Tag: 2024-2025 Extemp Central National Points Race

New standings for the 2024-2025 Extemp Central National Points Race are have been posted to reflect the results of the early December tournaments that included the University of Texas-Austin Longhorn Classic, the Princeton Classic, and the George Mason University Patriot Games.  Check them out by clicking here or the “Natl Points Race” tab above.

As was noted in the Longhorn Classic recap, Robert Zhang of Elkins High School (TX) regained the National Points Race lead as a result of winning International Extemp.

This weekend will feature the first major tournament of the season as Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) in Nashville, Tennessee hosts its annual Extemp Round Robin, inviting what it deems to be the best 16 extempers in the country. Points will be given to the top six finishers. The winner will receive 150 points.

New standings for the 2024-2025 Extemp Central National Points Race are have been posted to reflect the results of the Florida Blue Key.  Check them out by clicking here or the “Natl Points Race” tab above.

There is a new leader in the National Points Race as Al Zaidi of Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy (FL) grabbed the top spot after a third place finish at Glenbrooks.

This weekend features the first triple header in National Points Race history.  The University of Texas-Austin’s Longhorn Classic, the Princeton Classic, and the George Mason University Patriot Games will close the first semester, offering points to extempers from different regions of the country.  The Longhorn Classic will be a third tier event, the Princeton Classic will be a fourth tier event, and the Patriot Games will be a fifth tier event.  The outcome of these tournaments has the potential to significantly shake up this year’s standings and will be the last chance for extempers to impress for bids to the 2025 Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin.

New standings for the 2024-2025 Extemp Central National Points Race are have been posted to reflect the results of the Florida Blue Key.  Check them out by clicking here or the “Natl Points Race” tab above.

Robert Zhang of Elkins High School (TX) still leads the competition but his lead has been trimmed considerably after Al Zaidi of Holy Trinity Episcopal School (FL) finished runner-up at the Blue Key.

The next National Points Race event will be the Glenbrooks, taking place next weekend.  It will be the first third tier tournament in this year’s National Points Race, awarding 100 points to its winner and points to all extempers who reach the quarter-final round.

The first standings for the 2024-2025 Extemp Central National Points Race are up! Check them out by clicking here or the “Natl Points Race” tab above.

Robert Zhang of Elkins High School (TX) has the lead after winning two of the first three National Points Race tournaments.  17 extempers have earned points in this year’s competition.

The next National Points Race event will be the Florida Blue Key, hosted by the University of Florida in Gainesville.  Blue Key was upgraded in the offseason, so this year it will be a fourth tier event, awarding points to finalists and semi-finalists.  Charlotte Reitman of NSU University School (FL) will be defending champion.

Next month the 2024-2025 national circuit season will begin online when the University of Kentucky hosts its annual National Speech and Debate Season Opener.  And that means the return of the Extemp Central National Points Race, which is entering its tenth year.

The Extemp Central National Points Race is a season-long competition that seeks to identify the top extempers across a select group of prestigious national circuit events.  Extemp Central recognizes that in some years the top extemper in the nation may not win the National Points Race due to the inability of some competitors to travel extensively.  Still, seven national champions are among the nine previous National Points Race winners.

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