Here are the results of the 2011 Kansas State Activities Association State Speech Championships, held on May 7th at various locations. All of these finalists have earned automatic qualifications to next year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University.
International Extemp Class 6A
Champion: Linda Pei (Manhattan High School)
2nd: Newton Cheng (Wichita East High School)
3rd: William Ashley (Topeka High School)
4th: Taben Azad (Wichita East High School)
5th: Jake Seaton (Manhattan High School)
6th: Blaise Kehr (Wichita East High School)
International Extemp Class 5A
Champion: Alek Eskilson (Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights High School)
2nd: Erin Alexander (Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege High School)
3rd: Andrew Shaughnessy (McPherson High School)
4th: Jared Ojile (Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School)
5th: Sam Sumpter (Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights High School)
6th: Ian Mikkelsen (Topeka-Seaman High School)
United States Extemp Class 6A
Champion: Anna Zimmerman (Topeka High School)
2nd: Lucy Liu (Manhattan High School)
3rd: Peg Wefald (Manhattan High School)
4th: Tony Trent (Olathe Northwest High School)
5th: Amit Bhatla (Shawnee Mission Northwest High School)
6th: Dara McGreal (Shawnee Mission South High School)
United States Extemp Class 5A
Champion: Samantha Nichols (Stilwell-Blue Valley High School)
2nd: Jonathan Deckert (Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights High School)
3rd: Rian Browne (Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights High School)
4th: Rachel Cusick (Salina Central High School)
5th: Curtis Jackson Hermann (Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights High School)
6th: Alex McNay (Pittsburg High School)
Extemp Class 4A
Champion: Allie McKibban (El Dorado High School)
2nd: Connor Janzen (Buhler High School)
3rd: Dalton Mott (Independence High School)
4th: Chase Rooks (Fort Scott High School)
5th: Emily Thompson (Buhler High School)
6th: Jake Provo (El Dorado High School)
Extemp Class 3A
Champion: Dylan Meyer (St. George-Rock Creek High School)
2nd: Chloe Austin (Silver Lake High School)
3rd: Ben Peterson (St. George-Rock Creek High School)
4th: Brett Smith (Sterling High School)
5th: Jacob Schroeder (Silver Lake High School)
6th: Caleb McIntosh (Caney Valley High School)
Extemp Class 2A
Champion: Sarah Ullom-Minnich (Moundridge High School)
2nd: Ross Allen (Holton-Jackson Heights High School)
3rd: Sara Prendergast (Salina-Sacred Heart High School)
4th: Wade Gutierrez (Belleville-Republic County High School)
5th: Jacob Helm (Oberlin-Decatur Community High School)
6th: Eliza Hemmer (Salina-Sacred Heart High School)
Extemp Class A
Champion: Jacob Strayer (Lawrence-Bishop Seabury Academy)
2nd: Gunnar Hays (Almena-Northern Valley High School)
3rd: Sheradin Fabrizius (Wilson High School)
4th: Peter Cooney (Lawrence-Bishop Seabury Academy)
5th: Bror Moegster (Pretty Prairie High School)
6th: Ty Stelting (Deerfield High School)
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