Following lunch, the fifth round of the MBA Extemp Round Robin is getting ready to take place. This round will be followed by round six and then a refresher from 5:30-6:15 until draw for the final round of the day takes place. Each extempers National Points Race rank is identified within parenthesis to the left of their name.
The topic area for this round is Asia.
Section One:
Judges: Seth Peckham, Anjan Choudhury, and Harry Strong
1. (T4) Anna Gunderson (Desert Vista High School, Arizona)
2. (T7) Nabeel Zewail (San Marino High School, California)
3. (T15) Rohan Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
4. (1) Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
Section Two:
Judges: Stacey Chen, Bill Healy, and Steve Meadows
1. (6) Jared Odessky (Nova High School, Florida)
2. (T4) Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
3. (T9) Tyler Fabbri (Chesterton High School, Indiana)
4. (12) Mirza Germovic (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
Section Three:
Judges: Jack Grennan, Robert Kelly, and Cheryl Potts
1. (2) Steven Elliott (Lakeville North High School, Minnesota)
2. (T7) Oscar Wang (San Marino High School, California)
3. (3) Jacob Baker (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
4. (NR) Gabriela Barahona (Spring High School, Texas)
Section Four:
Judges: John Moynihan, Steve Moss, and Howard Miller
1. (T17) Shahid Ahmed (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
2. (NR) Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
3. (T9) James Mohan (Danville High School, Kentucky)
4. (NR) Karen Zhou (Lakeville North High School, Minnesota)