The “Saturday Six” for International and United States Extemp have been selected. These twelve extempers will compete on Saturday morning for the right to become an NFL champion in their respective extemporaneous speaking category.
If NFL streams the final rounds like last year, Extemp Central will provide a summary of the rounds after they have concluded. Extemp Central will provide a video preview of the final rounds tomorrow evening.
International Extemp
*(16) Ben Mabie (James Logan High School, California)
*(4) Curan Mehra (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Milap Mehta (Downers Grove South High School, Illinois)
*Grace Pyo (Olentangy Liberty High School, Ohio)
*(T52) Asheshananda Rambachan (Eastview High School, Minnesota)
*(2) Dylan Slinger (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)
United States Extemp
*William McDonald (Brophy College Preparatory, Arizona)
*(6) Jared Odessky (Nova High School, Florida)
*Vijay Singh (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
*(8) Peter Vogel (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Kelly Wu (Leland High School, California)
*(15) Kevin Ye (Gabrielino High School, California)
Extemp Central congratulates the finalists and wishes them the best of luck as they prepare for the final rounds on Saturday.
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I’m still in shock that Nathaniel Donahue didn’t make it past quarters in USX, Ben Constine and Isabelle Taft octos and quarters respectively in IX. Either way, I’m looking forward to the showdown between Dylan and Ashesh in IX tomorrow morning.