Wasatch tops small schools, Manti takes second at Snow math contest
4-9-08

EPHRAIM—Wasatch Academy took first place among small schools while Manti High took second place among middle-size schools in a math competition at Snow College last week.
More than 200 students from more than a dozen middle and high schools participated in the contest on Tuesday, April 1.
They took tests developed by the Snow math faculty covering everything from algebra to trigonometry to other math disciplines.
Senior Division students in grades 10-12 took a test worth a maximum of 160 points. There was a penalty for guessing. Students got four points for each correct answer, one point subtracted for each wrong answer and no points if they left the answer blank.
The Junior Division students in grades 7-9 took a test worth 80 points.
Team scores were calculated for the Senior Division but not the Junior Division. Each high school team score was determined by adding up the scores of the school’s top five scorers.
In the team competition, Wasatch came in first in the small-school division (under 300 students) with 358 out of 800 possible points, a significantly higher score than posted by any of the middle-size schools (student bodies of 300-800). North Summit was second in the small-schools group with 159 points and South Sevier third with 128 points.
Among middle-size schools, Delta High took first with 258 points, followed by Manti High with 235 and Richfield High with 212.
Several local students won individual honors.
In the Senior Division, Chase Larson of Wasatch took first with 91 points; Charles Tao was second with 77; and Johnny Choi was third with 72.
In the Senior Division, medium-size schools, Timothy Smith of Manti High was first with 66 points.
In the Junior Division, seventh grade group, Steven Olsen of Ephraim Middle School was first with 33 points; while Maren Anderson and Lonnie McCulloch of North Sanpete Middle School tied for second with 32 points.
Among eighth graders, Danaya Morin of North Sanpete Middle School tied for second with 33 points.
Among ninth graders, Andrew Boylan of Manti High took first with 43 points.