Walt Whitman High School in Maryland by a mere two ranks. Huff’s cumulative total across all ten rounds of the tournament was a 47. However, Kessner won the Exhibition Round by taking six first place ranks among the eleven student judges and going 1-1-2 from the MBA alumni panel of Jason Warren, Hunter Kendrick, and Logan Scisco. The Exhibition round was made up of questions from past NFL final rounds. As a sidenote, Huff and Kessner were the fifth and sixth place finishers in last year’s round robin.

Here are the final results:

Champion: Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
2nd: Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
3rd: Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
4th: Nabeel Zewail (San Marino High School, California)
5th: Gabriela Barahona (Spring High School, Texas)
6th (next out): Jacob Baker (Bellarmine College Prep, California)

All of these extempers have earned points toward the 2009-2010 National Points Race. These standings will be updated by the end of the week. Also, by the end of the week Extemp Central will release the names of the winners of our MBA pick’em contest. Extemp Central congratulates all of the Exhibition Round participants and all those invited to compete at this year’s Round Robin tournament.

George Mason University Patriot Games: Dillon Huff Completes Sweep #2 of the Season

By geniao44446

On December 6, 2009

In National Circuit Results

gmu In the final round of this year’s George Mason University Patriot Games tournament, Dillon Huff of Southlake Carroll High School in Texas pulled off a second sweep of the season and captured the regular tournament to go with the Round Robin crown he won several days ago. These titles go with the United States and International extemp championships Huff won at St. Marks in October. This is the second time in the brief history of the GMU tournament that someone has won the regular tournament and the round robin. Another Texan, Tex Dawson of Plano West High School, did it in 2006.

Here are the final results courtesy of Aaron Lutkowitz and Adam Johnson:

Champion: Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
2nd: Oscar Wang (San Marino High School, California)
3rd: Jamie Mohan (Danville High School, Kentucky)
4th: Mirza Germovic (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
5th: Dylan Slinger (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)
6th: Andrew Pentland (JP Taravella High School, Florida)

Extemp Central congratulates all of the finalists on their performance. We have received word that the field for the Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin will be finalized this week. When Extemp Central finds out the finalized field we will bring it you ASAP. Find out who is in and who had their bubble burst this past week in Fairfax, Virginia. Also, National Points Race standings will be updated near the end of the week to reflect on the GMU results.

George Mason University Patriot Games Round Robin: Huff Downs Lutkowitz to Win His Third Championship of the Year

By geniao44446

On December 5, 2009

In National Circuit Results

gmu In the conclusion of the George Mason University Round Robin tournament last night it has been reported that Dillon Huff of Southlake Carroll High School in Texas emerged victorious from the field of eight. Huff defeated Yale champion Aaron Lutkowitz of Montgomery Bell Academy in Tennessee in the tournament’s final round. This is Huff’s third championship this season, to go with the two championships he won at this year’s St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational.

George Mason is wrapping up the preliminary rounds of its regular tournament today. When we hear any information about breaks we will be sure to bring it to you.

The Glenbrooks: Steven Elliott Makes Minnesota Proud; Chesterton Places Two in Finals

By geniao44446

On November 23, 2009

In National Circuit Results

The Glenbrooks took place this weekend in Illinois and when it was finished, Steven Elliott of Lakeville North High School in Minnesota captured the championship. He is the first Minnesotan to capture the title since Kevin Troy of Eagan High School won it in 2004. Elliott claims 100 points for himself and his school in the Extemp Central National Points Race (standings will be updated by the end of the week).

Final results can be found after the jump.