IPA (2022 – 2023) Finals Recap
Overview
The IPA 2022–2023 tournament concluded with the IPA Finals on May 6 at Susquehanna International Group’s headquarters in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
| Seed | Team | Location | Points | Avg Finish | Status |
| 13 | Columbia Law | New York, NY, USA | 27 | 1.6th | 2023 IPA Champion |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA, USA | 23 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 9 | USC | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 13 | 2.8th | 3rd |
| 2 | Pomona | Claremont, CA, USA | 7 | 3.6th | 4th |
Average 3.5 pts·Std. dev. 2.35
Columbia Law wins the IPA Finals and is crowned the 2022–2023 IPA champion, followed by Georgia Tech, USC and Pomona. Columbia Law entered the playoffs as the 13 seed and won three of the five tables, while Georgia Tech won two.
This is Columbia Law’s second IPA Finals appearance and first IPA title. The team first competed in the 2020–2021 IPA season under the leadership of Zachary Josephs and placed 6th out of 13 teams, then placed 4th out of 42 teams in 2021–2022. The team now adds a championship to its collection.
Congratulations to Daniel Cobourn, Neal Kapoor, Nathaniel Kazlow, Ethan Mandelbaum, Edward McDonald, Jonathan Pry, and Casey Sandalow.
Neal and Ethan have competed in the IPA since the 2020-2021 season.
Jonathan has competed in the IPA since the 2021-2022 season.
Daniel, Edward, and Casey have competed in the IPA since the 2022-2023 season.

IPA finalists pictured (top left to bottom right): Maxwell Guo (GT), Mathew Seng (GT), Michael Bonaventura (GT), JoJo Widi (PC), Aidan Wu (PC), Jan Charatan (PC), Rajan Shivaram (PC), Vikrant Goel (PC), Justin Lenderman (USC), Sean Iredell (USC), Shreyans Gupta (USC), Quincy Karns (USC), Conor Patten (USC), Justin Shiao (GT), Zachary Beller (GT), Jonathan Pry (CL), Casey Sandalow (CL), Edward McDonald (CL), Nathaniel Kazlow (CL), Neal Kapoor (CL), Kevin Wu (photo credit)
IPA Finals Table Results
Table 1
| Team | Name | Placement | Points |
Columbia Law | Jonathan Pry | 1st | 7 |
USC | Justin Lenderman | 2nd | 4 |
Pomona | Pomona | 3rd | 2 |
Georgia Tech | Zachary Beller | 4th | 1 |
Table 2
| Team | Name | Placement | Points |
Georgia Tech | Michael Bonaventura | 1st | 7 |
USC | Quincy Karns | 2nd | 4 |
Columbia Law | Neal Kapoor | 3rd | 2 |
Pomona | Yingzhou Widi | 4th | 1 |
Table 3
| Team | Name | Placement | Points |
Columbia Law | Nathaniel Kazlow | 1st | 7 |
Georgia Tech | Mathew Seng | 2nd | 4 |
Pomona | Vikrant Goel | 3rd | 2 |
USC | Shreyans Gupta | 4th | 1 |
Table 4
| Team | Name | Placement | Points |
Georgia Tech | Maxwell Guo | 1st | 7 |
Columbia Law | Casey Sandalow | 2nd | 4 |
USC | Sean Iredell | 3rd | 2 |
Pomona | Rajan Shivaram | 4th | 1 |
Table 5
| Team | Name | Placement | Points |
Columbia Law | Edward McDonald | 1st | 7 |
Georgia Tech | Justin Shiao | 2nd | 4 |
USC | Conor Patten | 3rd | 2 |
Pomona | Aidan Wu | 4th | 1 |
Updates
The IPA tournament will resume with the 2023-2024 season in November.
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