SUPER COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HELD MARCH 3, 2008

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 3, 2008.

MATHEMATICS CONTESTS

This year 90 students participated in the comprehensive mathematics contest from 14 schools, and 41 students participated in the Algebra II contest from eight schools. The students and teachers had the opportunity to hear a talk by Robert Devaney on the subject of “Chaos Games and Fractal Images.”

The top two winners in the Comprehensive Mathematics division tied for first place with perfect scores. These students were Brendan Fletcher of Charlotte Home Educators Association and Bryce Taylor of Mt. Tabor High School. The top eight students in the Comprehensive division qualified to go on to the state level mathematics contest, to be held on Thursday, April 24, 2008, at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

The top five individuals in the Algebra II division qualified to go on to the state finals, to be held on Thursday, May 1, 2008. 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 Providence Day School. The individual and team results are listed below.

COMPREHENSIVE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top 8 [8%])

Place	Student Name	School	City
1^ST (tie)	Brendan Fletcher	Charlotte Home Educators Assn.	Charlotte
1^ST (tie)	Bryce Taylor	Mt. Tabor High School	Winston-Salem
3^rd	Christine Hong	J.H. Rose High School	Greenville
4^th	David Lucia	Providence Day School	Charlotte
5^th	Alexander Mauney	Myers Park High School	Charlotte
6^th	Elizabeth Shen	Randolph Middle School	Charlotte
7^th	Kevin Lang	Myers Park High School	Charlotte
8^th	Shannon Taylor	Mt. Tabor High School	Winston-Salem

(The top winners have perfect scores.)

COMPREHENSIVE TEAM RESULTS

In Mecklenburg County

Place	School	City
1^st	Providence Day School	Charlotte
2^nd	Myers Park High School	Charlotte
3^rd	Charlotte Latin School	Charlotte

Out of Mecklenburg County

Place	School	City
1^st	C. E. Jordan High School	Durham
2^nd	Piedmont High School	Monroe
3^rd	North Lincoln High School	Lincolnton

ALGEBRA II INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top 10%)

Place	Student Name	School	City
1^st	Michael Starr	Providence Day School	Charlotte
2^nd	Ben Stallworth	Forsyth Country Day School	Lewisville
3^rd	Stuart Parker	Piedmont High School	Monroe
4^th	David Fernandez	C. E. Jordan High School	Durham
5^th	Matthew Dickinson	Charlotte Latin School	Charlotte

ALGEBRA II TEAM RESULTS (Top 3)

In Mecklenburg County

Place	School	City
1^st	Providence Day School	Charlotte
2^nd	Charlotte Latin School	Charlotte

Out of Mecklenburg County

Place	School	City
1^st	Forsyth Country Day School	Lewisville
2^nd	C. E. Jordan High School	Durham
3^rd	Piedmont High School	Monroe

Overall First Place:

Providence Day School

(Algebra II and Comprehensive Team Scores Combined)

CHEMISTRY CONTEST

TOP INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

In Mecklenburg County

Place	Student Name	School	City
1^st	Lawrence Wilson	Charlotte Latin School	Charlotte
2^nd (tie)	Robert Jones	Charlotte Latin School	Charlotte
2^nd (tie)	Brandon Smith	South Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte
4^th	Heather Jones	South Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte
5^th	Ross Calhoun	Charlotte Latin School	Charlotte

Out of Mecklenburg County

Place	Student Name	School	City
1^st	Christopher Adams	Sun Valley High School	Monroe
2^nd	Cameron Hunter	Piedmont High School	Monroe
3^rd	David Guenther	Albemarle High School	Albemarle
4^th	Creed Johnson	Piedmont High School	Monroe
5^th	Stuart Parker	Piedmont High School	Monroe

Top School Team in Mecklenburg County:

Charlotte Latin School

Top School Team out of Mecklenburg County:

Piedmont High School

PHYSICS CONTESTS

PHYSICS INDIVIDUAL (WRITTEN) CONTEST

TOP INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Place	Student Name	School	City
1^st	Gregory Kronmiller	C. E. Jordan High School	Durham
2^nd	Alexander Mauney	Myers Park High School	Charlotte
3^rd	Taran Whaley	Piedmont High School	Monroe
4^th	Zachary Kobos	Myers Park High School	Charlotte
5^th	Emily Zuehlke	Charlotte Latin School	Charlotte

TOP WRITTEN PHYSICS CONTEST TEAMS

Category	School	City
Top School in CMS	Myers Park High School	Charlotte
Top School outside CMS	Piedmont High School	Monroe
Top Private School	Charlotte Latin School	Charlotte

PHYSICS OLYMPICS

TOP PHYSICS OLYMPICS TEAMS

Place	School	City
1^st	Northwest Cabarrus High School	Concord
2^nd	Sun Valley High School	Monroe
3^rd	Central Cabarrus High School	Concord