Last weekend, the Florida Blue Key held its annual speech and debate tournament. Des Moines Roosevelt High School in Iowa swept both extemp categories, as Lily Nellans won United States Extemp and Nathan Leys won International Extemp. Nellans and Leys were also the only two extempers in the tournament that finaled in both extemp categories. In the Round Robin, Joe Calder, who came into the tournament as the second highest ranked extemper in the National Points Race, from Cary Academy in North Carolina came out on top. The tournament was a fifth tier tournament in the National Points Race, so like St. Mark’s calculations will need to be made based on where all finalists placed.
We still need the tab sheets from the Blue Key tournament so that we can evaluate the quarter-finalists, semi-finalists, and finalists and render a judgment for which six extempers will earn National Points Race points. If you have this tab sheet, please e-mail it to me at [email protected].