Success

Western Fall
Octofinalists Allen Zhu and Evelyn Xiao, grade 12 and grade 10
Junior Champions Stephanie Murariu and Rianna Zhu, grade 9

Waterloo John Cook 

Semifinalists Jaclyn Wang and David Ye, grade 11

9th Overall Speaker Laasya Boppana, grade 11

RHHS In-House
Champions Meghana Kongara and Katy Yang, grade 10

Finalists Matthew Ye and Evelyn Xiao, grade 10

Finalists Ezra Chamberland Price and Jessie Chen, grade 10 and grade 9

Finalists Stephanie Murariu and Rianna Zhu, grade 9

Queen's
Open Quarter-Finalists Matthew Ye and Evelyn Xiao, grade 10
Junior Semi-Finalists Meghana Kongara and Katy Yang, grade 10

7th Junior Speaker Matthew Ye, grade 10

UOttawa EDS
Finalists Jaclyn Wang and David Ye, grade 11

Western Spring
Junior Champions Stephanie Murariu and Rianna Zhu, grade 9

OSDU Senior National Championships
Champions Alex Zhu and Laasya Boppana, grade 12 and grade 11, representing Ontario

OSDU Senior Provincial Championships
Champions Alex Zhu and Laasya Boppana, grade 12 and grade 11, representing York Region
Champions Allen Zhu and Evelyn Xiao, grade 12 and grade 10, representing York Region

UPenn World Schools
Quarterfinalist Laasya Boppana, grade 11

McGill

Champions Gaby Lin and Sarenna McKellar (latter not from RHHS), grade 12

Western Fall

Finalists Gaby Lin and John Chang (latter not from RHHS), grade 12

Queens

Finalists Gaby Lin and Sarenna McKellar (latter not from RHHS), grade 12

Hart House

Champions Gaby Lin and John Chang (latter not from RHHS), grade 12

Western Spring

Quarterfinalists Alex Zhu and David Zu (latter not from RHHS), grade 11

Harvard Worlds

Octofinalists Alex Zhu (21st speaker/800), Gaby Lin (2nd speaker/800), grade 11 and grade 12

Iroquois Ridge

Champions Laasya Boppana and Catherine Zhang (latter not from RHHS), grade 10

Windbrook Open

Semifinalists Laasya Boppana and Catherine Zhang (latter not from RHHS), grade 10

England & Wales Championships

Semifinalists Gaby Lin and Alex Zhu, Angie Lei, Hao Ni, Chelsea Hu (latter 3 not from RHHS), grade 12 and grade 11

Doxbridge 4 University Debate Tournament

Schools Category Finalist Alex Zhu and David Zu (latter not from RHHS), grade 11

Waterloo HST
Finalists Alex Zhu (5th Speaker) and David Zu (2nd speaker, latter not from RHHS), grade 11

World Schools Debate Championships
Congratulations to Gaby and Team Canada as a whole for winning Oxford WSDC and WSDC 2021 Macau!!!

Western HST
Junior Finalists Allen Zhu and Isaac So, Grade 10

Canada Debate Cup
Quarterfinalists Andreea Murariu and Alice Dai, Grade 10

2020 Windsor Juniors Debate Tournament
1st Breaking Team, Quarterfinalist Alex Zhu, Grade 10

2020 Summer Novice Debate Tournament
1st Breaking Team, Finalist, and 3rd Speaker Alex Zhu, Grade 10 

2020 McGill Summer Development Cup
4th breaking Team, Finalist Alex Zhu, Grade 10

Northern Tournament (Novice)

Champions Rohan Kompella and Bimesh De Silva, grade 11

Quarterfinalists Echo Chen and Patrick Yu, grade 9 and 12

2nd Speaker Rohan Kompella, grade 11

3rd Speaker Bimesh De Silva, grade 11 

6th Speaker Patrick Yu, grade 12

Junior Provincial Tournament (Novice)

5th Team Katelyn Wang and Echo Chen, grade 9

3rd Speaker Katelyn Wang, grade 9 

HartHouse Tournament

Quarterfinalists Nikita Buchko and Jasmine Bao, grade 12

Senior Provincial Tournament

National Qualifiers Jasmine Bao and Nikita Buchko, grade 12

First Alternate Angela Dong and Stanley Wang, grade 12

Senior Regional Tournament

Champions Nikita Buchko and Jasmine Bao, grade 12

Top Speaker Nikita Buchko, grade 12

Western Tournament

Finalists Erphon Ghatreh-Samani and Aaqib Usmani, grade 11

Quarterfinalist Reza Qurban-Ali, grade 10

Havergal Tournament

Champions Nikita Buchko and Jasmine Bao, grade 12

Semifinalists Ray Luo and Angela Dong, grade 12

McGill Tournament

Quarterfinalists Angela Dong and Stanley Wang, grade 12

Quarterfinalists Patrick Yu and Jeffrey Huang, grade 12

Northern Tournament (Novice)

Champions Nikita Buchko and Reza Qurban-ali, grade 11 and 9 

Quarterfinalists Erphon Ghatreh-Samani, Aaqib Usmani, Rohan Kompella, Bimesh De Silva, grade 10

McGill Winter Tournament

Quarterfinalist George Yun, grade 10

Harthouse Tournament

Finalists Raunak Gera and Catherine Zheng, grade 12

Quarterfinalist Elliott Choi, grade 12

2nd Speaker, Catherine Zheng

Senior Provincials Tournament

Champions Catherine Zheng and Raunak Gera, grade 12

Senior Regionals Tournament

Champions Catherine Zheng and Raunak Gera, grade 12

Queens Tournament

Champion Elliott Choi, grade 12

Quarterfinalists Catherine Zheng and Raunak Gera, grade 12

Thornhill Tournament (Novice)

Finalists George Yun and Faraz Sahba, grade 10

Quarterfinalists Erphon Ghatreh-Samani and Aaqib Usmani, grade 10

Top Speaker, George Yun

3rd Speaker, Faraz Sahba

7th Speaker, Erphon Ghatreh-Samani

McGill Tournament

Quarterfinalist William Xu and Michael Huo, grade 11

Osgoode Tournament

Champions Catherine Zheng and Jasmine Bao, grade 12 and 11

Havargal Tournament

Champions Catherine Zheng and Raunak Gera, grade 12

Western Tournament

Semifinalists Stanley Wang, Angela Dong, Emily Xu, Teo Carbunaro, grade 11 and 12

2019 Northern Tournament
Semifinalists Andreea Murariu and Alice Dai, grade 9

Oxford Cup Qualifiers

2nd team: Tae Hu Kim and Anson Kwok

4th speaker: Tae Hu Kim

10th speaker: Anson Kwok

University of Western Ontario

2nd team: Bobby Tzonev and Adam Day

2nd speaker: Guanzhou Ye

McGill University

Finalists: Anson Kwok and Tae Hu Kim

2nd speaker: Tae Hu Kim

10th speaker: Anson Kwok

11th speaker: Ramez Haider

12th speaker: Bobby Tzonev

Osgoode Hall High School Invitational (Seniors)

Finalists: Daniel Barankin and Guanzhou Ye

Finalists: Anson Kwok and Tae Hu Kim

Semi-Finalists: Tusaani Kumaravadivel and Genya Oparin

Semi-Finalists: Daryna Kutsyna and Amber Zhou

Semi-Finalists: Alex Szoke and Simon Sun

1st speaker: Tae Hu Kim

4th speaker: Anson Kwok

7th speaker: Tusaani Kumaravadivel

8th speaker: Daniel Barankin

9th speaker: Allan Cocunato

10th speaker: Alex Szoke

Osgoode Hall High School Invitational (Juniors)

Finalists: Ronnie Guan and Sean Yang

Finalists: Paul Huang and Kevin Shi

1st speaker: Ronnie Guan

2nd speaker: Jae Oh

3rd speaker: Paul Huang

4th speaker: Kevin Shi

5th speaker: Leo Chen

6th speaker: Catherine Zheng

Thornhill S.S.

1st team: Bobby Tzonev and Adam Day

4th team: Peter Gokhshteyn and Alex Szoke

3rd speaker: Bobby Tzonev

5th speaker: Adam Day

7th speaker: Daniel Barankin 

University of Toronto

5th team: Anson Kwok and Guanzhou Ye

Scarborough Rouge River Invitational

2nd team: Daniel Barankin and Guanzhou Ye

York University

Finalists: Tae Hu Kim and Caroline Mei (latter from Thornhill S.S.)

Finalists: Daniel Barankin and Bobby Tzonev

Semi-Finalists: Kyle Fan and Tusaani Kumaravadivel

Semi-Finalists: Anna Tyker and Timothy Wong

3rd speaker: Daniel Barankin

6th speaker: Tae Hu Kim

10th speaker: Kyle Fan

Oxford Union Schools' Debating Championships

16th team: Tae Hu Kim and Nicole Ratti

20th speaker: Tae Hu Kim

37th speaker: Nicole Ratti

National High School Debating Championships

12th team: Allan Cocunato and Anson Kwok

14th speaker: Tae Hu Kim

Junior Provincials

5th speaker: Benjamin Wang

8th speaker: Mars He

Queen's University

1st team (breaks) : Daniel Barankin and Nikola Peric

3rd speaker: Daniel Barankin

8th speaker: Nikola Peric

Metro Regionals

1st: Tae Hu Kim and Nicole Ratti

4th: Allan Cocunato and Anson Kwok

1st speaker: Tae Hu Kim

3rd speaker: Nicole Ratti

National High School Debating Championships

1st team: Anson Kwok and Tae Hu Kim

1st speaker: Tae Hu Kim

7th speaker: Anson Kwok

Hart House (Seniors)

Finalists: Tae Hu Kim and Debi Ogunrinde (latter from Halifax Grammar School)

Semi-finalists: Anson Kwok and Denizhan Uykur (latter from Thornhill S.S.)

Quarter-finalists: Daryna Kutsyna and Amber Zhou

Quarter-finalists: Guanzhou Ye and Janelle Tam (latter from Waterloo C.I.)

Quarter-finalists: Daniel Barankin and Tusaani Kumaravadivel

5th speaker: Tae Hu Kim

9th speaker: Anson Kwok

Hart House (Juniors)

Finalists: Raunak Gera and Catherine Zheng

York University Debate Tournament

Finalists: Daryna Kutsyna and Amber Zhou

Semi-Finalists: Allan Cocunato and Daniel Barankin

Semi-Finalists: Kyle Fan and Tusaani Kumaravadivel

3rd speaker: Allan Cocunato

Junior Provincials

1st team: Raunak Gera and Catherine Zheng

2nd speaker: Catherine Zheng

4th speaker: Raunak Gera

Metro Regionals

1st team: Anson Kwok and Tae Hu Kim

3rd team: Allan Cocunato and Daniel Barankin

1st speaker: Tae Hu Kim

3rd speaker: Anson Kwok

4th speaker: Daniel Barankin

6th speaker: Allan Cocunato

Queen's University

Quarter-Finalists: Tae Hu Kim and Janelle Tam (latter from Waterloo C.I.)

4th speaker: Tae Hu Kim

10th speaker: Anson Kwok

University of Western Ontario

1st team: Nikola Peric and Daniel Barankin

Quarterfinalists: Allan Cocunato and Anson Kwok

5th speaker: Daniel Barankin

Oxford Cup Qualifiers

1st team: Tae-Hu Kim and Nicole Ratti

11th speaker: Tae-Hu Kim

12th speaker: Nicole Ratti

McGill University

2nd team: Tae Hu Kim and Nicole Ratti

9th speaker: Tae-Hu Kim

Northern S.S.

4th team: Bobby Tzonev and Adam Day

7th team: Daniel Barankin and Anson Kwok

2nd speaker: Anson Kwok

6th speaker: Daniel Barankin

Thornhill S.S.

1st team: Daryna Kutsyna and Amber Zhao

2nd team: Ruhama Quadir and Juweiriya Ahmed

3rd team: Allan Cocunato and Anson Kwok

4th team: Daniel Barankin and Kyle Fan

1st speaker: Allan Cocunato

2nd speaker: Anson Kwok

3rd speaker: Daniel Barankin

AND A LOT MORE! Well done RHHS

National High School Debating Championships

18th speaker: Tae Hu Kim

Provincials

6th team: Tae Hu Kim and Anson Kwok

Metro Regionals

1st team: Tae Hu Kim and Anson Kwok

3rd team: Nikola Peric and Nicole Ratti

York University

1st speaker: Davin Wong

6th speaker: Tae-Hu Kim

8th speaker: Frederick Ding

University of Western Ontario

1st team: Samantha Relich and Karthicka Suthanandan

3rd team: Allan Cocunato and Anson Kwok

7th speaker: Karthicka Suthanandan

9th speaker: Daniel Barankin

McGill University

10th team: Nikola Peric and Nicole Ratti  

Thornhill S.S.

1st team: Allan Cocunato and Anson Kwok