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4/14/03

CANTON TEAM WINS MATHEMATICS CONTEST AT ST. LAWRENCE

CANTON - A team from Hugh C. Williams High School in Canton 
won the 59th 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 Canton were Sean Clemens, 
Lauren Hill, Miles Ledoux, Andrew Palmateer and Adam Weeks Marano.
	Sixty-seven students from 14 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, Ledoux of Canton, or 
one of four alternates (James Caruso, Heuvelton;  Clemens, Canton; 
Cara Pierce, Lisbon, and Alex Sheppard, Norwood-Norfolk), should 
they decide to attend the University. Scholarships are also 
designated for the three top-ranked non-seniors, Marano, Canton; 
Andrew Brouwer, Potsdam; and Jason Charleson, Ogdensburg, 
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 Marano, 
of Canton; the Silver Medal to Ledoux, of Canton; and the Bronze 
Medal to Caruso, of Heuvelton. 
	In team competition, Potsdam Central School ranked second 
and Heuvelton Central School, third.
	The highest-ranking member for each team was as 
follows: Brasher Falls, Tim Penderghest; Brushton-Moira, Nicholas 
Colby; Canton, Marano; Edwards-Knox, Jeremy Dovel; Gouverneur, 
Madeline Girard; Hermon-Dekalb, Samantha Smith; Heuvelton, Caruso; 
Lisbon, Pierce; Madrid-Waddington, Matthew Snider; Massena, 
Kiley Scott; Norwood-Norfolk, Sheppard; Ogdensburg Free Academy, 
Charleson; Potsdam, Brouwer; and St. Regis Falls, Kent Goodrow.
	The top 10 in individual competition were Marano, Canton; 
Ledoux, Canton; Caruso, Heuvelton; Clemens, Canton; Brouwer, 
Potsdam; Pierce, Lisbon; Charleson, Ogdensburg; Sheppard, 
Norwood-Norfolk; Goodrow, St. Regis Falls; and Jesse Palermo, 
Potsdam.

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