The James Logan MLK Invitational, which is a new addition to this year’s National Points Race, was held several weeks ago in Union City, California. The tournament splits the field into United States and International Extemp categories. Mike Zhu of Dougherty Valley High School in California won U.S. Extemp and John Cherian of Bellarmine College Prep in California won International Extemp. Bellarmine College Prep led all of the other schools in the tournament by placing the top three competitors in International Extemp and having a finalist in U.S. Extemp. Since extempers cannot enter both categories at MLK, Extemp Central does not need to worry about double counting like we do at Florida Blue Key or St. Mark’s. As a result, all finalists in each category earn points, although teams are still capped, with their top three finishers counting for points for the National Team Points Race.
Here are the results of the James Logan High School MLK Invitational (full results can be found here):
United States Extemp
Champion: Mike Zhu (Dougherty Valley High School, California)
2nd: Kelly Wu (Leland High School, California)
3rd: PayPay Trinh (Gabrielino High School, California)
4th: Redmond McNamara (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
5th: Jeff Leibenhaut (Mira Loma High School, California)
6th: Yvonne Chen (Leland High School, California)
International Extemp
Champion: John Cherian (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
2nd: Rohan Dhoopar (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
3rd: Aditya Limaye (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
4th: Neil Prasad (Saratoga High School, California)
5th: Jonathon Singleton (Gabrielino High School, California)
6th: Sheelah Bearfoot (Delta Charter School, California)
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