Post date: Oct 28, 2013 3:13:27 PM
DURHAM, N.C. – June 1, 2013 – Thirty-five of North Carolina’s sharpest high school mathematics students recently competed in the 38th Annual American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) Meet in Athens, Ga., the only on-site national mathematics competition. It included over 140 total teams from over 35 states in the U.S., as well as several international teams.
The North Carolina “A1” team took first place at their site and placed second in the nation. Furthermore, Calvin Deng, member of NC’s “A1” team, earned a perfect score on the individual round and placed ninth nationally after the tiebreaker round.
North Carolina’s team won the ARML meet in 2006 and 2012. Furthermore, NC is the only team in the nation to place in the top 10 every year since 2006. The two 2013 teams of 15 students each were chosen on the basis of their scores on the State High School Mathematics Contest and several national math exams.
Coaching this year’s team were Archie Benton, North Buncombe High School, Weaverville; John Noland, Cary Academy; Ken Thwing, Freedom High School, Morganton; Philip Rash, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM), Durham; Jeff Lucia, Providence Day School, Charlotte, and Kathy Hill, Athens Drive High School (retired), Raleigh.
“These coaches, under the leadership of Archie Benton, have become an outstanding team at training and identifying the best math students in North Carolina,” said John Goebel, past chair of the State Mathematics Competition.
North Carolina’s “A1” Team included: Jeffrey An, NCSSM, Cary; Michael An, Green Hope High School, Cary; Franklin Chen, Enloe High School High School, Cary; Calvin Deng, NCSSM, Cary; Michael Gao, NCSSM, Chapel Hill; Kavi Jain, NCSSM, Charlotte; Tony Li, Raleigh Charter High School, Cary; Jason Liang, NCSSM, Raleigh; Justin Luo, Enloe High School, Cary; Sammy Luo, NCSSM, Winston-Salem; Peter Ruhm, The Early College at Guilford, Greensboro; Jonathan Siekierski, Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill; Tejas Sundaresan, NCSSM, Cary; Yu Wang, NCSSM, Chapel Hill; Constance Zhou, Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte.
The following students were on the “A2” Team or were alternates: Landon Carter, NCSSM, Cary; Derek Chan, Jack Britt High School, Fayetteville; Sam Chen, JH Rose High School, Greenville; Angela Deng, Carnage Middle School, Raleigh; Peter Eastwood, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill; Parker Garrison, Homeschool, Charlotte; Jay Iyer, The Early College at Guilford, Greensboro; Allan Jiang, NCSSM, Raleigh; Zack Lee, Randolph Middle School, Charlotte; Evan Liang, Enloe High School, Raleigh; Lloyd Liu, Randolph Middle School, Charlotte; Nikhil Reddy, Carnage Middle School, Cary; Sandeep Silwal, Freedom High School, Morganton; David Spencer, NCSSM, Charlotte; Yujian Tang, Enloe High School, Raleigh; Eric Wang, NCSSM, Greensboro; Jenny Wang, Enloe High School, Raleigh; Sarah Wu, Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill; Alvin Zhang, TC Roberson High School, Asheville; Matthew Zheng, Enloe High School, Cary.
The “A2” Team consists of younger, less-experienced students and who would normally compete in the “B” Division; however, since the North Carolina “B” Team has done so well in recent years, it was required to compete in the A-Division this year, placing 33rd nationally in the “A” division.
The ARML Meet, which originated in the New England states, has grown to include four sites across the nation: Penn State University, The University of Iowa, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the University of Georgia. The meet, which consists of four rounds, is conducted simultaneously at all four sites. Three of the rounds are team rounds, including a Power Question, the Team Questions, and Relays. There is one Individual Round. Awards are given for each site and for overall national winners.
The North Carolina Teams are sponsored by the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
For additional information, please visit the ARML website: http://www.arml.com.