Tag: 2009 Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin live coverage

The ten rounds of competition at the MBA Extemp Round Robin have been completed. Adam Johnson, the director of the MBA Extemp Round Robin, has just released the names of the Exhibition Round competitors.

Here are your Exhibition Round participants for the 2009 Round Robin. They are listed in the order that they will speak for the round:

*Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
*Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
*Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
*Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
*Matt Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)

The Exhibition Round will be judged by the other eleven competitors who did not make it and there will be a guest judge on the panel that is still TBA. Prep for the Exhibition Round begins in ten minutes.

In five minutes, draw for the very last preliminary round of the 2009 Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin will begin. The topic area for this round is U.S. Economics.

Here are the pairings for the final round of competition. Remember, that under the MBA format, this last round will determine competitors final placings of one through sixteen, with the top five competitors moving onto an Exhibition Round later this afternoon.

Section One:

Judges: Scott Baker, George Clemens, and Jon Cruz

1. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
2. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
3. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
4. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)

Section Two:

Judges: Tim Hogan, Sam Duby, and Logan Scisco

1. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
2. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
3. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
4. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)

Section Three:

Judges: Neil Conrad, Howard Miller, and Eric Melin

1. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
2. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
3. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
4. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)

Section Four:

Judges: Diane Forbes, Corey Metzman, and Tim Greenfield

1. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
2. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
3. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
4. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)

Following the completion of this round, there will be lunch for the competitors and the Exhibition Round participants will be announced in the library at 1:35 p.m. CST. Extemp Central will release those participants as they are announced by Adam Johnson at that time, with results following later this evening.

Here are the pairings for round nine of the MBA Extemp Round Robin. The topic for this round is international relations.

Section One:

Judges: Liz Vieira, Bill Healy, and Neil Conrad

1. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
2. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
3. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
4. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)

Section Two:

Judges: Brian Raymond, Matt Murrell, and Dean Rhoads

1. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
2. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
3. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
4. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)

Section Three:

Judges: Steve Moss, Anjan Choudhury, and Joe Vaughan

1. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
2. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
3. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
4. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)

Section Four:

Judges: Diane Forbes, Corey Metzman, and B.A. Gregg

1. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
2. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
3. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
4. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)

Starting at 7:30 p.m. CST, the MBA Extemp Round Robin begins its last day of competition. According to the rankings line graph, the top positions are still close, with lots of movement in the top ten spots. The lines from 11th-16th place are becoming more consistent, though.

Today’s competition involves three more preliminary rounds and the Exhibition Round will take place in the late afternoon. Awards is scheduled for after 4:00, and results will be posted later this evening.

Here are the pairings for round eight. The topic area will be U.S. politics.

Section One:

Judges: B.A. Gregg, Justin Seiwell, and Scott Baker

1. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
2. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
3. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
4. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)

Section Two:

Judges: George Clemens, Cherian Koshy, and Dan Sheehan

1. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
2. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
3. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
4. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)

Section Three:

Judges: Jimmy Ficaro, Jason Warren, and Sam Duby

1. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
2. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
3. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
4. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)

Section Four:

Judges: Ron Kendler, Anjan Choudhury, and Eric Melin

1. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
2. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
3. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
4. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)

Round seven prep will begin @ 6:15 p.m. CST.  The topic area will be foreign hotspots.  The line graph that shows where the 16 competitors currently stand (albeit they are not aware of what line they are) shows a lot of movement in the top six places.  In fact, the competitor currently sitting in first place entered today in tenth place.

Here are the round seven pairings:

Section One:

Judges: Bill Healy, Ron Kendler, and Logan Scisco

1. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
2. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
3. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
4. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)

Section Two:

Judges: Lisa Miller, Steve Moss, and Matt Murrell

1. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
2. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
3. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
4. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)

Section Three:

Judges: David Tucker, Dean Rhoads, and Jim Miller

1. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
2. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
3. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
4. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)

Section Four:

Judges: Scott Baker, Chris McDonald, and Liz Vieira

1. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
2. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
3. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
4. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)

This is the last round of the evening. The pairings for the eighth round will be released tomorrow by 7:30 p.m. CST.

The pairings for round six (draw set to go off @ 4:30) have been released.  The topic area for this round is every extemper’s favorite:  U.S. Social Issues.

Here are the pairings:

Section One:

Judges: Jim Miller, Neil Conrad, and Joe Vaughan

1. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
2. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
3. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
4. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)

Section Two:

Judges: Steve Moss, David Tucker, and George Clemens

1. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
2. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
3. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
4. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)

Section Three:

Judges: Dean Rhoads, Sharon Volpe, and Erin Melin

1. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
2. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
3. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
4. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)

Section Four:

Judges: Ron Kendler, Dan Sheehan, and Jon Cruz

1. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
2. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
3. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
4. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)

The MBA Extemp Round Robin resumes at 1:45 after lunch and the topic for round five will be U.S. foreign policy.

The topic for this year’s “experimental” (or as some say “the silly”) round concerned Obama’s administration. Extempers drew a name of a Obama cabinet appointee and had to answer a question concerning if they were that nominee what they would consider to be the biggest single greatest policy problem facing the country, how they would address it, and how they would ensure that the Obama administration made their proposal a priority.

Here are the pairings for round five (draw time @ 1:45 p.m. CST):

Section One:

Judges: Hunter Kendrick, Matthew Vansuch, and Brian Raymond

1. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
2. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
3. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
4. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)

Section Two:

Judges: Sharon Volpe, Lisa Miller, and Diane Forbes

1. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
2. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
3. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
4. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)

Section Three:

Judges: Justin Seiwell, Scott Baker, and Liz Vieira

1. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
2. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
3. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
4. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)

Section Four:

Judges: Jim Miller, Charles Oakes, and David Tucker

1. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
2. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
3. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
4. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)

Round four prep is now underway and it is the so-called “silly” round.  An explanation of what this entailed will be discussed when round five pairings are released in several hours.  Past “silly” rounds have included forming a question from the New York Times, picking a world leader and writing a question, or interpreting a political cartoon.

Here are the pairings:

Section One:

Judges: Sharon Volpe, Matthew Vansuch, and Bill Healy

1. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
2. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
3. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
4. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)

Section Two:

Judges: Jimmy Ficaro, Jason Warren, and David Tucker

1. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
2. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
3. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
4. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)

Section Three:

Judges: Steve Moss, Logan Scisco, and Matt Murrell

1. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
2. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
3. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
4. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)

Section Four:

Judges: Dean Rhoads, Jon Cruz, and Eric Melin

1. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
2. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
3. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
4. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)

It is almost time to start day two of the MBA Extemp Round Robin, with draw beginning for round three in approximately twenty-one minutes.

The topic areas extempers have had for the first three rounds of competition so far have been:

Round One: Asia
Round Two: The Bush Presidency Revisited

The upcoming round will have International Economics as its topic area. By the way, the topics have been written by Jason Warren of George Mason University.

Here are the pairings for round three (which goes off at 9:00 a.m. CST):

Section One:

Judges: Matthew Vansuch, Diane Forbes, and Sharon Volpe

1. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
2. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
3. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
4. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)

Section Two:

Judges: Justin Seiwell, Anjan Choudhury, and B.A. Gregg

1. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
2. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
3. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
4. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)

Section Three:

Judges: Hunter Kendrick, Billy Healy, and Scott Baker

1. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
2. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
3. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
4. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)

Section Four:

Judges: Corey Metzman, Dan Sheehan, and Logan Scisco

1. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
2. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny HS, Pennsylvania)
3. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
4. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)

Here are the pairings for the second round of the MBA Extemp Round Robin:

Section One:

Judges: David Tucker, Logan Scisco, and Chris McDonald

1. Morgan Brooksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
2. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
3. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny HS, New Jersey)
4. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)

Section Two:

Judges: Max Webster, Hunter Kendrick, and Ron Kendler

1. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
2. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
3. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
4. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)

Section Three:

Judges: B.A. Gregg, Diane Forbes, and Howard Miller

1. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
2. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
3. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
4. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)

Section Four:

Judges: Jason Warren, Jimmy Ficaro, and Steve Moss

1. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
2. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
3. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
4. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)

Here are the pairings for first round of the MBA Extemp Round Robin that were released just minutes ago!

Section One:

Judges:  Sharon Volpe, Brian Raymond, and Lisa Miller

1.  Alex Draime  (Howland HS, Ohio)
2.  Evan Larson  (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
3.  Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
4.  Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)

Section Two:

Judges: Matthew Vansuch, Bill Healy, and Steve Moss

1. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
2. Jason Ball (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
3. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
4. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)

Section Three:

Judges: Max Webster, Justin Seiwell, and Scott Baker

1. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
2. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
3. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
4. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny HS, Pennsylvania)

Section Four:

Judges: Matt Murrell, Jimmy Ficaro, and Jason Warren

1. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
2. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
3. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
4. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)

During this MBA Round Robin, Extemp Central will be bringing you live coverage.  This coverage will include the postings for each of the ten prelim rounds (along with their judges) and post the Exhibition Round participants when they become available on Sunday.  Stick with Extemp Central for updates on this prestigious event!