Thursday, May 1, 2008

GBS Math Team - 8th in ICTM State Competition

The GBS Math team took an impressive eighth place overall at the ICTM state competition in Champaign, IL on April 26th. Eighth in State is very impressive considering the number of great schools in Illinois, all of which are competing at this contest.

Results:

The Freshmen-Sophomore “2-person team” took 8th place in the state.
The Junior Team took 3rd place.
The Junior-Senior 8 person team took 4th place.
The Calculator team took 3rd place.
Oralist, Winston Luo, took 3rd place.
and…
The Senior Team took 2nd place in the state!

Special individual awards at the competition went to:

2nd place Junior, Michael Tarczon
2nd place Senior, Winston Luo

A special congratulations go to Ben Barber, Joseph Kim, Winston Luo, Jordan Nach, Danie Rajchwald, and Matt Sada for the highest finish by the Senior team in school history. Congratulations to our Seniors and to the entire math team for an outstanding season!