Round seven prep will begin @ 6:15 p.m. CST. The topic area will be foreign hotspots. The line graph that shows where the 16 competitors currently stand (albeit they are not aware of what line they are) shows a lot of movement in the top six places. In fact, the competitor currently sitting in first place entered today in tenth place.
Here are the round seven pairings:
Section One:
Judges: Bill Healy, Ron Kendler, and Logan Scisco
1. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
2. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
3. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
4. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
Section Two:
Judges: Lisa Miller, Steve Moss, and Matt Murrell
1. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
2. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
3. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
4. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
Section Three:
Judges: David Tucker, Dean Rhoads, and Jim Miller
1. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
2. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
3. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
4. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
Section Four:
Judges: Scott Baker, Chris McDonald, and Liz Vieira
1. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
2. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
3. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
4. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
This is the last round of the evening. The pairings for the eighth round will be released tomorrow by 7:30 p.m. CST.