*St. Petersburg I guess, like a lot of other sports at the college level, having a reputation that attracts the best competitive programmers (and a great coach

*St. Petersburg I guess, like a lot of other sports at the college level, having a reputation that attracts the best competitive programmers (and a great coach to go along with it) doesn't hurt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Stankevich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Stankevich