This win means that they now have a better chance at qualifying to compete in bigger tournaments. This experience has shown me the importance of perseverance, teamwork, and dedication, and I am proud to have been a part of a great team," said Joseph Guay. “It was an intense competition, and I am grateful for the opportunity to have tested my skills against other Grade 11 students. Siobhain Broekhoven another RND teacher and math coach who coached these mathletes in Grade 10, took the four team members to the math tournament, which was organized by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Ottawa. Organized by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics The 2023 1 st Place plaque given to the RND Mathletes. They were easily 11 points over the next place team." “It's an amazing feat that math teams rarely accomplish. “Thanks to the hard work and brilliance of the team, the RND Mathletes walked away with a 1 st Place plaque," said Mr. The team had been practicing weekly with RND teacher and math coach Henry Santos since the beginning of September. The team also had the most mathletes in each of the four individual final rounds and competed against approximately 30 other high schools. This win comes nearly two decades and numerous fourth place awards later, when the team of four Grade 11 students, called RND Mathletes, reached the near perfect score of 68/70. L-R: Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, Owen Thiele, Guna Kim, The Mayor of Ottawa, Mark Sutcliffe, presented
The Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic High School Mathlete Team took home the 1st Place award at the annual Ottawa Math Tournament held at the University of Ottawa on Friday, May 5, 2023.
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Studying a subject you love while surrounded by hot chocolate and cats? Anderlik knows how to celebrate - just like Ole mathletes know how to compete. Currently, I am in Budapest studying number theory the cafes here are perfect for sipping thick hot chocolate with a cat and pondering modular arithmetic.” I’m always impressed by how creative a group of people can be.
The professors are great, from having inspirational, magnificent beards to having children who already are learning how to say ‘differential equations.’ My peers in the math major never fail to disappoint either. “Since coming here, I have gotten a taste of the different types of math that I may use in a career, and I look forward to taking more challenging classes here in the future.”Īnderlik - a chemistry, mathematics, and physics major - also has nothing but praise for the Ole way: “The math major at St. Olaf was for the variety of math classes that it offered,” says Hofstad, who is majoring in mathematics and physics. “For all of my life I knew I wanted to pursue math, and one primary reason I chose to come to St.
Olaf’s first place team, Jakob Hofstad ’20 and Eric Anderlik ’20, say the college’s math program is top-notch. With all that talent, it’s no surprise Oles took the competition by storm. That makes mathematics the third-highest declared major among Oles. In fact, mathematics is one of the college’s most popular majors, with 194 students currently enrolled. Olaf doesn’t just have successful math students: it has a lot of successful math students. In fact, five out of the six teams finished in the top third of the competition.īut St. One Ole team took first place and another took second place. The results: another impressive set of successes. So this year, the six teams of Oles participated in the competition and met their fate. But worry not, because Oles only ever up the game. Olaf having claimed first place last year, the pressure was on. The competition: 61 other teams from 28 regional colleges and universities. These students collaborate on 10 problems at their home campuses. Each team can include up to three students. Olaf College competed in the 21st annual team problem-solving contest hosted by the Mathematical Association of America’s North Central Section. On your mark, get set, math! This year, six teams from St. He recreated one of the problems from the contest on the board behind him in Tomson Hall.
Olaf was for the variety of math classes that it offered,” says Jakob Hofstad ’20, who took first place in the math problem-solving contest alongside Eric Anderlik ’20. “One primary reason I chose to come to St.
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