After two rounds of qualifying tournaments, Columbia’s Team 514 returned to the National Championship Tournament in April, a tournament which was itself returning to Des Moines, Iowa, for the first time in three years. After a perfect 8-0 performance at the Regional qualifier in Jamaica, Queens, and a 5-3 record at the Opening Round Championship Site in Hamilton, Ohio, 514 battled to a 4-4 record in Des Moines and a 10th place finish.
