Putnam Photos 2007

While this page is undergoing updating, we'll pause to bring you some photos from the 2007 putnam (with thanks to John & Joe):

Putnam Team

As always, we field a team for the William Lowell Putnam math competition. Held on the first Saturday of December, the exam consists of 12 difficult problems (see here for old exams), to be done over the course of six hours. Awards include over $100,000 in cash and a free graduate education at Harvard. For St. Mary's students, the St. Mary's Math Foundation awards the Putnam Prize to the student earning the highest score. The amount of the award is $10 for each point the student earns. Past years' winners were Peter Lo (2004), Gwyn Whieldon (2003), Kristen Arrildt (2002), Kevin Beanland (2001) and Jason Summers (2000).

Every fall we offer a one-credit seminar course as preparation for the Putnam Exam (Math 391). In addition to a lot ofproblem-solving skills, the seminar reviews math concepts from all sorts of courses (and some concepts you'll never see in a course). All students in the seminar take the Putnam, but many students who aren't in the seminar also choose to participate. Email Dave Kung if you want to join the team.


2001 marked the first year (and first victory!) in our rivalry with Gettysburg College. The winning team, determined by the sum of all students' scores, is the keeper of the Putnam Lamp. We took honors in 2001 by a 21-0 margin. In 2002 we lost the lamp by a 56-39 margin, before winning it back on 2003's tough test, 16-8. Last year we cleaned up, thanks to Peter's fabulous exam.
2005 Putnam Team:
  • Josh Ballew
  • Kathy Brady
  • Lisa Byrne
  • David Clewell
  • Sarah Gilpin
  • Kendra Hildreth
  • Karen Farrell (from Budapest)
  • Rachel Johns
  • Jeff Lee
  • Peter Lo
  • John Lloyd
  • Simon Lutterbie
  • Brian Rayburn
  • Gabriel Rockman
  • Landon Southerly
  • Erik Stanford
  • Dan Tanner
  • Katie Toman
  • Mike Vogt
2004 Putnam Team:
  • Lisa Byrne
  • David Clewell
  • Angela Fao
  • Karen Farrell
  • Marka Fenske
  • Dennis Gressis
  • Karina Karakulov
  • Peter Lo
  • Simon Lutterbie
  • Kenny Salau (with headlamp)
  • Landon Southerly
  • Aaron Stout
  • Katie Toman
  • Alex Tsikerdanos
  • Mike Vogt
  • Alice Vossbrinck
2003 Putnam Team:
  • Lisa Byrne
  • Eric Hiller
  • Jan Hilmar
  • Peter Lo
  • Andrew McDonald
  • Katie McKone
  • Katie Miller
  • Jonathan Mulholland
  • Kristine Roinestad
  • Brian Truesdale
  • Gwen Whieldon
  • Rachael Wilder
2002 Putnam Team:
  • Kristen Arrildt
  • Eric Carlson
  • Jan Hilmar
  • Sara LaRocca
  • Jonathan Mulholland
  • Kris Naleszkiewicz
  • Andy Neal
  • Kristine Roinestad
  • Kevin Smith
  • Craig Stevenson
  • Amber Wagner
  • Jessie Weiss
  • Gwyn Whieldon
  • Rachael Wilder
2001 Putnam Team:
  • Kristen Arrildt
  • Kevin Beanland
  • Billy DeLorbe
  • Keith Harrison
  • Jonathan Mulholland
  • Kristine Roinestad
  • Courtney Russell
  • Jason Summers
  • Jessie Weiss
[Pre-photographic Era]
2000 Putnam Team:
  • Keith Harrison
  • Jason Hart
  • Theresa Loeffler
  • Maureen Shanahan
  • Jason Summers