/ M a t h T e a m . . .
. . . a n i n f i n i t e
S u c c e s s !
The mathematics team led the way for
IMSA's banner year with the top scoring
freshman, and teams in regional and state
competitions. Steve Collins outscored several
hundred other students to win first place in the
Algebra written test in the Illinois Council of
Teachers of Mathematics competition.
Jordan Koss took fourth place in the same
division, with David Joerg placing ninth. The
IMSA team earned sixth place overall in
Division AA.
The Junior-Senior relay teams took first and
eighth places. Members of the first-place team
included: Steve Collins, Gabriel Demombynes,
Karen Kiener, and Lillian Kao. Members of
the eighth place team included: Amy Courtin,
Todd Groner, Carrie Mokry and Laura
Kozlevcar.
Other individuals earning honors for the
math team in categories such as frosh-soph
relay and two-person teams were: Sam Choi,
Mehmet Giiler, Matt Hausken, Saunders Hsu
and Paul Ivsin.
Team coach Chuck Hamberg was pleased
with the first-year showing by IMSA teams.
"We are competing in one of the toughest, if
not the toughest leagues in the state. The fact
that many of our members have never
competed before makes the achievements even
more significant."
Others members of the teamwere:
Cheryl Heinz, Steve Ramsey, Brian Butler, Peter Gast,
Andy Oh, David Case, Mark Armantrout, Marc Booth,
Dave Yung, John Dexter, Young Lee, David Franklin, Lori
Buetow.
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