UGA Goes to Washington, Faces Nation's Best

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11.07.10 UGA traveled to Washington, DC this weekendto compete against the nation's top Mock Trial teams at the University of Virginia's Great American Mock Trial Invitational (GAMTI).

The team of nine was assembled from UGA's five unstacked invitationals teams, with members chosen based on exceptional performance last year.

The Bulldogs competed in four rounds over two days, defeating Cornell University on all three judges' ballots to make the program 6-1 against Ivy League opponents in the last two seasons. UGA also faced the University of Virginia, a two-time national champion, Miami University of Ohio, a one-time national champion, and Loyola-Chicago.

Michelle Pope ('11) won an Outstanding Witness award at the tournament.

GAMTI was held at the Moultrie Courthouse in Judiciary Square, and boasted a field of teams more exclusive than the National Championship Tournament. The tournament featured 24 top teams from across the country, and the eventual national champion has come from the GAMTI field for each of the last five years.

While in DC, the UGA team also visited a number of the nation's landmarks, including the Capitol and U.S. Supreme Court. Though the High Court wasn't in session, the team was excited to spot Justice Sonia Sotomayor in the foyer outside the Supreme Court chambers.

UGA Team Members competing on GAMTI Team 826 were: Brian Mink (Captain, '11), Alex Smith (Captain, '12), Ethan Treacy (Captain, '12), Alex Galvan ('11), Isha Ghodke ('12), Vera Maladtsova ('12), Michelle Pope ('11), Kyle Walker ('13), and Claire Whitehead ('13).

 

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UGA Places 3rd in Nation Out of 633 Teams!

4.18.11 UGA Mock Trial finished 3rd in the nation out of 633 teams that started the year, tying for the best record at this year's National Championship Tournament in Des Moines, IA. The Bulldogs barely missed out on the championship round in a tie-breaker with the eventual national champion, UCLA.

The victory puts UGA in the top 99.5 percent of Mock Trial teams nationally. 6,000 undergraduates participate in collegiate Mock Trial, representing 633 teams from 300 universities. UGA placed above every Ivy League school, and finished behind only UCLA and NYU, who both tied UGA's record of 6-2 during the tournament.

UGA finished tied for 1st with UCLA in their 24-team division. UCLA's opponents had half a win more than UGA's (17.5 to 17), breaking the tie between the two teams and sending UCLA to the finals. NYU was the champion of the other division, followed by the University of Chicago.

UGA won rounds against Tufts, Georgetown, and UC Santa Cruz. Their only loss was to Harvard, by -2, -4. UGA ended the weekend with the largest single ballot win (+28), the largest single round win (+35), and the largest margin of victory over all four rounds (+74) of any team in the 48-team tournament.