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Iona Preparatory School continued its hold on the New York state extemporaneous speaking championship as Graham Piro won this year’s New York State Forensic League Championship Tournament two weeks ago. The tournament, held at Delaware Academy in Delhi, New York, saw Piro win his first state championship, the second in as many years for Iona Preparatory, by one rank over Christopher Lee of Regis High School. Piro entered the final round two ranks behind, but won the final round by three ranks to win the cumulative tournament. Lee’s teammate, Michael Faucher, finished third as Regis placed more extempers in the final round than any other school.
Three underclassmen extempers earned qualifications to next year’s Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Northwestern University based on their placing in the final round.
Here are the results of the 2014 New York State Forensic League Championship Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):
Champion: Graham Piro (Iona Preparatory School)
2nd: Christopher Lee (Regis High School)
3rd: Michael Faucher (Regis High School)
4th: Adam Hamilton (Bronx High School of Science)
5th: Monica Mishra (The Ursuline School)
6th: Ryan Klobus (Syosset High School)
Semi-Finalists
*Edric Huang (Stuyvesant High School)
*Yifan Kong (Webster Schroeder High School)
*Jack Lubin (Regis High School)
*Johnathan Neshiwat (Iona Preparatory School)
*Jimmy Post (Regis High School)
*Bruno Schaffa (Loyola High School)
Extemp Central thanks the New York State Forensic League for putting the results of the tournament online.