Category Archives: National Circuit Results

2024 California Invitational: Bauman Retains Bellarmine’s Hold on Championship, Spoils Tsoi’s Bid for Two National Points Race Wins by 1 Rank

Bellarmine College Preparatory (CA) has made it a habit of winning the California Invitational, taking three of the last five titles and this year was no different as Austin Bauman outlasted 129 other extempers to win the last National Points … Continue reading

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2024 Harvard National Speech & Debate Tournament: Peddi Breaks Through at Last Regular Season National Points Race Tournament, Wins Final Four Against Three National Points Race Champions

239 extempers made up the largest field of a National Points Race this season when Harvard University hosted its annual National Speech and Debate Tournament on February 17-20 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a result of the high number of entries, … Continue reading

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2024 Stanford Invitational: Flintridge Preparatory’s Cheng and Sohn Have Impressive Performances; Cheng and Abrams win IX and USX in Online Event

The 37th annual Stanford Invitational took place online last weekend, hosted by Stanford University’s Stanford Student Enterprises division. The online nature of the tournament made it accessible to extempers throughout the country and 76 competitors battled in International Extemp and … Continue reading

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2024 Apple Valley Minneapple Speech Tournament: Lee and Zylstra Notch First National Circuit Wins of the Season

This season was the first that the Apple Valley Minneapple Speech Tournament has been part of the National Points Race. The tournament took place on February 3 in Apple Valley, Minnesota and extempers had the chance to earn points in … Continue reading

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2024 Barkley Forum: Lee Rolls to a Second National Points Race Victory; Burrus Wins Tiebreaker over Reitman for Second

Last weekend the 69th edition of the Barkley Forum took place on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. 88 extempers from all regions of the country came to compete in a fourth tier National Points Race event. #9 … Continue reading

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2024 James Logan MLK Invitational: Rana Defeats Teammate D’Souza via Tiebreaker in IX; Final Round Victory Propels Tsoi to USX Championship

The West Coast swing of the National Points Race began last weekend at James Logan High School in Union City, California. The school’s James Logan MLK Invitational attracted a wide variety of California schools, with a few Texas extempers mixed … Continue reading

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2024 Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin: Zhang Closes Out Peddi for Illinois First Round Robin Championship

The first major tournmament of the season, the Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin, took place last weekend on the campus of Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament is one the most prestigious on the calendar as sixteen … Continue reading

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2023 University of Texas-Austin Longhorn Classic: Lee is Sole Finalist in Both Extemp Categories and Wins IX; Haider Defeats Zhang by Judges’ Preference for USX Championship

This year was the silver anniversary of the University of Texas-Austin’s Longhorn Classic. Held on December 1-3, the tournament drew a wide field of extempers from Texas, Louisana, Utah, California, and Florida. In International Extemp, Katherine Lee retained the title … Continue reading

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2023 George Mason University Patriot Games: Ural Denies Burris a Second Title; The Potomac School Has Two Finalists

George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia hosted 55 extempers for its annual Patriot Games tournament on December 2 and 3. Siri Ural of Shrewsbury High School (MA) denied #14 Taylor Burris‘ attempt to repeat as champion, winning the final round … Continue reading

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2023 Glenbrooks: Kumar Defeats 100 Competitors to Claim Championship, Denies Peddi Championship Final Round Return

101 extempers converged on Northbrook, Illinois to participate in the 44th edition of the Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament, the first third tier tournament in this year’s National Points Race. After four rounds of preliminary competition and three outrounds, #14 … Continue reading

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