A staff of Cal Poly Pomona food science and technology college students has gained the Pacific Southwest College Bowl for the fourth consecutive 12 months.
Jason Soldo (staff captain), Enrique Govea, Siane Kung, Alexander Gomez, Nicole Lam, Jakob Bathon, and Janet Dao beat out groups from Chapman University and San Diego State University.
The College Bowl challenges college students on their data of meals science and expertise, the historical past of meals and meals processing, meals regulation and basic food-related trivia.
The completely different groups went head-to-head in rounds in a double-elimination format. If a staff misplaced a spherical twice, they had been eradicated from the competitors.
The Cal Poly Pomona staff misplaced a second-round match towards Chapman, however rallied to defeat the San Diego State staff within the subsequent spherical.
In a rematch, the Cal Poly Pomona staff beat Chapman within the fourth and fifth rounds to win the College Bowl.
By successful the regional competitors, the Cal Poly Pomona college students have earned the fitting to compete within the National College Bowl in July at the Institute of Food Technologists annual convention in Chicago.
The Cal Poly Pomona staff was the one one composed solely of undergraduates. Lecturer Karoline Harrison is the staff’s advisor.
Huntley College Dean Ethan Orr, Department of Nutrition and Food Science Professor and Chair David Edens, Professors Olive Li and Gabriel Davidov-Pardo, and Assistant Professors Belal Hasan, and Mohammad Zarei had been readily available to help the staff.
The College Bowl was sponsored by the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA). It was held on March 14 at Chapman University in Orange.