Purple Comet

Purple Comet! Math Meet

Purple Comet! Math Meet

Contest Results

Spring 2005 Results

High School, 1201 students and larger
  • First Place: TJ Texas Team (Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Technology), with 25 out of 25 correct
  • Second Place: Team Hih (James Madison Memorial HS), with 24 out of 25 correct
  • Third Place (tie): Orthonormal Bases (State College Area High School) and TJ Final Team (Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Technology), with 23 out of 25 correct
  • Fifth Place: Team Freshman (Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Technology), with 21 out of 25 correct
  • Honorable mentions go to Panthers with Panache (Plano East Senior HS), Seminole Superstars (Seminole HS), The Eulers (Terre Haute South Vigo HS), LSRHS1 (Lincoln Sudbury Regional HS), and Monarchs (Manzano HS)

    High School, 1-1200 students

  • First Place: Greenhill Gold (Greenhill School), with 22 out of 25 correct
  • Second Place: Great Neck South HS with 21 out of 25 correct
  • Third Place (tie): Rhinos (Taft School), Math Cats (The Westminster Schools), AZJA (Albuquerque Academy), DCDS Blue (Detroit Country Day School), and Hilltoppers (Marquette HS),with 18 out of 25 correct
  • Honorable mentions go to DCDS Gold (Detroit Country Day School), The Avengers (The John Cooper School), Kent School, and Hotchkiss A (The Hotchkiss School)

    Middle School

  • First Place: Doerre Warriors (Doerre Intermediate School), with 15 out of 15 correct
  • Second Place: Christian Mathletes (Frederick Christian Home Schools), with 14 out of 15 correct
  • Third Place (tie): Jaguars (Jackson MS), Valley Catholic MS, and Panthers (Kennedy JHS), with 13 out of 15 correct

    Individual team scores and a breakdown of the results can be seen here.

    Coaches: Please encourage your teams that scores below 10 are not uncommon. The problems offered in these meets are of the same calibre as those offered in the top national mathematics exams, and can be quite challenging. We are very pleased to see teams performing as well as they have, and we know they will rise to the challenge and perform even better in the meets to come.

    Congratulations to all the teams that participated. We look forward to challenging these excellent students again! We have tentatively scheduled our next mathematics meet for next fall and invite you to compete, to spread the word about the competition to your friends and colleagues, and to send to us your comments about our competition.