Debate Results -- 2014-15

Policy Debate Division

STATE CHAMPIONS
Glenbrook North - Ryan Spector & Anthony Trufanov
Head Coach: Michael Greenstein
Assistant Coaches: Stephen Pipkin, Kevin McCaffrey

STATE RUNNERS-UP
Niles North - Luc Walkington & D'Angelo Oberto-Besso Pando
Head Coach: Katie Gjerpen
Assistant Coaches: Colin McEhlinny, Evan McCarty, Jack Caporal, Lincoln Garrett, Patrick
Kennedy, Ian Miller

SEMIFINALISTS
Niles West - Nick Charles & Rebecca Harbeck
Walter Payton - Lenny Brahin & Luisa Cusick

QUARTERFINALISTS
Glenbrook South - Vignesh Alla & Noah Kerwin
Homewood-Flossmoor - Jacob Fontana & Evan Runburg
New Trier - William Kirby & Celia Buckman
New Trier - William Lowe & AJ Byrne

ALL-STATE TEAM
Luc Walkington, Captain (Niles North), D'Angelo Oberto-Besso Pando (Niles North), Faith Geraghty
(Niles West), Lenny Brahin (Walter Payton), Nick Charles (Niles West), Rebecca Harbeck (Niles
West), Brian Roche (Glenbrook South), Ryan Spector (Glenbrook North), Carter Levinson
(Homewood-Flossmoor), Anthony Trufanov (Glenbrook North)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Division

STATE CHAMPIONS
Evanston – Joey Schnide
Head Coach: Jeffrey Hannan
Assistant Coaches: Chuck Carra, Clare Delgado, Erik Baker, Noah Whinston, Sydney Doe, Trey
Cobb

STATE RUNNERS-UP
Schaumburg – Nathaniel Leonhardt
Head Coach: Darrell Robin
Assistant Coaches: Carl Schwartz, Mick Sellergren, Elisa Galvan, Nancy Israel, Mike Knitter,
Brook Leonhardt, Sam Haque

SEMIFINALISTS
Buffalo Grove – Zach Mellow
Buffalo Grove – Blake Maley

QUARTERFINALISTS
Barrington – Sienna Nordquist
Buffalo Grove – Caitlyn Anderson
Evanston – Eric Weine
Glenbrook North – Maddy Flamm

OCTAFINALISTS
Barrington – Ricardo Jimenez
Fenwick – Ian Crowell
Fenwick – Ted Steinmeyer
Libertyville – Ankur Rastogi
New Trier – Nicky Kacena
Palatine – Anand Shah
Schaumburg – Ameel Sheth
Schaumburg – Hannah Hyman

ALL-STATE TEAM
Joey Schnide, Captain (Evanston), Zach Mellow (Buffalo Grove), Blake Maley (Buffalo Grove),
Sienna Nordquist (Barrington), Hannah Hyman (Schaumburg), Nathaniel Leonhardt
(Schaumburg), Ankur Rastogi (Libertyville), Eric Weine (Evanston), Ted Steinmeyer (Fenwick),
Ricardo Jimenez (Barrington)

 

Congressional Debate Division

STATE CHAMPIONS
Schaumburg – Melissa Tran
Head Coach: Darrell Robin
Assistant Coaches: Carl Schwartz, Mick Sellergren, Elisa Galvan, Nancy Israel, Mike Knitter,
Brook Leonhardt, Sam Haque

STATE RUNNERS-UP
Highland Park – Jacob Zionts
Head Coach: Megan Counts
Assistant Coaches: Shawn Tanner, James Flinchum

FINALISTS
Glenbrook South – Kevin Gordon
Highland Park – Claire Rafson
Highland Park – Corey Novick
Highland Park – Dana Abelson
Lyons Township – Anika Ranginani
Naperville Central – Megan Angell
Schaumburg – Kimberly Jimenez
Schaumburg – Kshitij Vashi
Schaumburg – Srini Cherukuri
Schaumburg – Valeria Gololobova
Wheeling – Alexandra Daggett
William Fremd – Madisen Hursey

ALL-STATE TEAM
Sanjay Subramanian, Captain (Naperville Central), Claire Rafson (Highland Park), Corey Novick
(Highland Park), Karolina Skarzynka (Schaumburg), Alexandra Daggett (Wheeling), Caleb
Goldstein (Highland Park), Kshitij Vashi (Schaumburg), Shraddha Patel (Schaumburg), Madisen
Hursey (Fremd), Ethan Bowers (Hersey)

Public Forum Debate Division

STATE CHAMPIONS
Evanston – Kevin Klyman & Graham Strauss
Head Coach: Jeffrey Hannan
Assistant Coaches: Chuck Carra, Clare Delgado, Erik Baker, Noah Whinston, Sydney Doe, Trey
Cobb

STATE RUNNERS-UP
Carl Sandburg – Ally Arena & Bill Kolpak
Head Coach: Lainee McGraw
Assistant Coach: Scott McGraw

SEMIFINALISTS
William Fremd – Zachary Jordan & Ishan Taparia
Schaumburg – Cole Miller & Craig Soares

QUARTERFINALISTS
Carl Sandburg – Katie Ruane & Christina Ernst
Palatine – Jacob Gordon & Charles Bowman
Schaumburg – Raza Haque & Jessica D’Souza
William Fremd – Rebecca Beale & Eric Simon

OCTAFINALISTS
Belvidere North – Jessica Sewell & Nicholas Milles
Grant – Alex Guziak & Justin Ehrenhofer
Evanston – Genevieve Wade & Isabelle Bavis
Evanston – Daisy Chaudruc & Honor Allen
Glenbrook North – Samuel Korsky & Yasmine Ramachandra
Libertyville – Pooja Sajeev & Lucia Zhang
Schaumburg – Zohra Tabassum & Adrian Chendra
William Fremd – Matthew Carlins & John Komoll

ALL-STATE TEAM
Raza Haque, Captain (Schaumburg), Ally Arena (Sandburg), Jessica D’Souza (Schaumburg), John
Komoll (Fremd), Jacob Gorden (Palatine), Nicholas Milles (Belvidere North), Eric Simon (Fremd),
Craig Soares (Schaumburg), Bill Kolpak (Sandburg), Rebecca Beale (Fremd)