Starting at 7:30 p.m. CST, the MBA Extemp Round Robin begins its last day of competition. According to the rankings line graph, the top positions are still close, with lots of movement in the top ten spots. The lines from 11th-16th place are becoming more consistent, though.
Today’s competition involves three more preliminary rounds and the Exhibition Round will take place in the late afternoon. Awards is scheduled for after 4:00, and results will be posted later this evening.
Here are the pairings for round eight. The topic area will be U.S. politics.
Section One:
Judges: B.A. Gregg, Justin Seiwell, and Scott Baker
1. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
2. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
3. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
4. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
Section Two:
Judges: George Clemens, Cherian Koshy, and Dan Sheehan
1. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
2. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
3. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
4. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
Section Three:
Judges: Jimmy Ficaro, Jason Warren, and Sam Duby
1. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
2. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
3. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
4. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
Section Four:
Judges: Ron Kendler, Anjan Choudhury, and Eric Melin
1. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
2. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
3. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
4. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)