The Tenth Annual High School Mathematics Tournament at the University of Iowa was held on Saturday, March 4, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Our feeling is that it was a very successful event. The tournament received generous support from a host of units and individuals; without this support, the event would not be possible. We therefore want to begin by thanking those who contributed to its success: The Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics and Actuarial Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the office of the Provost. We particularly want to thank Dean Gary Fethke and Professor Carol Fethke, and Mrs. Catharine Wegner, a 1934 Mathematics Alumna and long-time teacher of Mathematics, who helped endow the tournament.

This years competition brought together 152 students from the following schools:

Atlantic High School

City High School, Iowa City

Chariton High School

Corwith-Wesley-LuVerne High School

Cedar Rapids Home Schools

Kennedy High School

Linn-Mar Community School

Mid-Prairie High School

Regina High School, Iowa City

Wahlert High School

Waverly-Shell Rock

West High School, Iowa City

The students participated in a total of four "events". In two of these events (the "Sprint Round" and the "Target Round"), students answered mathematics test questions on individual tests. In the remaining two events (the "Team Round" and the "Relay Round") students worked in teams. Professors Oguz Durumeric, Paul Muhly, George Nelson, Walter Seaman, and University of Iowa student volunteers proctored the events. While the students were writing their exams, a team of Mathematics teachers from the participating schools graded the completed exams. Amanda Fontanez, a graduate student in Mathematics, and Cindy Van Ark, a secretary in Mathematics, entered the results into an Access database. We thank Joel Uden from the College of Liberal Arts for his outstanding work in constructing the database program to match the elaborate and multifaceted requirements of the competition.

Below is a summary of the results of the tournament.

SPRINT ROUND WINNERS (maximum = 120):

Grade 9 (large school) Curie Ahn, Iowa City West High School, Score: 99

Grade 9 (small school) Nathan Bleadorn, Nathan, Waverly-Shell Rock, Score: 52

Grade 10 (large school) Austin Link, Iowa City West High School, Score: 110

Grade 10 (small school) Leif Gaebler, Cedar Rapids Home Schools, Score: 95

Grade 11 (large school) Jeffrey Chenhall, Iowa City West High School, Score: 115

Grade 11 (small school) Peter Montag, Regina Jr/Sr High School, Score: 120

Grade 12 (large school) Nick Brady, Iowa City City High School, Score: 110

Grade 12 (small school) Derrek Drexler, Wahlert High School, Score: 79

TEAM ROUND WINNERS (maximum = 100):

Junior Varsity (large school) West High School, Team 01, Score: 40

Junior Varsity (small school) Home Schools, Team 03, and Atlantic High School Team 03 Score: 40

Varsity (large school) Iowa City West High School, Team 01, Score: 80

Varsity (small school) Regina Jr/Sr High School, Team 02, Score 60

TARGET ROUND WINNERS (maximum = 80):

Grade 9 (large school) Kathy Ingram Iowa City West High School, Score: 70

Grade 9 (small school) , David Wedeking Waverly-Shell Rock, Score: 10

Grade 10 (large school) Gray Thomas, Iowa City West High School, Score: 70

Grade 10 (small school) Wonil Park, Regina Jr/Sr High School, Score: 70 - a misread score at the competition led to an error in the announced first, second and third places in the Grade 10 Small School Target Round scores. We apologize for these errors.

Grade 11 (large school) Jeffrey Chenhall, Iowa City West High School, Score: 80

Grade 11 (small school) Peter Montag, Regina Jr/Sr High School, Score: 80

Grade 12 (large school) Miller Li, Iowa City West High School, Score: 60

Grade 12 (small school) A five-way tie: Eric Allen, Waverly-Shell Rock; Derrek Drexler, Wahlert High School; McCue, Patrick, Regina Jr/Sr High School; Oglesby, Madeline Wahlert High School; Matthew Wheeler, Cedar Rapids Home Schools, All Five Scores: 20

RELAY ROUND WINNERS (maximum = 100):

Junior Varsity (large school) Iowa City West High School - Team 03 and Kennedy High School Team 04, Both scores: 30

Junior Varsity (small school) Waverly-Shell Rock, Team 05 Score: 25

Varsity (large school) Iowa City West High School, Team 04 Score: 45

Varsity (small school) Cedar Rapids Home Schools, Team 01, Score: 40

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WINNING SCHOOLS-TOTALS OF SCORES (maximum = 400 for large schools and small schools)

Junior Varsity (large school) Iowa City West High School, Score: 219.50

Junior Varsity (small school) Waverly-Shell Rock, Score: 135.67

Varsity (large school) Iowa City West High School, Score: 337.33

Varsity (small school) Regina Jr/Sr High School, Score: 276.33

At the awards ceremony, Professor Paul Muhly also announced that the twelfth grade winners in the Sprint Round (Nick Brady, Iowa City City High School, and Derrek Drexler, Wahlert High School), and in the Target Round (Eric Allen, Waverly-Shell Rock; Derrek Drexler, Wahlert High School; McCue, Patrick, Regina Jr/Sr High School; Oglesby, Madeline Wahlert High School; Matthew Wheeler, Cedar Rapids Home Schools) would each receive a prize of $100 from the endowment started by the Fethkes and Mrs.Wegner. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this tournament run smoothly, and thanks most of all to the students who undertook the laudable effort at solving almost three and one half hours of Mathematics problems on a sunny Saturday morning.

University of Iowa Mathematics Tournament Organizing Committee

Oguz Durumeric, Paul Muhly and Walter Seaman

Department of Mathematics

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA 52252

319-335-0714