Kieran Gallagher-Gonzales, Nas Manole, Clinton Peebles and John Ogren are the UNM College Bowl team, La Confederacion de los Intelectuales. The team is preparing to travel to the national championships in Hartford, Connecticut for the 2006 National College Bowl Tournament.
Photo (l. to r.): Kieran Gallagher-Gonzales, Nas Manole, Clinton Peebles and John Ogren comprise the team, 'La Confederacion de los Intelectuales.'
College Bowl is a game of wits that matches two teams against each other in a test of general knowledge. It’s a little like the game show “Jeopardy,” but the entire team can collaborate on the answer. The first team with the answer wins. Unlike Jeopardy, the teams don’t win money, just bragging rights.
The UNM Team is going in the wild card slot in the tournament after coming in second in the regional tournament earlier this spring.
Team captain Clinton Peebles says, “This year at Nationals is going to be tough, especially since we lost one of our best players. However our team is strong and I believe we will still be competitive and have a chance to win a few matches in Hartford.”
UNM will be competing against 15 other schools including the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, St. Bonaventure University, Seton Hall University, Bucknell University, Davidson College, Valdosta State University, Ohio State University, Northwestern University, University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, Washington University-St. Louis, Baylor University, University of Arizona, Montana State University-Billings, and the University of California-Los Angeles.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at April 6, 2006 01:38 PM