Updated standings for the 2021-2022 Extemp Central National Points Race have been posted! You can find them by clicking on the “National Points Race” tab at the top of the page or by clicking here.
The new standings reflect the results of last weekend’s Harvard National Forensics Tournament and the California Invitational. Harvard’s winner, Marc Zavarro of Western High School (FL), earned 150 points for his win, while Thomas Vandenberg of Flintridge Preparatory School (CA) earned 100 points for winning the California Invitational.
Extemp Central had also planned on counting the Marshall Mini-Spectacular since the Marshall Speech Spectacular was typically a big Midwestern event. However, only four extempers competed at the Mini-Spectacular last weekend so Extemp Central made the executive decision not to count it in this year’s standings.
Next weekend will kick off the postseason phase of the national circuit as the Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin will take place in Nashville, Tennessee. Seven of the top ten competitors in the National Points Race will suit up and compete in an event that could produce more shifts in the standings.