Several weeks ago Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South High School hosted the 43rd edition of their annual speech and debate tournament in Northbrook, Illinois. Like many tournaments this year, this was the first Glenbrooks to be in person since the COVID-19 pandemic. 64 extempers clashed in the first third tier tournament of the season.
#1 McKinley Paltzik of Phoenix Country Day School (AZ) maintained her winning streak in national circuit events this season, capturing the title by a ten rank margin after securing first place ranks from all five of the final round judges.
Fellow Arizonan #13 Sruti Peddi of BASIS Scottsdale finished second, four ranks ahead of Tyler Crivella of Seven Lakes High School (TX).
#6 Charlotte Reitman of NSU University School (FL), the winner of the National Speech and Debate Season Opener, reached the final round and finished sixth. Reitman finished behind Grant Killoran of Marquette University High School (WI) and Pierce McDade of University High School (IL). McDade finished one rank out of third place.
There were several ranked extempers that reached the quarter-final round before bowing out. These included #3 Theodore Gercken of the College Preparatory School (CA) and #15 Lauren Kim of Flintridge Preparatory School (CA).
Paltzik will receive 100 points in the National Points Race for winning the tournament and all extempers that reached the quarter-final round will earn points.
New National Points Race standings will be updated by Friday night.
Glenbrooks is a quarter-final bid for the Extemp TOC at Northwestern University and, based on the entry numbers in this year’s tournament, all finalists will earn bids to the University of Kentucky TOC.
Here are the results of the 2022 Glenbrooks (Click here for tab sheet):
Champion: McKinley Paltzik (Phoenix Country Day School, Arizona)
2nd: Sruti Peddi (BASIS Scottsdale, Arizona)
3rd: Tyler Crivella (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
4th: Grant Killoran (Maquette University High School, Wisconsin)
5th: Pierce McDade (University High School, Illinois)
6th: Charlotte Reitman (NSU University School, Florida)
Semi-Finalists
*Sofia Esteban (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
*Claire Han (Munster High School, Indiana)
*Anastasia Koch (Eagan High School, Minnesota)
*Francis Olakangil (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
*Rohit Vakkalagadda (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
*Fiona Yan (The Harker School, California)
Quarter-Finalists
*Skyler Burrus (American Heritage School – Palm Beach, Florida)
*Ethan Chen (Monte Vista High School, California)
*Brandon Cheng (Flintridge Preparatory School, California)
*Stephanie Cheung (Westridge School, California)
*Natu Daniel (Eagan High School, Minnesota)
*Theodore Gercken (The College Preparatory School, California)
*Noah Kammeyer (Millard West High School, Nebraska)
*Lauren Kim (Flintridge Preparatory School, California)
*Meghana Kunapareddy (Tompkins High School, Texas)
*Joshua Kwong (Monte Vista High School, California)
*Amari Luu (Pine Creek High School, Colorado)
*Param Thakkar (Eagan High School, Minnesota)
Extemp Central thanks Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South High School for putting the results of the tournament online.