Winners of the Math Meet 2007

(April 18, 2007)

The thirty second annual Math Field Day was held at the University of Wisconsin-Superior on April 18, 2007. Eight teams from high schools in Wisconsin and Minnesota attended. The schools included Ashland, Cloquet, Drummond, Grantsburg, Hayward, Rice Lake, Superior, and Webster.
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 Grantsburg, with a score of 40. The winner in the small school class was Drummond, with a score of 51. In the large school class, the runner-ups were Rice Lake, scoring 55, and Superior, scoring 47, and the winner was Hayward, scoring 56. Due to a grading error the initial score for the Rice Lake team was incorrect. Therefore, we have two runner-ups in this school class now.

Math Meet 2007

The winner in the small school class was Drummond with a score of 51. [full size picture]

Math Meet 2007

Runner-up in the small school class was Grantsburg, with a score of 30. [full size picture]

Math Meet 2007

The winner in the large school class was Hayward, scoring 56. [full size picture]

Math Meet 2007

The runner-ups in the large school class were Rice Lake [full size picture], with a score of 55

Math Meet 2007

... and Superior, with a score of 47. [full size picture]

 

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 are:
Event II - Plane Geometry:
1st Place: Jamie Shervey
Rice Lake
 
Event II Top Finishers: Amber Holmes, Superior
Bobby McKevett, Hayward
 
Event III - Algebra II and Analytic Geometry:
1st Place: Beth Guzinski
Superior
 
Event III Top Finishers: James Earley, Ashland
Amy Jarecki, Ashland
Edward Jacobson, Cloquet
Tina Zimmermann, Grantsburg
Jonathan Wick, Grantsburg
David Sievert, Hayward
Mike Ross, Superior
Adam Kasparek, Superior
 
Event IV - Trigonometry and Elementary Functions:
1st Place: Bobby McKevett
Hayward
 
Event IV Top Finishers: Michelle Narveson, Hayward
Ashley Gidley, Hayward
Edward Jacobson, Cloquet
Jonathan Wick, Grantsburg
 
Event V - Probability and Statistics:
1st Place: Brent Jolma
Ashland
Event V Top Finishers: Andrew Lochmann, Rice Lake
Amy Jarecki, Ashland
Kevin Freitag, Rice Lake
Tucker Bartholomew, 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: Janette Hammond  
Cloquet: A.J. Rodd
Edward Jacobson
 
Drummond: Tyler Hackman
John Replogle
 
Hayward: Ashley Gidley
Bryan Dixon
Rice Lake: Dan Healy
Superior: Mike Ross

The Math Meet T-shirt for this year showed the Math Meet logo "The Year of Euler"

Math Meet T-shirt

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