
Congratulations to Jesse Zhang of Fairview HS who was named a winner of the 2012 USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO)! He qualifies for the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) which trains and selects members of the U.S. Olympiad Team.
The Colorado Euler 2 team won second place in the 2012 Purple Comet! Math Meet mixed high school division. Congratulations to Chris Chen, Jesse Zhang, Larry Zhang, Riley Xu, Shawn Ong, and Siyang Sun for scoring 29 out of 30 points! The Colorado Euler 1 team won honorable mention.
In the mixed middle school division, the Colorado Galois 1 team won honorable mention. Congratulations to Casey Zhang, Christine Soh, Nina Vendhan, T.J. Leing, Webb Harrington, and George Younger for winning sixth place by scoring 18 points out of 20!
This year's Purple Comet online competition attracted over 10,000 students who competed on 2200 teams from 39 countries.
Congratulations to the math circle members who qualified for the 2012 USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO):
| Albert Soh | Fairview HS |
| Robert Spofford | Heritage HS |
| Jesse Zhang | Fairview HS |
| Larry Zhang | Fairview HS |
Congratulations to math circle alumni Sam Elder and Ben Alpert for their performance in the 2011 William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition! Sam, a senior at Caltech, ranked among the top five (out of 4400 participants) and was named a Putnam fellow. Ben, a freshman at Carnegie Mellon, placed among the top twenty-five students.
The Colorado Math Circle finished in fourth place in the 2011-2012 ARML Power Contest. Congratulations to everyone who participated!
Congratulations to Kevin Xie of Douglas County High School who has been named a winner in the Open Round of the 2012 North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO)! The contest attracted more than 1500 participants in the U.S. and Canada. The top winners now advance to the five-hour Invitational Round on Tuesday, March 13.
Colorado Math Circle alumna Hannah Alpert has been awarded honorable mention for the 2012 Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for outstanding research in mathematics by an undergraduate student. A graduate of Fairview High School and University of Chicago, Hannah is currently a graduate student in mathematics at MIT.
The Rocky Mountain Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) has awarded the Colorado Math Circle a $750 Section Activity Grant.
The Colorado Math Circle is in third place after Round 1 of the 2011–2012 ARML Power Contest. Congratulations to all participants! Round 2 will take place in February 2012.
The Colorado ARML A Team placed 14th overall and 6th place in the western division at the 2011 ARML Competition, our best placement ever. This year 132 fifteen-member regional teams from around the country participated. Team A's Relay Round score was the 7th highest in the country. The Colorado B Team was named a national winner, placing 6th out of 68 division B teams.
Congratulations to Ben Alpert, who finished in 6th place in the individual competition, out of 2000 participants!
Congratulations to the math circle members who qualified for the 2011 USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO):
| David Wise | The Classical Academy |
| Charles Xu | Fairview HS |
and 2011 USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO):
| Albert Soh | Fairview HS |
| Jesse Zhang | Southern Hills MS |
The Colorado Euler 1 team won first place in the 2011 Purple Comet! Math Meet mixed high school division. Congratulations to Allan Gardner, Ben Alpert, Cissy Chen, David Wise, Kevin Xie, and Tommy Fan for scoring a perfect 30! The Colorado Euler 2 team won honorable mention.
In the mixed middle school division, Colorado Galois 1 won eighth place. The Colorado Galois 2 and Galois 3 teams were awarded honorable mention. Congratulations to all our participants!
This year's Purple Comet online competition attracted 2200 teams from 39 countries.
The Colorado Math Circle finished in fifth place in the 2010-2011 ARML Power Contest. Congratulations to everyone who participated!
Congratulations to the following math circle students who have been named winners in the Open Round of the 2011 North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO)!
The math circle hosted the three-hour NACLO Open Round for the first time this year. The contest attracted more than 1000 participants in the U.S. and Canada. The top 100 winners now advance to the five-hour Invitational Round on Thursday, March 10. Top scorers in the Invitational Round will be invited to represent the U.S. at the International Olympiad in Linguistics (IOL).
| Chris Guthrie | Fairview HS |
| Charles Xu | Fairview HS |
| Katie Wise | Homeschool/The Classical Academy |
| David Wise | Homeschool/The Classical Academy |
| Sarah Scheffler | Niwot HS |
| Ben Alpert | Fairview HS |
| Albert Soh | Fairview HS |
The Colorado ARML A Team placed 22nd overall and 4th place in the western division at the 2010 ARML Competition, out of 120 regional teams. Team A's Team Round score was the 7th highest in the country. The Colorado B Team placed 10th nationally and 3rd place at the western site in the B Division.
Congratulations to the math circle members who qualified for the 2010 USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO):
| Ben Alpert | Fairview HS |
| Hunter Chase | Alexander Dawson School |
| David Wise | Classical Academy |
| Charles Xu | Fairview HS |
and 2010 USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO):
| Alex Black | Fairview HS |
| Albert Soh | Summit MS |
| Jesse Zhang | Southern Hills MS |
The Colorado Math Circle tied for second place in round two of the 2009-2010 ARML Power Contest, finishing in seventh place overall. As one of the top ten teams, we will be presented with a trophy at the ARML Competition in June.
Congratulations to Sam Elder who ranked among the top twenty-five in the 2009 William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition! A former math circle and Colorado ARML team member, Sam is now an undergraduate at Caltech.
Charles Xu of Fairview High School tied for third place and won $1000 in the first national Who Wants to Be a Mathematician contest held during the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco in January 2010. Congratulations to Charles!
Congratulations to Hannah Alpert who has been named a co-winner of the 2010 Alice T. Schafer Prize! The annual award is given by the Association for Women in Mathematics to an undergraduate woman for excellence in mathematics. Currently a University of Chicago junior, Hannah is a former math circle and Colorado ARML team member.
The Colorado ARML A Team placed 28th overall and 7th in the western division at the 2009 ARML Competition, out of 130 regional teams. Relay Round was the team's best this year, with the 7th highest score in the competition.
Congratulations to Charles Xu of Fairview High School, who qualified for the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) for the second consecutive year! The other Colorado USAMO qualifiers in 2009 were Ben Alpert and Chris Guthrie, also of Fairview High School, and Michael Morton of Rangely High School.
The Colorado Math Circle won sixth place in the 2008–09 ARML Power Contest, just a half point behind three teams tied for third. This is the fourth consecutive year we have placed in the top ten.
Congratulations to math circle alumnus Sam Elder, now at Caltech, who won honorable mention in the 2008 William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition for college students.
Thomas Davids of Fairview High School placed 9th in the country at the 2008 ARML Competition! The Colorado Granite team once again placed among the top 20 in the country, finishing in 17th place overall and 5th in the western division. Relay Round and Team Round were the team's best this year, with the 3rd and 8th highest scores, respectively, in the competition. Colorado Quartz won the Super Relay at the western site.
Congratulations to Sam Elder of Poudre High School who was named a 2008 USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) winner! Congratulations also to Charles Xu of Fairview High School, who will join Sam at the 2008 Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP)! The other Colorado USAMO qualifiers in 2008 were Ben Alpert, Thomas Davids, and Chris Guthrie, also of Fairview High School.
The Colorado Math Circle won second place in the 2007–08 ARML Power Contest, with the highest team score in the first round. Congratulations to all who participated!
Congratulations to Sam Elder of Poudre High School who won 9th place in the 2007 ARML Competition! The Colorado Granite team placed 4th in the western division and 19th overall. Once again Power Round was the team's strongest, attaining the 5th highest score in the competition. Hannah Alpert of Fairview High School also qualified for the individual tiebreaker round.
The Colorado Math Circle won third place in the 2006–07 ARML Power Contest, with the highest team score in the second round.
The Colorado ARML Team won first place in the B Division of the 2006 ARML Competition, outscoring 80+ teams from around the country and abroad. Each team member received a TI-84 calculator. Placing 18th overall, the Colorado team now moves to the more competitive A Division. The Power Round was the team's best round, with the third highest score in the competition.
Colorado ARML won fourth place in the 2005–06 ARML Power Contest.