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5/1/06
CANTON TEAM WINS MATH CONTEST AT ST. LAWRENCE
CANTON - A team from Hugh C. Williams High School in Canton won the 62nd
Annual Pi Mu Epsilon Interscholastic Mathematics Contest, held recently at St. Lawrence
University and sponsored by the University's mathematics, computer science and statistics
department and the local chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, the mathematics honorary.
Members of the winning team from Canton are Ben Hammond, Brittany Jones, Ben LaFirst
and Catherine Sheard.
The Gold Medal in individual competition went to Sheard, of Canton; the Silver Medal
to LaFirst, Canton; and the Bronze Medal to Kristin Shumway, Potsdam.
Fifty-eight 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, Shumway, or one of four alternates (Dan Prahl, Potsdam; Patrick Chevier,
Brasher Falls; John LaShomb, Norwood-Norfolk; Aimee Krause, Norwood-Norfolk),
should they decide to attend the University. Scholarships are also designated
for the three top-ranked non-seniors, Sheard, Canton; LaFirst, Canton; and Zach
Shepard, Potsdam, should they decide to attend St. Lawrence, in amounts of up to
$5,000, $3,000 and $2,000, respectively.
In team competition, Potsdam Central School ranked second, and Parishville-
Hopkinton Central School third.
The highest-ranking member for each team was as follows: Chevier, Brasher Falls;
Kayla Fletcher, Brushton-Moira Central School; Sheard, Canton; William Monks,
Franklin Academy; Marcus Tuttle, Gouverneur Central School; Megan Newtown,
Madrid-Waddington Central School; LaShomb, Norwood-Norfolk; Bill Small, Ogdensburg
Free Academy; Andrew Gilbert, Parishville-Hopkinton Central School; Shumway,
Potsdam; Gianna Gratton, Salmon River Central School; and Daniel Arcadi, St. Regis
Falls Central School.
The top 10 in individual competition were Sheard, Canton; LaFirst, Canton; Shumway,
Potsdam; Shepard, Potsdam; Gilbert, Parishville-Hopkinton; Hammond, Canton; Prahl,
Potsdam; Jon Peryer, Parishville-Hopkinton; Peter Whitesell, Potsdam; and Chevier,
Brasher Falls.
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