After some brief words of advice from tournament director Adam Johnson, the pairings for the first round of the 2010 Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin have been released. Each extempers National Points Race rank is identified within parenthesis to the left of their name.
The topic area for this round will be Constitutional Issues, Courts, and States.
Section One:
Judges: Diane Forbes, Liz Vieira, and Stacey Chen
1. (T9) James Mohan (Danville High School, Kentucky)
2. (T9) Tyler Fabbri (Chesterton High School, Indiana)
3. (T7) Oscar Wang (San Marino High School, California)
4. (T15) Rohan Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
Section Two:
Judges: Ian Panchevre, Bill Healy, and Steve Moss
1. (2) Steven Elliott (Lakeville North High School, Minnesota)
2. (T4) Anna Gunderson (Desert Vista High School, Arizona)
3. (NR) Karen Zhou (Lakeville North High School, Minnesota)
4. (6) Jared Odessky (Nova High School, Florida)
Section Three:
Judges: Max Webster, Hunter Kendrick, and Seth Peckham
1. (12) Mirza Germovic (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
2. (NR) Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)
3. (1) Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll High School, Texas)
4. (3) Jacob Baker (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
Section Four:
Judges: Steve Meadows, Jack Grennan, and Jason Warren
1. (T7) Nabeel Zewail (San Marino High School, California)
2. (NR) Gabriela Barahona (Spring High School, Texas)
3. (T4) Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
4. (T17) Shahid Ahmed (Plano Senior High School, Texas)