Yale Invitational Results: Mehra Triumphs Over Donahue to Give Scarsdale Its Third Yale Win in Five Years

The final results from the Yale Invitational are in.  In the final round, Curan Mehra of Scarsdale High School in New York defeated Nathaniel Donahue of Durham Academy in North Carolina to become the 2010 champion.  Mehra’s victory marks the third time since 2006 that an extemper from Scarsdale High School has won the tournament.  Donahue, last year’s third place finisher, has now finished second at the first two major national circuit events of the season.

Peter Vogel of Ridge High School in New Jersey, who was 32nd in last year’s National Points Race, placed third.  Matt DeBari of Lake Highland Prep in Florida, who finished sixth at Wake Forest, made semi-finals and will add to his National Points Race total.  Audrey Denis of the Berkeley Carroll School in New York, who was unranked last year, but finished tied for 22nd in the 2008-2009 National Points Race, earned points for making semi-finals.  Other National Points Race notables such as Jared Odessky of Nova High School in Florida, Ben Constine of Yorktown High School in Virginia, and Emily Martin of Boone County High School in Kentucky failed to make elimination rounds.

Here are the final results from the 2010 Yale Invitational:

Champion: Curan Mehra (Scarsdale High School, New York)
2nd: Nathaniel Donahue (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
3rd: Peter Vogel (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
4th: Daniel Schwindt (Trinity Preparatory School, Florida)
5th: Matt Linn (University School, Florida)
6th: Justin Kiernan (Newton South High School, Massachusetts)
7th: Shikha Garg (Plano Senior High School, Texas)

Semi-Finalists

*Akshay Narayanan (Plano Senior High School, Texas)
*Audrey Denis (The Berkeley Carroll School, New York)
*Zach Klein (Montville High School, New Jersey)
*Jay Patel (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Matt DeBari (Lake Highland Prep, Florida)

Quarter-Finalists

*Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
*Christopher Siemer (Regis High School, New York)
*Joel Thomas (Chaminade High School, New York)
*Brandon Slotkin (Nova High School, Florida)
*Alex Oshinsky (Syosset High School, New York)
*Justin Kochman (Nova High School, Florida)
*Nick Hansen (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
*Indira Puri (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
*Lindsay Pearlman (Syosset High School, New York)
*David Faust (Scarsdale High School, New York)
*Stephen Buell (Regis High School, New York)
*Nikhil Gupta (Walt Whitman High School, Maryland)

If you are curious about ranks competitors earned at the tournament, you can find that information here.  Remember, those extempers who made the final round and made semi-finals will receive points in the 2010-2011 National Points Race.  Since only the top six earn finalist points, Garg will receive the same point as a semi-finalist.  Extemp Central congratulates all of the finalists and those extempers who made it to the elimination rounds.

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