This week’s local results include competitions from Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. We also have the results of the Purdue University’s Boiler Clash.
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Two of the top five extempers in this year’s National Points Race won state championships at last week’s Florida Forensic League State Championship Tournament. In International Extemp, Noah Wexler of Nova Senior High School, who is ranked fifth in the country, achieved an eight-rank victory over Andrew Langford of Lake Highland Preparatory School. This is Wexler’s first state championship and it is the first time that a Nova extemper has won the International Extemp category in seven years. Nova had four of the six finalists in the category, with Sanjay Supan finishing third, Adele Stock finishing fourth, and Eleanor Bock finishing sixth.
In United States Extemp, National Points Race leader Justin Graham of Trinity Preparatory School defeated teammate Nathaniel Saffran by four ranks to claim his first state championship. Saffran was attempting to give his family back-to-back winners in the category, as his brother Miles won the United States Extemp championship last season. Graham and Saffran tied each other in the final round, but Graham had a better semi-final performance, thereby giving him the edge in the cumulatively tabbed tournament. Daniel Greene of the University School finished third.
All of the finalists earned an automatic qualification to this year’s 2015 Extemp TOC at Northwestern University. Three extempers – Greene and Samantha Koreman of the University School and Oscar Larraza of Nova – give Florida three additional qualifiers to the TOC.
Here are the results of the 2015 Florida Forensic League State Championship Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):
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The Florida Forensic League (FFL) held its 2014 state tournament last weekend at the University School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and two new extemporaneous speaking state champions were crowned. In a battle of Barkley Forum finalists in International Extemp, Cameron James Bonnewell of Lake Highland Preparatory captured his first state title by two ranks over Isabella Paretti of Cypress Bay High School. Paretti won the tournament final round, but her margin of victory there was not enough to overcome Bonnewell’s lead from the previous six rounds of the tournament. Bonnewell’s victory marks the first time since 2011 that Lake Highland Preparatory has won International Extemp at the FFL State Tournament.
In United States Extemp, four-time TOC qualifying tournament champion Miles Saffran of Trinity Preparatory School lived up to expectations and captured the state title by three ranks over teammate Justin Graham. Saffran’s victory is the first state extemp win for Trinity Preparatory, who placed four of the six finalists in United States Extemp.
One automatic qualification to this year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) was handed out at the FFL State Tournament to Raymond Rif of Nova Senior High School. The other eleven finalists in International and United States Extemp had previously qualified to this year’s TOC through other means.
Here are the results of the 2014 Florida Forensic League State Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):
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Nova Senior High School, one of the premier forensic programs in the country, held its annual Titan Invitational last weekend in Davie, Florida. Twenty-eight extempers participated in the tournament and Daniel Greene of The University School (FL) took the championship, going straight 1’s in the final round. Sydney Britton of The American Heritage School (FL) took second and Greene’s teammate Samantha Koreman took third.
The tournament broke to semi-finals, but due to the size of the field, only the finalists earned a tentative qualifying leg to the 2014 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University. Three of those in the final were previously qualified, so only three extempers earned a qualifying leg at the Titan Invitational. Koreman wrapped up her category three qualification by earning a qualifying leg, making her the only extemper to tentatively qualify for the TOC last weekend. All extempers who earned a qualifying leg are indicated in italics in the listing of results.
There are no qualifying tournaments being held this weekend, but following weekend features two premier tournaments: The Glenbrooks, the largest high school-held invitational tournament of the year, in Northbrook, Illinois and the Villiger Tournament, which will be held at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Glenbrooks is a tournament that followers of the national circuit should keep an eye on, as four of the last five Glenbrooks champions have won an NFL national championship in the season that they won the tournament. The last five champions of the Glenbrooks also made the NFL final round in their chosen extemp category.
Here are the results of the 2013 Titan Invitational (Click here for tab sheet):
Here are the results of the 2011 Florida Forensic League State Tournament, held on March 3rd-4th at Wellington High School. All of these finalists have earned automatic qualifications to the 2011 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University. Thanks to Justin Kochman for sending us these results.
United States Extemp
Champion: Jared Odessky (Nova High School)
2nd: Justin Kochman (Nova High School)
3rd: Rohit Bhandari (J.P. Taravella High School)
4th: Bruno Mastrodicasa (St. Thomas Aquinas High School)
5th: Brandon Slotkin (Nova High School)
6th: Jacob Weil (Nova High School)
Here are the results of the Crestian, held on January 14th-16th. This tournament was an Extemp TOC qualifier and all elimination round participants earned TOC bids. We still need the names of United States Extemporaneous Speaking semi-finalists for the TOC qual board.
International Extemp
Champion: Brian Lynn (Western High School, Florida)
2nd: Jacob Gilson (Nova High School, Florida)
3rd: Lauren Blonde (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
4th: James Fishback (Western High School, Florida)
5th: Max Curtis (Nova High School, Florida)
5th: Daniel Batekyo (Pine View High School, Florida)
Here are the results of the PBCFL Tournament at Boca Raton, held on November 13th.
Champion: Meyer Kizner (Boca Raton Community High School)
2nd: Kevin Solove (Atlantic High School)
3rd: Haylee Becker (Atlantic High School)
4th: Brian Callahan (Suncoast High School)
5th: Michael Ollukaren (Suncoast High School)
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