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The University of Pennsylvania Liberty Bell Classic hosted one of its larger fields in recent years, due in part to the weather difficulties that plagued the Harvard National High School Forensic Invitational. Nick Guiliano of Holy Ghost Preparatory (PA) won this year’s tournament, defeating teammate Collin Quigley by a cumulative total of eight ranks. Guiliano is the first extemper from Holy Ghost to win UPenn since 2004, when Michael Hoffman took the title. He is also the third consecutive Pennsylvania extemper to win the tournament.
The final round featured two extempers that were not from Pennsylvania. Zan Ahmed of Syosset High School (NY) finished third, while Alex Wang of William G. Enloe High School (NC) finished sixth.
All of the extempers that made the final round earned a qualifying leg to the 2015 Extemp TOC at Northwestern University. Guiliano was the only extemper to finalize their at-large qualification. While other extempers earned their first qualifying leg, the TOC qualifying season is over, so they fall short of completing their at-large bid.
All of the finalists also earned an automatic qualification to the University of Kentucky TOC in April.
Here are the results of the 2015 University of Pennsylvania Liberty Bell Classic (Click here for tab sheet):