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4/15/02

SLU MATH CONTEST WON BY TEAM FROM POTSDAM

CANTON -- A team from Potsdam Central School won the 58th 
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 Andrew 
Brouwer, Terry Chen, Steven Cheney, Greg Godreau and Nadeeka Yapa.
	Seventy-five 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, Eric Frazer 
Lock, of Canton, or one of four alternates (Jaclyn Haney, 
Brushton-Moira; Sarah Smith, Hermon-DeKalb; Jeffrey Ellsworth, 
Hermon-DeKalb; and Katharine Chan, Franklin Academy), should they 
decide to attend the University. Scholarships are also designated 
for the three top-ranked non-seniors, Yapa and Chen, of Potsdam, 
and Alex Sheppard, Norwood-Norfolk, 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 Yapa, of 
Potsdam; the Silver Medal to Chen, of Potsdam; and the Bronze Medal 
to Sheppard, of Massena. 
	In team competition, Canton Central School ranked second 
and Norwood-Norfolk third.
	The highest-ranking member for each team was as follows: 
David Hibbert, Brasher Falls; Haney, Brushton-Moira; Adam Searleman, 
Canton; Jamie Chonka, Edwards-Knox; Chan, Franklin Academy; Rebecca 
Wetterhann, Gouverneur; Smith, Hermon-DeKalb; Matthew Pinkerton, 
Heuvelton; Jedidiah Tyler, Lisbon; Dan Gates, Madrid-Waddington; 
Avni Shah, Massena; Sheppard, Norwood-Norfolk; Obair Qudsi, 
Ogdensburg; Yapa, Potsdam; and Kent Goodrow, St. Regis Falls.
	The top 10 in individual competition were Yapa, Potsdam; Chen, 
Potsdam; Sheppard, Norwood-Norfolk; Searleman, Canton; Sean Clemens, 
Canton; Lock, Canton; Haney, Brushton-Moira; Todd Barthelme, Canton; 
Smith, Hermon-DeKalb; and Ellsworth, Hermon-DeKalb.

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