Debate State Final Results — 2017-18

Champions

Lincoln Douglas Debate - - A.A. Stagg High School

Policy Debate -- Niles West High School

Public Forum -- Orland Park Sandburg High School

Congressional Debate -- Conant High School

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

CHAMPION
A.A. Stagg—Baraa Alkhani
Head Coaches – Mike Colletti
Assistant Coaches – Matt Colletti

FINALIST
Fremd – Andrew Ruan

SEMIFINALISTS
Buffalo Grove – Ben Morain
Fremd – Kashif Javid

QUARTERFINALISTS
Barrington – Kalina Pierga
Evanston – Elizabeth Sperti
Palatine – Janvi Shah
Schaumburg – Stefanie Portillo

OCTAFINALISTS
Barrington – Tanvi Sharan
Belvidere North – Nick Goymerac
Homewood-Flossmoor – Tiana Sharpe
IMSA – Cassandra Parent
New Trier—William Thornton
Palatine – Gabrielle Cervantes
Palatine – Leeanne Smith
Schaumburg – Bhavya Shah

ALL-STATE DEBATE TEAM
Gabrielle Cervantes, Captain (Palatine); Elizabeth Sperti (Evanston); Andrew Ruan (Fremd); Tanvi Sharan (Barrington); Kalina Pierga (Barrington); Baraa Alkhani (Stagg); Ben Morain (Buffalo Grove); Stefanie Portillo (Schaumburg); William Thornton (New Trier); Leeanne Smith  (Palatine)

Policy Debate

Champion: Niles West – Nathan Glancy and Nasim Salehitezangi

Runner Up: Lane Tech – Ariana Collazo and Ousaf Moqeet

Semifinalists
New Trier – Josie Ewing and Hannah Kadin
Niles North – Alan Ivackovic and Marcus Williams

Quarterfinalists
Glenbrook South – Michael Scott and Dylan Goldberg
Glenbrook South – Katie Kenner and Sabina Roberts
New Trier – Jack Altman and Roland Kim
Northside College Prep – Aidan Kane and Luther Snagel

Octofinalists
Eric Solorio – Kelvin Castro and Amado Candelario
Glenbrook North – Amelia D’Agaro and Samantha Jacobs
Glenbrook North – Eva Farber and Nina Fridman
Glenbrook South – Kelly Skoulikaris and Anthony Valiaveedu
Niles North – Robert Levin and Liam Lorenz
Niles West – Elizabeth Bennett and Dustyn Beutelspacher
Northside College Prep – Alex Pinheiro and Magi Ortiz
Whitney Young – Tamara Mazets and Jeremy Margolin

All State Debate Team
1          Ariana Collazo - Lane Tech - Captain
2          Nasim Salehitezangi - Niles West
3          Nate Glancy - Niles West          
4          Nina Fridman - Glenbrook North
5          Alan Ivackovic - Niles North
6          Josie Ewing - New Trier
7          Ousaf Moqeet - Lane Tech
8          Elizabeth Bennett - Niles West
9          Kelvin Castro- Eric Solorio
10        Marcus Williams - Niles North  

Public Forum

State Champions 
Carl Sandburg—James Hughes & Ayyan Chaudhry
Coached by Head Coach Elaine McGraw and Assistant Coaches Scott McGraw, Angelo Cavoto, and Allison Von Borstel

State Runner-Up 
William Fremd—Piyush Biswas & Matthew Grabianski
Coached by Head Coach Martin Zacharia and Assistant Coaches Jacqueline Dickens, Eugene Kim, and Kyle Schmitt

Semifinalists 
Belividere North—Johnathan Giesecke & Burke Cochran
Illinois Math and Science Academy—Zachary Brahmbatt & Rebecca Xun

Quarterfinalists 
Carl Sandburg—Victoria Granato & Eric Kenes
Evanston—Nina Kaushikkar & Genevieve Wade
University—James Hand & Caroline Pickering
William Fremd—Michael Murakami & Benjamin Wilson

Octafinalists 
Alonzo Stagg—Tahis Meza & Mariela Serna
Carl Sandburg—Toma Solovey & Bella Wrobel
Evanston—Oliver Brady & Sofia Chaudruc
Homewood Flossmoor—Audrey McKillip & Breana Spight
Illinois Math and Science Academy—Manuel Favela & Thomas DeMastri
Illinois Math and Science Academy—Meghan Hendrix & Alexander Zhong
William Fremd—Jesse Huang & Edward Li 
William Fremd—Abhinav Balu & Adhith Palla

All-State Debate Team 
Matthew Grabianski, Captain (Fremd), Piyush Biswas (Fremd), Abhinav Balu (Fremd), Burke Cochran (Belvidere North), Adhith Palla (Fremd), Genevieve Wade (Evanston), Toma Solovey (Sandburg), James Hughes (Sandburg), Thomas DeMastri (IMSA), Johnathan Giesecke (Belvidere North)

Congressional Debate

Super Congress
1. Nitin Subramanian Conant
2. Aditi Katwala Conant
3. MJ Hurley Wheeling
4. Shannon Steines Hersey
5. Joshua Zhu Stevenson
6. Shreya Mukherjee Fremd
7. Max Rosen New Trier
8. Mandy Cohodes Hersey
9. Sabah Lokhandwaia Conant
10. Giselle Soares Schaumburg
10. Bhavana Muppavarapu Stevenson
12. Dhvanii Raval Conant
13. Aditya Prathap Fremd
14. Anubhav Agarwal Stevenson
15. Nico Vallenas Jacobs
15. Swathy Kartikeyan Fremd

Best Legislation
1. Arash Abbas Fremd

All State Team
1. Jim Royal Naperville Central
1. Abinaya Ramakrishnan IMSA
3. MJ Hurley Wheeling
4. Haley Rubin Highland Park
5. Asad Ukani Fremd
5. Shreya Mukherjee Fremd
7. Shruthi Kumar Fremd
8. Nitin Subramanian Conant
9. Vivian Zhao Naperville Central
10. Atharva Desai Conant
10. Joshua Zhu Stevenson