The Twelfth Annual High School Mathematics Tournament at the University of Iowa was held on Saturday, March 1, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. We think it was a wonderful event once again! 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 year’s competition brought together 140 students from the following schools:

Anamosa High School

BCLUW High School

Cedar Rapids Jefferson

Center Point-Urbana CSD

Chariton High School

City High School, Iowa City

Columbus High School

Home Schools of Eastern Iowa

Iowa City West

Linn-Mar High School

Marshalltown High School

Southeast Polk High School

Wahlert High School

Waverly-Shell Rock

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. We thank the math department graduate and undergraduate students for their invaluable assistance in helping proctor the exams and enter scores in the competition 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) Shi-Ke Xue Iowa City West, Score: 111

Grade 9 (small school) Eric Varley, Wahlert High School, Score: 35

Grade 10 (large school) Tyler Chenhall, Iowa City West, Score: 110

Grade 10 (small school) Sam Epley, Waverly-Shell Rock, Score: 41

Grade 11 (large school) Michelle Han, Iowa City West Score: 105

Grade 11 (small school) Ben Zelle, Waverly-Shell Rock, Score: 53

Grade 12 (large school) Nate Rehfuss Iowa City West, Score: 116

Grade 12 (small school) Chris Kleinhans-Schulz, Waverly-Shell Rock, Score: 70

TEAM ROUND WINNERS (maximum = 100):

Junior Varsity (large school) Iowa City West Team 04, Score: 80

Junior Varsity (small school) Wahlert High, Team 01, Score: 30

Varsity (large school) Iowa City West High School, Team 01, Score: 100

Varsity (small school) Waverly-Shell Rock, Team 02, Score 60

TARGET ROUND WINNERS (maximum = 80):

Grade 9 (large school) Shi-Ke Xue,Iowa City Westl, Score: 80

Grade 9 (small school) Eric Varley, Wahlert High School, Score: 50

Grade 10 (large school) Curie Ahn, Iowa City West, Score: 80

Grade 10 (small school) Faithe Guyer, Waverly-Shell Rock and Kenei Menning, Columbus High School, both Scores: 40

Grade 11 (large school) Michelle Han and Lena Ye, both Iowa City West High School, both Scores: 80

Grade 11 (small school) Tony Callahan, Wahlert High School, Score: 40

Grade 12 (large school) Leif Gaebler, Home Schools of Eastern Iowa, Nate Rehfuss, Iowa City West, both Scores: 80

Grade 12 (small school) Kyle Creed, Center Point Urbana, Score: 50

RELAY ROUND WINNERS (maximum = 100):

Junior Varsity (large school) Iowa City West, Team 08, Score: 45

Junior Varsity (small school) Columbus High School, Team 01,Waverly-Shell Rock, Teams 01 and 02, all Scores: 10

Varsity (large school) Iowa City West High School, Teams 01 and 02, both Scores: 50

Varsity (small school) Waverly-Shell Rock, Team 02, Score: 25

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

Junior Varsity (large school) Iowa City West, Score: 291.83

Junior Varsity (small school) Wahlert High School, Score: 91.66

Varsity (large school) Iowa City West, Score: 385.67

Varsity (small school) Waverly-Shell Rock, Score: 197.67

At the awards ceremony, Professor Paul Muhly also announced that the twelfth grade winners in the Sprint Round (Nate Rehfuss Iowa City West and all Iowa City West and Chris Kleinhans-Schulz, Waverly-Shell Rock), and in the Target Round (Leif Gaebler, Home Schools of Eastern Iowa, Nate Rehfuss, Iowa City West and Kyle Creed, Center Point Urbana) 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 a smooth-running event, and thanks most of all to the students who undertook the considerable time and effort to spend their sunny Saturday morning solving almost three and one half hours of Mathematics problems.

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