The top thirty in International and United States Extemp have been unveiled at the 2012 NFL National Tournament. After tomorrow, we will know who the final six contestants will be for the final rounds of the tournament on Friday.
All of the top ten extempers in the National Points Race stayed alive, with National Points Race leader Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt High School and National Points Race runner-up Isabelle Taft of Henry W. Grady High School in Georgia leading the field in International Extemp. Last year’s runner-up, Ashesh Rambachan of Eastview High School in Minnesota is also still in the hunt in International Extemp, as is John Cherian of Bellarmine College Prep in California, who dominated the West Coast in the National Points Race this season. In United States Extemp, William McDonald of Brophy College Preparatory in Arizona, who is ranked forth in the National Points Race, Chase Harrison of Millburn High School in New Jersey, who is seventh in the National Points Race, and James Fishback of IB Boyd Anderson High School in Florida, who is eighth in the National Points Race, lead the field.
Once the tournament hits elimination rounds, there are always some notable drops from the field. The biggest drop in International Extemp was Teagan Lende, who was a fifth place finisher at the Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin this season and was ranked twenty-sixth in the National Points Race. In United States Extemp, Kelly Wu of Leland High School, who was a finalist last season, was eliminated. Qian Wang of Mason High School in Ohio and Brandon Slotkin of Nova High School in Florida, who were semi-finalists last year, were also knocked out. The last major casualty in United States Extemp was Zachary Stone of Plano West High School in Texas, who was the winner of International Extemp at the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational this year.
Extemp Central congratulates all those extempers who broke at this year’s NFL Nationals and wishes those competitors who will compete in quarter-finals and semi-finals the best of luck tomorrow. Check back tomorrow to see our breakdown of the semi-finalists.
Each extempers National Points Race rank is listed by their name, with NR meaning that an extemper is not ranked.
International Extemp
(NR) Dylan Adelman (Lakeville South High School, Minnesota)
(T136) Areeba Ahmed (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
(31) Emily Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri)
(NR) Eli Bernstein (Belleville West High School, Illinois)
(39) Abhishek Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(T41) Cameron James Bonnewell (Lake Highland Preparatory, Florida)
(6) John Cherian (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
(T72) Kohinoor Gill (Desert Vista High School, Arizona)
(NR) Cat Hilbert (Fishers High School, Indiana)
(21) Eryn Hughes (St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Florida)
(22) Zachary Klein (Montville High School, New Jersey)
(T50) Aditya Limaye (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
(25) Matt Linn (The University School, Florida)
(T82) Jonas Majewski (Monte Vista High School, California)
(14) Robert McDonough (Holy Ghost Preparatory, Pennsylvania)
(12) Allison McKibban (El Dorado High School, Kansas)
(NR) Daniel Morgan-Russell (George Washington High School, Colorado)
(1) Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
(NR) Linda Pei (Manhattan High School, Kansas)
(NR) James Qian (Tempe Preparatory Academy, Arizona)
(18) Asheshananda Rambachan (Eastview High School, Minnesota)
(15) Matt Rauen (Pennsbury High School, Pennsylvania)
(T41) Miles I. Saffran (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
(34) Abhilash Sandireddy (James Madison Memorial High School, Wisconsin)
(T91) Sidarth Singh (Munster High School, Indiana)
(NR) Gabe Slater (Denver East High School, Colorado)
(NR) Lavanya Sunder (Lamar High School – Houston, Texas)
(2) Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
(NR) Emily Temple-Wood (Downers Grove North High School, Illinois)
United States Extemp
(NR) Alex Abston (Northland Christian School, Texas)
(NR) Yasmin Alaoui (Cypress Ridge High School, Texas)
(NR) Adithya Balaji (Eastview High School, Minnesota)
(NR) Damon Brown (Independence Truman High School, Missouri)
(NR) Christine Y. Cahill (Milton Academy, Massachusetts)
(NR) Richard Clark (Cardinal Mooney High School, Ohio)
(T45) Rohan Dhoopar (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
(NR) Anna Diep (Gabrielino High School, California)
(T58) Jake Ethe (Half Hollow Hills East High School, New York)
(23) Gabriel Ferrante (Iona Preparatory School, New York)
(8) James Fishback (IB Boyd Anderson High School, Florida)
(NR) Rebecca D. `Frazer
(NR) Jad Hamdan (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(7) Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
(NR) Chris Jordan (Brophy College Preparatory, Arizona)
(40) AK Komanduri (Dominion High School, Virginia)
(NR) Sadie Lebow (McClintock High School, Arizona)
(NR) Shaun Lichti (University High School, California)
(4) William McDonald (Brophy College Preparatory, Arizona)
(T41) Caitlin Murphy (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
(NR) Benjamin Kenneth Pykare (Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, Ohio)
(NR) Alex Sapadin (Snohomish High School, Washington)
(11) Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
(28) Adam M Stromme (Eagan High School, Minnesota)
(NR) Debnil Sur (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
(T136) Lauren Tucker (Fullerton Joint Union High School, California)
(33) Matt Tyson (Chanhassen High School, Minnesota)
(NR) Madhu Vijay (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
(T58) Alex Wasdahl (Jackson High School, Ohio)
(35) Mike Zhu (Dougherty Valley High School, California)
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