ASF@Home is no problem for us, because our bond and love for learning transcends the computer screen. This year, we are proud to announce over 30+ active members, four amazing captains, and a wonderful coach, Mr. Jones.

 

Halloween AZOOMEX Debate Tournament 2020

https://www.asf.edu.mx/news-and-events/news/~board/home-featured-news/post/trick-or-treat-10th-anniversary-of-asomex-debate

 

While the pandemic is pushing people apart, ASF Debate strives to connect students more than ever before by bringing back the annual ASOMEX Halloween Debate Tournament. On its 10th anniversary, we celebrated a decade worth of discourse by facing the best schools from Mexico City against each other, and even some visitors from Peru. With ten schools, 120 debaters, and the help of our wonderful teachers and administration, we shined the light on what the world considers taboo.

Students debated a mixture of prepared and impromptu motions, all centered around stigma. From home funerals to erotic violence, the bravest high schoolers took charge of settling controversies and clashes which permeate our daily lives. Nonetheless, debaters know how to have fun. In Harry Potter themed teams and costumes, we competed for the fabulous ghost-shaped trophies and jack-o-lantern medals as we sought the prestige of wrecking another teams arguments with more robust evidence, ghoulish strats, and some bone-chilling styles. Over the course of a week, in classic Halloween-fashion, debaters balanced costume competitions, school life, and debate preparation in a never-ending desire to speak up and unleash their voice!

 

Best Varsity Speakers

1) Daniel Mendes (Edron)
2) Nanami Haruyama (ASF)
3) Mariana Icaza (ASF)
4) Regina Delgado (Churchill)
5) Hee Kwang Lee (Edron)

 

Best Novice Speakers

    1) Lucas de Gamboa (ASF) - and top speaker in the entire tournament!
2) Carolina Warring (ASF)
    3) Maria Neumann (Churchill)
   4) Kennedi Munson (ASF)
   5) Akassia Molina (ASF)

 

Our ASF Team, Hermione Granger (Mariana Icaza, Luz Maria Guerrero, Valentina Casasus, Alejandra Hernandez, and Nanami Haruyama), shined as second place in the overall tournament against the ruthless Luna Lovegood from Prepa Tec Esmeralda (Isabella Verde Zuñiga, Mariana Lama Alfaro and Natalia Juárez Chávez). This all-female final discussed issues with collective guilt after crimes against humanity or environmental destruction, concluding that the benefits of collective guilt trump its impact on individuals. 

 

Coaches

Roberto Jones
Arantza Asali

 

Prepa Tec Tournament (Sept 28-29)

Collaboration & Teamwork Take ASF To Another Debate Victory

Open Division
Neckil Budampati (First place), Lonnie Kim (Second place)

Speaker Awards
Luzma Guerrero, Camila Curiel, Carola Ruiz

 

ASOMEX ASF Debate Tournament (Oct 18-19)

A Hauntingly Argumentative Halloween Celebration

High School Division
Third and Second place

 

Liceo Franco Mexicano (Nov 30/Dec 1)

Middle School Division
Noboru Tsuru, Lonnie Kim, Neckil Budampati, Angela Zhao (First place)

Speaker Awards
Noboru Tsuru

 

Churchill College

High School Division
Third place

Middle School Division
Second place

Speaker Awards
Mariana Icaza

 

Humanitree Tournament (Feb 21-22)

Varsity Division
Mariana Icaza, Stas Ostyk, Luzma Guerrero, Allene Holmgren, Alejandra Moyers (3rd place)

Speaker Awards
Mariana Icaza, Stas Ostyk

Noboru Tsuru, Dora Wang, Angela Zhao, Matson Holmgren

 

World Schools Debate Championships

ASF Debate Team @ Worlds
Mariana Icaza and Stas Ostyk

Development Team:
Valentina Casasus, Nanami Haruyama, Alejandra Moyers

 

 

Coaches

Roberto Jones
Richard Kamm

 

International Blubonnet Invitation Tournament

First Place Overall

Stas Ostyk, Emilio Esquivel, Alejandro Guiterrez
 

Copan Tournament

High School Division

Third place

Speaker Awards

Stas Ostyk

 

Liceo Franco Mexicano Tournament (Oct 30/Nov 1)

ASF Debate Team: The Voice of Achievement

High School Division

Third place- Mariana Icaza, Mauricio Ibarra, Stan Ostyk-Narbutt, Valentina Giray and Julia Yerin Kim

Speaker Awards

Mariana Icaza, Noboru Tsuru

 

ASOMEX Debate Tournament (Feb 8-9)

Debate Students Unleash Their Words

High School Division

Second place- Mariana Icaza, Ale Díaz Pizarro, Barbara Ostyk-Narbut, and Valentina Cassasus

Middle School Division

Mila Lacombe, Kennedi Munson and Devika Padinharay

 

Churchill Tournament (April 5-6)

Victory at the Churchill Debate Tournament

High School Division

First place- Mariana Icaza, Luz María Guerrero, Miriam Specka, Stanislaw Ostyk-Narbut and Valentina Giray

 

World Schools Debate Championships

Stas Ostyk and Mariana Icaza

 

 

Coach

Sofia Ruiz

 

 Churchill College Tournament

Participants:
Mariana Icaza,
Alejandra Díaz Pizarro,
Eugenio Robles,
Yankel Gelman,
Mauricio Ibarra.

 

Prepa Ibero Salazar

Participants:
Mariana Icaza
Valentina Giray
Mauricio Ibarra

 

Humanitree Tournament

1st Place
Mariana Icaza,
Alejandra Díaz Pizarro,
Christine Wong,
Emilia Smithies

Best Speakers
Mariana Icaza 2nd best Varsity speaker,
Alejandra Díaz Pizarro 3rd best Varsity speaker

 

Development Team

Mariana Icaza and Stas Ostyk

 

Coaches

Mark Webber
Roberto Jones

 

Edron Mixed Teams Tournament

Ernesto Torres - Best Varsity Speaker
Paola Cordova - 3rd Best Varsity Speaker
Eugenio Robles - 3rd Best Novice Speaker

 

ASOMEX Debate Tournament

Alexa Vela, Ernesto Torres, Sísel Gelman - 3rd Place Varsity
Ernesto Torres - Best Varsity Speaker

 

ITESM CSF Tournament

Ernesto Torres, Eugenio Robles, Sisel Gelman, Yankel Gelman - 1st Place Varsity 
Ernesto Torres - Best Varsity Speaker 
Sisel Gelman - 2nd Best Varsity Speaker 
Diego Marcos, Mauricio Ibarra, Zoe Zuckerman - 1st Place Novice 
Diego Marcos - Best Novice Speaker 
Mauricio Ibarra - 2nd Best Novice Speaker
Zoe Zuckerman - 3rd Best Novice Speaker 

 

Team Mexico PanAmerican Debate Championship

Paola Cordova - Won 1st place Spanish division 

 

Team Mexico Germany - 2016

Alejandro Antillon, Ernesto Torres, Adrian Lask
Ernesto Torres - 15th best ESL speaker

Coaches

Mark Webber

Sofia Ruiz

 

Churchill College Mixed Teams Tournament

Naomi Kinoshita, Javier Beltranena - Quarterfinals
Adrian Lask - 4th Place
Yankel Gelman - 3rd place
Tomas Esteve - 1st place

 

ASOMEX Debate Tournament (October 30th - 31st)

Tomás Esteve, Paola Córdova, Adrian Lask, Ernesto Torres - 1st Place Varsity
Sofía Riquelme, Paloma Mendoza, Sísel Gelman, Amitav Banerji - Quarterfinals 
5th Best Speaker Varsity: Paloma Mendoza 
1st Best Speaker Varsity: Amitav Banerji

 

Tec Friendly Tournament (November 20th)

Yankel Gelman, Emily Portalatine, Emilia Smithies, Amitav Banerji - 3rd Place 
2nd Overall Speaker: Sisel Gelman
4th Overall Speaker: Amitav Banerji

 

Escuela Mexicana Americana (December 4th-5th)

Javier Beltranena, Adrian Lask, Sisel Gelman, Yankel Gelman, Paola Cordova - 2nd Place Varsity
10th Best Speaker Varsity: Javier Beltranena
7th Best Speaker Varsity: Adrian Lask

 

Tec CCM Spanish tournament (March 4-5)

Sofía Riquelme, Ernesto Torres, Alex Antillon, Tomás Esteve, Adrian Lask - 3rd Place
1st place Best Speaker - Sofía Riquelme

 

World Schools Debate Championship

ASF students lift Mexico at debating world championship

Coach

Mark Webber

 

EMA all impromptu mixed teams tournament (September 2014)

Semifinalists: Javier Beltranena (4th), Manuel Palau (3rd)
Finalists: Alejandro Antillón (2nd), Patrick Spataro (1st), Santiago Díez (1st)
Intermediate/Novice Division Speakers: Andrew Jacobson (1st)

 

ASOMEX Debate Tournament (Oct 31st - Nov 1st)

Alex Antillon, Mauricio Guerrero , and Sofía Riquelme- 3rd Place Varsity
Iker Zamora, Andrew Jacobson, Naomi Kinoshita  Dalia Zuckermann  -  1st Pace Novice
Matt Hill, Pablo Guarneros, Valeria Ramos , and Carlota Alvarez - 2nd Place Novice 

Speaker Awards
Adrian Lask  winning 2nd best Varsity speaker
Genoveva Silva winning 1st place best Varsity speaker.
Iker Zamora - 4th best Novice speaker 
Dalia Zuckerman - 1st best Novice speaker 

 

Edron Tournament (Dec 5th and 6th, 2014)

Santiago Diez, Iker Zamora and Andrew Jacobsen - 3rd place Varsity
Sofia Riquelme, Ernesto Torres, Adrian Lask and Alejandro Scopelli - 4th place Varsity
Isabella Berristain, Paola Cordova, Lisa Yu and Pablo Guarneros - Quarterfinals Novice
Simon Tabligan, Regina Patino, Kushal Patel - Quarterfinals Novice

Speaker Awards
Ernesto Torres -  1st Speaker Varsity
Lisa Yu -  3rd Speaker Novice

 

TEC Tournament (Feb 6th and 7th, 2015)

Tomas Esteve, Genoveva Silva, Alejandro Antillon - 1st Place Finalists
Valeria Ramos, Dalia Zuckerman, Lisa Yu, Paola Córdova- 2nd Place Finalists

Speaker Awards
Genoveva Silva - 1st Speaker Varsity

 

Churchill College Tournament (March 6-7, 2015)

Tomas Esteve, Genoveva Silva, Ernesto Torres, Adrian Lask: 2nd Place Finalists
Sisel Gelman, Paola Cordova, Naomi Kinoshita, Nico Coronado: Quarterfinalists

Speaker Awards
2nd Place Varsity: Ernesto Torres
4th Place Varsity: Tomas Esteve
1st Place Novice: Sisel Gelman

 

Colegio Grimm Novice Tournament 

Sisel Gelman, Sara Rhee, Gilberto Perez, Ania Rodriguez -  Quarterfinals

Speaker Awards
2nd best overall speaker -  Sisel Gelman
3rd best overall speaker - Ania Rodriguez 

 

WSDC Team Mexico Singapore - 2015 

Tomas Esteve, Ernesto Torres, Alejandro Antillon

Speaker Awards  
Ernesto Torres - 18th best ESL speaker 
Alejandro Antillon - 6th best ESL speaker

Coach

Mark Webber

 

ASOMEX Mixed Teams Tournament (October 2013)

Quarterfinalists: Maria Ballesteros, Genoveva Silva and Andong Li
Semifinalists: Adrian Lask, Alex Antillón
1st place - Ernesto Torres (undefeated not losing 1 ballot out of 25 judges)
Varsity Division, Maria Ballesteros 5th best speaker overall 

Speaker Awards
Novice Division Sara Rhee- 5th best speaker, Tomas Esteve won 4th best speaker.

 

Escuela Mexicana Americana Novice Tournament (March 2014)

Ernesto Torres, Aldo Diaz and Amitav Banerji - quarterfinals.
Sidney Jaet, Mauricio Guerrero, Isabella McCausland and Tomas Esteve - (7 rounds undefeated) 1st place overall

Speaker Awards 
Tomas Esteve - 2nd best speaker overall
Isabella McCausland - 1st best speaker overall

 

ESU Public Speaking Contest (March 2014)

Carlota Ramos and Ana Lucia Guiterrez - Finalists
Sissi Li - Runner Up
Maria Ballesteros -  Winner 1st place  

 

ESU International Public Speaking Contest in London (April 2014)

Maria Ballesteros -  2nd place worldwide

 

World Schools Debate Championships

Sissi Li was part of the Team Mexico that went to Thailand for the World Schools Debate Championships

Pan American Debating Championships -  Our debaters helped bring home the GOLD, Silver and Bronze!

(This was Mexico's first time to participate in the Pan Am Championships!)

English Division

1st Place English - Ariel de la Garza, Julio Meyer, and Diego Cepeda (all ASF Baby!)

Spanish Division

1st Place Spanish - Diego Cepeda, Pato Davila (con Mariano Munoz- Tec)

2nd Place Spanish - Sissi Li, Julio Meyer, (con Alfonso Suarez Meade - Tec)

3rd Place English - Pato Davila (con Mariano Munoz-Tec and Seb Allaore - Edron)

3rd Place Spanish - Ariel de la Garza, (con Nicholas Chapou - Churchill and Antonio Tena - Tec)

 

EDRON ACADEMY ALL IMPROMPTU MIXED TEAMS TOURNAMENT Sep 28th -29th, 2012

Speaker Awards

1 Speaker - Diego Cepeda, Julio Meyer (2 divisions)
2nd Speaker - Chris Dickson

3rd Speaker - Bruno Riquelme

Varsity Division

1st Place - Ariel de la Garza and Julio Meyer
2nd Place Mayank Adlakha, Carlota Ramos
3rd Place – Anik Shveid, Diego Cepeda and Sofia Riquelme
Quarterfinals – Pia Ramos, Ceci Beltranena, Chris Dickson, Kathy Li, Sissi Li and Camila Medele

 

Debate Without Borders international Tournament - Nov 9th  - 10th

Speaker Awards

3rd place in Extemporaneous Speaking - Angelica Arteaga

1st Speaker in Spanish - Angelica Arteaga

3rd best speaker overall for the tournament - Liam Kaech

English Debate

3rd place team - Dominique Spataro

2nd place team - Ceci Beltranena

1st place team - Carlota Ramos 

 

World Schools Debating Championships - Turkey Jan 27th -Feb 4th

WSDC

(Julio Meyer-captain, Diego Cepeda, Ariel de La Garza, Chris Dickson, Patricio Davila - Alternate)

7th place - Quarterfinals

Speaker Awards

Diego Cepeda 13th overall and 1st ESL Speaker, Julio Meyer 23rd overall, Ariel de La Garza 35th overall and 5th Best ESL

 

Churchill College

Varsity Division

2nd place- Sissi Li, Klaus, Cecilia Beltranena

Speaker Awards

Speaker awards: Sissi Li, Klaus 

Coach

Mark Webber

 

ESU Team Mexico Selections
Team Members Selected: Nicholas Ferezin, Diego Cepeda, Julio Meyer, Andrea Arroyo
Alternate Team Member: Ariel de la Garza

 

WSDC Dundee, Scotland

Nicholas Ferezin & Miguel Raz-Guzman
Octafinals - 16th place
Nicholas Ferezin - 5th best ESL Speaker, 48th best speaker overall

 

Edron Academy Tournament:

1st place - Nicholas Ferezin, Andrea Arroyo, Diego Cepeda and Liam Kaech won 1st place overall.
2nd place - Bruno Riquelme, Patricio Davila, Julio Meyer, and Andrian Tame
3rd Place - Chris Dickson, Fiona Kaech, Andrea Rodriguez, Ariel de la Garza,and Sissi Li

Speaker Awards
1st Speaker - Diego Cepeda
2nd Speaker- Andrea Arroyo

 

ASOMEX Tournament 2011

NOTE: Our varsity sat this tournament out.

Novice Debate
2nd Place – ASF - Sofia Riquelme, Pato Davila, Anik Shveid
3rd Place – ASF - Camila Medele, Pia Ramos, Ana Martinez
Quarterfinalists - ASF - Juan Carlos Rodero. Klaus Matrajt, Stephanie Velazquez

Spanish Language Debate
1st Place – ASF - Maria Angelica Arteaga, Carlota Ramos, Edi Yaffe
2nd Place – ASF - Cecilia Beltranena, Yair Gittler, Rogelio Salcedo
1st Speaker - Yair Gittler, 2nd Speaker – Maria Angelica Arteaga, 3rd Speaker - Carlota Ramos, 5th Speaker - Cecilia Beltranena

Extemporaneous Speaking
1st Place – Chris Dickson
2nd Place – Diego Cepeda
3rd Place – Ariel de la Garza

 

WSDC Cape Town, South Africa

4-4 Record 27th place
Andrea Arroyo - 9th place ESL Speaker
Nicholas Ferezin - 13th place ESL Speaker

 

Churchill College Debate Tournament
Novice Division
Sofía Riquelme, Anik Shveid, and Edi Yaffe -3rd place 
Pia Ramos, Ana Martinez, Mel Hernandez and Roberto Ortiz- 1st place 
Anik Shveid taking top speaker

Varsity Division
Chris Dickson, Ariel de la Garza, Pato Davila and Adrian Tame -3rd place 
Julio Meyer, Sissi Li, Fiona Kaech, and Bruno Riquelme- 1st place
Julio Meyer 2nd best speaker for the tournament!

 

TEC de Monterrey Tournament

Andrea Arroyo and Andres Martinez - 1st place
Ariel de la Garza -  2nd place
Kathy Li, Julio Meyer and HuiJia Yu - 3rd place
 

Speaker Awards
Andrea Arroyo - 1st Varsity Speaker
Julio Meyer - 2nd varsity Speaker
Anik Schveid - 1st Novice Speaker
Patricio Davila - 2nd Novice Speaker
Andrea Rodriguez - 3rd Novice Speaker

 

The First Official Mexican Debating Championships

English Division Debate
2nd Place: Bruno Riquelme, Sissi Li, Fiona Kaech and Angelica Arteaga 
1st place Top Speaker : Ariel de la Garza
2nd Place Speaker: Diego Cepeda
3rd Place Speaker: Chris Dickson

Spanish Division Debate
1st Place: Yair Gittler, Klaus Mastrijt and Sophia Riquelme
3rd Place: Anik Shveid, Ceci Beltranena, and Alejandro Terminal
1st Place Top Speaker: Yair Gittler
2nd Place Speaker: Anik Shveid
3rd Place Speaker: Sofía Riquelme

Extemporaneous Speaking:
1st Place: Diego Cepeda 
2nd Place: Julio Meyer
3rd Place: Chris Dickson 

 

 

Congratulations to everyone on another FANTASTIC SEASON for ASF Debate! The list keeps growing longer and longer and the experiences and memories keep piling up. I hope it has been a great year for everyone and that the best memories and lessons will stay with you for a lifetime! You have learned how to set goals and how to work hard to achieve them. I am particularly appreciative of the fact that this philosophy has paid off in so many cases of debaters who have worked hard and have risen to the top due to their efforts. No matter where you go in this world, HARD WORK is something that is ALWAYS appreciated! While we will be losing two of the greatest debaters that have been on the young Mexican Circuit this year with Andrea Arroyo and Nicholas Ferezin going to university, we also know that we have a great young team that will build on their efforts and strive to set the bar even higher for Mexican Debate. There are always new heights and new goals to be reached! TO BE A CHAMPION, YOU MUST LEARN TO THINK LIKE A CHAMPION! Congratulations everyone!

Coach
Mark Webber

 

Opening Season Tournament
2nd Place- Rodrigo Cepeda, Miguel Raz and Victoria
2nd speaker- Nicolas Ferezin
4th Speaker- Diego Song

 

Stanford Tournament
Quarterfinals Nick Ferezin
Doble-Octofinals Jorge Nicolin

 

Team Mexico Tryouts
Miguel Raz Guzman
Nicholas Ferezin
Alternate: Jorge Nicolin

 

TEC Tournament
1st Place - Rodrigo Cepeda, Miguel Raz, Nick Ferezin
2nd Place - Chris Dickson, Bruno Riquelme, Tame, Cepedita
3rd Place - María Martínez, Sissi Li, Julio Meyer, Jorge Nicolín

Speaker Awards:
1st Speaker- Miguel Raz
2nd Speaker- Nicholas Ferezin
3rd Speaker Julio Meyer
4th Speaker Jorge Nicolin
5th Speaker María Martínez

 

ASF Championship
1st Place - Julio Meyer, Nick Ferezin, Cepedita, Liam
2nd Place - Chris Dickson, Ariel de la Garza, Andrea Arroyo, Fiona
3rd Place - Sissi Li,  María Martínez, JOrge Nicolin

Speaker Awards:
1st Speaker- Nick Ferezin
3rd Speaker- Cepedita
5th Speaker- Julio Meyer. 

 

What a list guys, everybody did an amazing job this season, and we will only get better from this point on. Also Great Job, Lorena for a stellar performance at Stanford. Andrea R, what an amazing job this season. Also Great job to Ana Cristina and her support and constant work improved us and motivated us in the Tec tournament and did an incredible job in the opening tournament. Fantastic job Juan Carlos, Santiago de Buen whose name might not be on that list but your contributions and support only made this team better.