Fall 2015
2015 NJCL Certamen Recap
By Tullus Dean, Summit
Team Ohio again proved its worth at the certamen
buzzer table this year at Trinity University in San Antonio,
Texas during the 62nd NJCL Convention. Ohio fielded
teams in all divisions - Novice, Intermediate, and
Advanced. This year, due to extremely competitive tryouts,
both the intermediate and advanced teams had alternate
players for certain spots. The teams were:
Novice - Julia Dean, Summit (Captain), John Brady, St. Eds,
and Owen Kranz, St. Eds
Intermediate - Peter Hattimer, Walnut Hills (Captain),
Caroline Klette, Summit, Michael Warden, Summit, Julia
Cardinal, McAuley, Charlie Dwight, Seven Hills, and Gautam
Apte, Shaker
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The Advanced team had by far the best showing of
the Ohio teams at this year’s convention. After a rough
Round 1 start against future second seed Texas, Ohio
bounced back in Round 2 against Illinois to put some major
points on the board. Sameer Apte’s powerful performance
helped springboard the Advanced team into the 8th seed
for the semifinals. Going up against the first seed Georgia,
Ben Robertson hit a clutch buzz on question 20 to seal
team Ohio’s spot in the finals against Florida and California.
With an MVP performance from Sameer, Ohio’s