The Eighth Annual High School Mathematics Tournament at the University of Iowa was held on Saturday, March 6, 2004 from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This year’s competition was a great success. The tournament received generous support from a variety of units and individuals; without this support, the event would not have been possible. We therefore want to begin by thanking those who contributed to its success: The College of Engineering; 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 year’s competition brought together roughly 180 students from the following schools:

Central High School

City High School, Iowa City

Corwith-Wesley-LuVerne High School

Davenport Central High School

Davenport West High School

Home Schools of Cedar Rapids and Marion

Iowa Mennonite High School

Jefferson High School

Keokuk High School

Linn-Mar Community School

Marshalltown High School

Regina High School, Iowa City

Valley High School

Valley Southwoods High School

Washington High School Cedar Rapids

Washington High School Vinton

Vinton-Shellsburg High School

Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School

West High School, Iowa City

West Liberty High School

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. The volunteers were enormously helpful in making the competition run smoothly. While the students were writing their exams, a team of mathematics teachers from the participating schools graded the completed exams. Matt Johnson, an undergraduate in Computer Science, and Katie Voss, a secretary in Mathematics, entered the results into an Access database, and Ricardo Ortiz, graduate student in Mathematics, worked as the computer support person.

At the awards ceremony, Professor Patricia Cain recent Interim Provost at the University of Iowa, congratulated the participants and gave a talk in which she told students about the importance of Mathematics to their futures and how impressed she was at the skill levels employed in solving problems. Below is a summary of the results of the tournament.

SPRINT ROUND WINNERS (maximum = 120):

Grade 9 (large school) Stephanie Choi, Iowa City West, Score: 99

Grade 9 (small school) Edward Talmage, Home Schools, Score: 56

Grade 10 (large school) Nick Brady, City High School, Score: 105

Grade 10 (small school) Taylor Sutton, Waverly-Shell Rock, Score: 72

Grade 11 (large school) Drew Klein, Iowa City West and Joe Mozena, City High School, Score: 100

Grade 11 (small school) Phillip Gaebler, Home Schools, Score: 100

Grade 12 (large school) Zeb Rocklin, City High School, Score: 105

Grade 12 (small school) Evelyn Talmage, Home Schools, Score: 90

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TEAM ROUND WINNERS (maximum = 100):

Junior Varsity (large school) Valley Southwoods Freshman H.S, Team 01, Score: 50

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

Varsity (large school) Iowa City West High School, Team 02, Score: 80

Varsity (small school) Home Schools, and Vinton-Shellsburg H.S. Team 01, Score 60

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TARGET ROUND WINNERS (maximum = 80):

Grade 9 (large school) Nicholas Allendorf, Iowa City West High School, Stephanie Choi, Iowa City West High School, and

Brandt Skilling, Linn-Mar High School, Score: 60

Grade 9 (small school) Leif Gaebler, Home Schools, and Minsub Yim, Wahlert High School, Score: 50

Grade 10 (large school) Nick Brady, City High School, Score: 70

Grade 10 (small school) Zeb Fisher, Vinton-Shellsburg, Score: 50

Grade 11 (large school) Drew Klein, Iowa City West, Score: 70

Grade 11 (small school) Phillip Gaebler, Home Schools, Score: 50

Grade 12 (large school) Sara Gussin, Iowa City West High School, and Heidi Madsen, Iowa City West High School, Score: 70

Grade 12 (small school) Evelyn Talmage, Home Schools, Score: 50

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RELAY ROUND WINNERS (maximum = 100):

Junior Varsity (large school) Iowa City West High School - Team 02, Score: 35

Junior Varsity (small school) Home Schools, Score: 40

Varsity (large school) Linn-Mar High School, Team 01, Score: 45

Varsity (small school) Home Schools, Score: 40

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WINNING SCHOOLS-TOTALS OF SCORES (maximum = 400 for all schools):

Junior Varsity (large school) Iowa City West High School, Score: 225

Junior Varsity (small school) Home Schools, Score: 215.33

Varsity (large school) Iowa City West High School, Score: 309.67

Varsity (small school) Home Schools, Score: 270

At the awards ceremony, Professor Paul Muhly also announced that the twelfth grade winners in the Sprint Round (Zeb Rocklin, City High School and

Evelyn Talmage, Home Schools) and in the Target Round (Sara Gussin, Iowa City West High School, Heidi Madsen, Iowa City West High School and Evelyn Talmage, Home Schools) would each receive a prize of $100 from the endowment started by the Fethkes and Mrs.Wegner. Thanks to everyone who shared in the work of making this tournament run efficiently, and thanks most of all to the students who showed real initiative and determination in working on about three and one half hours worth of challenging mathematics problems on a magnificent Saturday morning.

Organizing Committee

Department of Mathematics

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA 52242