Newman Sweeps the Country Day Math Olympiad

 

Consider this math problem: If you have three groups of 5 students and they compete against 11 teams from five schools, who emerges the winner? Answer: Newman. Last Saturday, 15 Newman fifth and sixth graders participated in the Math Olympiad Tournament hosted by Country Day. Newman Joined Country Day, Sacred Heart, St. Paul’s, Trinity, and St. George’s as the 14 teams competed in individual and team events.

 

Individuals had 30 minutes to work out 10 challenging word problems, while teams of five worked together to solve a different set of problems in 20 minutes. Newman swept the individual competition. Thomas Cahn, Miles Merlin, Christian Hoffmeister and Anita Gorman had to face off in a tiebreaker for first place, after which Thomas placed first, Miles placed second, and Christian and Anita placed third.

 

In the group competition, one sixth grade team (Thomas Cahn, Miles Merlin, Christian Hoffmeister, Anita Gorman, and Daisy Burkin) placed first. The other sixth grade team (Gabbi Polite, Joe Carey, Katelyn Clasen, Eesha Bethi and Wyatt Biever) finished in third place. A Newman team of fifth graders made and impressive showing, but did not place in the top 5. All of the competitors had a great time.

 

Please join us in congratulating our Newman Math Olympians; they have obviously been doing their homework!