Brown University IPA Champions (2021 – 2022)

Overview

The IPA 2021–2022 tournament concluded with the IPA Finals on June 4.

Nimish Garg, Benjamin Glanz, Ian Gurland, Zachary Huang, Camran Lateef, Leo McMahon, Eli Shea, Ronnie Strode, Aaron Wang, John Wilkinson, Cottrell van Wingerden and Suzie Zhang won Brown’s second IPA title.

Brown competed in Group F alongside British Columbia, Cornell, Harvey Mudd, Imperial, UMass Amherst and Miami. The team made a surprising comeback in the final week of the regular season, entering the last match in fifth place and securing a playoff spot by the end. With first-place finishes from Camran Lateef, Leo McMahon, Eli Shea and Cottrell van Wingerden, Brown took 32 of 35 possible points to finish second overall, edging Imperial out of the playoffs by 3 points.

Brown then faced Georgia Tech, Manchester and McGill in the playoffs and once again won the final match to take its playoff group. The team scored 15 of 20 possible points and pushed Georgia Tech out of contention by 4 points.

Brown played Auckland, Columbia Law and Vanderbilt in the IPA Finals and scored 16 of 20 possible points to secure the victory. Auckland followed with 13, Vanderbilt with 12 and Columbia Law with 9. Nimish Garg, Ian Gurland and Camran Lateef all won their tables, while Leo McMahon and Cottrell van Wingerden placed third.

Brown now holds two consecutive IPA titles and three consecutive IPA Finals appearances. It is the only team with multiple titles and leads the IPA in Finals appearances. Special recognition goes to Eli Shea and Ronnie Strode for representing the team in all three seasons.

IPA Finals Points

Team	Points	Status
Brown (10)	16	IPA Champion
Auckland (11)	13	2nd
Vanderbilt (4)	12	3rd
Columbia Law (5)	9	4th

Table 1

Team	Name	Placement	Points
Brown	Ian Gurland	1st	4
Auckland	Josh Shi	2nd	3
Vanderbilt	David Xu	3rd	2
Columbia Law	Ethan Mandelbaum	4th	1

Table 2

Team	Name	Placement	Points
Brown	Camran Lateef	1st	4
Columbia Law	Neal Kapoor	2nd	3
Auckland	Felix Hayes-Tourelle	3rd	2
Vanderbilt	Tristan Holup	4th	1

Table 3

Team	Name	Placement	Points
Vanderbilt	Joshua Peng	1st	4
Auckland	Hubert Januszczak	2nd	3
Brown	Leo McMahon	3rd	2
Columbia Law	Zachary Josephs	4th	1

Table 4

Team	Name	Placement	Points
Vanderbilt	Joshua Stotzky	1st	4
Auckland	Phoenix Taku	2nd	3
Brown	Cottrell van Wingerden	3rd	2
Columbia Law	Reno Varghese	4th	1

Table 5

Team	Name	Placement	Points
Brown	Nimish Garg	1st	4
Columbia Law	Xyzlo Lee	2nd	3
Auckland	Nathaniel Cohen-Goh	3rd	2
Vanderbilt	Justin Oresky	4th	1

The IPA tournament will resume with relegation at the start of next season.