2008 ARML Contest Results
The 33nd annual ARML contest took place on May 30 and May 31, 2008. The results are available below.
June 13, 2008
ARML took place on May 30 and 31, 2008 at four sites: the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Penn State University, the University of Iowa, and our newest site, the University of Georgia. There were 42 teams in the A Division, and 85 teams in the B Division for a total of 127 teams (including alternate teams). Teams from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Colombia, Turkey, the Philippines, and Bulgaria competed in the ARML International competition. The Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology (AAST) coached by Joe Holbrook brought nine teams to the ARML competition this year.
In the A division, Phillips Exeter Red was trailing New York City A by a mere four points prior to the announcement of the Power Round scores. Then the announcement came, New York City...33 points. Phillips Exeter Red!!!. Phillips cut New York Citys lead to just two!. It was a great performance by both teams. New York City became the ARML champions for the 2008 competition. Rounding out the top eight national awards presented by ARML were North Carolina A with 162 points, San Francisco Bay Area A with 161, Southern California A with 160, Massachusetts A with 157, Georgia A with 154, and Chicago A with 154. The team from Taiwan once again won the ARML International Division.
Once the national awards are announced, the next highest scoring team at each site is declared the site winner. This year, the site award winners in the A division were Montgomery A at Penn State, Texas Gold at the University of Iowa, San Diego Surf at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and Florida A at the University of Georgia.
In the B Division the Vermont All Stars were the champion by seven points. AAST Mu Beta finished second with San Francisco Bay Area B, Chesapeake, Oregon, and Connecticut A rounding the top six national awards. The site awards in the B Division were presented to the Thomas Jefferson B at Penn State, Desert Southwest N at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Minnesota Maroon at the University of Iowa, and Kentucky Gold at the University of Georgia. This was the second consecutive year that the Minnesota Maroon has taken home the site award at Iowa. The team from Chesapeake was comprised of students from Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia while the Desert Southwest team was comprised of students from New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada.
Our top individual scorers, listed in the order of their finish were: Qinxuan Pan - Montgomery, Vlad Firoiu- Eastern Massachusetts, Daniel Li - Thomas Jefferson, Jeff Manning - Southern California, Colin Sandon Vermont, Zhuo Ming Yang (Aubrey) - Southern California, Allen Yuan Michigan, Kevin Chen Texas, Yat Wui Cheung - Honk Kong, Thomas Davids Colorado, David Rolnick Vermont. This year the Alfred Kalfus Founder's Award was presented to Paul Dreyer who is the Site Coordinator at UNLV and is a member of the writing team. The Samuel J. Greitzer Distinguished Coach Award was presented to Patricia Gabriel - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and Rechilda Villame Philippines. The Douglas Cameron Baker Memorial Award was presented to Max Rosett Utah and Nate Harmon Chicago.
If there are any questions, please contact Bryan Sullivan - ARML President.