Tag: 2023-2024 Extemp Central National Points Race

Final standings for the 2023-2024 Extemp Central National Points Race have been posted.  Check them out by clicking here or the “Natl Points Race” tab above.

In the closest National Points Race in nine years, Brandon Cheng of Flintridge Preparatory School (CA) won the National Points Race by 39 points over Sruti Peddi of BASIS Scottsdale (AZ).  Cheng was powered to the championship by one win in six National Points Race final round appearances.  He is the first Californian to win the National Points Race since the 2009-2010 season when Jacob Baker of Bellarmine College Preparatory won the title.

California had a strong year nationally as three of its extempers finished in the top 10, the most of any state.

Updated standings for the 2023-2024 Extemp Central National Points Race have been released.  Check them out by clicking here or the “Natl Points Race” tab above.

The new standings do not reflect much of a change at the top as highly ranked competitors did not attend this year’s Extemp TOC or the National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) Grand National Tournament.  Sruti Peddi of BASIS Scottsdale (AZ) remains the nation’s number one ranked extemper, holding a 106 point lead with one tournament remaining.

That tournament will be the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa.  The last top 25 before NSDA decides which extemp category at NSDA will receive a 50 points bonus.  Since 15 of the top 25 competitors are doing International Extemp, this means that the winner of International Extemp will earn 250 points and the final round winner will receive 50 points.  The winner of United States Extemp, which has 5 ranked competitors, will receive 200 points and the final round winner will receive 40 points.

Updated standings for the 2023-2024 Extemp Central National Points Race have been released.  Check them out by clicking here or the “Natl Points Race” tab above.

The new standings reflect the result of last weekend’s University of Kentucky Tournament of Champions (TOC).  Charlotte Reitman of NSU University School (FL) was the winner of that competition and earned 100 points.

This weekend features the other prominent Tournament of Champions (TOC) event on the calendar when Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois hosts its annual TOC of Extemporaneous Speaking.  The season’s second major is another third tier event and the winner will receive 100 points.  All competitors who reach the quarter-final round will also receive points.