At least week’s Barkely Forum, 49 extempers battled for the title in the first fourth tier tournament of the second semester. Ben Constine of Yorktown High School in Virginia scored the second national circuit title of his career, outlasting James Fishback of IB-Boyd Anderson High School in Florida and defending champion and MBA runner-up Isabelle Taft of Henry W. Grady High School in Georgia. Since the Barkley Forum in a fourth tier tournament, all of the extempers that made the semi-final round and beyond will earn National Points Race points. All of the extempers that broke at the tournament have earned a bid to this year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University. The round was recorded and will be posted to NFL TV. When it is posted, Extemp Central will provide a link to it.
Here are the full results from the Barkley Forum:
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