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The second National Points Race tournament held last weekend was the New York City Invitational, which took place at the Bronx High School of Science in New York, New York. Jasper Primack of Newton South High School (MA) won his second consecutive National Points Race tournament of the season by defeating Noah Wexler of Nova Senior High School (FL) by an eleven rank margin. Primack’s large margin of victory was owed to him taking four of the five first place ranks in the final round. With this win, Primack earns forty National Points Race points.
The final round of the tournament was very Florida heavy as four of the six finalists compete for schools in the Sunshine State. In addition to Wexler, Justin Graham of Trinity Preparatory School, who won both halves of the Crestian Tradition last week, placed third. Wexler’s teammate Adele Stock took fifth and Nathaniel Saffran of Trinity Preparatory placed sixth in his third final appearance at a National Points Race tournament this season.
Jack Glaser of George Washington High School (CO), who competed at last year’s Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin, placed fourth.
The New York City Invitational is not a qualifier to the 2015 Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University, but it is a qualifier for the University of Kentucky TOC in April. All of the finalists at the tournament earned qualifications to the UK TOC.
Here are the results of the 2014 New York City Invitational (Click here for tab sheet):
Champion: Jasper Primack (Newton South High School, Massachusetts)
2nd: Noah Wexler (Nova Senior High School, Florida)
3rd: Justin Graham (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
4th: Jack Glaser (George Washington High School, Colorado)
5th: Adele Stock (Nova Senior High School, Florida)
6th: Nathaniel Saffran (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Semi-Finalists
*Charlie Barton (Regis High School, New York)
*Peter Joyce (Syosset High School, New York)
*Jacob Levenson (Nova Senior High School, Florida)
*Christopher Mayer (Montville Township High School, New Jersey)
*Jay Sirot (Montville Township High School, New Jersey)
*Vishal Narayanaswamy (James Madison Memorial High School, Wisconsin)
Quarter-Finalists
*Eleanor Bock (Nova Senior High School, Floirda)
*John Fitzgerald (The Delbarton School, New Jersey)
*Alexander Hirsch (Stuyvesant High School, New York)
*Nathan Hasslebring (Nova Senior High School, Florida)
*Abhinav Karale (The Delbarton School, New Jersey)
*Christopher Lee (Regis High School, New York)
*Jason Ma (Newton South High School, Massachusetts)
*Bharat Modi (Cary Academy, North Carolina)
*Giancarlo Musetti (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
*Ryan Naijimi (Nova Senior High School, Florida)
*Aaron Patel (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
*Sanjay Supan (Nova Senior High School, Florida)
*Nicole Zivkovic (Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York)
Extemp Central thanks the tab staff of the New York City Invitational for putting the results of the tournament online.