This weekend at the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational, Dillon Huff, who finished third in last year’s Extemp Central National
Here are the results from the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitiational. Thanks to Adam Johnson, 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.
Champion: Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
2nd: Nabeel Zewail (San Marino High School, California)
3rd: Nathaniel Donahue (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
4th: Bari Saltman (Berkeley Carroll School, New York)
5th: Jared Odessky (Nova High School, Florida)
6th: Zohaib Chida (Scarsdale High School, New York)
The final was a nice mix of geographic representation and congratulations to all who made it that far. The National Points Race will be updated shortly to reflect the Yale results.
According to reports from Yale, Aaron Lutkowitz of Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee is the winner of
Nabeel Zewail of San Marino High School in California took second place and Nathaniel Donahue of Durham Academy in North Carolina took third.
When full results come in, Extemp Central will post them and update the National Points Race.
The first national circuit tournament of the year at the Wake Forest National Early Bird has concluded and saw Emily Martin of Boone County High School in Kentucky, the lone female extemper in the final round, capture the championship. Meanwhile, Jackson High School in Ohio had a strong showing, with two extempers in the final round, both of which placed within the top four. Matt Meeks appearance in the final round also gave the state of Ohio, who had a string of strong finishes at the end of last season, half of the finals field.
The final round topic area was U.S. foreign policy.
Final Results
Champion: Emily Martin (Boone County High School, Kentucky)
2nd: Rohan Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
3rd: Matthew Alonsozana (Loyola-Blakefield High School, Maryland)
4th: Aaron Strickland (Jackson High School, Ohio)
5th: Karthik Sastry (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
6th: Matt Meeks (Perry High School, Ohio)
As was stated earlier in the day, all of the extempers above have earned the first points of the year for the Extemp Central National Points Race. The current standings will be posted on the site by the end of the week so keep checking in for details.
Here are the results from the 2009 Extemp TOC @ Northwestern 
University:
Champion: Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
2nd: Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
3rd: Matt Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
4th: Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
5th: Dylan Slinger (Lakeville South HS, Minnesota)
6th: Shaan Heng-Devan (Anderson HS, Texas)
The round was judged by Steve Moss, Michael Garson, Jason Warren, Adam Johnson, Ryan Murphy, Logan Scisco, and Jon Carter. There was a tie between Huff and Arons for 2nd place that was broken on judges preference. Triad questions were used for the final round.
Other notable results:
Supplemental Impromptu Champion: Grant Dowling (Scarsdale HS, New York)
Extemp TOC Service Award: Adam Johnson (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
Coaching Excellence in Extemporaneous Speaking: Diane Forbes (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
The 2009 Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin has concluded and here
are the final results:
1st place: Matt Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
2nd place: Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
3rd place: Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
4th place: Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
5th place: Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
6th place: Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
It took a cumulative score of 63 across ten rounds to make the Exhibition Round (the top five). The winner of the Exhibition Round was Dillon Huff.
It is interesting to also note that in rounds that were labeled as IX topic areas, Matt Arons beat the field, but in US Extemp topics Stacey Chen was the best.
The Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin has included some of the biggest names in extemp over the last decade. Below are the results of each tournament from 1999-2008.
Note: This section will be used to contain extemporaneous speaking results from around the country. If you have the results of a local/state tournament you would like to see here, simply e-mail them to [email protected].
NATIONAL CIRCUIT RESULTS
THE GLENBROOKS
Glenview, Northbrook, and Northfield, IL @ Glenbrook North and South HS and Various Sites
November 22-23, 2008
Champion: Stacey Chen
(North Allegheny Senior HS, PA)
2nd: Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, FL)
3rd: Jared Odessky (Nova HS, FL)
4th: Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, MD)
5th: Nabeel Zewail (San Marino HS, CA)
6th: Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, TX)
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY EXTEMP ROUND ROBIN
Fairfax, VA @ George Mason University
December 6-8, 2008
Champion: Stacey Chen
(North Allegheny Senior HS, PA)
2nd: Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, MD)
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY PATRIOT GAMES TOURNAMENT
Fairfax, VA @ George Mason University
December 6-8, 2008
Champion: Aaron Lutkowitz
(Montgomery Bell Academy, TN)
2nd: Jason Bell(Ladue Horton Watkins HS, MO)
3rd: Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, PA)
4th: Jovalin Dedaj (Fordham Prep, NY)
5th: Megan Race(North Mecklenburg HS, NC)
6th: Carl David Goette-Luciak (Blacksburg HS, VA)
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