Out of all the categories including using number sense, trigonometry, algebraic manipulations, informal geometry and measurement, applications of algebra and arithmetic and calculations with calculators, second place in the division was taken on Nov. 9 in the math relays at Fort Hays.

Those who participated include seniors Garrett Gregg, Lacey Gregory, Autumn Hohmann, Dawson Rooney, Lisa Schoenberger and Zach Wagner; juniors Isabelle Braun, Kallie Leiker, Kayli Potter, Taylor Schiffelbein and Spencer Wittkorn; sophomores Carson Ackerman, Nathan Erbert and Taylor Weidenhaft and freshmen Andrew Duke, Nic Park and Dalyn Schwarz.

Out of 741 kids, several of those students placed in the top ten in their grades.

Using Number Sense:

Team: Schiffelbein, Wittkorn, Potter 5th; Wagner, Gregg, Gregory 8th

Individual: Duke 1st; Schwarz 10th; Rooney 3rd

Trigonometry:

Team Gregory, Rooney, Hohmann 2nd

Algebraic Manipulations:

Team: Leiker, Wittkorn, Braun 2nd; Wagner, Rooney, Schoenberger 4th

Individual: Duke 1st; Park 4th; Schwarz 10th; Ackerman 1st

Informal Geometry and Measurements:

Team: Duke, Erbert, Ackerman 1st; Wagner, Gregg, Schoenberger 8th

Individual: Weidenhaft 6th, Leiker 2nd

Applications of Algebra and Arithmetic;

Team: Duke, Park, Schwarz 2nd

Individual: Rooney 4th; Gregory 9th

Calculations with Calculators:

Team: Duke, Park, Schwarz 1st

Individual: Braun 6th

Instructor Dustin Dreher recruited the students to compete in the relays.

“I’m happy with how the kids performed,” Dreher said. “They played hard throughout the day. We were hoping we could come away with a first place after finishing so close the last couple of years. McPherson’s a good team. They’re solid all the way up the lineup. I thought our kids performed very well.”

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