On November 5th, a team comprised of Jonathon Birch, Andrew Garrison, and Nathan Mikeska, coached by Dr. Stephen Blythe, spent five grueling hours at Webster University as they competed in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). The competition required each competing team to solve as many problems as they could in five hours. The team from SIUE was able to finish an amazing six out of nine problems, which placed them 5th in the Mid-Central region. The Mid-Central region consists of 122 teams from five states, including Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, and Illinois. This is the second consecutive year that SIUE has finished fifth place at the ICPC.