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Princeton University was one of four colleges hosting an Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions (TOC) qualifying tournament last weekend, welcoming sixty-three extempers from across the Northeast and a few additional states. Charlie Barton of Regis High School (NY) held off a fierce final round challenge from Jasper Primack of Newton South High School (MA) to win the title in the cumulative tournament, which combines extempers preliminary and outround ranks to determine a champion. Barton took fifth in the final, but his sizable lead going in helped him defeat Primack, who won the final round by four ranks.
Syosset High School placed two extempers in the final round, more than any other school. Justin Kang finished third and Peter Joyce finished sixth.
All of the extempers making the final round at Princeton earned a qualifying leg for the 2015 Extemp TOC. Three extempers – Justin Cooper of Scarsdale High School (NY), Kang, and Brian Min of Trinity Preparatory School (FL) – earned their second and final TOC qualification leg to add their names to the TOC qual board. Joyce earned his first qualification leg at the tournament. All of the extempers earning a qualification leg are indicated in italics below.
All of the finalists also earned an automatic qualification to the University of Kentucky TOC in April.
Here are the results of the 2014 Princeton Classic (Click here for tab sheet):
Champion: Charlie Barton (Regis High School, New York)
2nd: Jasper Primack (Newton South High School, Massachusetts)
3rd: Justin Kang (Syosset High School, New York)
4th: Brian Min (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
5th: Justin Cooper (Scarsdale High School, New York)
6th: Peter Joyce (Syosset High School, New York)
Semi-Finalists
*Ryan Cimmino (Regis High School, New York)
*Michael Faucher (Regis High School, New York)
*Zach Kapner (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Christopher Lee (Regis High School, New York)
*Christopher Mayer (Montville Township High School, New Jersey)
*Noah Weinflash (Montville Township High School, New Jersey)
Quarter-Finalists
*Abigail Goldstein (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Brennan Lee (Regis High School, New York)
*Jason Ma (Newton South High School, Massachusetts)
*Jack McCordick (Regis High School, New York)
*Jack Odom (Unionville High School, Pennsylvania)
*Alexandros Pandazis (Montville Township High School, New Jersey)
*Keshav Rastogi (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Bill Reisman (Bronx High School of Science, New York)
*Ellis Sargeant (St. Joseph’s Preparatory, Pennsylvania)
*Ashwin Singh (Unionville High School, Pennsylvania)
*Namandeep Singh (Mount Lebanon Senior High School, Pennsylvania)
*Jay Sirot (Montville Township High School, New Jersey)
*Nader Syed (Claudi Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School, Texas)
*Cassie Williams (Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School, Texas)
Extemp Central thanks Princeton University for putting the results of the tournament online.