The University of New Mexico’s College Bowl team has advanced to the national college bowl after defeating teams from Wyoming, Colorado State, Arizona State and New Mexico State and others. The team now travels to Seattle, Wash. for the national competition hosted by the University of Washington on April 22-24, 2005.
Photo: UNM’s College Bowl team of (l. to r.) John Ogren, Jennifer Hammitt, Clinton Peebles and Aaron Posey will be competing in the national college bowl after winning the regional competition over the weekend.
“We are very excited about this opportunity to represent UNM at the national level,” said Clinton Peebles, team captain. “Our team is a good blend of academic disciplines, which gave use the edge at the regional tournament. I think we will be respectable this April in Seattle.”
College Bowl is called the “varsity sport of the mind.” Students from universities around the U.S. and Canada compete with each other, in teams of four, to demonstrate which team is the most adept at answering trivia questions across a variety of subjects ranging from chemistry and biology to currents events and literature.
The national competition is a round robin tournament with the 15 other regional winners and a wild card winner drawn from the second place teams.
“We’re especially proud of our team, since UNM hasn’t competed in more than 40 years,” said Debbie Morris, student activities director. “It’s exciting now to have our students participating in the national tournament.
UNM last competed in the tournament in 1962.
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