Tag: 2010 MBA Extemp Round Robin

Here is the very last installment of profiles for the sixteen competitors who will be at the 2010 MBA Extemp Round Robin.  This last installment details Florida’s competitor in this year’s field, a pair of teammates from California that are making their MBA debut, and a Minnesota state champion who is making her return to the tournament.

Keep in mind that tomorrow on Extemp Central we return to providing you with regular content on the website and will unveil the rules of our contest where you can predict the order of finish for the top five competitors at the Round Robin and the winner of the Exhibition Round.  At stake will be gift certificates/cards to SpeechGeek, iTunes, and Starbucks.

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Here is the third day of profiles for the competitors at the 2010 Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin.  Today’s profiles center around three of the four competitors who are returning to this year’s field.

Don’t forget that Monday will be the 2010 launch of content at Extemp Central.  The weekly news quiz will be posted as well as the day’s R&D.  The MBA Round Robin contest will also be announced with rules, procedures, etc.  MBA Round Robin live coverage will begin late Friday evening and run through Sunday afternoon when the tournament concludes.  We hope that you will check the site for updates to follow the action.

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Here is day two of our profiles of the sixteen competitors who will face each other next weekend at the 2010 Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin, a second tier tournament in this year’s National Points Race that will award 150 points to the winner.

This year’s tournament is dominated by International extemporaneous speaking competitors.  It also has an unusually high amount of seniors as only two extempers competing in the tournament are juniors.  Texas and California have the largest contingents at the tournament with three extempers each.  This is the third consecutive year at the Round Robin that Texas has either had or shared this distinction. 

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Starting today and running through Sunday, Extemp Central will be providing detailed profiles of the sixteen extempers that have been invited to this year’s Extemp Round Robin at Montgomery Bell Academy.  These extempers will be competing for 150 National Points Race points and the opportunity to add their name to a distinguished list of champions at arguably the most prestigious extemp tournament of the year.

Just like last year, Extemp Central will provide live coverage of the event by providing pairings for rounds as well as Exhibition Round participants when they become available on Sunday afternoon.  Results will also be provided after the tournament concludes.

Extemp Central will also be having a contest where readers will have the opportunity to win prizes by guessing the exact placing of the top five extempers at the tournament.  This contest will open Monday and run through mid-day Friday.  Further details will be provided on Monday.

The profiles of the sixteen extempers attending will be grouped into fours and will be listed in alphabetical order.

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