On June 3rd, 2005, two teams from North Carolina traveled to Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania to compete in the American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) Meet. Ninety-five teams from across the nation and from the Taiwan were in attendance.

As usual, North Carolina sent two teams. One team competed in the A Division, along with the stronger teams, while the other team, which consisted primarily of underclass students, competed in Division B.  The A-Team placed 7th in Division A (out of 27 teams) while the B-Team finished 25th (out of 68 teams) in Division B. The 7th place finish by our A team was our best performance at ARML in ten years.  In 1995 the NC A Team finished 4th in the nation.    

Most of the members of the A Team were students who had placed in the top twenty at the State Math Contest. The B Team members were all underclassmen and were selected for their outstanding performance on a variety of test - the State Math Contest, the America Mathematics Contests, or the American Invitational Mathematics Examination.  The B-Team is our training ground for future A-Team members. 

A scene from the bus.	Arnav and our ARML T-Shirt

Breakfast at Penn State

The A-Team	The B-Team

Our Alternates	Our Coaches

Relays in Progress	More Relays

The bus ride home - with awards	More Hardware

If you would like to represent North Carolina at the 2006 ARML Meet, be sure you attend a Region Math Contest, qualify for the State Math Contest, and take the AMC and AIME math tests.  The 2006 ARML Meet will be held at Penn State in early June.