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Two weeks ago, three Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champion (TOC) qualifying tournaments took place across the state of Texas. Lamar Consolidated, Plano West Senior High School, and St. Mary’s Hall hosted competitons in International and United States Extemp and the top three placing extempers in each category earned a TOC leg.
At Lamar Consolidated, Seven Lakes High School (TX) swept the extemp categories as Smriti Ahuja won a two rank victory over teammate Simbai Mutandiro in International Extemp, and Shreetika Singh went straight 1’s in finals to win United States Extemp over teammate Xixi Wang. Six extempers earned TOC legs through the Lamar Consolidated High School Tournament and they are indicated in italics in the results listing.
At the Plano West Hungry Like the Wolves Classic, Abhinav Sridharan of Plano Senior High School (TX) won International Extemp by one rank over Davis Larkin of the Parish Episcopal School (TX). The victory is Sridharan’s second in a TOC qualifying tournament this season, as he won the International Extemp competition at the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational the week prior to his appearance at Plano West. In United States Extemp, Katherine Hu of Jasper High School (TX) won a two rank victory over Sankalp Singh of Plano Senior High School. Four competitors earned their first TOC leg at the competition and they are indicated in italics below.
The largest of the three tournaments took place at St. Mary’s Hall in San Antonio, Texas. Fifty-eight competitors entered International Extemp, where Nader Syed of Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” High School (TX) took the title by going straight 1’s in the final round. Kenneth Logan Williams of Robert E. Lee High School finished second. Syed secures his TOC qualification as he earns his second leg to go with the one he earned at St. Mark’s. Seventy-eight competitors entered United States Extemp and Rachel Evans of Salado High School (TX) won the championship by one rank over Jami Tanner of Klein High School (TX). Five competitors earned their first TOC leg at the tournament and are indicated in italics in the Saint Mary’s Hall results listing.
Here are the results of the October TOC Texas Swing:
LAMAR CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT RESULTS (Click here for tab sheet):
International Extemp
Champion: Smriti Ahuja (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
2nd: Simbai Mutandiro (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
3rd: Gaurav Garg (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
4th: Dhiren Wijesinghe (Clear Brook High School, Texas)
5th: Jason Lan (Bellaire High School, Texas)
6th: Hannah Liu (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
Semi-Finalists
*Divya Chilukuri (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
*Kelsey England (Northland Christian School, Texas)
*Samantha Farley (Clear Brook High School, Texas)
*Saku Gopinath (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
*Andrew Guinn (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
*Varun Hukeri (Tompkins High School, Texas)
*Lucas Kabela (Victoria West High School, Texas)
*Sarah Lanier (Northland Christian School, Texas)
*Akshay Punnoose (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
*Keion Rasti (Clear Brook High School, Texas)
*Arian Shariatmadari (Clear Brook High School, Texas)
*Parnal Sinha (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
*Hina Uddin (Foster High School, Texas)
*Maggie Zollo (Northland Christian School, Texas)
United States Extemp
Champion: Shreetika Singh (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
2nd: Xixi Wang (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
3rd: Madison Lewis (Northland Christian School, Texas)
4th: Hannah Alsobrook (Clear Brook High School, Texas)
5th: Kiara Soliz (Clear Brook High School, Texas)
6th: Anish Antony (Clear Brook High School, Texas)
Semi-Finalists
*Zach Aikman (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
*Tomas Arango (Bellaire High School, Texas)
*Kavya Chandran (Tompkins High School, Texas)
*John Garcia (Clear Brook High School, Texas)
*Paul Hargrave (St. Thomas High School, Texas)
*Avery Lawson (Northland Christian School, Texas)
*Danny Li (Bellaire High School, Texas)
*Zainab Mohammad (Tompkins High School, Texas)
*Aman Panjwani (Monsignor Kelly High School, Texas)
*Margaret Purcell (Northland Christian School, Texas)
*Aisha Sheikh (George Ranch High School, Texas)
*Heather Sweeney (Seven Lakes High School, Texas)
*Nolan Wu (Clear Brook High School, Texas)
PLANO WEST HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF CLASSIC RESULTS (Click here for tab sheet):
International Extemp
Champion: Abhinav Sridharan (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
2nd: Davis Larkin (Parish Episcopal School, Texas)
3rd: Logan Ellis (Clear Creek High School, Texas)
4th: Steven Clark (Byron Nelson High School, Texas)
5th: Mark Wilson (Parish Episcopal School, Texas)
6th: Jalaj Sood (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
Semi-Finalists
*Daniel Bulpitt (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
*Hunter Frase (Parish Episcopal School, Texas)
*Sneha Karkala (Coppell High School, Texas)
*Cameron Littleton (Clear Creek High School, Texas)
*Anita Pai (Byron Nelson High School, Texas)
*Meagan Puckett (Clear Creek High School, Texas)
*Rupasri Shankar (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
*George Zhang (Bellaire High School, Texas)
United States Extemp
Champion: Katherine Hu (Jasper High School, Texas)
2nd: Sankalp Singh (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
3rd: Ellen Wang (Jasper High School, Texas)
4th: Bowen Song (Bellaire High School, Texas)
5th: Alex Miller (Byron Nelson High School, Texas)
6th: Anzhe Wang (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
Semi-Finalists
*Yannick Bongo (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
*Jacqueline Doan (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
*Marghi Jani (Jasper High School, Texas)
*Justin K. Yun (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
*Audrey W. Zhang (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
SAINT MARY’S HALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS (Click here for tab sheet):
International Extemp
Champion: Nader Syed (Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School, Texas)
2nd: Kenneth Logan Williams (Robert E. Lee High School, Texas)
3rd: Colin Price (Cypress Creek High School, Texas)
4th: David Lunan (Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School, Texas)
5th: Daniel Lehmann (Cypress Creek High School, Texas)
6th: Cassandra Williams (Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School, Texas)
7th: Nikunj Patel (Reagan High School, Texas)
8th: John Paul Joseph (Winston Churchill High School, Texas)
Semi-Finalists
*Kolton Ammerman (Klein High School, Texas)
*Valerie Barboza (Memorial High School, Texas)
*Lillian Bautista (C.T. Johnson High School, Texas)
*Jonathan Flores (Memorial High School, Texas)
*Taren Flores (Tom C. Clark High School, Texas)
*Sammy Gonzales (Earl Warren High School, Texas)
*Wade Ivey (Klein High School, Texas)
*Humza Jilani (Klein High School, Texas)
*Delaney Montez (Tom C. Clark High School, Texas)
*Harlie Montez (Memorial High School, Texas)
*Rachel Moore (Sandra Day O’Connor High School, Texas)
*Karyssa Powell (Robert E. Lee High School, Texas)
*Hania Rehman (Klein High School, Texas)
*Victor Salazar (Memorial High School, Texas)
*Lesly Venegas (Memorial High School, Texas)
*Stephen Wilhelm (Tom C. Clark High School, Texas)
United States Extemp
Champion: Rachel Evans (Salado High School, Texas)
2nd: Jami Tanner (Klein High School, Texas)
3rd: Jacob Rossi (Robert E. Lee High School, Texas)
4th: Noah Ezer (Klein High School, Texas)
5th: Haley Henson (Cypress Creek High School, Texas)
6th: Allison Coe (Sandra Day O’Connor High School, Texas)
7th: Krystal Rios (Klein High School, Texas)
8th: Andrew Adames (Madison High School, Texas)
Semi-Finalists
*Aman Ali (Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High school, Texas)
*Brie Arias (Earl Warren High School, Texas)
*William Coltzer (Winston Churchill High School, Texas)
*Dhruv Dhuper (Klein High School, Texas)
*Xavier Fernandez (Robert E. Lee High School, Texas)
*Nate Galang (Klein High School, Texas)
*Richard Galvan (Cypress Creek High School, Texas)
*Noah Gipson (Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School, Texas)
*Jack Hawkins (Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School, Texas)
*Eric Heyland (Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School, Texas)
*Ryan Hiller (Veritas Academy, Texas)
*Eram Hussain (Klein High School, Texas)
*Coleman Ingram (Winston Churchill High School, Texas)
*Caitlin Leal (Madison High School, Texas)
*Miranda Montroy (Klein High School, Texas)
*Jarrid Pantel (Winston Churchill High School, Texas)
*Daniel Ramirez (Madison High School, Texas)
*Bianca Rathwick (Winston Churchill High School, Texas)
*Alexzandra Roman (Madison High School, Texas)
*Hannah Rossi (Robert E. Lee High School, Texas)
*Kelvin Serrano (Madison High School, Texas)
*Kirby Valdes (Klein High School, Texas)
*Coby Wilson (Veritas Acadmey, Texas)