The Central Connecticut State University Regional Mathematics Competition

The competition took place on April 18, 2009 at 2pm. Seven schools sent representatives to compete. There were thirty two competitors in total. Considering that this is the first intercollegiate math competition being held at CCSU, we see this as a complete success. This event will be running again next year. We have already started the planning for it and this time we won't schedule it on the same day as the Hudson River Valley Conference. We hadn't heard about this conference before. However, now we plan to attend it now too.

The tests have been graded and thankfully there is a clear gap between 3rd and 4th place. The results will be posted by Friday at the latest. Prizes should go out on Friday as well. The graders are currently in the process of ranking the schools and students. It will take a little longer for the plaque to arrive at the victorious school, since it still needs to be engraved. I have posted the test below. Solutions will be posted soon as well. I will also maintain our math club problem sets on the internet by popular demand (mostly from CCSU students). Everything is going to be slowly updated.

I would like to take this opportunity to formally thank everyone who helped with the competition. Organizing this event was a lot of work (especially with 18 credits). I wouldn't have been able to do it without the support of CCSU's math department, the ad hoc committee that formed to design everything, all of the volunteered help from students and faculty, and our representative in the Student Activities department (Sue Sweeney).

I would also like to thank everyone who participated and even those who expressed interest, but couldn't make it. I received a lot of encouragement from the students and faculty at Williams College (Dr. Miller was exceptionally helpful), Uconn (Dr. Conrad's support was amazing), Sacred Heart, Suffolk University, Trinity College, Wesleyan, Quinnipiac, Umass Amherst, Clarkson University, SUNY Potsdam, Yale, and MIT. Thank you and I hope to see you all next year.

Competition 2009

The top school for our 2009 competition was Trinity College.

RESULTS BY ID NUMBER:

Score	ID Number
3.0	001
4.0	005
0.0	009
8.0	010
30.0	011
3.0	012
1.5	013
5.5	014
18.0	015
33.5	016
5.5	017
18.0	018
1.5	019
5.0	020
18.0	021
7.0	022
14.0	023
21.0	024
32.5	025
6.0	026
8.0	027
16.5	028
19.5	029
9.5	030
18.5	031
14.5	032
5.5	033
4.0	056
8.0	057
4.0	058
2.5	059
5.5	060

INDIVIDUAL WINNERS

First Place: Young Ho Shin, Trinity College
Second Place: Alex McAvoy, University of Massachusetts Amherst  
Third Place: Joshua Parks, Wesleyan University


LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (32)

Brennan Bell, Central Connecticut State University
Craig Blouin, University of Connecticut
Jeremy Bradford, Central Connecticut State University
Claude Bradley, Central Connecticut State University
Antoni Brzoska, University of Connecticut
Nicholas Cegelka, Central Connecticut State University
Xiuwen Chen, Suffolk University
Savio Chris, University of Connecticut
Filis Coba, Central Connecticut State University
Lauren DiStefano, Sacred Heart University
Catherine Ferguson, Central Connecticut State University
Jesse Gatten, Sacred Heart University
Adam Goldreich, Central Connecticut State University
Peterson Joseph, Central Connecticut State University
Tanya Kaplan, Sacred Heart University
Kai-Wei Liu, Suffolk University
Jeremiah Lurcott, University of Connecticut
Michael Martin, Central Connecticut State University
Alex McAvoy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Zachary McGuirk, Central Connecticut State University
Dina Moussa, Suffolk University
Tommy Nguyen, Suffolk University
Joshua Parks, Wesleyan University
Weini Qiu, University of Connecticut
Karyn Sanchez, Suffolk University
Rahul Ratna Shakya, Trinity College
Young Ho Shin, Trinity College
Erinda Skyta, Suffolk University  
Joel Specter, Wesleyan University  
Marc Wilson, Sacred Heart University
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