CSU–Pueblo Announces 2005 Math Day Competition Results

Pueblo –The Department of Mathematics and Physics at Colorado State University - Pueblo has announced the results from the 29th Annual Math Day Swanson and Math Bowl competitions, held on campus Thursday, November 17.

More than 300 students from the following high schools participated in Math Day activities: Air Academy, Antonito, Canon City, Centauri, Centennial (San Luis Valley), Pueblo Central, Cheraw, Coronado, Del Norte, Doherty, Pueblo East, Ellicott, Fountain-Fort Carson, John Mall in Walsenburg, Kim, La Junta, Liberty, Mesa Ridge, Pine Creek, Pritchett, Pueblo Centennial, Rampart, Rangely, Rocky Ford, Salida, Pueblo South, Swink, Wasson, and Pueblo West. Student participants also received tours of the chemistry and biology labs and witnessed physics demonstrations.

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 2005 Math Bowl winner is Mesa Ridge High School, featuring team members Jordan Schmick, Damien Gapinski, and Shannon Poole. Rangely High School placed second in the competition with team members Kyle Murphy, Jaqui Mackey, and Michael Morton. Semifinalists were Coronado High School with team members John Blatt, Greg Broughton, Paul Goggin and Antonito High School with team members Desiree Barela, Joline Lobato, and Joaquin Martinez. Consolation went to Pine Creek High School with team members Ryan Campbell, Joel Nikolaus, and Jon Krueger.

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.


Matthew Conner, Coronado High School
Olivia Bishop, Liberty High School
Jordan Schmick, Mesa Ridge High School
Wenfei Du, Air Academy
Meagan Taylor, Doherty High School
Weixuan (Lucy) Lu, Pine Creek 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
Gregory Carlson, Canon City High School

Colorado Springs
Nicholas Alvey, Air Academy
Garrett Fiddler, Doherty High School
Zach Fry, Air Academy
Max Gibson, Rampart High School
Paul Goggin, Coronado High School
Jon Krueger, Pine Creek High School
Stephen Lin, Rampart High School
Arianna Martinez, Doherty High School
Joel Nikolaus, Pine Creek High School
Daniel Pascua, Liberty High School
Erin Powers, Air Academy
D.J. Sutton, Liberty High School
Sean Williams, Rampart High School
Ben Young, Air Academy
Fan Zhang, Air Academy

La Junta
Nick Newby, La Junta High School

Pueblo
Joseph Mazanec, Pueblo West High School

Rangely
Michael Morton, Rangely High School
Peter Morton, Rangely High School

Rocky Ford
Andrea Ensor, Rocky Ford High School
Tyler Lundquist, Rocky Ford High School

Security
Daniel Gladu, Mesa Ridge High School

Swink
Claudia Estrada, Swink High School
Brittaney Goodrich, Swink High School

Walsenburg
Robyn Martinez, John Mall High School


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