JMS Mathcounts Team Competition Results

Mathcounts team competed in the Chapter competition Saturday February 24^th  at UT Knoxville. Those that competed were Sidney Ozcan(8^th), Jacob Southern (8^th), Emily Moran (7^th), Dylan Christensen (7^th), Anshra Ajaz (7^th), Grace Han (7^th) , Brian Qu (6^th), and Owen Southern (6^th).  There are seveal rounds with the Math Counts.  The first round is called the Sprint Round which was a non calculator event.  Next wea Target round which consisted of 8 problems.  Then there was the team round.  The students competed in the team round were Sidney, Dylan, Emily, and Jacob. The team placed 3^rd overall in the team scoring.  Sidney Ozcan placed 4^th overall and Dylan Christensen placed 3^rd overall and both qualified for MathCounts State Competition which will be held in Nashville March 17^th.    There was also a 4^th round which is called the Countdown round where the top 12 competed head to head. WE had three students compete in this round. Jacob, Dylan, and Sidney.  It was very competitive round and Dylan ended up winning this round.