Overall Results from the COMAP 2009 MCM
A total of approximately 2091 teams registered for the 2009 Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) and approximately 2049 successfully completed the contest with a viable product. Each team had to chose one of three problems (Problem A, B, or C) which they would attempt to solve during the first weekend of February. Teams from all over the world competed in this contest. Each year, COMAP designates approximately the top 1 - 2% of all papers as Outstanding Winner, the next 15% or so are designated Meritorious Winner and the remainder of the top 50% are designated Honorable Mention. Those teams that survived the weekend with a viable product comprise the next 50% - Successful Participant. This year the judges appeared to be particularly tough with Honorable Mention comprising about the top 40%. All of the competing teams are to be congratulated for their excellent work and enthusiasm for scientific and mathematical modeling and interdisciplinary problem solving.
Problems A and B constitute the MCM (Mathematical Contest in Modeling) and Problem C constitutes the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM). A total of 2049 teams successfully completed the MCM/ICM with 1% Outstanding, 16.1% Meritotious, 21.6% Honorable Mention, and 61.3% Successful Participant. Note that the results below are only for the MCM.
| Classification | MCM (Problems A and B) |
| Total Number of Participating Teams | 1675 |
| High School Teams | 7 (1%) |
| United States Teams | 350 (21%) |
| Foreign Teams from Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, and the United Kingdom | 1325 (70%) |
| Outstanding Winners | 9 (1%) |
| Meritorious Winners | 294 (18%) |
| Honorable Mentions | 298 (18%) |
| Successful Participants | 1074 (63%) |
Longwood University fielded two teams:
Team Lambda: Richard Hayden, Senior Mathematics Major, Tyler C. Newell, Senior Mathematics and Computer Science Double Major, Michael Souza, Senior Computer Science Major, Mathematics Minor, Advisor: M. Leigh Lunsford, Problem A, Designation: Honorable Mention
Team Gamma: Daniel Honey, Junior Computer Science Major, Bobby Markey, Senior Mathematics Major with Secondary Education Licensure, Benjamin C. Ryan, Sophomore Physics/Pre-Engineering Major, Advisor: M. Leigh Lunsford, Problem A, Designation: Successful Participant
Virginia Schools in the Contest. Listed below are all of the Virginia schools that completed the contest given by the name of the institution, the location of the institution, the team advisor’s name, the problem the team worked (A, B, or C), and the team's designation:
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Henning S Mortveit, Problem A, Meritorious
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, John F Rossi, Problem B, Meritorious
Eastern
Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Leah Shao Boyer, Problem B,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Tai Melcher, Problem B, Meritorious
John Tyler Community College, Midlothian, Peter R Peterson, Problem B, Meritorious
Longwood University, Farmville, M. Leigh Lunsford, Problem A, Honorable Mention
University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Irina Mitrea, Problem A,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
Henning S Mortveit, Problem A,
Roanoke College, Roanoke, David G
Taylor, Problem B,
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Leah Shao Boyer, Problem B, Successful Participant
Longwood University, Farmville, M. Leigh Lunsford, Problem A, Successful Participant
Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, Ruth A Sherman, Problem B, Successful Participant
Virginia Western Community
College, Roanoke, Steve T Hammer, Problem B,
Mathematics and Science High
School at Clover Hill, Midlothian, Brian M DeLeon, Problem B,
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Ling Xu, Problem B, Successful Participant
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Hasan N Hamdan, Problem A, Successful Participant