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==Modern history (2008-Present)== | ==Modern history (2008-Present)== | ||
| − | Recently, Waterloo has re-emerged as an actual Quizbowl Club, due in no small part to Eric Monkman, who attended Waterloo as a freshman in 2006-07. | + | Recently, Waterloo has re-emerged as an actual Quizbowl Club, due in no small part to Eric Monkman, who attended Waterloo as a freshman in 2006-07. From 2008-2013, the club was led each term by either Jeffrey Baer, Aaron Dos Remedios or Monkman himself. This has led to an attempt to get the university involved in more traditional Quizbowl events, mainly through the Canadian Quizbowl circuit. |
| − | + | Waterloo competed for the first time since 2001 at Ontario Bowl in October, 2007; the team finished in the middle of the pack. In 2009, Waterloo, along with nearby [[Wilfrid Laurier]] University, hosted the Canada [[Sectionals|SCT]]. | |
| − | + | Formerly, the club was made up almost entirely of mathematics or engineering students. This had previously led to Waterloo teams being weak in areas such as history and linguistics. Exceptions to this include Rebecca Heersink, Sean Nauth and perhaps Monkman himself (a mathematical physicist), but non-mathematicians/engineers in the Waterloo Quizbowl club were once few and far between. | |
| − | Waterloo | + | In 2023, the Waterloo team of Michael Du, Mattias Ehatamm, Liam Kusalik, and Gaian Valdegamo became the first Canadian team to win the DII [[ICT]], beating [[Rutgers]] B 400-380 in the second game of an advantaged final. After going undefeated in their prelim bracket, the Waterloo team had lunch at Panda Express, where Michael received a fortune cookie stating "soon you will get the recognition you deserve." |
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| + | In 2024, Waterloo became the first school ever to defend a Division II title, with James Ah Yong, Micah Colman, Jared He, and Caleb Ott defeating Columbia A in the first game of an advantaged final. Two weeks later, Waterloo became the first Canadian school to win an Undergraduate trophy at [[ACF Nationals]], with Du, Ehatamm, He, and Kusalik finishing in 2nd after losing a final to [[Cornell]]. Their T4 finish is also the highest a Canadian team has placed at ACF Nationals. | ||
| − | + | Later that year, Waterloo housewrote [[HONK!]], a medium-difficulty pop culture tournament which was head-edited by Jessie Cubilla. | |
| − | + | In 2025, Du, Ehatamm, He, and Kusalik won the first game of an advantaged final against [[Illinois]] to go undefeated at the [[2025 UCT|2025 IQBT Undergraduate Championship]], and won the tournament. This made Waterloo the first Canadian school to win an Undergraduate title. At the 2025 ICT, Waterloo failed to reach top bracket due to being seeded with eventual second-place finishers [[Cornell]], but won the 2nd-place undergraduate title nonetheless. | |
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==Members== | ==Members== | ||
| + | Present: | ||
| + | *Mattias Ehatamm | ||
| + | *Liam Kusalik | ||
| + | *Miriam Tam | ||
| + | *Gaian Valdegamo | ||
| + | *Jared He | ||
| + | *Michael Du | ||
| + | *Caleb Ott | ||
| + | *Micah Colman | ||
| + | *James Ah Yong | ||
| + | *Jacob Bicol | ||
| + | *Rayton Lin | ||
| + | *Dawson Teu | ||
| + | *Xavier Spano | ||
| − | + | Past: | |
| − | + | *Thomas Mennill | |
| + | *Jessie Cubilla | ||
| + | *Zachary Bernstein | ||
| + | *Christine Irwin | ||
| + | *Jj Li | ||
| + | *Peter Liu | ||
| + | *[[Cam MacInnis]] | ||
| + | *Ben Paul | ||
| + | *Aayush Rajasekaran | ||
| + | *Daniel Resnick | ||
| + | *Arjun Sondhi | ||
| + | *Kira Vimal | ||
| + | *Ming-Ho Yee | ||
| + | *Andrew Yim | ||
*Matt Austin | *Matt Austin | ||
*Jeffrey Baer | *Jeffrey Baer | ||
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*Dmitry Denisenkov | *Dmitry Denisenkov | ||
*Aaron Dos Remedios | *Aaron Dos Remedios | ||
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*Eric Monkman | *Eric Monkman | ||
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| − | + | {{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAQT ICT]] Division II | |
| − | + | |year = [[2023 ICT|2023]], [[2024 ICT|2024]] | |
| − | + | |previous = [[Yale]] | |
| − | + | |next = [[Harvard]] | |
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[[Category:Waterloo]] | [[Category:Waterloo]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:36, 10 April 2025
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| Location: Waterloo, ON | |
| Current President or Coach | Mattias Ehatamm |
| National championships | 2023 DII ICT, 2024 DII ICT, 2025 UCT |
| NAQT Page | link |
The University of Waterloo is a university in Waterloo, ON with strong math and engineering programs. A quizbowl club has been in existence since the mid-1990s.
Early history
The Waterloo Quiz Bowl Club was established at some point in the mid-1990s, hosting and participating in several tournaments during the early years of Canadian university quizbowl. Zhan Huan Zhou and Rico Catibog ran the club in the early years. A Waterloo team attended the 2000 ICT.
Dormant period
After 2001, the team became inactive on the circuit, but continued to exist as a club.
Modern history (2008-Present)
Recently, Waterloo has re-emerged as an actual Quizbowl Club, due in no small part to Eric Monkman, who attended Waterloo as a freshman in 2006-07. From 2008-2013, the club was led each term by either Jeffrey Baer, Aaron Dos Remedios or Monkman himself. This has led to an attempt to get the university involved in more traditional Quizbowl events, mainly through the Canadian Quizbowl circuit.
Waterloo competed for the first time since 2001 at Ontario Bowl in October, 2007; the team finished in the middle of the pack. In 2009, Waterloo, along with nearby Wilfrid Laurier University, hosted the Canada SCT.
Formerly, the club was made up almost entirely of mathematics or engineering students. This had previously led to Waterloo teams being weak in areas such as history and linguistics. Exceptions to this include Rebecca Heersink, Sean Nauth and perhaps Monkman himself (a mathematical physicist), but non-mathematicians/engineers in the Waterloo Quizbowl club were once few and far between.
In 2023, the Waterloo team of Michael Du, Mattias Ehatamm, Liam Kusalik, and Gaian Valdegamo became the first Canadian team to win the DII ICT, beating Rutgers B 400-380 in the second game of an advantaged final. After going undefeated in their prelim bracket, the Waterloo team had lunch at Panda Express, where Michael received a fortune cookie stating "soon you will get the recognition you deserve."
In 2024, Waterloo became the first school ever to defend a Division II title, with James Ah Yong, Micah Colman, Jared He, and Caleb Ott defeating Columbia A in the first game of an advantaged final. Two weeks later, Waterloo became the first Canadian school to win an Undergraduate trophy at ACF Nationals, with Du, Ehatamm, He, and Kusalik finishing in 2nd after losing a final to Cornell. Their T4 finish is also the highest a Canadian team has placed at ACF Nationals.
Later that year, Waterloo housewrote HONK!, a medium-difficulty pop culture tournament which was head-edited by Jessie Cubilla.
In 2025, Du, Ehatamm, He, and Kusalik won the first game of an advantaged final against Illinois to go undefeated at the 2025 IQBT Undergraduate Championship, and won the tournament. This made Waterloo the first Canadian school to win an Undergraduate title. At the 2025 ICT, Waterloo failed to reach top bracket due to being seeded with eventual second-place finishers Cornell, but won the 2nd-place undergraduate title nonetheless.
Members
Present:
- Mattias Ehatamm
- Liam Kusalik
- Miriam Tam
- Gaian Valdegamo
- Jared He
- Michael Du
- Caleb Ott
- Micah Colman
- James Ah Yong
- Jacob Bicol
- Rayton Lin
- Dawson Teu
- Xavier Spano
Past:
- Thomas Mennill
- Jessie Cubilla
- Zachary Bernstein
- Christine Irwin
- Jj Li
- Peter Liu
- Cam MacInnis
- Ben Paul
- Aayush Rajasekaran
- Daniel Resnick
- Arjun Sondhi
- Kira Vimal
- Ming-Ho Yee
- Andrew Yim
- Matt Austin
- Jeffrey Baer
- Elite Che
- Jamie Cooper
- Dmitry Denisenkov
- Aaron Dos Remedios
- Eric Monkman
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