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4/26/99

MASSENA TEAM WINS MATH CONTEST AT SLU

CANTON - A team from Massena Central School broke Canton's 
long-standing winning streak to claim first place in the 55th 
Annual Pi Mu Epsilon Interscholastic Mathematics Contest, held 
recently at St. Lawrence University and sponsored by the University's 
mathematics department and local chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, the 
mathematics honorary.
	Members of the winning team from Massena were Eric Ashley, 
Dana Cairns, Anna Evans, Matt Macaulay and Ed Zysik.
	Fifty-seven students from 12 area high schools participated 
in the contest, which consisted of an individual examination and 
team-challenge problems.
	A St. Lawrence University scholarship, named in honor of 
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Robert Cromie, for up to $5,000, 
is designated for the top-ranking senior,  Zysik of Massena, or one 
of four alternates (Evans, Massena; Megan Lumb, Ogdensburg; Aliya Haq, 
Canton; and Macaulay, Massena), should they decide to attend the 
University. Scholarships are also designated for the three top-ranked 
non-seniors, Kari Lock, Canton; Michael Privman, Potsdam; and Casey 
Burt, Hermon-DeKalb, should they decide to attend St. Lawrence, in 
amounts of up to $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000, respectively.
	The Gold Medal in individual competition went to Zysik, of 
Massena. Lock, of Canton, and Evans, of Massenam, tied for the 
the Silver Medal in individual competition, and Lumb, of Ogdensburg,
won the Bronze Medal.
	In team competition, Hugh C. Williams High School in 
Canton ranked second and Ogdensburg Free Academy third.
	The highest-ranking member for each team was as follows: Lock, 
Canton; Jennifer Yonkoski, Franklin Academy; Tommy Scott, Gouverneur; 
Burt, Hermon-DeKalb; Emily Kingsley, Heuvelton; Brian Clark, 
Madrid-Waddington; Zysik, Massena; Lumb, Ogdensburg; Cori Wilhelm and 
Enrico Becerra, Parishville-Hopkinton; Privman, Potsdam; Stephanie 
Gray, St. Lawrence Central; and Denis Labar, St. Regis Falls.
	The top 10 in individual competition were Zysik, Massena; Lock, 
Canton; Evans, Massena; Lumb, Ogdensburg; Privman, Potsdam; Haq, Canton; 
Macaulay, Massena; Clark, Madrid-Waddington; Burt, Hermon-DeKalb; and 
Nate Alford, Ogdensburg.

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