GFCA Varsity State
2024 — Atlanta, GA/US
Tentative Event Schedules
Awards for all events to begin tentatively on Saturday at 7:30pm
CONGRESS
Friday, February 9
2:30PM — Session 1
4:00PM — Session 2
5:30PM — Dinner
6:30PM — Final Session
SPEECH
EXTEMP
Saturday, February 10
7:45AM — Round 1 Pairing
8:00AM — Round 1 EX Prep
8:30AM — Round 1 EX
9:30AM — Round 2 Pairing
9:45AM — Round 2 EX Prep
10:15AM — Round 2 EX
11:15AM — Round 3 Pairing
11:30PM — Round 3 EX Prep
12:00PM — Round 3 EX
1:15PM — Lunch
2:00PM — Round 4 Pairing
2:15PM — Round 4 EX Prep
2:45PM — Round 4 EX
4:30PM — Final EX Pairing
4:45PM — Final EX Prep
5:15PM — Final EX
All other Speech Events
Saturday, February 10
8:30AM — Round 1 Pairing
8:45AM — Round 1
10:15AM — Round 2 Pairing
10:30AM — Round 2
12:00PM — Round 3 Pairing
12:15PM — Round 3
1:15PM — Lunch
2:00PM — Round 4 HI and POI Pairing; DI/INF Finals Pairing
2:30PM — Round 4 HI and POI; DI/INF Finals
2:45PM — Semifinals IM & OO Pairing
3:15PM — Semifinals IM & OO
5:15PM — IM and OO Finals Pairing
5:45PM — IM and OO Finals
Extemp will have four preliminary rounds with two rounds of domestic and two rounds of international. Extemp topics will be created by the NSDA.
There will be no finals in HI and POI, but there will be a round 4.
IM and OO will break to semis (unless there are significant drops before pairings begin).
DI, EX, and INF will break to finals.
LD & PF
Friday, February 9
3:30PM — Round 1 Pairings
4:00PM — Round 1
5:15PM — Dinner
5:45PM — Round 2 Pairings
6:15PM — Round 2
7:30PM — Round 3 Pairings
8:00PM — Round 3
Saturday, February 10
8:00AM — Round 4 Pairings
8:30AM — Round 4
10:00AM — Round 5 Pairings
10:30AM — Round 5
12:00PM — Round 6 Pairings
12:30PM — Round 6
1:30PM — Lunch
2:30PM — Elim 1 Pairings
3:00PM — Elim 1
4:15PM — Elim 2 Pairings
4:45PM — Elim 2
6:00PM — Elim 3 Pairings
6:30PM — Elim 3
8:00PM — Elim 4 Pairings (if needed)
8:30PM — Elim 4 (if needed)
POLICY
Friday, February 9
12:00PM — Pairings 1&2
1:00PM — Round 1
3:00PM — Round 2
5:45PM — Round 3
8:30PM — Round 4
Saturday, February 10
8:00AM — Round 5 Pairings
8:30AM — Round 5
11:00AM — Elim 1 Pairings
11:30AM — Elim 1
1:30PM — Lunch
2:00PM — Elim 2 Pairings
2:30PM — Elim 2
4:45PM — Elim 3 Pairings
5:15PM — Elim 3
7:30PM — Elim 4 Pairings
8:00PM — Elim 4