Morris Mathletes Place Second
The Morris Mathletes had one of their best competitions on Wednesday, December 10, 2008. They finished in second place out of nine schools at the Southwest Prairie Conference Math Contest at North Central College. Thirty-five students participated in this event.
The following team placed first:
Optimization: Jack Allen, Erin Baum, Jennifer Martino, and Amanda Robbins.
The following teams placed second:
Calculator Team: Jennifer Martino, Eric Yard, David Mantey, William DelToro, and Blake Wilhelmsen.
Trig Applications: Jack Allen, Erin Baum, Amanda Robbins, Ryan Wendling
Systems of Equations: Ali Chatten, Joel McVey, Arianna Pempe, Kelsey Schluntz
Quadratics: William DelToro, Chris Gallick, Ryley Steele, Tom Woodard
Areas: Kalin Howell, Kyle Jorstad, Grant Magers, Taylor Wolfer
Factoring: Paul Kolotka, Katie Lincoln, Kevin Wendling, Blake Wilhelmsen
Junior/Senior 8-Person Team: Ali Chatten, Tamra Kren, Arianna Pempe, Kelsey Schluntz, Erin Baum, Jennifer Martino, Amanda Robbins, and Ryan Wendling.
The following teams placed third:
Coordinate Geometry: Jack Dingbaum, Katie Kreig, Katelyn Mantey, Taylor Wolfer
Polynomial Operations: Paul Kolotka, Katie Lincoln, Kevin Wendling, Blake Wilhelmsen
Freshman/Sophomore 8-Person Team: Paul Kolotka, Katie Lincoln, Kevin Wendling, Blake Wilhelmsen, William DelToro, Chris Gallick, Ryley Steele, and Taylor Wolfer.
Perfect papers were written by Erin Baum, William DelToro, Paul Kolotka, Jennifer Martino, Arianna Pempe, and Taylor Wolfer.
The Mathletes are coached by Mr. Vahle, Mrs. Shannon, and Mr. Ortiz.
