AREA STUDENTS EXCEL AT MATH FIELD DAY

Individual and team winners in the annual Math Field Day competition held April 11 on the campus of Southeast Missouri Sate University have been announced by the University's Department of Mathematics.

About 700 students from 34 area schools competed in the event sponsored by Southeast's Department of Mathematics and the Southeast Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The competition consisted of 21 individual events, five team events and two problem-solving events, including "Mathletics."

Ninth grade students competed in the areas of word problems and number bases. Tenth grade students competed in geometry and algebra I. Eleventh-graders competed in algebra II, word problems, and exponential and log functions. Twelfth grade students competed in the categories of matrices and determinants, analytic geometry and calculus.

Team events were held in algebra I, algebra II, geometry, trigonometry and a medley of mathematics subjects. Open events were held in the areas of computer programming, history of mathematics, sets and logic, geometry, trigonometry, computational mathematics, algebra, probability, mental arithmetic, number theory and hand calculator use.

Students also competed in an event called "Mathletics," a fast-paced event in which teams of four worked simultaneously on problems for periods of 15 second to two minutes. Students competed to see who could score the most points for correct answers.

Individual Grade Level Events

Word Problems (Grade 9)

First place: Cecilia Kunz, Notre Dame High School; Second place: Brian Schmidt, North County R-1; Third place: Richard Poston, North County R-1.

Number Bases (Grade 9)

First place: Paul Glass, Caruthersville; Second place: Carolyn Isaacs, Ste. Genevieve; Third place: Justin Abernathy, Meadow Heights.

Algebra I (Grade 10)

First place: Jonathan Anderson, Cape Central Junior High School; Second place: Debbie Montgomery, Potosi; Third place: Katie Wencewicz, Notre Dame High School.

Geometry (Grace 10)

First Place: Sam Kniffen, DeSoto; Second place: Mary Calderon, South Pemiscot; Third place: Kevin Pingel, Cape Girardeau High School.

Algebra II (Grade 11)

First place: Lien Hoang, Sikeston; Second place: Jennifer Layton, NOtre Dame High School; Third place: Shawn Hafekamp, Fredericktown.

Word Problems (Grade 11)

First place: Amisha Shah, Notre Dame High School; Second place: Kimber Huff, North County; Third place: Ben LeGrand, Notre Dame High School.

Exponential & Loagithmic Functions (Grade 11)

First place: Jeremy Bratton, Notre Dame High School; Second place: Boyd Field, Sikeston High School; Third place: Brandon Swanner, Scott City High School.

Matrices & Determinants (Grade 12)

First place: Ben LeGrand, Notre Dame High School; Second place: Jennifer Jones, Cape Girardeau Central High School; Third place: Angie Price, Potosi.

Analytic Geometry (Grade 12)

First place: Amisha Shah, Notre Dame High School; Second place: Matt Hanlon, Chaffee High School; Sara Jansen, Notre Dame High School.

Calculus (Grade 12)

First place: Jennie Lukens, Cape Girardeau Central High School; Second place: Craig Seabaugh, Oak Ridge High School; Third place: Jon Mark Milde, Jackson.

Sets and Logic

First place: William Johnson, South Pemiscot; Second place: Jeremy Bratton, Notre Dame High School; Third place: NIck Puangsuvan, Caruthersville.

Number Theory

First place: Katie Tipton, Caruthersville; Second place: Leslie Reddick, South Pemiscot; Third place: Jason Miller, Sikeston.

Probability

First place: Craig Seabaugh, Oak Ridge High School; Second Place: Bryan Daume, Cape Girardeau Central High School; Third place: Bryan Schaefer, Notre Dame High School.

Computational Mathematics

First place: Brian Schmidt, North County; Second place: Bryan Daume, Cape Girardeau Central High School; Third place: Amy Housewright, Steelville.

Hand Calculators

First place: Jessica Anderson, Cape Girardeau Central High School; Second place: Dennis Debets, Ste. Genevieve; Third place: Jason Ehders, Jackson High School.

Computer Programming

First place: Stan Baughn, Jackson Junior High School; Second place: Dennis Debets, Ste. Genevieve; Third place: Kevin Goodier, Jackson High School.

Geometry

First place: Michael Cook, Delta High School; Second place: Ellen Eye, Potosi; Third place: Sara Whitman, North County.

Mental Arithmetic

First place: Tom Berkbigler, Notre Dame High School; Second place: Kit Eifert, Jackson High School; third place: Chris Crader, Sikeston High School.

Algebra

First place: Lien Hoang, Sikeston High School; Second place: Jamie Long, North County; Third place: Sara Jansen, Notre Dame High School.

History of Math

First place: T.J. Kennedy, Fredericktown; Second place: Emily Duckworth, Caruthersville; Third place: Kessie Osborne, Fredericktown.

Trigonometry

First place: Craig Seabaugh, Oak Ridge High School; Second place: Bryan Schaefer, Notre Dame High School; Third place: Julie Bartholomew, Sikeston.

Team Events

Algebra I

First place: Cape Central Junior High School -- team members were Jonathan Anderson, Sarah Bruening, Akiko Hirao and Shelley Simmons; Second place: Dexter -- team members were Joshua Kennedy, Brian Robinson, Dana Robinson and Melissa Stalder; Third place: Jackson Junior High School -- team members were Dean Bucher, Dana Eakins, Raegan Scheper and Bridget Tracy.

Algebra II

First place: Notre Dame High School -- team members were Tom Berkbigler, Jeremy Bratton, Jenny Layton and Ben LeGrand; Second place: Sikeston High School -- team members were Boyd field, Lien Hoang, Justin Tanner and Bill Vandivort; Third place: Cape Girardeau Central High School -- team members were Brian Daume, Jeremy Driskell, Laura Lukens and Trent Redfearn.

Geometry

First place: Steelville -- team members were Amy Housewright, Sara Housewright, Mandy Jones and Jennie McKellips; Second place: Notre Dame High School -- team members were Derek Fenwick, Natalie JOnes, Lance Reinagel and Danny Wittenborn; Third place: Potosi -- team members were Hillary Berentz, Ellen Eye, Gina Godat and Nathaniel Wilson.

Trigonometry

First place: Sikeston -- team members were Julie Bartholomew, Kim burk, Art Goodin and Tracy Underwood; Second place: Notre Dame High School -- team members were Sara Jansen, Jill Ostendorf, Bryan Schaefer and April Thompson: Third place: South Pemiscot -- team members were William Johnson, Erica MOrton, Kristy Reed and Laverne Turner.

Medley

First place: Meadow Heights -- team members were Robert Allen, Aaron Garland, Michael Matthews and Matt Yount; Second place: Potosi -- team members were Josh Gaghen, Amanda Harrison, Jason West and Matt Wilson; Third place: Sikeston -- team members were Sarah Chittenden, Drew Kiesling, Alex Norton and Marcy Swogger.

Problem Solving School Event

First place: Cape Central, Mary Shelton, sponsor; Second place: Jackson, Carol Keen, sponsor; Third place: Notre Dame, Lenny Kuper, sponsor.

Mathletics

First place: Leopold; Second place, Sikeston; Third place: Cape Central.