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Last weekend at the NSU-University School Jose Quinones of Cypress Bay High School (FL) triumphed in the 2018 Sunvitational. Quinones edged out MBA invitee and New York City Invitational winner Christopher Maximos of the Delbarton School (NJ) on judges preference after both competitors tied in the final round with a score of ten. Lekha Sunder of Lamar High School in Houston (TX) was the third place finisher. The victory is the first for Quinones on the national circuit this season.
All told, Florida placed very well compared to other states that attended the tournament. Three of the finalists in the tournament were from Florida and the state made up half of the competitors that reached the semi-final round.
Quinones will earn seventy National Points Race points for his win at the Sunvitational and all competitors who reached the semi-finals will earn points per the fourth tier requirements of the National Points Race. The standings of the 2017-2018 race will be posted later in the week.
All of the extempers who reached the quarter-final round and beyond earned a bid to the 2018 Extemp TOC at Northwestern, while all finalists and semi-finalists earned a bid to the University of Kentucky TOC since there were more than seventy-three entries in the tournament.
Here were the results of the 2018 Sunvitational (Click here for tab sheet):
Champion: Jose Quinones (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
2nd: Christopher Maximos (The Delbarton School, New Jersey)
3rd: Lekha Sunder (Lamar High School-Houston, Texas)
4th: Tristan Wertanzl (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
5th: Juliette Reyes (American Heritage School, Florida)
6th: Clara Enders (Scarsdale High School, New York)
Semi-Finalists
*Ismail Ameen (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Nishant Bhaumik (Syosset High School, New York)
*James Kim (Pine View School, Florida)
*Jose Leon (St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Florida)
*Matthew McQuistion (Casady School, Oklahoma)
*Alissa Vuillier (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
Quarter-Finalists
*Dorothy Bogen (Laurel School, Ohio)
*Susana Denis (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
*Gustavo Duran (Cypress Bay High School, Florida)
*Deepa Irakam (Watchung Hills Regional High School, New Jersey)
*Harrison Koeppel (Oxbridge Academy, Florida)
*Sourish Kundu (Eagan High School, Minnesota)
*Jocelyn Marks (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*Bridget McManamon (Moorhead High School, Minnesota)
*Marco Munoz (Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Florida)
*sana Rahman (Pine View School, Florida)
*Jacqueline Sanchez (West Broward High School, Florida)
*Owen Smith (Nova Senior High School, Florida)
*Kayla Wood (C. Leon King High School, Florida)
Extemp Central thanks the NSU University School for putting the results of the tournament online.