Last week Emory University hosted its annual Barkley Forum, which was held online for the second straight year. #1 Daniel Kind of Lake Highland Preparatory (FL) won his sixth consecutive National Points Race event – a new record – and successfully defended his title against a field of 66 extempers. Kind took three first place ranks in the final round, defeating #21 Gabriel Bo of Plano West Senior High School (TX) by three ranks. Natasha Banga of Coppell High School (TX) placed third, five ranks behind Bo.

Two other finalists were ranked in the top 10 of the National Points Race. #5 Marc Zavarro of Western High School (FL) placed fourth and #8 Kyle Letterer of Plano West, who won United States Extemp at the Longhorn Classic last month, was fifth.

Theodore Gercken of College Preparatory School (CA) placed sixth.

Other notable finishes saw #14 Praveen Kumar of the Hawken School (OH) and #18 William Chien of the Harker School (CA) make the semi-final round. #14 Phoena Lin of Plano West reached quarter-finals.

Since the Barkley Forum is a fourth tier tournament in the National Points Race all extempers who reached semi-finals will receive points and new standings will be released later this week.

In terms of TOC qualifications, all finalists receive a bid to the University of Kentucky TOC while all semi-finalists receive a bid to the Extemp TOC.

Here are the results of the 2022 Barkley Forum (Click here for tab sheet):

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