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Dean Christopher Ames made the opening remarks.

Prof. Martin Suydam, the Site Judge, explains the policies.

Prof. Austin Lobo goes over the rules.

Washcoll Wildcats (Andrew Hale '10, Tim Gelner '10, Robert Lee '10) at work.

Drexel Norwegian Ridgebacks ponder.

Washcoll Wildcats (Lucas Gerber '08, Tiffany Harrell '08, Sam Evans '09) work out a tough problem. The Wolves finished 3rd at this site and 32nd overall.

Drexel Hungarian Horntails.

UD Gold and Temple Owls. The Gold team finished second at this site and 8th overall.

Teams from Rowan University.

Teams from Rowan University.

Temple Owls.

The Drexel Hungarian Horntails finished fourth at Washington College and 51st overall.

A team from Rowan.

The Wildcats design an algorithm.

UD Gold finished 2nd at this site and 8th overall.

Washcoll Wolves get their first balloon for solving a problem.

The Systems team: David deMarsi, John Massey, Matt Macdonald, Vince Knight with Martin Suydam. (missing Cal Coursey—who took the picture)

Mathematics and CS Chair Louise Amick gives a departmental gift to Tim Gelner.

Suydam and Amick hand out souvenirs—a neatly engraved 1Gb flash drive to all contestants and coaches.

Prof. Mike McLendon hands the Wolves their first balloon.

Prof. Suydam with the UD Blue Team which finished first at our site and 2nd out of 138 teams overall.

The Wildcats discuss a bug.

Prof. Amick hands out first prize to the UD Blue team. Prizes are courtesy IBM Corp.

The Temple Owls.

John Massey was the systems administrator for the day. Here he keeps in touch with the central site and with Ted Knab who was at a wedding in upstate New York.