Mathematics Champions at 61st Merten Hasse Competition
Academy students went to South Dakota in April for the 61st annual Merten Hasse Mathematics Competition. They brought home 1st place, accumulating 180 team points. Two schools tied for 2nd place with 24.5 points apiece. Individual Academy mathletes nearly swept every category.
61st Merten Hasse Math Competition
April 16, 2016
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Course | Rating |
| 1 | Abarham | Schaecher | Algebra I | Superior |
| 2 | Cameron | Mohne | Algebra I | Superior |
| 3 | Elianna | LaVie | Algebra I | Outstanding |
| 5 tie | Kylie | Benesh-Llop | Algebra I | Excellent |
| 5 tie | Kalen | Truong | Algebra I | Excellent |
| 7 | Sirena | Backham | Algebra I | Honorable Mention |
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| 2 | Carver | Bartz | Geometry | Superior |
| 3 | Maddie | Moody | Geometry | Outstanding |
| 5 | Thea | Steinbach | Geometry | Excellent |
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| 1 | Coel | Reece | Algebra II | Superior |
| 2 | Alex | Liu | Algebra II | Superior |
| 6 | Miles | Curtis | Algebra II | Excellent |
| 7 | Natalie | Chartier | Algebra II | Honorable Mention |
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| 2 | Tanner | Drabek | Precalculus | Superior |
| 3 tie | Nathan | Bui | Precalculus | Outstanding |
| 3 tie | Daniel | Fisher | Precalculus | Outstanding |
| 5 | Ben | Wonderlin | Precalculus | Excellent |
| 6 | Jimmy | Le | Precalculus | Excellent |
| 7 | Aditya | Somisetty | Precalculus | Honorable Mention |
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| 1 | Evan | Hilton | Calculus | Superior |
| 2 | Owen | Koster | Calculus | Superior |
| 4 | Kevin | Li | Calculus | Outstanding |
| 5 | Connor | Johnson | Calculus | Excellent |
| 6 | Aditi | Jithendra | Calculus | Excellent |
| 7 | Katie | Suh | Calculus | Honorable Mention |
| 8 | Shivani | Kumaresan | Calculus | Honorable Mention |
#1 in the team competition: Anne Van Heukelom, Tanner Drabek, Jimmy Le, and Vicky Yin
#1 School (First Place) for Large Schools (in other words, “We WON!”)
School Scores: Central Academy – 180.0 points
Lincoln High School (SD) – 24.5 points
Yankton High School (SD)- 24.5 points
Slide show: https://www.dropbox.com/s/f3kx7ijqp5i3osr/USD%202016_2.m4v?dl=0
More about the Contest: http://www.usd.edu/arts-and-sciences/math/merten-hasse