(April 25, 2008)

The Thirty Fourth Annual Math Field Day was held at the University of Wisconsin-Superior on April 23, 2008. Thirteen teams from eleven high schools in Wisconsin and Minnesota attended. The schools included Ashland, Carlton,  Cloquet, Drummond, Grantsburg, Hayward, Northwestern. Osceola, Rice Lake, Superior, and Webster.

The competition began with a Team Event, in which the eight-member teams collaborate in solving ten problems within 20 minutes. Schools with 500 or more students compete in the large-school class; the other schools form the small-school class. Runner-up in the small school class was Grantsburg, with a score of 68. The winner in the small school class was Northwestern with a score of 70. In the large school class, the runner-up was Ashland, scoring 78, and the winner was Rice Lake, scoring 86.

The winner in the small school class was Northwestern, scoring 70.

The runner-up in the small school class was Grantsburg, scoring 68.

The winner in the large school class was Rice Lake, scoring 86.

The runner-up in the large school class was Ashland, scoring 78.

The individual events consist of 15 problems to solve within a time limit of 15 minutes. The top finishers in each event received a Math Meet T- shirt; the winners of each event will also receive a $100 U.S. Savings Bond. (No student may receive more than one bond or more than one T- shirt.) The top finishers in each event are:

Event II - Plane Geometry:

1st Place: Denic Aydin, Carlton
Top Finishers: Matthew Fox, Osceola
                    Mengmeng Chen, Ashland

Event III - Algebra II and Analytic Geometry:

1st Place: Bob McKevett, Hayward
Top Finishers: Matt Miller, Superior
                     David Sievert, Hayward
                     Edward Jacobson, Cloquet
                     Chris Hammett, Cloquet
                     Nathan Pfau, Superior

Event IV - Trigonometry and Elementary Functions:

1st Place: Mengmeng Chen, Ashland
Top Finishers: Mike Ross, Superior
                     Kiu-Chor-Yuen, Carlton
                     David Sievert, Hayward
                     Cullen Ryan, Superior

Event V - Probability and Statistics:

1st Place: Jamie Bynes, Rice Lake
Top Finishers: Bryce Aul, Rice Lake
                     Caitlin Gargulak, Rice Lake
                     Carl Markgren, Rice Lake
                     Spencer Taves, Ashland

Quick Response/Calculator Event:

Rice Lake: Mike Wolner, Kevin Freitag, Carl Markgren
Carlton: Denic Aydin
Hayward: Jay Xu, Bob McKevett
Ashland: Mengmeng Chen