Results 2000 Virginia Tech Regional Mathematics Contest

37 schools took part in the 22nd contest and there were 229 participants. The maximum possible score was 70. The leading scores were (if anybody has any objections about putting these leading scores on the WEB, please inform the Contest Director immediately!)

Score	Name	Institute	Graduation	Major
49	Miller, Carl A	Duke University	2001	Math
45	Curtis, Nathan G	Duke University	2002	Music
43	Lacker, Kevin D	Duke University	2002	Math/CS
38	Arthur, David G	Duke University	2004	?
38	Groft, Chad L	Univ MD College Park	2002	Math/CS/Phys
30	Kaseorg, Anders			High School
25	Mermin, David L	Duke University	2004	Math
23	Katines, Matthew P	Rose-Hulman Inst. Tech	2002	Math
22	Cherveny, Luke E	NC State University	2002	Appl Math/Phys
22	Colsher, Michael J	Duke University	2001	Math
20	Johnson, David R	NC State University	2003	Math/CS
19	Barry, Patrick A	NC State University	2004	CS
19	Siegel, Adam F	Duke University	2004	Math/Econ
19	Mason, Jonathan F	University of SC	2003	Math/CS
17	Lanut, Matthew K	Carnegie-Mellon Univ	2002	CS
17	Hooper, William P	Univ MD College Park	2001	Math
17	Cheong, Raymond	Univ MD College Park	2002	Chem Eng
16	Rohde, Robert A	Univ MD College Park	2001	Phys/Math
16	Fulton, Brian I	High Point University	2001	Math
16	Weston, Laura J	NC State University	2001	Chem/Math
15	Watts, Andrew M	US Naval Academy	2004	?
14	Mamce, William A	Carnegie-Mellon Univ	2003	Math
14	Lynch, Greer M	US Naval Academy	2004	?
14	Godshall, Jonathan R	Duke University	2003	Phys/Math
14	Wong, Daniel K	Duke University	2003	Math/Comp
14	Zahrn, Frederick C	Duke University	2002	Math
14	Kim, Allen W	Virginia Tech	2002	Elec Eng

The score distribution was

Score Range	Number of Contestants
40 and above	3
30 to 39	3
20 to 29	5
15 to 19	10
10 to 15	72
5 to 9	65
1 to 4	38
0	33

The order of difficulty of the problems indicated by the scores, starting with the hardest, was 3,2,6,1,4,5,7.

Details of the scores of all the participants of each of the individual schools will be sent out in the next week. However if you want them now, please contact the contest director Peter Linnell and he will be able to give you them. Also distribution of prizes will be announced in the next week.

I would like to thank all the schools who took part, and I hope you will all take part again next year. I also hope that many schools who did not take part this year will take part next year. Watch these WEB pages; even if you do not get an invitation, we will still be delighted for you to take part provided you fill in the registration forms before the closing date for entries.

On very limited feedback so far, it seems that the problems were a shade too difficult, and therefore the exam maybe slightly easier next year. Comments on this are welcome. Also much more of the organization of the exam will be done electronically. Occasionally announcements about the competition will be posted in the newsgroup sci.math. Otherwise no substantial changes in the format of the exam are planned.