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Fruitvale students win local Mathcounts competition
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Posted by admin Tue Nov 30, 1999 00:00:00 PST
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0 responses 0 comments A team of Mathletes from Fruitvale Junior High in Bakersfield has won the local Mathcounts team competition.

The top individual participant was Anders Eagleson from Fruitvale. He earned this award by winning the Countdown Round, a head-to-head mathematics competition.

This year’s competition was held Feb. 24 at Cal State Bakersfield. 

Members of the winning Fruitvale team are Joseph Choi, Anders Eagleson, Zach Lotze, and Grant Novins with coaches Daniel Ardron and Stephanie Long.

The second place team was Warren Junior High. Team members are  Alex Chan,  Jhotte Kannapan, Michael Limeiro, and  Alan Xu with coaches Mary Beth Moon and Lori  Tholl.

These two teams will advance to the state competition at the University of California, Irvine on March 17.

The third place team was Chipman Junior High. Team members are Haley Davis, Robynn Kurczodyna, Erynn Worthing, and David Wright with coach Kari Wykoff.

The fourth place team was Murray Middle School from Ridgecrest. Team members are Charlotte Flatebo, Luke Kelley, Nam Trinh, and Sam Woodman with coaches Lynne Spoons, Lynne Hetherton, Tami Welsh, and Andrea Gerber.

The fifth place team was McKee Middle School. Team members are Peter Kedzierski, Pete Naveiras, John Tenorio, and Joshua Tenorio with coach Robert Niz.

Additionally, the best sixth-grade school for the second year was Discovery Elementary. Team members are Craig Bailey, Corbin Burnes, Ryan Alford, and Cassidee Kido with coach Kelly Fries.

Three students with the highest scores on individual tests, and who are not members of either of the two advancing teams, will also advance to the state competition. These students are Robynn Kurczodyna, Peter Kedzierski, and Luke Kelley.

Countdown Round participants were the 10 highest scoring students from individual written tests. The final results were: Anders Eagleson, first place; Robynn Kurczodyna, second place; Joseph Choi, third place; Peter Kedzierski, fourth place; Michael Limeiro, fifth place; Jhotte Kannapan, sixth place; Luke Kelley, seventh place; Grant Novins, eighth place; Heidi  Yi, ninth place; and Cassidee Kido, 10th place.

The top-scoring student from each of the 17 participating schools also received an award. These awards were given to Robynn Kurczodyna of Chipman; Cassidee Kido of Discovery; David Kilpatrick of Downtown Elementary; Braxton Fitts of Emerson Middle School; Trevor Millar of Franklin Elementary; Joseph Choi of Fruitvale; Ezequiel Hernandez of Haven Drive Middle School in Arvin;  Alexis Bartels of Jacobsen Middle School in Tehachapi; Emma Austin of James Monroe Middle School in Ridgecrest; Peter Kedzierski of McKee; Bryan Cervantes of Mountain View Middle School in Lamont; Luke Kelley of Murray; Juethani Tiscareno of Bessie Owens Intermediate School; Yadira Vasquez of Palm Avenue Elementary School in Wasco; Jose Sepulveda of Rio Bravo Greeley School; Jorge Zuniga of Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Wasco; and Michael Limeiro from Warren.

Locally, Mathcounts is sponsored by the CSUB Department of Mathematics and the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office. Founding Sponsors are the National Society of Professional Engineers, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the CNA Foundation.

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