In 1993, Indiana was unable to send any teams. In November of 1993, while participating in Rose-Hulman's High-School Mathematics Contest, Daniel Biss asked Dr. John Rickert if there would be an Indiana ARML team in 1994.
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At that moment, Indiana ARML, incarnation 2, was born. Dr. John Emert and Kim Foltz, of the
Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities and Dr. Rickert selected team members from across Indiana based mostly on performance on the
American High School Examination and the
Rose-Hulman Mathematics Contest.
These teachers were aided by parents Joanne Orman, Connie McLaren and Bruce Johnson in Iowa.
Fifteen team members and six alternates went to Iowa and competed in Division B. The team tied for twenty-first. The alternates were dispersed among Alternate teams B and C. Three of Indiana's alternates earned medals for achieving a team high score during the Individual round.
For the
twentieth meet, Indiana brought two teams. Practices were held during the year at Rose-Hulman and the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities. Additional support in Iowa was provided by Connie McLaren and Rose-Hulman student
Nick Tallyn. Several last minute cancellations caused team B to compete with only 10 members. Indiana A tied for 29th and the depleted Indiana B managed to finished 55th.
In preparation for the twenty-first meet, Zachary Franco, of Butler University, joined the coaching staff and added a valuable Indianapolis practice site. Rose-Hulman students Josh Horstman and Nate Dean attended the meet as assistant coaches and Karen Liu helped with supervisory duties. Indiana's two teams had their most succesful finishes ever. The Indiana Irrationals finished sixth in Division B and won the site award for having the highest Division B score at the Iowa site. The Indiana Imaginaries won the "most improved" award for Division B and were the first team to correctly answer the "Super Relay" question.
The year of the twenty-second meet saw the addition of smaller biweekly practices at Butler University and weekly practices at Rose-Hulman. IUPUI student Josh Mattes and Rose-Hulman students Joe Kidd, Kyle Lacey and Jon Matthews assisted Zac Franco with administration of the Iowa site and parents Chuck Kendall and Henjin Chi helped with supervisory duties. The Indiana students continued their improvement as the Irrationals finished in fourth place in Division B, requiring Indiana to move to Division A for the first time in its history.
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