This year’s California Invitational attracted 178 extempers to the University of California at Berkeley’s campus and Bellarmine College Prep’s John Cherian, who is ranked in the top five of the National Points Race, came out on top. Cherian will earn 70 points for this victory in this year’s National Points Race. Cherian’s teammate James Thomas placed second. Wake Forest winner Jason Singh of Green Valley High School in Nevada placed fourth.
All of the finalists and semi-finalists at this year’s California Invitational will earn National Points Race points. All of the extempers who made the octofinal round and beyond have earned a qualification leg to this year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions at Northwestern University.
Here are the full results of the 2012 California Invitational (Click here to access the tab sheet)
Champion: John Cherian (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
2nd: James Thomas (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
3rd: Sheelah Bearfoot (Delta Charter School, California)
4th: Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
5th: Ronak Ahir (Leland High School, California)
6th: Yan Vinarskiy (Cherry Creek High School, Colorado)
Semi-Finalists
*Nikki Carter (Gig Harbor High School, Washington)
*Sona Jain (San Marino High School, California)
*Jonas Majewski (Monte Vista High School, California)
*Erik McDonald (Miramonte High School, California)
*Vijay Singh (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
*Eric Wang (Doughterty Valley High School, California)
Quarter-Finalists
*Gokul Asokan (Granite Bay High School, California)
*Megan Axelrod (Kent Denver School, Colorado)
*Anthony Hung (San Marino High School, California)
*Sandhya Jetty (Mira Loma High School, California)
*Joyce Kunishima (Schurr High School, California)
*Dan Morgan-Russell (George Washington High School, Colorado)
*Steven Lin (Leland High School, California)
*Neil Liu (Monte Vista High School, California)
*Laith Shakir (Leland High School, California)
*Jonas Trevethan (Turlock High School, California)
*Prerana Vaddi (Notre Dame High School – San Jose, California)
*Kathrine Wang (San Marino High School, California)
Octo-Finalists
*Kelsey Brewer (Centennial High School, California)
*Ian Buckman (Leland High School, California)
*Sabrina Chen (Saratoga High School, California)
*Matt Dietz (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
*Zach Grau (Schurr High School, California)
*Rohan Hardikar (Saratoga High School, California)
*Kaden Hensley (Bingham High School, Utah)
*Matthew Kartanata (Schurr High School, California)
*Ishaan Kolluri (Saratoga High School, California)
*Aditya Limaye (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
*Forrest Lin (Schurr High School, California)
*Omkar Mahajan (James Logan High School, California)
*Benjy Malings (San Dieguito Academy, California)
*Amanda Mileski (Monte Vista High School, California)
*Kazi Najib (Leland High School, California)
*Anoell Odisho (Leland High School, California)
*James Saddler (Tigard High School, Oregon)
*Margaret Schaak (George Washington High School, Colorado)
*Kunal Shah (Mira Loma High School, California)
*Jonathan Sheu (San Marino High School, California)
*Cameron Silverberg (Sherman Oaks CES, California)
*Umar Sohi (Monte Vista High School, California)
*Suzanna Steele (George Washington High School, Colorado)
*Charlotte Swasey (Mountain View High School, California)
*Madhu Vijay (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
*Steven Wang (The Harker School, California)
*Kelly Wu (Leland High School, California)