MMS students qualify for state math contest
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Students who participated in the Saturday, Feb. 15 MCTM Math Contest are shown. In the front row, from left are: Mika Roush, Victor Shi and Matteo Paul. In the second row, from left are: Ciara Davis, Elizabeth Riemann, Raymond Zhao and Dalton McDonough. In the third row, from left are: Jonah Miller, Zac Voss and Austyn Deiter. In the fourth row, from left are: Cooper Lynn, Tharusha Dambadeniya, Sadler Viau and Sidney Sterkis. In the fifth row, from left are: Miles Poynter, Ben Houchens and Shawn Mahoney.
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Ten Maryville Middle School students qualified for the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics state math contest after competing Saturday, Feb. 15 at regional competition held at Maryville Middle School.
The following students qualified to participate in the state contest on Saturday, March 28, in Ballwin, Missouri.
Sixth graders: Ben Houtchens, Cooper Lynn, Miles Poynter and Elizabeth Riemann; Seventh graders: Jonah Miller, Matteo Paul, Mika Roush, Victor Shi and Raymond Zhao; and Eighth grader Austyn Deiter.
Thirty-seven students, many from other schools participated in the event, including North Platte, Jefferson C-123 and Lakewood Blue Valley of Kansas.
There were 3 tests given: Sprint test, Target test and Team test. Awards were given out to the Top 5 students/teams.
Results for MMS and Jefferson
Sprint sixth grade
Cortney Merrigan, Jefferson, third place,
Riemann, MMS, fifth place
Sprint seventh grade:
Raymond Zhao, MMS, second place
Shi, MMS, third place
Hadley Cline, Jefferson, fourth place
Sprint eighth grade:
Maggie Collins, Jefferson, fourth place
Deiter, MMS, fifth place
Target sixth grade:
Lynn, MMS, second place
Houtchens, MMS, third place
Target seventh grade:
Zhao, MMS, first place
Roush, MMS, third place
Shi, MMS, fourth place
Individual Results
Sixth grade
Cortney Merrigan, Jefferson, third place
Cooper Lynn, MMS, fifth place
Seventh grade
Raymond Zhao, MMS, second place
Victor Shi, MMS, third place
Hadley Cline, Jefferson, fourth place
Mika Roush, MMS, fifth place
Eighth grade
Maggie Collins, Jefferson, fourth place
Austyn Deiter, MMS, fifth place
Sweepstakes Award
First place: MMS Team 1 – Elizabeth Riemann, Miles Poynter, Matteo Paul, Raymond Zhao
Second place: MMS Team 2 – Austyn Deiter, Mika Roush, Jonah Miller, Victor Shi
Fourth place: Jefferson Team – Cortney Merrigan, Hadley Cline, Logan Perry, Maggie Collins
