Earlier this evening Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin tournament director Adam Johnson released the list of competitors who will participate in this year’s tournament.
The tournament will take place on MBA’s campus in Nashville, Tennessee on January 7-8.
MBA is the first major tournament of the season, awarding 150 National Points Race points to its winner.
This year’s field features competitors from eight states. Texas has the most of any state with five.
McKinley Paltzik of Phoenix Country Day School (AZ) will be seeking her third major championship. She will try to become the first repeat winner since Lily Nellans of Des Moines Roosevelt (IA), who won three straight MBA titles between 2012-2014.
Congratulations to the following extempers for being invited to this year’s round robin!
*Dev Ahuja (Solon High School, Ohio)
*Gabriel Bo (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Taylor Burris (The Potomac School, Virginia)
*Theodore Gercken (The College Preparatory School, California)
*Michelle Jin (The Harker School, California)
*Kyle Letterer (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Kevin Li (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Phoena Lin (Plano West Senior High School, Texas)
*Pierce McDade (University High School, Illinois)
*McKinley Paltzik (Phoenix Country Day School, Arizona)
*Sruti Peddi (BASIS Scottsdale, Arizona)
*Raghav Ramki (Plano East Senior High School, Texas)
*Vikram Sundaram (Solon High School, Ohio)
*Jonathan Tubb (Saint Mary’s Hall, Texas)
*Rohit Vakkalagadda (Bellarmine College Preparatory, California)
*Jack Ververis (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)