2015 Iowa Forensic League All-Iowa Finals: Des Moines Roosevelt Continues Its Dominance as Drane and Thompson Claim State Championships

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Des Moines Roosevelt High School continued its domination of the Iowa extemp circuit as it swept both extemporaneous speaking categories at last week’s Iowa High School Forensic League All-Iowa Finals for the seventh consecutive year.

In International Extemp, Daniel Drane of Des Moines Roosevelt won his first state championship, defeating Maxwell Fenton of Dowling Catholic High School by four ranks. Drane’s win marks the ninth straight win for Des Moines Roosevelt in the category. Josh Kinyon of Bettendorf High School placed third.

In United States Extemp, Jacob Thompson of Des Moines Roosevelt defeated teammate Regan Copple by four ranks to claim his first state championship. This is Des Moines Roosevelt’s seventh consecutive USX victory. Nicholas Adam Johnston of Clarke Columbus High School took third.

Aside from Drane and Thompson, none of the other finalists had pre-qualified to this year’s Extemp TOC at Northwestern University. As a result, Iowa qualified eleven new extempers as TOC rules stipulate that all state finalists automatically qualify for the tournament.  Those who qualified to the TOC by virtue of making the final round of their respective extemporaneous speaking category are indicated in italics below.

Here are the results of the Iowa Forensic League All-Iowa Finals (Click here for tab sheet):

International Extemp

Champion: Daniel Drane (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
2nd: Maxwell Fenton (Dowling Catholic High School, Iowa)
3rd: Josh Kinyon (Bettendorf High School, Iowa)
4th: Elena Hildebrandt (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
5th: Jacob Appel (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
6th: Ethan Kluesner (Dowling Catholic High School, Iowa)
7th: Alexis Rivett (Johnston High School, Iowa)

United States Extemp

Champion: Jacob Thompson (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
2nd: Regan Copple (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
3rd: Nicholas Adam Johnston (Clarke Columbus High School, Iowa)
4th: Jenna Pokorny (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
5th: Elliot Sheaff (Dowling Catholic High School, Iowa)
6th: Theodore Appel (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)

Extemp Central thanks the Iowa Forensic League for putting the results of the tournament online and Daniel Drane for sending them to us.