Winners of the Math Meet 2004
(April 28, 2004)
The thirtieth annual Math Field Day was held at the University of Wisconsin-Superior on April 28, 2004. Ten teams from high schools in Wisconsin and northern Minnesota attended. The Wisconsin schools included Ashland, Bruce, Drummond, Grantsburg, Hayward, Rice Lake, Superior, and Unity. The Minnesota schools were Barnum, and Hermantown.
The competition began with a Team Event, in which the eight-member teams collaborate in solving ten problems within 20 minutes. Schools with 500 or more students compete in the large-school class; the other schools form the small-school class. Runner-up in the small school class was Barnum, with a score of 64. The winner in the small school class was Grantsburg, with a score of 74. In the large school class, the runner-up was Hayward, scoring 78, and the winner was Superior, scoring 88.

The winner in the small school class was Grantsburg, with a score of 74.

Runner-up in the small school class was Barnum, with a score of 64.

The winner in the large school class was Superior, scoring 88.

The runner-up in the large school class was Hayward, with a score of 78.

 

The individual events consist of 15 problems to solve within a time limit of 15 minutes. The top finishers in each event received a Math Meet T- shirt; the winners of each event will also receive a $100 U.S. Savings Bond. (No student may receive more than one bond or more than one T- shirt.) The top finishers in each event and their scores are:  
Event II - Plane Geometry
1st Place: Luke Schultz
Hayward
 		 
Event II Top Finishers: Luke Schultz Hayward
Molly Schaffer Rice Lake
Nadine Yoder Hayward
Jon Wick Grantsburg
Tegan Schmandt Rice Lake
Josh Speros Hayward
 
Event III - Algebra II and Analytic Geometry:
1st Place: Charles Kwak
Hayward
 
Event III Top Finishers: Charles Kwak Hayward
Brett Friermood Drummond
Zak Flately Ashland
Liz Dalzen Barnum
David Blommel Drummond
Kyle Williamson Hayward
Tom Schaffer Rice Lake
Kelly McCoy Unity Unity
 
Event IV - Trigonometry and Elementary Functions:
1st Place: Brandon Harris
Superior
 		 
Event IV Top Finishers: Brandon Harris Superior
Karissa Swenson Hayward
Frank Emert Superior
 
Event V - Probability and Statistics:
1st Place: Mitch Tromberg
Grantsburg
 		 
Event V Top Finishers: Mitch Tromberg Grantsburg
Kristi Freitag Rice Lake
Aaron Sampson Rice Lake

 

Quick Response / Calculator Event:
The quick-response verbal event just prior to lunch then provided a nice change of pace from the sit-down events. Dr. Chad Scott from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science coordinated a series of toss-up and bonus questions. The students who won candy bars for correct answers were:
Ashland: Kuya Takami
Bruce: Celina Cooper
Drummond: Emaija Disaho
Grantsburg: Kevin Juleen
Jonathan Wick
Hayward: Charles Kwak
Rice Lake: Tom Schaffer
Brandon Willger
Tegan Schmandt
Superior: Joe Maki
Brandon Harris

The Math Meet T-shirt for this year showed a coded message on the front, and the scheme for decoding it on the back. The students were challenged to decode the message early in the day, before seeing the decoding. The first person to successfully decode the message ("Mathematics holds the key!") was Celina Cooper from Bruce. She won a large candy bar as a prize.

The day's activities concluded with an outstanding pizza buffet in the Rothwell Student Center, followed by the announcement of awards.