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4/23/01

POTSDAM TEAM WINS MATH CONTEST AT SLU

CANTON -- A team from Potsdam Central School won the 57th Annual 
Pi Mu Epsilon Interscholastic Mathematics Contest, held recently 
at St. Lawrence University and sponsored by the University's 
mathematics department and the local chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, 
the mathematics honorary.
	Members of the winning team from Potsdam were Amir Ahmadi, 
Anna Brown, Qi Chen, Tanya Weller and Nadeeka Yapa.
 	Seventy-two students from 15 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, Peter Kirkey, of Massena, 
or one of four alternates (Ibrahim Kanalici, Edwards-Knox; Ellen 
Herzog, Ogdensburg; Bryan Lavigne, Norwood-Norfolk; and Zoe Gardner, 
Hermon-DeKalb), should they decide to attend the University. 
Scholarships are also designated for the three top-ranked non-seniors, 
Ahmadi, Yapa and Chen, all of Potsdam, 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 Ahmadi, of 
Potsdam; the Silver Medal to Yapa, of Potsdam; and the Bronze Medal 
to Kirkey, of Massena. 
	In team competition, Massena Central School ranked second and 
Hermon-DeKalb third.
	The highest-ranking member for each team was as follows: Kayla 
Ware, Brasher Falls; Rachel Putman, Canton; Andrew Kenneth Green, Chateaugay; 
Kanalici, Edwards-Knox; Daniel Bryden, Franklin Academy; Gardner, 
Hermon-DeKalb; Samantha Davis, Heuvelton; Michael Fisher, Madrid-Waddington; 
Kirkey, Massena; Vicky Luke and Andrew Smith, Morristown; Lavigne, 
Norwood-Norfolk; Herzog, Ogdensburg; Robert Wiley, Parishville-Hopkinton; 
Ahmadi, Potsdam; and Brandon White, St. Regis Falls.
	The top 10 in individual competition were Ahmadi, Potsdam; Yapa, 
Potsdam; Kirkey, Massena; Chen, Potsdam; Kanalici, Edwards-Knox; Herzog, 
Ogdensburg; Lavigne, Norwood-Norfolk; Gardner, Hermon-DeKalb; White, 
St. Regis Falls; and Richard Beaulieu, Massena.

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