SUPER COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOO

SUPER COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HELD MARCH 9, 2009

The UNC Charlotte Super Competition is an outreach event consisting of a day of academic competitions for high school students held annually in cooperation between the departments of Mathematics and Statistics, Chemistry, Physics and Optical Science, and the College of Education's Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. The event this year, as in most recent years, was held the first day of UNC Charlotte's Spring Break, on March 9, 2009.

MATHEMATICS CONTESTS

This year 138 students participated in the comprehensive mathematics contest from 16 schools, and 76 students participated in the Algebra II contest from 13 schools. The students and teachers had the opportunity to hear a talk by Garrett Mitchener of the College of Charleston, entitled Wavelets, Language, Images, and Geometry. Garrett was a regular competitor in the competition when he was a high school student back in the 1990's.

The top winners in the Comprehensive Mathematics division were Bryce Taylor of Mt. Tabor High School; Brendan Fletcher of Charlotte Home Educators Association; David Lucia of Providence Day School; Kevin Lang of Myers Park; Elizabeth Shen, Myers Park; Sungmin Lim, Butler High; Shannon Taylor, Mt. Tabor High; and Sam Brinkley of Providence Day School. The top fourteen students in the Comprehensive division qualified to go on to the state level mathematics contest, to be held on Thursday, April 23, 2009, at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

The top eight individuals in the Algebra II division qualified to go on to the state finals, to be held on Thursday, April 30, 2009. For more information on the Algebra and Comprehensive state-level competitions, see the state contest website at http://courses.ncssm.edu/goebel/statecon/state.htm.

Trophies went to the top five students in each category. Team trophies went to school winners in two categories: inside Mecklenburg County and outside Mecklenburg County. The top overall school was again Providence Day School. The individual and team results are listed below.

	Name	School	Score
1	Jack Munley	Providence Day School	96
2	Kevin Lee	Providence Day School	93
3	David Spencer	Southwest Middle School	92
4	Velina Kozareva	Myers Park High School	83
5	Nicole Savignac	David W. Butler High School	68
6	Jason Yang	Providence Day School	67
7	Hayden Bader	Union Academy	64
8	Simon Menaker	Charlotte Latin School	61

1^st	Providence Day School	361
2^nd	Charlotte Latin School	267
3^rd	Providence High School	245

1^st	C. E. Jordan High School	215
2^nd	Piedmont High School	192
3^rd	North Lincoln High School	189

Place	Student Name	School	Score	City
1	Bryce Taylor	Mt. Tabor High School	88	Winston-Salem
2	Brendan Fletcher	Charlotte Home Educators Assn.	84	Charlotte
3	David Lucia	Providence Day School	81	Charlotte
4	Kevin Lang	Myers Park High School	77	Charlotte
5	Elizabeth Shen	Myers Park High School	73	Charlotte
6	Sungmin Lim	David W. Butler High School	67	Charlotte
7	Shannon Taylor	Mt. Tabor High School	66	Winston-Salem
8	Samuel Brinkley	Providence Day School	66	Charlotte
9	Michael Grace	Charlotte Latin School	58	Charlotte
10	Jordan Parker	Providence High School	58	Charlotte
11	Jeffrey Prouty	Myers Park High School	56	Charlotte
12	Alexandre Gauthier	Myers Park High School	55	Charlotte
13	Tejong Lim	Weddington High School	55	Matthews
14	David Lee	Providence High School	54	Charlotte

1^st	Myers Park High School	398
2^nd	Providence Day School	377
3^rd	Providence High School	329