George Mason University has finalized the participants for this year’s George Mason University Patriot Games Extemporaneous Speaking Round Robin.  Eight competitors representing eight different states will compete.  In the GMU Round Robin, extempers will face each other in one-on-one matches and the two extempers with the best records at the end of seven preliminary rounds will face off in the finals.  In last year’s tournament, Dillon Huff of Southlake Carroll High School in Texas bested Aaron Lutkowitz of Montgomery Bell Academy in the final round.  Per GMU Patriot Games rules, those extempers competing in the round robin are obligated to compete in the Patriot Games general tournament, which begins the day after the round robin.

Here are the eight extempers who have been selected to compete in the 2010 George Mason University Patriot Games Extemporaneous Speaking Round Robin:

*Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
*Joe Calder (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
*Catherine Chiodo (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
*Emily Martin (Boone County High School, Kentucky)
*Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
*Alex Song (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
*Nabeel Zewail (San Marino High School, California)

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