The Top Four: From left are Kevin Lu, Ian McMeeking, Colin Finnegan and William Zeng

2010 State Competition Results

Top individual winners of the 2010 state MATHCOUNTS competition (in order of finish) are:

1. Ian McMeeking, St. John the Evangelist, Rochester,
2. Kevin Lu, Valley View Middle School, Edina
3. Colin Finnegan, Capitol Hill Magnet School, St. Paul
4. William Zeng, Oak Grove Middle School, Bloomington

These four won top honors from among 122 participants representing 37 schools at the 27th annual competition held Saturday, March 13, at the Radisson Conference Center in Pymouth.

The four students form the state team that represented Minnesota at DisneyWorld in Flordia, May 6-9, to compete in the national MATHCOUNTS competition against teams from throughout the United States.

Placing fifth and sixth were:
5. Yitz Deng, Central Middle School, Eden Prairie
6. Leighton Zhao, Wayzata Central Middle School, Plymouth

Top team honors

The first place team at the meet was: Valley View Middle School, Edina

Members of the first place team are (from left) Amos Frank, Lilly Bendel-Stenzel, Coach Margaret Grivna, Cindy Jiang and Kevin Lu.

As coach of the winning school team, Grivna will coach the State Team that is going to the National Finals.

The other top teams at the State meet were:

2. Capitol Hill Magnet School, St. Paul
3. Wayzata Central Middle School, Plymouth
4. Buffalo Community School, Buffalo
5. Wayzata East Middle School, Plymouth
6. Willmar Middle School, Willmar
7. Blake Middle School, Hopkins
8. St. John the Evangelist Middle School, Rochester
9. Lake Harriet Community School, Minneapolis
10. Kellogg Middle School, Rochester

Winners of the Countdown Round were:

First Place: Ian McMeeking, St. John the Evangelist
Second Place: Kevin Lu
Third Place: Aaron Hamman, Buffalo Community School
Fourth Place: Ryan Bowers, Buffalo Community School