The 2012 Allstate CDL Varsity Invitational

The 2012 Allstate CDL Varsity Invitational — held at the national headquarters of Allstate Insurance Co., in Northbrook, Illinois, on Saturday, October 27th — brought together in the early 2012/13 debate season some of the best Varsity teams across Conferences, to give everyone an early introduction to the chief debate competition in the city — teams that are likely to be competing for the 2013 Chicago Debate Championship in March.

Thanks to Allstate’s generosity, the top performers at this event will be awarded college financial support.

Championship Team ($2,000)

Whitney Young (Christian Palacios and Katherine Sears)

2nd Place Team ($1,000)

Lane Tech (Linda Brito and Nahin Cano)

3rd Place Team ($500)

Northside (Jigar Dhimar and Wes Jones)

Top Speaker from Each Conference ($250 apiece)

RCC — Christian Palacios, Whitney Young (1st Place Speaker, overall)
LCC — Donald Rapier, Lindblom (8th Place Speaker, overall)
“A” — Felicia Marsiglio, Hubbard (18th Place Speaker, overall)
“AA” — Hope Jernigan, PCS Joslin (22nd Place Speaker, overall)

And we congratulate all of the 2012 Allstate CDL Varsity Invitational participating teams and coaches.

Hubbard
Debaters: Feliica Marsiglio & Viviana Uribe
Coach: Walter Glascoff

Julian
Debaters: Amber Savage & David Smith
Coach: Sharon Green-Powell

Lane Tech
Debaters: Gianna Ramirez & Peter Kepner
Debaters: Linda Brito & Nahin Cano
Coaches: Valerie Mason & Wes Fowler

Lincoln Park
Debaters: Katie Polkinghorne & Mendy Brewer
Coach: Kailey Cole

Lindblom
Debaters: Deshun Peoples & Donald Rapier
Coach: Peter Van

Little Village
Debaters: Alan Cazares & Michael Onstott
Coaches: Jose Ramirez & Yvette Campos

Marshall
Debaters: Brandon Freeman & Tiajuana Douglas
Coach: Jim Dorrell

Northside
Debaters: Jigar Dhimar & Wes Jones
Coach: Robb Berry

Payton
Debaters: Cathleen Gui & Meg Young
Coach: John O’Brien

PCS Joslin
Debaters: Hope Jernigan & Shelby Green
Coach: Karen Sheehan

Phoenix
Debaters: Jasmine Estrada & Lorena Raigoza
Coaches: Robert Edwards and Sam Sanchez

Von Steuben
Debaters: Alejandra Delcid & Jazmine Mercado
Coach: Ben Krier

Westinghouse
Debaters: Andrew Singleton & Pragya Jha
Debaters: Gabriel Beri & Weimin Deng
Coaches: Kelly O’Toole & Aundrea Holland

Whitney Young
Debaters: Christian Palacios & Katherine Sears
Coaches: Elyse Conklin and Angela Iagaru

Full results can be found on the 2012 Allstate CDL Varsity Invitational cumulative results sheets.

We thank Allstate very much for sponsoring and hosting this event, and especially Executive Vice President and General Counsel Susie Lees, Chicago Debate Commission Board member and Allstate Vice President Ben Tarver, and Corporate Counsel Maria Doughty.