The first day of competition at the Extemp TOC has concluded. There were a few drops, which reduced the field to 67 competitors. Quarter-finals is scheduled to go off tomorrow at 8 a.m., with an announcement of the 24 quarter-final participants scheduled at 7:30 a.m. Unfortunately, Northwestern University wasn’t very accomodating with their wireless passwords for guests across the entire campus so the live updates we had planned will likely not be able to take place. If anything changes, Extemp Central will let you know but results will be posted around 2 or 3 in the morning on Monday.
Some of the notable people competing in this year’s TOC include: Nabeel Zewail, Oscar Wang, Nathaniel Donahue, Mirza Germovic, Shaan Heng-Devan, Haydn Forrest, Audrey Denis, Emily Martin, Amelia Martin, and Kat Leung. There are others in the field, but these were some that were spotted at registration/early this morning.