In five minutes, draw for the very last preliminary round of the 2009 Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin will begin. The topic area for this round is U.S. Economics.
Here are the pairings for the final round of competition. Remember, that under the MBA format, this last round will determine competitors final placings of one through sixteen, with the top five competitors moving onto an Exhibition Round later this afternoon.
Section One:
Judges: Scott Baker, George Clemens, and Jon Cruz
1. Aaron Lutkowitz (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)
2. Jason Bell (Ladue Horton Watkins HS, Missouri)
3. Dillon Huff (Southlake Carroll HS, Texas)
4. Evan Larson (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
Section Two:
Judges: Tim Hogan, Sam Duby, and Logan Scisco
1. Brennan Morris (Randolph Macon Academy, Virginia)
2. Amanda Johnson (Eagan HS, Minnesota)
3. Nicholas Cugini (Cypress Ridge HS, Texas)
4. Morgan Booksh (McNeil HS, Texas)
Section Three:
Judges: Neil Conrad, Howard Miller, and Eric Melin
1. Jane Kessner (Walt Whitman HS, Maryland)
2. Rahul Sangal (Plano East HS, Texas)
3. Alex Tolkin (Newton South HS, Massachusetts)
4. Karen Zhou (Lakeville North HS, Minnesota)
Section Four:
Judges: Diane Forbes, Corey Metzman, and Tim Greenfield
1. Ryan Pereira (Nova HS, Florida)
2. Stacey Chen (North Allegheny Senior HS, Pennsylvania)
3. Matthew Arons (Millburn HS, New Jersey)
4. Alex Draime (Howland HS, Ohio)
Following the completion of this round, there will be lunch for the competitors and the Exhibition Round participants will be announced in the library at 1:35 p.m. CST. Extemp Central will release those participants as they are announced by Adam Johnson at that time, with results following later this evening.