1st Annual
SPARTAN
THROWDOWN
Hosting School:
Competition Location:
Dates:
AMTA Officials:
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
November 15-16, 2008
Case Western Coaching Staff:
Allen Hufford, Ricky Stahl, and Maria Phills.
Dr. Joann Scott, Ohio Northern University
Tab Summary
Team Name
No.
Round 1
D v 548
W
W
+19
+46
Round 2
P v 954
T
L
0
-4
Ratt (Ohio State)
(306)
Poison (Ohio State)
(307)
The Police (Case
Western Reserve U.)
(314)
Wham! (Case Western
Reserve U.)
(315)
Rick Springfield
(Washington &
Jefferson)
(346)
Journey (Eastern
Michigan)
(386)
Foreigner (Eastern
Michigan)
(387)
Europe (Ohio
Northern)
(448)
P v 314
L
L
-11
-6
D v 955
W
W
+3
+10
P v 690
W
L
+3
-1
D v 306
L
L
-3
-3
Ballots:
3
CSS: 14.5 Pts.
-8
SOO:
4
Rank:
16
Asia (Ohio Northern)
(449)
P v 882
L
W
-8
+4
D v 696
T
L
0
-3
P v 535
L
L
-27
-32
D v 534
W
W
+7
+5
Ballots:
CSS:
13
SOO:
4
D v 610 P v 976
W
L
W
W
+1
-9 +14
+16
D
W
+11
P
L
-9
D
L
-15
P
W
+18
P
L
-3
v 448
W
+6
v 842
L
-20
v 534
L
-18
v 955
W
+12
v 696
W
+9
P
L
-16
D
W
+13
P
L
-13
D
W
+16
D
L
-3
Round 3
D v 314
L
W
-4
+6
Round 4
P v 448
W
W
+3
+3
D v 696 P v 314
L
L
W
W
-1
-11 +11
+12
v 386 P v 306
L
W
L
-9 +4
-6
v 346 P v 534
W
W
W
+14 +1
+8
v 315 P v 548
L
W
W
-14 +15
+1
v 314 P v 842
W
W
W
+9 +10
+14
v 928 D v 882
L
W
W
-4 +23
+20
D
L
-11
D
W
+20
D
L
-17
D
L
-10
P
W
+7
v 307
L
-12
v 535
W
+11
v 690
W
+3
v 610
W
+7
v 697
L
-4
Summary
Ballots:
5.5
CSS:
13
Pts.
+69
SOO:
2
Rank:
6
Ballots:
CSS:
16
SOO:
3
Ballots:
CSS: 20.5
SOO:
2
Ballots:
CSS:
15
SOO: 6.5
Ballots:
CSS:
13
SOO:
6
Ballots:
CSS:
17
SOO:
2
Ballots:
CSS:
15
SOO:
4
5
Pts.
Rank:
+33
8
3
Pts.
Rank:
-33
15
6
Pts.
Rank:
+38
5
3
Pts.
Rank:
-58
17
7
Pts.
Rank:
+76
1
4
Pts.
Rank:
+45
11
3.5
Pts.
Rank:
-54
14
Team Name
No.
Twisted Sister (Dickinson)
(534)
The Scorpions (Dickinson)
(535)
Culture Club (St. Bonaventure)
(548)
Cheap Trick (Pittsburgh)
(610)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Kenyon
College)
(690)
Rush (Chicago)
(696)
Rick Astley (Chicago)
(697)
Meatloaf (Rochester)
(842)
The Cars (Maine)
(882)
Men At Work (Yale)
(928)
Blondie (Michigan State)
(954)
Bon Jovi (Michigan State)
(955)
Guns 'N Roses (Toledo)
(976)
Round 1
P v 346
W
W
+15 +18
Round 2
D v 842
L
L
-8
-4
Round 3
D v 315
L
L
-1
-8
Round 4
Summary
P v 449 Ballots:
2
L
L CSS: 18.5 Pts. 0
-7
-5 SOO: 2 Rank: 18
D v 976 P v 610 D v 449 P v 315 Ballots:
4
W
W L
L W
W L
L CSS: 17.5 Pts. -13
+4 +3 -27 -21 +27 +32 -20 -11 SOO: 3 Rank: 10
P
L
-19
P
L
-1
D
L
-20
D
W
+3
P
L
-1
v 306
L
-46
v 307
W
+9
v 954
L
-25
v 387
L
-9
v 928
T
0
D v 690
L
L
-7
-34
D v 535
W
W
+27 +21
P v 548
W
W
+7 +34
P v 449
T
W
0
+3
D v 882
W
W
+15 +25
D v 346
L
L
-15
-1
D v 697
W
W
+14 +12
D v 448
L
W
-3
+1
P v 307
W
W
+1 +11
P v 610
L
L
-14 -12
P v
W
+2
P v
W
+10
P v
W
+17
D v
L
-6
D v
L
-7
976
L
-8
386
L
-7
346
L
-3
954
T
0
387
W
+4
Ballots:
CSS: 14.5
SOO: 2
Ballots:
CSS: 19.5
SOO: 4.5
Ballots:
CSS: 13
SOO: 5
Ballots:
CSS: 18.5
SOO: 3
Ballots:
CSS: 16.5
SOO: 2
1
Pts. -128
Rank: 22
6
Pts. +85
Rank: 3
4
Pts. +8
Rank: 12
5
Pts. +3
Rank: 7
3.5
Pts. +10
Rank: 13
D v 315 P v 534 D v 386 P v 928 Ballots:
6
W
W W
W L
L W
W CSS: 19.5 Pts. +52
+9 +20 +8 +4 -10 -14 +12 +23 SOO: 4 Rank: 2
D v 449
W
L
+8
-4
D v 697
W
T
+1
0
P v 690
W
W
+20 +25
D v 386
L
L
-18 -12
P v 535
L
L
-4
-3
P
L
-15
P
W
+3
D
T
0
P
L
-3
D
L
-14
v 697
L
-25
v 387
W
+4
v 306
W
+4
v 448
L
-10
v 307
L
-16
P
L
-23
P
W
+2
D
L
-2
D
L
-8
P
W
+8
v 387
L
-20
v 954
L
-1
v 928
W
+1
v 976
W
+8
v 955
L
-8
D
L
-9
D
L
-12
P
W
+6
P
W
+9
D
L
-2
v 955
W
+4
v 842
L
-23
v 696
T
0
v 882
L
-4
v 548
W
+8
Ballots:
CSS: 13
SOO: 6
Ballots:
CSS: 19.5
SOO: 2
Ballots:
CSS: 19
SOO: 5
Ballots:
CSS: 14
SOO: 5
Ballots:
CSS: 12
SOO: 7
2
Pts. -84
Rank: 20
4.5
Pts. -26
Rank: 9
6
Pts. +54
Rank: 4
2
Pts. -38
Rank: 19
2
Pts. -31
Rank: 21
A special thanks to all of the teams who attended, the coaches who helped with judging, and all of the coaches
who aided in the tab room for helping make this inaugural event a success.
Spirit of AMTA Award
448
Honorable Mention:
Ohio Northern University - "Europe"
Rush (696, U-Chicago), Bon Jovi (955, Michigan State), and Culture Club (548, St. Bonaventure)
*The Spirit of AMTA Award winner receives free admission for next year's Throwdown.
Team Awards
Place
1st
Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
5th Place
6th Place
7th Place
8th Place
9th Place
10th Place
Team
School
386
Eastern Michigan
842
Rochester
610
Pittsburgh
954
Michigan State
315 Case Western Reserve U.
306
Ohio State
696
Chicago
307
Ohio State
928
Yale
535
Dickinson
Band Name
Ballots
CSS
SOO
P/D
Journey
Meatloaf
Cheap Trick
Blondie
Wham!
Ratt
Rush
Poison
Men At Work
The Scorpions
7
6
6
6
6
5.5
5
5
4.5
4
17
19.5
19.5
19
15
13
18.5
16
19.5
17.5
2
4
4.5
5
6.5
2
3
3
2
3
+76
+52
+85
+54
+38
+69
+3
+33
-26
-13
Leonidas Award
610
Honorable Mention:
Pittsburgh
Cheap Trick
Point Diff.:
Journey (386, Eastern Michigan), Ratt (306, Ohio State)
*The Leonidas Award goes to the team with the highest point differential in the tournament.
85
Attorney Awards
Place Team
1
307
2 (Tie) 697
2 (Tie) 928
2 (Tie) 534
2 (Tie) 314
6 (Tie) 448
6 (Tie) 386
6 (Tie) 690
6 (Tie) 386
6 (Tie) 306
6 (Tie) 314
Name
Luke Brewer
Amira Makansi
Heather Stoller
James Taefel
Matthew Vogler
Kevin Cieploski
Joshua Conway
Gavin McGimpey
Adam Slingwein
Emily Smart
Mirela Turc
Side
Plaintiff
Defense
Plaintiff
Plaintiff
Plaintiff
Plaintiff
Plaintiff
Plaintiff
Defense
Plaintiff
Defense
Ranks
20
19
19
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
Witness Awards
Place Team
1
610
2
307
3 (Tie) 954
3 (Tie) 307
3 (Tie) 976
3 (Tie) 535
3 (Tie) 955
8 (Tie) 315
8 (Tie) 315
10
Name
Side
Role
Michael Weisman
Defense
Kit Berkshire
Tiara Ross
Plaintiff
Fran Martin
Adam Birmingham
Both Sides
Drew Walton/Kit Berkshire
Luke Brewer
Defense
Mickey McQuiggan
Amanda Neiding
Plaintiff
Drew Walton
Rico Sanders
Defense
Reagan Thomas
Ryan Timmis
Plaintiff
Harley Kim
Dania Korkor
Plaintiff
Drew Walton
Yelena Roschupkina
Defense
Reagan Thomas
Numerious individuals were tied with 16 ranks as witnesses; therefore, no awards given.
Ranks
20
19
18
18
18
18
18
17
17