2012: Winning Solutions

The Problem: All Aboard: Can High Speed Rail Get Back on Track?

M3 Challenge Champions, Summa Cum Laude Team Prize: $20,000

High Technology High School Team #286, Lincroft, NJ 
All Aboard: Can High Speed Rail Get Back on Track?
Coach: Ellen LeBlanc
Students: Vineel Chakradhar, Stephen Guo, Daniel Takash, Angela Zhou, Kevin Zhou

M3 Challenge Runner Up, Magna Cum Laude Team Prize: $15,000

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Team #808, Durham, NC
Catching up to High Speed Trains
Coach: Dan Teague
Students: Connor Davis, Mia de los Reyes, Alyssa Ferris, Sam Magura, Vitchyr Pong

M3 Challenge Third Place Team, Cum Laude Team Prize: $10,000

Nashoba Regional High School Team #548, Bolton, MA
High Speed Rails A New Train of Thought
Coach: Mary Redford
Students: Madeline Jenkins, Samuel Kirschbaum, Joel Sharin, Steven Tang, Sorin Vatasoiu

M3 Challenge Fourth Place Team, Meritorious Team Prize: $7,500

Pine View School Team #218, Osprey, FL
Moody’s Mega Math Challenge Team 218
Coach: Christine DeVeau
Students: Patrick Braga, Andrew Foster, Anthony Grebe, Kevin Griffin, Alison Lui

M3 Challenge Fifth Place Team, Exemplary Team Prize: $5,000

Staples High School Team #659, Westport, CT
Team 659
Coach: Gertrude Denton
Students: David Haswell, Michael Menz, Robert Perry, Matthew Silver, Constance Zhou

M3 Challenge Sixth Place Team, First Honorable Mention TeamPrize: $2,500

Hunterdon Central Regional High School Team #202, Flemington, NJ
The Future of High Speed Rail
Coach: Eric Wasserman
Students: Lindsay Gardner, Ankit Kayastha, Erik Larmore, Andrew Pellegrino, Steven Rofrano