All ten rounds at the 2010 MBA Extemp Round Robin have come to a close. Adam Johnson, the director of the Round Robin, has just finished announcing the five competitors who will compete in the tournament’s prestigious Exhibition Round. These five competitors have placed in the top five of the tournament, although the order is unknown. Also, the sixth place finisher at the tournament (who is not in the Exhibition Round but will be recognized at awards) will receive National Points Race points along with the top five.
Here are your participants in the 2010 MBA Extemp Round Robin. They are listed in the order that they will speak for the round with their National Points Race rank in parenthesis to the left of their name.
*(T4) Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
*(T7) Nabeel Zewail (San Marino High School, California)
*(NR) Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
*(NR) Gabriela Barahona (Spring High School, Texas)
*(1) Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
The Exhibition Round will be judged by the other eleven competitors who did not make the cut. MBA alumni Jason Warren, Hunter Kendrick, and Logan Scisco will make up a special panel that will only have their ranks used to break ties. Draw for the Exhibition Round takes place at 1:50, with the round to begin at 2:20.