Colorado State University – Pueblo announces 2004 Math Day Competition Results
 
Pueblo- The Department of Mathematics and Physics at Colorado State University - Pueblo has announced the results from the 28th Annual Math Day Swanson and Math Bowl competitions, held on campus Thursday, November 18.

The following high schools participated in Math Day activities: Air Academy, Antonito, Canon City, Centauri, Centennial (San Luis Valley), Pueblo Central, Coronado, Doherty, Pueblo East, Ellicott, Florence, Fountain-Fort Carson, Kim, Liberty, Mesa Ridge, Mitchell, Pine Creek, Pritchard, Pueblo Centennial, Rampart, Rangely, Rocky Ford, Rye, Pueblo South, Swink, Wasson, and Widefield. Other Math Day activities included physic demonstrations, guided tours of the Life Science Lab facilities as well as visits to the botany and chemistry labs.

The Math Bowl Competition requires two three-person teams to go head-to-head in a 15-minute race for points. Each team is alternately given a mathematical question and has 25 seconds to respond. The team with the most points then goes to the semi-final round to determine the winner.

The 2004 Math Bowl winner is Mitchell High School, featuring team members Bryce Herdt, Michael McMonigle and Chris Owen. Swink High School placed second in the competition with team members Shane Murphy, Emily Hiza and Dave Sumpter. Semifinalists were Ellicott High School with team members Adam David, Quoc Le and Andrew Perryman; and Canon City High School with team members Dustin McCurry, Evan Yost and Kelsey Zabrusky. Consolation went to Rampart High School with team members Ken Latimer, Matt Murphy and Vinnie Weiss.

This year, 179 high school students took the Swanson Competition exam. The Swanson Competition was named after Clarence Swanson, a long-time chair of the math department. The in-depth, problem-solving, written test offers students from Southern Colorado high schools the opportunity to vie for six trophies. The top six contestants are listed below in rank order with the highest listed first followed by the student’s high school. All six top contestants are from Colorado Springs area high schools.

Bryce Herdt, Mitchell High School
Katherin Pech, Doherty High School
Kenneth Latimer, Rampart High School
Christopher Liebmann, Wasson High School
Daniel Pascuva, Liberty High School
Danielle Oku, Doherty High School

The following Swanson Competition contestants earned honorable mention. The students are listed by home town, then alphabetically by last name followed by their high schools.

Canon City
Dustin McCurry

Colorado Springs
Olivia Bishop, Liberty High School
Matthew Conner, Coronado High School
Wanfei Du, Air Academy High School
Damien Gapinski, Mesa Ridge High School
Paul Joos, Coronado High School
Tiffanie Kimball, Coronado High School
Antonio Sanchez, Wasson High School
Jordan Schmick, Mesa Ridge High School
Vincent Weiss, Rampart High School

Ellicott
Quoe Le, Ellicott High School
Andrew Perryman, Ellicott High School

Florence
Michael Casper, Florence High School

Pueblo
Anthony DeBrase, Central High School
Cristina Gonzales, Central High School
Anant Pradhan, Centennial High School
Teresa Shaffer, South High School
David Starcer, Central High School

Rangely
Michael Morton, Rangely High School

Rocky Ford
Rachel Hancock, Rocky Ford High School
Collin Huddleson, Rocky Ford High School

Security
Taylor Evans, Widefield High School

 
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