Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Southwest Math Team Off to Another Great Start of the Season


The Southwest High School Math Team hosted Meet #3 on Monday, December 16. Six of the Minneapolis high schools and one charter school gathered to work on some challenging mathematics problems.

Some statistics from the meet:

  • 134 total students from seven schools in the Minneapolis division participated.
  • 67 Southwest students participated individually at the meet.
  • 52 of the Southwest students scored at least one point by correctly answering at least one question. Event C was particularly challenging – lots of zeros.
  • One student from Southwest, Russell Pekala, had a perfect meet, earning all 14 points possible.
  • The Varsity Team had a perfect team event, earning all 24 points possible.
  • The Varsity Team (official scoring team) earned 84 of a possible 136 points, finishing in first place within the division. We are currently ranked 24th in the state out of 172 teams, but will likely move up with the results of this meet.
  • The junior varsity team earned 38 of a possible 136 points, unofficially finishing in third place within the division.

Official state rankings can be viewed at http://mnmathleague.org/

The cumulative rankings are located by clicking on the meets and standings tab on the top of the page.

The following is a list of top performing students from Southwest.

First Name
Last Name
Grade
Meet 3 Events
Meet 3 point total
Russell
Pekala
11
A and D
14
Paul
Heltemes
10
B and D
12
Yuanzhe (Thomas)
Liu
12
A and B
12
Cameron
Fudeh
11
C and D
9
Zijia (Eleanor)
Song
11
C and D
8
John
Anderson
11
B and D
6
Nathan
Carroll
11
B and D
6
Joey
Doyle
9
A and D
6
Lexi
Schueller
11
A and D
6

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