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Last Friday, the 2014 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament concluded in Overland Park, Kansas and two national champions were crowned. In United States Extemp, Arel Rende of Booker T. Washington High School (OK) became the fourth extemper in NSDA history to defend a USX national championship. Rende triumphed by seven ranks over Cosmo Albrecht of Robert E. Lee High School (TX). To repeat as champion Rende had to win the USX final round for the second consecutive year as he entered the final ten ranks behind Josh Wartel of Lake Braddock Secondary School (VA). Wartel ended up finishing third in the tournament and was the highest placing junior in the field. Rende becomes the first extemper in NSDA history to win the USX final round in consecutive years.

In International Extemp, Miles Saffran of Trinity Preparatory School (FL) won Florida’s first IX national championship. Saffran began the season by winning the Wake Forest National Earlybird and becomes the first extemper since 2007 to win the season’s first national circuit tournament and NSDA Nationals. Dylan Adelman of Lakeville South High School (MN) took second by eight ranks, but won the national final round championship. This gives Lakeville South three final round titles over the last five years. Adelman’s win also means that a Minnesota extemper has won the IX final round at the last four national tournaments. Rohan Dhoopar of Bellarmine College Preparatory (CA) finished third and was the highest placing junior in the IX field. Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA) came up three places shy of winning a career grand slam at this year’s NSDA Nationals, but she ends her high school career with the major championship record.

Extemp Central congratulates all of the finalists and this year’s national champions and their coaches.

Here are the results of the 2014 NSDA National Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):

2014 NSDA Nationals: IX & USX Semi-Finalist Placings

By geniao44446

On June 20, 2014

In Nationals Results

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Following the conclusion of each final round, the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) recognizes the placings of each semi-finalist. Here are the rankings for the semi-finalists in International and United States Extemp at this year’s national tournament.

Extemp Central’s final write up of the NSDA National Tournament will be delayed until late Monday or Tuesday due to the fact that I am moving and will be without Internet access for the next few days.

2014 National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament: Coscia Wins New Jersey’s First CFL Extemp Title of the Century, Thwarts Nellans Grand Slam Bid

By geniao44446

On May 25, 2014

In Nationals Results

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Extemporaneous speaking was the largest event at this year’s National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) Grand National Tournament, with 246 extempers arriving in Chicago, Illinois to lay claim to the season’s first national championship. The late elimination rounds featured two national finalists, four state champions, and five Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin participants, but it was Monica Coscia, a semi-finalist at this year’s Yale and Princeton tournaments, as well as a runner-up at this year’s New Jersey state tournament in United States Extemp, that took the title. Coscia thwarted Lily Nellans bid for a 2014 grand slam and a successful defense of her 2012 CFL national title (Nellans did not compete in last year’s tournament). Nellans, who competes for Des Moines Roosevelt High School (IA), tied Coscia at the end of eight rounds of competition, but lost the final round by one rank, which was the tournament tiebreaker. Coscia’s victory is the first CFL national championship for a New Jersey extemper since at least 1997 and her victory means that women have won two of the last three CFL national championships.

Josh Wartel of Lake Braddock Secondary School (VA) was the tournament’s highest placing underclassmen, coming in third and finishing only one rank behind Coscia and Nellans.

William Walker of Fullerton Joint Union High School (CA), a Glenbrooks finalist and 2014 MBA participant, was the only extemper to win two first place ranks in the final round, but two sixth place ranks weighed down his cumulative total and he finished fourth.

The topic area of the final round was U.S. economic policy.

All of the underclassmen who qualified for elimination rounds earned an automatic qualification to the 2015 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University. Seventeen extempers, not counting those underclassmen who had previously qualified through 2014 TOC outrounds and 2014 state finals, earned a qualification to the TOC through this route and are indicated in italics below.

Here are the results of the 2014 National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):

2013 NFL Nationals: Leys & Rende Win National Championships; Rambachan Makes Final Round History

By geniao44446

On June 21, 2013

In Nationals Results

The 2013 extemporaneous speaking season has ended with the crowning of two new national champions at NFL Nationals. In International Extemp, Nathan Leys of Des Moines Roosevelt High School (Iowa) stopped Ashesh Rambachan of Eastview High School (Minnesota) from repeating as national champion and became the first Iowan extemper in the modern era (defined as the beginning of the USX/IX split) to win extemporaneous speaking at NFL Nationals. However, Rambachan did win the national final round, thereby becoming the first extemper in NFL history to repeat as final round national champion in the same extemporaneous speaking category. This is also the third consecutive year that an extemper from Minnesota has won the national final round championship in International Extemp. The two underclassmen in the final, Lyubov Kapko of Tempe Preparatory School (Arizona) and Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt High School (Iowa), placed third and fifth, respectively.

In an underclassmen dominated United States Extemp final, Arel Rende of Tulsa Washington High School (Oklahoma), a two-time state champion, won an undisputed championship by winning the overall title and the national final round title. Like Leys in International Extemp, Rende becomes the first Oklahoma extemper in the modern era to capture a national championship at NFL. Since all of the finalists in the U.S. Extemp final were underclassmen, it is possible that next year’s final in Kansas could be a complete rematch of this round.

Extemp Central congratulates all of the finalists and this year’s national champions and their coaches.

2013 NFL Nationals: USX & IX Semi-Final Placings

By geniao44446

On June 21, 2013

In Nationals Results

As is customary as NFL Nationals, the semi-finalists in each individual and debate event are recognized after their respective final rounds. Here were the rankings of the semi-finalists in United States and International Extemporaneous speaking at this year’s national tournament. Any underclassmen that are on the last below, as well as those in today’s finals, have automatically qualified to next year’s national tournament. Extemp Central congratulates all of these extempers on their semi-final placings, which puts them in the top 6% of their category at this year’s national tournament.

Awards are scheduled to kick off at 7:00 p.m. EST.

2013 NCFL National Tournament: Ferrante Wins CFL National Championship, Ethe Takes Second

By geniao44446

On May 26, 2013

In Nationals Results

Here are the final results from the 2013 Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament that was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania over the weekend. Half of this year’s final round was composed of finalists from the previous year. Winner Gabe Ferrante of Iona Preparatory School in New York took sixth in last year’s final. Allison McKibban of El Dorado High School in Kansas took third, the same place that she took in last year’s tournament, and Robert McDonough of Holy Ghost Preparatory School in Pennsylvania improved his performance by one placing and finished fourth. Jake Ethe of Half Hollow Hills High School took second, giving New York the top two extempers in this year’s tournament. Ferrante becomes the first New York winner of the CFL extemp championship since at least 1997.

Defending national champion Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt High School in Iowa was not in attendance to defend her title.

Here is the complete listing of elimination round results. All elimination round participants have qualified to next year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions at Northwestern University (Rankings for the tournament can be viewed at this link):

Champion: Gabe Ferrante (Iona Preparatory School, New York)
2nd: Jake Ethe (Half Hollow Hills High School, New York)
3rd: Allison McKibban (El Dorado High School, Kansas)
4th: Robert McDonough (Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Pennsylvania)
5th: Omkar Mahajan (James Logan High School, California)
6th: Dylan Adelman (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)

2012 NFL Nationals: Rambachan Avenges CFL Defeat and Captures International Extemp Championship; McDonald Caps a Great National Circuit Year with a Victory in United States Extemp; Vijay wins USX Final Round Title

By geniao44446

On June 15, 2012

In Nationals Results

The 2012 NFL National Tournament and with it the 2011-2012 competitive season has come to a close. Ashesh Rambachan of Eastview High School finished what he began last year by winning the International Extemp championship and becoming the third member of his family to do so. His sister Ishanaa won the championship in 2004 and his brother Akshar won the championship in 2007. Ashesh also joins his three siblings in winning the final round national championship. Rambachan’s victory in International Extemp foiled Lily Nellans chance to complete a Grand Slam, but she will have a chance to complete a career Grand Slam next year. Rambachan will also have the opportunity to repeat as champion, which has never been done before in International Extemp.

William McDonald of Brophy College Preparatory in Arizona also capped a fantastic year by winning the United States Extemp national championship. McDonald won Glenbrooks and Harvard this year, so he has the unique honor of winning two of the biggest high school invitationals of the year on the national circuit and a national title. However, Madhu Vijay of Bellarmine College Preparatory in California won the final round national title and will have a chance to obtain the top prize at next year’s NFL National Tournament. McDonald’s victory is the first by an Arizona extemper at NFL Nationals.

NFL has not yet posted the cume sheet for IE and debate events. When they do, we’ll link to it.

Here are the results of International and United States Extemp from the 2012 NFL National Tournament:

2012 NFL National Tournament: Semi-Finalist Rankings

By geniao44446

On June 15, 2012

In Nationals Results

United States Extemp

7th: Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
8th: Jake Ethe (Half Hollow Hills East High School, New York)
9th: James Fishback (IB Boyd Anderson High School, Florida)
10th: Jad Hamdan (Jackson High School, Ohio)
11th: Mike Zhu (Dougherty Valley High School, California)
12th: AK Komanduri (Dominion High School, Virginia)
13th: Christine Y. Cahill (Milton Academy, Massachusetts)
14th: Matt Tyson (Chanhassen High School, Minnesota)

International Extemp

7th: Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
8th: Matt Linn (The University School, Florida)
9th: Eric Ehizokhale (Ben Davis High School, Indiana)
10th: Abhishek Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
11th: Dylan Adelman (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)
12th: Emily Temple-Wood (Downers Grove North High School, Illinois)
13th: Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
14th: Miles I. Saffran (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)

The national awards ceremony is scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m. EST.

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2012 CFL Nationals: Nellans Wins the Third Leg of the Extemp Grand Slam; Rambachan Takes Second

By geniao44446

On May 27, 2012

In Nationals Results

Over Memorial Day weekend, over 200 extempers gathered in Baltimore, Maryland for the 2012 National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament. In the final round, National Points Race leader Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt High School continued her winning streak at major tournaments on the national level and notched her third consecutive Grand Slam victory. It is also Nellans third major extemp championship, all of which she has won this year and it is her fifth victory in a National Points Race tournament this season. Nellans entered the final round trailing the runner-up, Ashesh Rambachan of Eastview High School in Minnesota, who was the runner-up to Dylan Slinger at last year’s NFL National Tournament in International Extemp, but rallied by taking four of the five available first place ranks. Nellans becomes the first sophomore to win the CFL Grand National championship and the first sophomore to win a national championship since Kevin Troy accomplished that feat ten years ago in Atlanta, Georgia at the 2003 NFL National Tournament in United States Extemp. Nellans becomes the first female extemper to win CFL Nationals since 2004, when Courtney Otto of Kentucky Country Day School in Kentucky won the tournament. Isabelle Taft of Henry W. Grady High School in Georgia, who was this year’s George Mason winner and who finished behind Nellans at the Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin, placed third. Allison McKibban of El Dorado High School in Kansas also deserves an honorable mention for making the final round, as she also made the finals of the Extemp TOC two weeks ago.

All of the extempers that made elimination rounds at this year’s CFL have automatically qualified for the 2013 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions at Northwestern University. All of the extempers that made the quarter-final round and beyond will earn National Points Race points.

Here are the full results of the 2012 NCFL Grand National Tournament (the tab sheet can be accessed by clicking here):

2011 NFL National Tournament: Slinger Pulls Off the Double Crown, Odessky Breaks Florida’s Extemp Drought

By geniao44446

On June 18, 2011

In Nationals Results

The 2010-2011 extemporaneous speaking season has come to a conclusion and at tonight’s 2011 NFL National Tournament awards ceremony, Jared Odessky of Nova High School was crowned as this year’s NFL national champion in United States Extemp and Dylan Slinger of Lakeville South High School in Minnesota became this year’s NFL national champion in International Extemp. Slinger’s victory gives him a “double crown” of CFL and NFL national championships, making him the third extemper to accomplish the feat. It is also Slinger’s third major championship. Odessky becomes the first extemper from Nova High School to win an extemporaneous speaking national championship at NFL and is the first extemper from Florida to win a national championship since Jay Ward won U.S. Extemp in 2002. Slinger and Odessky each won their respective final rounds and Slinger becomes the first extemper in NFL history to win the final rounds of U.S. and International Extemp in a career. Ashesh Rambachan of Eastview High School in Minnesota was the highest placing underclassmen in either category, finishing one spot behind Slinger in International Extemp.

2011 Catholic Forensic League National Tournament: Slinger Successfully Defends Title; Donahue Takes Second, but Clinches the National Points Race

By geniao44446

On May 29, 2011

In Nationals Results

Awards ended a short time ago for the 2011 Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament and Dylan Slinger of Lakeville South High School in Minnesota successfully defended the national title that he won last year in Omaha, Nebraska. To win his second CFL national championship, Slinger beat back National Points Race leader Nathaniel Donahue of Durham Academy of North Carolina in a rehash of the Glenbrooks tournament from earlier in the season. Slinger also avenged a defeat two weeks ago at the Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions by defeated Ben Constine of Yorktown High School in Virginia. This is the first time in ten years that an extemper has repeated as the CFL national champion in extemporaneous speaking. The last extemper to do so was Jason Lear in 2000 and 2001. Sophomore extemper Isabelle Taft from Henry W. Grady High School in Georgia continued her impressive season, which has included victories at Wake Forest and the Barkley Forum, by placing fourth and Ben Mabie of James Logan High School in California, who was the top seed going into elimination rounds, placed fifth. Brandon Pakkebier of Sheboygan High School in Wisconsin, who was a quarter-finalist at this year’s TOC, placed sixth.

Aside from Slinger’s victory, the other notable event is that Donahue’s second place finish, which is his eighth top three finish of the year, has clinched the National Points Race. While this will make NFL a formality, it should be noted that the second and third place finishers also receive awards from Extemp Central, so extempers who are within striking distance of those spots still have something to shoot for at NFL. The National Points Race will be updated near the end of next week so extempers can see where they stand heading into the NFL National Tournament.

Here are the results of the 2011 Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament. All of these elimination round participants have earned an automatic qualification to the 2012 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University. All of the extempers who made it to the quarter-final round and beyond will earn National Points Race points:

2010 IDEA/NJFL Middle School Nationals: Ross Repeats as National Champion

By geniao44446

On June 30, 2010

In Nationals Results

Last week the National Junior Forensic League and International Debate Education Association National Middle School Forensics Tournament was held in Des Moines, Iowa and Gregory Ross of Sidney Lanier Middle School in Texas outlasted thirty-one other competitors to win his second consecutive NJFL extemporaneous speaking national championship. Ross had the same cumulative score as Lilly Nellans of Callanan Middle School in Iowa but won because of judges preference. Sidney Lanier had half of the participants in the final round.

Final results are listed below. A more complete listing can be found here.

NFL Nationals 2010: Baker and Fabbri Return With a Vengeance; Slinger Takes a Second National Trophy

By geniao44446

On June 19, 2010

In Nationals Results

Last night, the 2010 National Forensic League (NFL) national tournament concluded in Kansas City, Missouri. Earlier in the day, the top six competitors in International and United States extemp battled it out and when the smoke cleared, Jacob Baker of Bellarmine College Prep (California) and Tyler Fabbri of Chesterton High School (Indiana) emerged victorious. This was the second consecutive final round appearance for both extempers. Baker’s victory is the second consecutive year that Bellarmine College Prep has left NFL Nationals with an extemporaneous speaking national championship. Fabbri’s victory is the first by an Indiana extemper in United States extemp and he becomes the second extemper from Chesterton to win an extemp national championship at NFL since the USX/IX division was created in 1985. Although Catholic Forensic League national champion Dylan Slinger of Lakeville South High School (Minnesota) was not able to obtain a sweep at NFL, he managed to finish second behind Fabbri and won the final round national championship. Baker edged James Mohan of Danville High School (Kentucky) by judges preference in the International final round.

Final results are listed below. A more complete listing can be found here.

2010 CFL Nationals: Final Extemp Results

By geniao44446

On June 3, 2010

In Nationals Results

Thanks to Andy Charrier of Lakeville South High School we’ve acquired the results for the top six at the 2010 Catholic Forensic League (CFL) Grand National tournament that was held in Omaha, Nebraska last week. As we initially reported, Dylan Slinger of Lakeville South High School in Minnesota captured the title over James Mohan of Danville High School in Kentucky. This was the third time in six years that a Minnesota extemper has won the CFL national championship. Since Slinger is a junior, he will have an opportunity next year to become the first extemper to repeat as CFL national champion since Jason Lear did it in 2000 and 2001. He will also have the opportunity to become the third extemper to win both CFL and NFL National championships in the same year, which Kevin Troy and Akshar Rambachan, the last two Minnesota extempers to win CFL, accomplished in 2005 and 2007.

Here were the final results:

CFL National Champion: Dylan Slinger (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)
2nd: James Mohan (Danville High School, Kentucky)
3rd: Michael Barton (Regis High School, New York)
4th: Mirza Germovic (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
5th: Bo Lint (Suncoast Community High School, Florida)
6th: Meera Sury (Roseville Area High School, Minnesota)

After CFL posts its complete results packed, Extemp Central will be able to enter the 25 pts. for the six semi-finalists at the tournament (the two that we know of are Forrest Richardson of Savannah High School in Missouri and Emily Martin of Boone County High School in Kentucky) and update the National Points Race accordingly. Congratulations to the finalists and Extemp Central wishes them the best of luck in Kansas City.

CFL Nationals Update: Dylan Slinger Captures National Championship; Mohan Finishes Second

By geniao44446

On May 30, 2010

In Nationals Results

Full results from the 2010 Catholic Forensic League Grand National tournament have not fully come in, but from what we have gathered Dylan Slinger of Lakeville South High School in Minnesota, the reigning Minnesota state champion and Extemp TOC finalist last year, has emerged victorious. Jamie Mohan of Danville High School in Kentucky, the champion of this year’s Barkley Forum tournament and the eighth ranked extemper in the National Points Race has finished second. Reports also indicate that Mirza Germovic of Des Moines Roosevelt High School in Iowa, who was a finalist earlier in the month at the Extemp TOC and is ranked twelfth in the National Points Race, was in the final round but his finish is unknown.