The 2010-2011 extemporaneous speaking season has come to a conclusion and at tonight’s 2011 NFL National Tournament awards ceremony, Jared Odessky of Nova High School was crowned as this year’s NFL national champion in United States Extemp and Dylan Slinger of Lakeville South High School in Minnesota became this year’s NFL national champion in International Extemp. Slinger’s victory gives him a “double crown” of CFL and NFL national championships, making him the third extemper to accomplish the feat. It is also Slinger’s third major championship. Odessky becomes the first extemper from Nova High School to win an extemporaneous speaking national championship at NFL and is the first extemper from Florida to win a national championship since Jay Ward won U.S. Extemp in 2002. Slinger and Odessky each won their respective final rounds and Slinger becomes the first extemper in NFL history to win the final rounds of U.S. and International Extemp in a career. Ashesh Rambachan of Eastview High School in Minnesota was the highest placing underclassmen in either category, finishing one spot behind Slinger in International Extemp.
United States Extemp
National Champion: Jared Odessky (Nova High School, Florida)
2nd: Kevin Ye (Gabrielino High School, California)
3rd: Vijay Singh (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
4th: Peter Vogel (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
5th: William McDonald (Brophy College Preparatory, Arizona)
6th: Kelly Wu (Leland High School, California)
Final Round National Champion: Jared Odessky (Nova High School, Florida)
International Extemp
National Champion: Dylan Slinger (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)
2nd: Asheshananda Rambachan (Eastview High School, Minnesota)
3rd: Ben Mabie (James Logan High School, California)
4th: Curan Mehra (Scarsdale High School, New York)
5th: Grace Pyo (Olentangy Liberty High School, Ohio)
6th: Milap Mehta (Downers Grove South High School, Illinois)
Final Round National Champion: Dylan Slinger (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)
Extemp Central congratulates all of the finalists. To find out how these results impacted the final standings of the 2010-2011 National Points Race, check back on Monday!
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