2024-25 Tournaments
During the 2024-2025 Mock Trial season, the RMT team had the privilege of participating in two scrimmages and two invitationals in addition to attending the regional tournament. The team had particular success at Templeβs Hooter Invitational, at which it earned two Outstanding Witness awards (in recognition of Finn Alexander and Jack DeWeese), two Outstanding Attorney awards (both earned by Captain Amanda Steele), and an Honorable Mention for Outstanding Team. Rider Mock Trial was additionally presented with the Spirit of AMTA award by its opponents for its demonstration of the highest degrees of civility, justice, and fair play.
RMT continued its strong performance at the Princeton Regional, where its members were able to demonstrate their months of diligence, adaptability, and mastery of the case materials. The Rider Mock Trial team is incredibly proud of the growth and achievements of its members, new and returning.
2022-23 Tournaments
The newly formed Rider Mock Trial Team got its first taste of actual completion in November of 2022 by participating in two invitational tournaments, the Scarlet Knight Invitation hosted by Rutgers and the Pirate Invitational hosted by Seton Hall. For first time efforts, the 2-6 ballot scores were not surprising though the team performed well. And Bella Frost and Diorys Jimenez each took home trophies as Outstanding Witnessβs.
The team worked very hard to improve, and on February 4, 2023 they traveled down I-295 for a scrimmage against the University of Pennsylvania A team, and while the scrimmage was not scored by judges, they more than held their own and came away with new feelings of confidence, believing that they could go up against any team and βsurviveβ.
And then over the weekend of February 18-19 they competed in their first AMTA sanctioned tournament, Regionals hosted by Princeton University, and it was at Regionals the ΒιΆΉΝψ Mock Trial Team shocked the world of collegiate mock trial by compiling an incredible 7-1 record, including a 2-0 sweep against the top seeded team in the entire tournament. This qualified them to move on to the Opening Round Championship Series. At Regionals, Competition Captain Cam Curnuck received 19 rankings out of a possible 20 as an outstanding attorney and Emily Paruk also ranked highly and took home a trophy as an Outstanding Witness. Bella Frost would have also taken home an Outstanding Witness award but for some confusion on the part of one of the judges.
Read more: Rider Mock Trial wins bid to national semi-finals - News@Rider article
View the Princeton Regional tournament results (PDF)
Enjoy the pictures from the Princeton Regional tournament.
