Waukegan OCRS

[Nur Rauch]

It's on in case no one's noticed -- and so are some other super's, for that matter. The first round was last night; next starts in an hour and 45 minutes.

[xavier86]

What's happening so far?

[Nur Rauch]

So far we've seen U-Michigan, Loyola, and U-Illinois. Every round's been pretty damn close.

[arandomguy]

Some interesting 2nd and 3rd round pairings - didn't stay for 4th round pairings.

2nd round, 1440 hit 1268, 1454 hit 1146, and 1253 hit 1267. Can't remember who 1441 and 1147 hit.

3rd round, 1253 hit 1147, 1454 hit 1440, 1268 hit 1441, while 1267 hit 1146.

So far my team has seen Carleton 1421, Northwestern 1267, and Michigan 1147. Collin do you have 4th round pairings? If you do, and you don't mind, can you PM them to me?

[Nur Rauch]

All I know is that we're defense and hitting Loras tomorrow. Sorry Graham.

[xavier86]

If you know that far in advanced couldn't you just do witness selection the day before? It's not amta supervises witness selection.

[arandomguy]

I suppose, but only i you could find the other teams captains. Chances are neither team would want to though, for strategic reasons. If you think your team stands a chance of stealing a call, why would you give another team a full night to prepare their contingency witness, when you could wait and give that team a full 30 minutes to prepare that same witness the next day?

Plus there would be potentially difficult situations. What if they sleep on it, and decide they want to call another witness in the morning at captains? What do you do then?

In short, though it is perhaps possible to do something like that, I don't see any legitimate reason to do so. It might be nice to have all night to prepare your contingency witness, but at the expense of allowing the other side the same opportunity, I don't see it being worth it.

[sills]

Just heard some news from Waukegan

Northwestern went first and second.
Two Michigan teams qualified
One Northwood team.

That's all I've heard so far.

N-Dub represent.

[Nur Rauch]

1. Northwestern
2. Northwestern
3. Michigan
4. Minnesota-Morris(*)
5. Michigan
6. Northwood


* WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

[12 yr old prodigy]

congrats!

[Rane]

Congrats Collin!  Even if you did misspell "ORCS" as "OCRS" for the purpose of this thread. Good luck in Des Moines!

[MizzouMock]

OUTSTANDING TRIAL TEAMS
Bids to the 2009 National Intercollegiate Championship Mock Trial Tournament
Des Moines, Iowa, April 17-19, 2009
Team 1267, Northwestern University, 7.5
Team 1268, Northwestern University, 7
Team 1146, University of Michigan, 6.5
Team 1186, University of Minnesota Morris, 6, head-to-head win (CS 18)
Team 1147, University of Michigan, 6, head-to-head loss (CS 14)
Team 1440, Northwood University, 5.5

Honorable Mention Trial Teams
Team 1052, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 5, CS 17
Team 1001, Loyola University Chicago, 5, CS 16
Team 1441, Northwood University, 5, CS 16
Team 1002, Loyola University Chicago, 5, CS 13.5

SPIRIT OF AMTA AWARD
Awarded to the team that best exemplifies the ideals of honesty, civility, and fair play
Team 1267, Northwestern University, 30 points

Honorable Mention
Team 1010, St. Olaf College, 27 points, rank order 4
Team 1441, Northwood University, 27 points, rank order 4
Team 1573, Loras College, 27 points, rank order 6

OUTSTANDING ATTORNEYS
20-Δ, Alex Jarrell, Team 1267, Northwestern University

19-Δ, Philip Ehrlich, Team 1454, The University of Chicago
19-Π, Ed Hirsch, Team 1004, University of Wisconsin-Superior
19-Π, Marcell Taylor, Team 1097, DePaul University
19-Π, Collin Tierney, Team 1186, University of Minnesota Morris

18-Π, Jonathan Hartsfield, Team 1440, Northwood University
18-Π, Gracie Ogilby, Team 1420, Carleton College

17-Π, Jennifer Berman, Team 1268, Northwestern University
17-Π, Marc Gibson, Team 1597, Lake Forest College
17-Π, Danielle Gonzalez, Team 1597, Lake Forest College
17-Δ, Dana Hoffman, Team 1253, Hamline University
17-Δ, Prava Palacharla, Team 1051, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
17-Δ, Dale Torbert, Team 1441, Northwood University

OUTSTANDING WITNESSES
19-Π, Natalie Chan, Team 1267, Northwestern University
19-Δ, Erin Dittmer, Team 1052, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
19-Δ, Tara Garcia-Matthewson, Team 1267, Northwestern University

18-Π, Cali Cope-Kasten, Team 1089, Macalester College
18-Π, Emily Koza, Team 1052, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
18-Π, Christine Murphy, Team 1001, Loyola University Chicago

17-Π and 17-Δ, Stephen Bowie, Team 1146, University of Michigan
17-Δ, Leah Hocking, Team 1573, Loras College
17-Δ, Danielle Hodges, Team 1440, Northwood University
17-Δ, Gracie Ogilby, Team 1420, Carleton College
17-Π, Bryce Rucker, Team 1441, Northwood University
17-Δ, Amy Sun, Team 1421, Carleton College
17-Δ, Erica Westrich, Team 1001, Loyola University Chicago

[F. Gustavo]

Wow -- Northwestern dominated. First and second place is awesome. And another spirit of amta award to boot. I think that's six tournaments they have won now.

Richmond and Northwestern seem to be dark horses. I can't wait to see what the favorites Columbia, UCLA, NYU, and Bellarmine do at ORCS.

[octoberist]

I used to compete in the same region as Northwestern and my team and I always had fun going against them. Good to see that they're kicking some ridiculous ass. Lots of new talent it seems - I've seen quite a few individual awards from Alex Jarrel and Jennifer Berman this year.

Wonder how they'll do at nationals against the stalwarts - Iowa, Virginia, NYU (I'm making an assumption here), etc.

[theChosenOne]

Wow -- Northwestern dominated. First and second place is awesome. And another spirit of amta award to boot. I think that's six tournaments they have won now.

Richmond and Northwestern seem to be dark horses. I can't wait to see what the favorites Columbia, UCLA, NYU, and Bellarmine do at ORCS.

I would expect all 4 of those teams to have their A and B teams going to nationals. Wouldn't be surprised to see a couple of those schools have their A and B teams go 1-2 at ORCS.