Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Central High School wins sweepstakes at Math League competition

(From Springfield Public Schools)

Central High School won Sweepstakes at the Ozark OTC Campus for the MathLeague qualifying competition with a score of 235 – it is unusual to get over 200 points. There were 15 schools with 207 students participating. The state competition will be held on April 13 on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus.

The competition’s Overall Individual Winners out of all 207 students:

1st - Sam Garvin (9th grade) and 3rd - Dylan Fowler (11th grade)

“I have an amazing group of math kids who love to challenge themselves. I love giving them the opportunity to excel,” said Sue Hadden, head of the math department at CHS and math team coach.







State Qualifiers:

9th grade: Colin Clark, Harrison Davison, Sam Garvin, Tanner Wilson

10th grade: Max Depperschmidt, Ethan Lai

11th grade: Dylan Fowler, Jacob Sharp, Colin Stenger, Ryan Xu, Alex Zhu

12th grade: Andrew Eisenhour, Jason Hamby, Will Hutson, Malia Morgan, Naseem Saquer, Grant Teters

Individual Events:
Sprint Round: 30 questions, 1 hour, no calculator

9th grade: 1st - Sam Garvin, 2nd - Harrison Davison, 4th - Tanner Wilson

10th grade: 2nd - Ethan Lai

11th grade: 2nd - Dylan Fowler, 3rd - Jacob Sharp, 4th - Colin Stenger

12th grade: 2nd - Naseem Saquer, 3rd - Maila Morgan, 5th - Andrew Eisenhour

Target Round: 8 questions, 10 points each

9th grade: 1st - Sam Garvin, 3rd - Tanner Wilson

10th grade: 2nd - Ethan Lai

11th grade: 1st - Dylan Fowler, 2nd - Alex Zhu, 3rd - Ryan Xu

12th grade: 2nd - Naseem Saquer, 3rd - Jason Hamby, 4th - Malia Morgan







Relay event: 3 person teams answering 3 questions each which feed the next question - must get all 3 correct to get correct at the end.

1st: CHS team of Sam Garvin, Andrew Eisenhour and Naseem Saquer

3rd: CHS team of Colin Stenger, Dylan Fowler, Jacob Sharp

Team Event: 20 minutes to answer 10 questions, 6 students on a team

1st: CHS team of Colin Stenger, Dylan Fowler, Jacob Sharp, Alex Zhu, Ryan Xu

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