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2019 First, Second, Third Place Prize Winners
and SMO Chairman Alexander Soifer

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Quinn Perian (2nd), Rahul Thomas (2nd) Kyle Wang (2nd, Not shown), CMO Chairman Alexander Soifer, Austen Mazenko (1st), Ellie Greyson (3rd)

Cherry Creek High School’s Austen Mazenko won top honors among 157 competitors in the 36th Soifer Mathematical Olympiad.

He was recognized at the awards ceremony May 3 in Berger Hall.

Mazenko previously placed third at the 2016 and 2017 Olympiads. He was awarded the top prize by a panel of judges for his responses to five problems and his essay-style responses within a four-hour time limit.

Mazenko received an Olympiad Gold Medal, a $1,000 scholarship to attend any accredited American university of his choice, a $2,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship (to be awarded if attending UCCS as a new freshman), Springer Publisher book “The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators” by Alexander Soifer, Casio graphing calculator and the Wolfram Research software “Mathematica” download.

The Olympiad featured 157 students from 27 cities across Colorado for the competition April 26. A panel of judges selected the first, second, third and fourth prize winners, along with first and second honorable mentions.

Second prize was awarded to three students:

• Kyle Wang, sophomore, Fairview High School
• Quinn Perian, freshman, home school
• Rahul Thomas, sophomore, Cherry Creek High School.

Each of them will receive an Olympiad silver medal, a $250 scholarship to attend any accredited American university of his choice, a $2,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship (to be awarded if attending UCCS), Springer Publisher book “The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators” or “The Scholar and the State: In Search of Van der Waerden” by Alexander Soifer, Casio graphing calculator and the Wolfram Research software “Mathematica” download.

Third prize was awarded to Ellie Greyson, freshman, Cherry Creek High School. She will receive an Olympiad bronze medal, a $2,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship (to be awarded if attending UCCS as a new freshman); a Springer book, Alexander Soifer’s book “Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics,” Casio graphing calculator and the Wolfram Research software “Mathematica” download.

Fourth prize was awarded to three students:

• Sarah Gao, senior, Cherry Creek High School
• Grace Zhang, sophomore, Grandview High School,
• Greg Thompson, freshman, Windsor Charter Academy.

Each of them will receive a Springer book, and Alexander Soifer’s books “Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First 10 Years and Further Explorations” and “Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics,” and the Wolfram Research software “Mathematica” download.

First honorable mentions were awarded to the following 12 Olympians:

• Srinivas Arun, seventh grade, Campus Middle School
• Luke Brobin, sophomore, Cheyenne Mountain High School
• Brandon Dong, sophomore, Cherry Creek High School
• Nathan Jensen, freshman, Pine Creek High School
• Kyle Ma, junior, Pine Creek High School
• Jack Parkhouse, Kent Denver School
• Abbas Shaikh, freshman, Cherry Creek High School
• Matthew Stuckenbruck, eighth grade, Aurora Quest K-8
• Anthony Wang, freshman, Rocky Canyon High School.
• Ari Wang, eighth grade, Mountain Ridge Middle School
• Jack Younger, freshman, Mountain Ridge Middle School
• Emily Zhang, freshman, Cherry Creek High School.

Each of them will receive two books by Alexander Soifer “Mathematics as Problem Solving” and “How Does One Cut a Triangle?” and the Wolfram Research software “Mathematica” download.

Second Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following 23 Olympians:

• Kendall Albertsen, sixth grade, Windsor Charter Academy
• Hayden Barrett, eighth grade, Windsor Charter Academy
• James Berg, junior, Windsor Charter Academy
• Ethan Cranston, senior, Golden View Charter Academy
• Aashay Deshpande, seventh grade, Mountain Ridge Middle School
• Hiram Despain, freshman, Windsor Charter Academy
• Abigail Douglas, seventh grade, West Middle School
• Rohan Gohil, eighth grade, Mountain Ridge Middle School
• Hojin Han, freshman, Pine Creek High School
• Mirabai Herz, eighth grade, West Middle School
• Aiden Johnson, freshman, Windsor Charter Academy
• Ethan Johnson, seventh grade, Challenger Middle School
• Huarui Lai, sophomore, Cherry Creek High School
• Brian McHughs, sixth grade, Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences
• Caeden McNairy, freshman, Windsor Charter Academy
• Jacob Mitchell, seventh grade, Mountain Ridge Middle School
• Achyut Nambiar, eighth grade, Mountain Ridge Middle School
• Dasha Osovskaya, seventh grade, West Middle School
• Aahana Paul, sixth grade, Challenger Middle School
• David Stewart, sophomore, Windsor Charter Academy
• Max Xu, eighth grade, Rocky Heights Middle School
• Victor Yan, eighth grade, West Middle School
• Austin Zhang, sixth grade, Challenge School.

Each of them will receive a book “Mathematics as Problem Solving” by Alexander Soifer, and the Wolfram Research software “Mathematica” download.

Alexander Soifer, professor of interdepartmental studies, presented solutions to the Olympiad’s problems and his lectures “Four Etudes in Mathematical Coloring” and” Charge to the Olympians: A Tale of Big Man and Little Bird.”

Support for the prize funding and the operation for the Olympiad was provided by Colorado Springs School District 11, Air Academy School District 20, Springer Publisher, Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society, Greg and Mary Hoffman, Robert and June Ewell, UCCS Chancellor, UCCS Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, UCCS Dining and Hospitality Services, UCCS Bookstore, UCCS Parking and Transportation Services, Colorado Governor’s Office, U.S. Senator Cory Gardner, Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers and Alexander Soifer.

In the 36 years of the Soifer Mathematical Olympiad, some 20,000 students have participated during 1984-2019. They have written approximately 97,000 essays and were awarded more $433,000 in prizes. The Olympiad is a unique joint effort of school districts, schools, industry, University of Colorado, and city, state and federal governments.

For the first time in the thirty-two year history of the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, a middle school girl earned first prize in the competition.

Sara Gao, grade 8, from Campus Middle School in Englewood was one of four first prize winners of the April 24 competition that brought 328 middle and high school students from throughout Colorado and from an Alabama school to UCCS. She became the first female to earn first prize. Award winners were announced at a May 1 ceremony.

Other first prize winners were:

• Hongyi Chen, grade 9, Altona Middle School, Longmont 
• Rodion Kosmin, grade 12, Castle View High School, Castle Rock. Kosmin is visiting from Ukraine. 
• Avi Swartz, grade 10, Cherry Creek High School, Englewood

First prize winners will receive a gold medal, a $500 scholarship to attend any accredited U.S. university, a UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, “The Scholar and the State: In Search of Van der Waerden” by Alexander Soifer, a Casio graphing calculator, and a Wolfram Research software Mathematica. “Middle school girls and boys have never before achieved so much,” Alexander Soifer, professor, Interdepartmental Studies and CMO director, said. “They competed as equals among the senior high students. This is unprecedented and shows their potential in the years ahead.”

Students from Colorado cities of Aurora, Boulder, Broomfield, Castle Rock, Centennial, Colorado Springs, Denver, Englewood, Greeley, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Lone Tree, Longmont, Monument, Parachute, Superior, and Rangely participated. The competition also drew contestants from Alabama School of Mathematics and Sciences, Mobile, Ala. The students were offered five problems and four hours to solve them and present complete essay-type solutions.

Second prize winners were:

• Anjalie Kini, grade 8, Challenge School, Greenwood Village 
• Andrea Lin, grade 9, Fairview High School, Boulder 
• William Shand, grade 11, Discovery Canyon Campus,

Colorado Springs Second prize winners will receive a silver medal, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, “The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: From the Mountains of Colorado to the Peaks of Mathematics” by Alexander Soifer, a Casio graphing calculator, and a Wolfram Research software Mathematica.

The third prize winner was: 

• Amy Wang, grade 10, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs

She will receive a bronze medal, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship; a book from Springer Academic Publishing, a Casio graphing calculator, and a Wolfram Research software Mathematica.

Art award:

• Abbie Hill, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora

She received a puzzle invented by Erno Rubik, the book “A New Kind of Science,” by Stephen Wolfram, a Casio graphing calculator and Wolfram Research software Mathematica.

First Honorable Mention

• Matthew Kang, grade 11, Alabama School of Math and Science, Mobile, Ala. 
• Noah Poirson, grade 12, Alabama School of Math and Science, Mobile, Ala. 
• Austen Mazenko, grade 7, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village 
• Jeremy Schiff, grade 11, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village 
• Isani Singh, grade 9, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village 
• Andrew Jeseritz, Discovery Canyon High School, Colorado Springs 
• Vladimir Zhdanov, Discovery Canyon High School, Colorado Springs 
• Anurag Golla, grade 10, Fairview High School, Boulder 
• Hanna Zhang, grade 9, Fairview High School, Boulder 
• Calvert Bystroff, grade 8, Mountain Ridge Middle School, Colorado Springs
• Kyle Ma, grade 7, Mountain Ridge Middle School, Colorado Springs 
• Keshav Nambiar, grade 8, Mountain Ridge Middle School, Colorado Springs 
• Varun Roy, grade 8, Mountain Ridge Middle School, Colorado Springs 
• Aurora Ortman, grade 9, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs
• Orien Sun, grade 9, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs
• Cynthia Lin, Summit Charter Middle School, Superior
• George Liu, grade 10, The Classical Academy, Colorado Springs 
• Dylan Morris, grade 12, Liberty High School, Colorado Springs 
• Aaron Lou, grade 10, Highlands Ranch High School, Highlands Ranch 
• Claudia Chen, grade 8, Challenger School, Colorado Springs 
• Owen Newton, Academy Online High School and Eagleview Middle School

Colorado Springs Honorable mention students will receive the book “A New Kind of Science,” by Stephen Wolfram, a Casio graphing calculator and Wolfram Research software Mathematica.

he Judges awarded honors to the following individuals:

First Prize. First prize was awarded to Jesse Zhang, a junior from Fairview High School, Boulder. He received an Olympiad Gold Medal, a $1,000 scholarship to attend an accredited American university of his choice, a UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, two Springer Publishing books including, “The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: From the Mountains of Colorado to the Peaks of Mathematics” by Alexander Soifer, and a Casio graphing calculator. This is the second consecutive victory for Zhang. He won first prize in the 2013 competition.Second Prize. Second prize was awarded to Avi Swartz, a freshman from Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village. He received an Olympiad silver medal, a $500 scholarship to attend the university of his choice, and a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, two Springer Publishing books including “The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: From the Mountains of Colorado to the Peaks of Mathematics” by Alexander Soifer, and a Casio graphing calculator.Third Prize. Third prizes were awarded to three students. They are:• Shawn Ong, a senior from Douglas County High School, Castle Rock.

• William Shand, a sophomore from Discovery Canyon High School, Colorado Springs.
• Jeremy Schiff, a sophomore from Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village.

Each received a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, two Springer Publishing books including “The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: From the Mountains of Colorado to the Peaks of Mathematics” by Alexander Soifer, and a Casio graphing calculator.

First Honorable Mention First Honorable Mention awards were earned by 26 students.

They are: 

• Isani Singh, grade 8, Challenge School, Denver
• Vincent Morgan, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Christine Soh, sophomore, Fairview High School,Boulder 
• Casey Zhang, sophomore, Fairview High School, Boulder
• Rachael Maes, grade 8, West Middle School, Colorado Springs 
• Gwyneth Ormes, grade 8, West Middle School, Colorado Springs
• Abigail Miranda, grade 7, West Middle School, Colorado Springs
• Michael Catchen, junior, Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs
• Haoran Du, junior, Colorado Springs School, Colorado Springs
• Vladimir Zhdanow, freshman, Discovery Canyon High School, Colorado Springs
• Aaron Ghrist, freshman, Discovery Canyon High School, Colorado Springs
• Amy Wang, freshman, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs
• Li Quian Peng, junior, Rampart High School, Colorado Springs
• Sarah Gao, grade 7, Campus Middle School, Greenwood Village
• Erik Svenneby, grade 8, Challenge School, Denver
• Anjalie Kini, grade 7, Challenge School, Denver
• Lubin Deng, junior, Cherry Creek High School, Englewood
• Andrew Ying, freshman, Cherry Creek High School, Englewood
• Austen Mazenko, grade 6, Campus Middle School, Greenwood Village
• Luke Zhang, grade 8, Rocky Heights Middle School, Highlands Ranch
• Morgan Roegner, grade 7, West Middle School, Colorado Springs
• Nina Vendham, sophomore, Kent Denver School, Englewood
• Aaron Lou, freshman, Highlands Ranch High School, Highlands Ranch
• Kevin Wang, freshman, Fairview High School, Boulder
• Noah Poirson, junior, Alabama School of Math and Science, Mobile, Ala
• Andrew Morton, senior, Rangely High School, Rangely 

Each received the book “A New Kind of Science” by Stephen Wolfram, the book “How Does One Cut a Triangle” by Alexander Soifer and a Casio graphing calculator.

Second Honorable Mention awards were earned by 57 students. They are:

• Austin Layne, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora.
• Justin Gardner, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Levi Robinsons, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Kai Sander, grade 7, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Adrianna Garcia, grade 7, Aurora Quest K-8, Auror
• Yuchen Zhang, grade 7, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Hayes Ward, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Vanessa Maldanado, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Lydia Jameson, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Abbie Hill, grade 7, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Bryan Fierro, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Max Haynes, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Kiara Leslie, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Pranit Nanda, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Neha Cheruku, grade 6, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Curtis Worthy, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Lauren Zugelder, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora
• Meghana Yarlagadda, grade 7, West Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Tim Bauer, grade 8, West Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Nathan Mariska, grade 6, West Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Antonia Lam, grade 7, West Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Nicholas Shampoe, grade 8, Discovery Canyon Campus, Colorado Springs.
• Molly Merkert, junior, William J. Palmer High School, Colorado Springs.
• Jessica Shand, freshman, Discovery Canyon High School, Colorado Springs.
• Claudia Chen, grade 7, Challenger Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Mohit Bhat, grade 7, Mountain Ridge Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Ria Paradkar, grade 8, Mountain Ridge Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Ibrahim Khan, grade 7, Mountain Ridge Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Ben Bancroft, grade 6, Mountain Ridge Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Tyler Walker, grade 8, Mountain Ridge Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Emily Chang, grade 7, Mountain Ridge Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Blake Biskner, senior, Doherty High School, Colorado Springs.
• Nicholas Lin, freshman, Fossil Ridge High School, Fort Collins.
• Aurora Ortman, grade 8, Galileo Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Samuel Vallado, freshman, Discovery Canyon High School, Colorado Springs.
• Blake Laurie, junior, Discovery Canyon High School, Colorado Springs.
• Andrew Jeseritz, freshman, Discovery Canyon High School, Colorado Springs.
• Mark Reininger, sophomore, Discovery Canyon High School, Colorado Springs.
•  Phitina Tran, junior, Doherty High School, Colorado Springs.
• Michael Kempton, Doherty High School, Colorado Springs.
• Taylor Carroll, junior, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs.
• Mike Zhang, junior, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs.
• Chang Hong, junior, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs.
• George Liu, freshman, The Classical Academy, Colorado Springs.
• Michael Melton, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora.
• Elizabeth Resendiz, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora.
• Andres Marquez, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora.
• Eric Wu, senior, Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, Mobile, Ala.
• Koby Chan, sophomore, Lewis Palmer High School, Monument.
• Jonathon Smith, Grand Valley High School, Parachute.
• Russell Fladeland, sophomore, Grand Valley High School, Parachute.
• Aubrey Schafer, grade 7, Skyview Academy, Highlands Ranch.
• Sebastian Sanchez, grade 8, Skyview Academy, Highlands Ranch.
• Amanda Nelson, grade 8, North Star Academy, Parker.
• Tessa Slagle, senior, Rangely High School, Rangely.
• Caleb Noel, grade 8, Rangely High School, Rangely.
• Gavin Peterson, grade 8, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora. Peterson was also recognized with a Historical Explorer Award for his essay on the history and geography of Ukraine.

On April 26, 2013, Colorado treated the XXX Colorado Mathematical Olympiad to Colorado blue skies. The 257 Olympians came from all over Colorado: Aurora, Boulder, Castle Rock, Centennial, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Greenwood Village, Holyoke, Highlands Ranch, Manitou Springs, Lakewood, Louisville, Monument, Parachute, Parker, Rangely, Rush, Parachute, Pueblo, Woodland Park, and Yoder. Once again we had participants from the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, Mobile, Alabama, who earned their trip to our Olympiad by winning their local mathematics competition.

The Olympians were offered five problems and four hours to solve them and present complete essay-type solutions.

First prize was awarded by the judges to Albert Soh, a junior, and Jesse Zhang, a sophomore, both from Fairview High School of Boulder, CO. Each will receive a Gold Medal of the Olympiad, a $750 Scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, Casio Prism Calculator; a Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators by Alexander Soifer; and an Olympiad-related book by Springer. This is the second victory for Albert Soh.

Second prize was awarded to Shawn Ong, a junior from Douglas County High School, in Castle Rock, CO. He will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, a $1000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort Hotel 3-day 2-nights gift certificate; Casio Prism Calculator; a Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: From the Mountains of Colorado to the Peaks of Mathematics by Alexander Soifer; and an Olympiad-related book by Springer.

Third prizes were awarded to Jeremy Schiff, a freshman from Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, CO; and Sisi Peng, a sophomore from Rampart High School in Colorado Springs, CO. Each will each receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a $1000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship; Casio Prism Calculator; a Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: From the Mountains of Colorado to the Peaks of Mathematics by Alexander Soifer; and an Olympiad-related book by Springer.

Fourth prizes were awarded to the following five Olympians: Yue Niu, a junior from Rampart High School in Colorado Springs, CO; Jackson Chen, a freshman from Fairview High School, in Boulder, CO; Hana Admasse, a seventh grader from Aurora Hills Middle School in Aurora, CO; Justin Wahlers, a junior from Alabama School of Math and Science, Montgomery, AL; and William Shand, a freshman from Discovery Canyon Campus High School in Colorado Springs, CO. All will receive a Casio watch, a Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, a Casio fx-9750G11 Graphing Calculator; Mathematics as Problem Solving and How Does One Cut a Triangle? by Alexander Soifer.

First Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following eight contestants: George Younger, 9, Colorado Academy; Jessica Shi, 8, Challenger Middle School; Avi Swartz, 8, Challenge School; Aaron Lou, 8, Cresthill Middle School; Sebastian Rowe, 10, Edison High School; Andrew Morton, 11, Rangley High School; Joshua Sun, 7, Jenkins Middle School; and Austin Layne, 7, Aurora Quest K-8. They will receive the a Casio fx-9750GII Graphing Calculator, a Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, Mathematics as Problem Solving and How Does One Cut a Triangle? by Alexander Soifer.

Second Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following twenty-three contestants: Anna Carrigan, 12, Discovery Canyon Campus High School; Aurora Ortman, 7, Galileo School of Math and Science; Emma Chesire, 11, Doherty High School; Raphael Angoulvant, 8, Mountain Ridge Middle School; Sebastian Blitt, 11, Discovery Canyon Campus High School; Alexis Corcoran, 12, Doherty High School; Robert Olson, 11, Discovery Canyon Campus High School; Colton Sorbie, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Elizabeth Resendiz, 7, Aurora Quest K-8; Allan Chen, 8, West Middle School; Sara Del Valle, 10, Coronado High School; Jenny Bushnell, 12, Doherty High School; Drake Rutherford, 9, Coronado High School; Jared Burton, 12, Doherty High School; Alex Fulton, 12, Discovery Canyon Campus High School; Rowan Binkley-Jones, 11, Edison High School; Amy Wang, 8, Mountain Ridge Middle School; Cam Nguyen, 12, Doherty High School; Nick Lin, 8, Mountain Ridge Middle School; Eric Wu, 11, Alabama School of Math and Science; Frank Gomez, 7, Aurora Hills Middle School; Rachael Moese, 7, West Middle School; and Prakhar Singal, 12, Discovery Canyon Campus High School. They will each receive a Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, Casio Scientific Calculator fx-115ES PLUS; and Mathematics as Problem Solving by Alexander Soifer.

First prizes was awarded by the judges to Albert Soh, a sophomore from Fairview High School of Boulder, Colorado. He will receive a Gold Medal of the Olympiad, a $1,000 Scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, high end Casio Graphing Calculator; The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators by Alexander Soifer or A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram; and Wolfram Mathematica for Students 8.0 software Download. Albert was also awarded Creativity Award for discovering the only solution of problem 3B. This award includes a 4-day 3-night stay right on the Atlantic Ocean in the sunny Florida, and was sponsored by Mr. Julian Felder, General Manager of Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort Hotel. Last year, Albert won second prize of the Olympiad.Second prize was awarded to Artem Bolshakov, a junior from Ridgeview Classical Schools of Fort Collins. He will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, a $500 Scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, Casio Prizm fx-CG 10 Color Graphing Calculator; The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators by Alexander Soifer or A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram; and Wolfram Mathematica for Students 8.0 software. Last year, Artem was a winner of the fourth prize.

Last year, Artem was a winner of the fourth prize.

Third prize was awarded to Jesse Zhang, a freshman from Fairview High School in Boulder. Each will each receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a $1000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship; Casio Prizm fx-CG 10 Color Graphing Calculator; The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators by Alexander Soifer or A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram; and Wolfram Mathematica for Students 8.0 software.

Forth prize was awarded to four Olympipans: Henry Zhang and Kyle Christensen, both juniors from Fairview High School of Boulder, CO; Shawn Ong, a sophomore from Douglas County High School, Castle Rock, CO; and Yue Niu, a sophomore from Rampart High School, Colorado Springs, CO. They will receive a Casio Prizm fx-CG 10 Calculator, a Wolfram Mathematica for Students 8.0 Download, and the new 2011 book covering the first 20 years of the Olympiad: Colorado Mathematical Olympiad and Further Explorations: From the Mountains of Colorado to the Peaks of Mathematics by Alexander Soifer.

First Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following eighteen contestants: Li Qian Peng, 9, Rampart High School; Gunnar Hogland, 12, Doherty High School; George Younger, 8, Colorado Academy; Angela Song, 8, Mountain Ridge Middle School; Nina Vendhan, 8, Cresthill Middle School; Annie Lin, 11, Rampart High School; Yizhe Xiong, 6, Aurora Quest K-8; Rachel Phillips, 11, Widefield High School; William Scoggins, 11, Rangely High School; Andrew Morton, 10, Rangely High School; Morgan Petersen, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Steven Hanenberg, 12, Doherty High School; Nicholas Lin, 6, Mountain Ridge Middle School; Christine Soh, 8, Summit Middle School; Koby Chan, 8, Lewis-Palmer Middle School; Brian Healy, 12, Coronado High School; Jacob Carson, 10, Coronado High School; and Sara Del Valle, 9, Coronado High School.

Our guests, Souparna Purohit, 10, from Math and Science Academy, Sugarland, Texas; Alexei Pillen, 11, from Murphy High School, Mobile, Alabama; Nolan Ryan Chu, 12, from Davidson High school, Mobile, Alabama; and Eric Wu, 10, Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, Mobile, Alabama; were also awarded First Honorable Mention.

They will each receive the a Casio scientific calculator, the book How Does One Cut a Triangle? by Alexander Soifer, and a Wolfram Mathematica 8.0 software for Students Download.

Second Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following thirty-two contestants: Eric Frank, 8, Edison Middle School; Alexis Wall, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Emily Kim, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Jason Mackay, 10, Edison High School; Casey Kaza, 11, Edison High School; Nahome Tesfay, 7, Aurora Quest K-8; Colton Sorbie, 7, Aurora Quest K-8; Gwen Hildebrand, 7, Aurora Quest K-8; Evelyn Rodriguez,7, Aurora Quest K-8; Justin Ripley, 6, North Star Academy; Justin Stenman, 6, North Star Academy; Andrès Hernàn, 6, North Star Academy; Whitaker Hover, 6, North Star Academy; Tommy Gaessler, 6, North Star Academy; Pranit Nanda, 6, Aurora Quest K-8; Rachel Smith, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Kera Davis-Manchette, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Emma Johnson, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Keerti Vajrala, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Hyun Chang, 7, Aurora Quest K-8; Yonas Bayu, 7, Aurora Quest K-8; Tess Collins, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Suzanne Warrulr, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Rachel Vincent, 7, Aurora Quest K-8; Landry Richards, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Jessica Newell-Gardner, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Mikayla Barna, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Chelsea Ficken, 10, Rangely High School; Alyssa Morris, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Dominick Dunn, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Julia Kim, 8, Aurora Hills Middle School; and Miguel Carbajal, 8, Aurora Hills Middle School.

They will each receive a Wolfram Mathematica for Students 8.0 Download, and the book Mathematics as Problem Solving by Alexander Soifer.

Those who wish to understand the spirit of the Olympiad are invited to solve some of the Olympiad’s five problems. Here, for example, is a problem

First prizes were awarded by the judges to three Olympians: to Ben Alpert and Christopher Guthrie, seniors at Fairview High School of Boulder, and David Wise, senior homeschooled in Monument. Each will receive a Gold Medal of the Olympiad, a $500 Scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, Casio fx-9750G11 Graphing Calculator; The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators by Alexander Soifer or a biography of Paul Erdős My Brain is Open by Bruce Schechter; a Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, and Wolfram/Alpha Paper Sculpture Kit. Second prize was awarded to Albert Soh, a freshman from Fairview High School of Boulder, CO. He will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, a $300 Scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, Casio fx-9750G11 Graphing Calculator; The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators by Alexander Soifer or My Brain is Open by Bruce Schechter; a Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, and Wolfram/Alpha Paper Sculpture Kit.

Third prizes were awarded to Charles Xu, a senior from Fairview High School in Boulder, CO; and Allan Gardner, a senior from Air Academy High School in Colorado Springs. Each will each receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a $1000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship; Casio fx-9750G11 Graphing Calculator; My Brain is Open by Bruce Schechter; a Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, and Wolfram/Alpha Paper Sculpture Kit.

Fourth prize was awarded to Artem Bolshakov, a sophomore from Ridgeview Classical Schools of Fort Collins, CO. He will receive a Casio fx-9750G11 Graphing Calculator; My Brain is Open by Bruce Schechter; a Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, and Wolfram/Alpha Paper Sculpture Kit.

First Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following ten contestants: Kyle Christensen, 10, Fairview High School; Sebastian Rowe, 8, Edison54 JT; Trystan Binkley-Jones; 12, Edison High School; Angela Song, 7, Mountain Ridge Middle School; Katie Wise, 11, homeschooler, Monument; Everett Hildenbrandt, 12, Pine Creek High School; Don Hyun Kim, 11, Regis Jesuit High School; Nina Vendhand, 7, Cresthill Middle School; Robert Miccuilla, 11, Manitou Springs High School; and Rachel Phillips, 10, Widefield High School.

Our guests, Landy Sun, 11, Alabama School of Mathematics and Science and Alexei Pillen, 10, Murphy High School, in Mobile, Alabama will also be awarded First Honorable Mention.

They will receive the a Casio fx-9750G11 Graphing Calculator, the book Colorado Mathematical Olympiad, the First Ten Years by Alexander Soifer, a Wolfram Mathematica Online License, and a Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download.

Second Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following twenty contestants: Kyle Tong, 9, Ponderosa High School; Christina Bassani, 11, Ponderosa High School; Henry Zhang, 10, Fairview High School; George Younger, 7, Colorado Academy; Luke Robinson, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Jack Uddenberg, 7, Mountain Ridge Middle School; Cody Hutchins, 10, Ponderosa High School; Ryan Reasoner, 12, Pine Creek High School; Josh Vijayam, 11, Pine Creek High School; Raul Ramirez, 8, Aurora Hills Middle School, Lubin Deng, 8, Cherry Creek West Middle School; Chris Del Valle, 12, Coronado High School; Jerry Chen, 7, Cherry Creek West Middle school; Max Farfel, 10, Cherry Creek West Middle School; Annie Lin, 10, Rampart High School; John, Balan, 11, Widefield High School; Robert Iriye, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Andrew Morton, 9, Rangely High School; Mark Gillespie, 12, Pine Creek High School; Sanjna Bhartiya, 8, Cherry Creek West Middle School.

They will each receive a Casio Scientific Calculator fx-300ES; Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, and a Mathematics as Problem Solving by Alexander Soifer.

Second Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following twenty contestants: Kyle Tong, 9, Ponderosa High School; Christina Bassani, 11, Ponderosa High School; Henry Zhang, 10, Fairview High School; George Younger, 7, Colorado Academy; Luke Robinson, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Jack Uddenberg, 7, Mountain Ridge Middle School; Cody Hutchins, 10, Ponderosa High School; Ryan Reasoner, 12, Pine Creek High School; Josh Vijayam, 11, Pine Creek High School; Raul Ramirez, 8, Aurora Hills Middle School, Lubin Deng, 8, Cherry Creek West Middle School; Chris Del Valle, 12, Coronado High School; Jerry Chen, 7, Cherry Creek West Middle school; Max Farfel, 10, Cherry Creek West Middle School; Annie Lin, 10, Rampart High School; John, Balan, 11, Widefield High School; Robert Iriye, 8, Aurora Quest K-8; Andrew Morton, 9, Rangely High School; Mark Gillespie, 12, Pine Creek High School; Sanjna Bhartiya, 8, Cherry Creek West Middle School.

They will each receive a Casio Scientific Calculator fx-300ES; Wolfram Mathematica for Students Download, and a Mathematics as Problem Solving by Alexander Soifer.

A Creativity Award will be presented to Ben Alpert, a senior, Fairview High School. He will receive a Panasonic iPOD/iPHONE/CD Compact Stereo System.

A Literary Award will be presented to Andrew Purvis, a senior, Manitou Springs High School. He will receive Ancestors: In Search of Human Origins, a book by the great Donald Johanson et al.

An Art Award will be presented to Ana Seini Fifita, an eighth grader, Aurora Quest K-8 School. She will receive Graphica book by Wolfram Research.

175 Middle and High School students from around the state and as far away as Alabama participated in the XXVII Colorado Mathematical Olympiad on Friday, April 23, 2010 here at UCCS.

The Olympians were offered five problems and four hours to solve them and present complete essay-type solutions. In the 27 years of Colorado Mathematical Olympiad, close to 17,000 students have participated during 1984-2010. They have written over 85,000 essays, and were awarded some $270,000 in prizes. The Olympiad is a unique joint effort of school districts, schools, institutions of higher education, business community and local and State governments.

Second prize was awarded to Christopher Guthrie, a junior from Fairview High School of Boulder, CO.

Third prizes were presented to three Olympians: Margaret Koehler, a senior from Lewis-Palmer High School in Monument; David Wise, a junior from The Classical Academy in Colorado Springs (he was second prize winner last year); and Ben Alpert, a junior from Fairview High School in Boulder (he was fourth prize winner last year).

First Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following twelve contestants: John Balan, 10, Widefield High School; Artem Bolshakov, 9, Ridgeview Classical Schools; Andrew Cook, 12, Ponderosa High School; James Gapinski, 11, Mesa Ridge High School; Taylor Goodrich, 10, Ponderosa High School; Ceili Kirkaldie, 12, Doherty High School; Rachel Phillips, 9, Widefield High School; Peter Rottenborn, 11, St. Mary’s High School; Albert Soh, 8, Summit Middle Charter School; Charles Xu, 11, Fairview High School; and Jesse Zhange, 7, Southern Hills Middle School.

Second Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following ten contestants: Kevin Chen, 9, Fairview High School; Jasper Dunn, 8, Aurora Quest K-8 (APS); Zebulon Farmer, 10, Manitou Springs High School; Akash Gaonker, 7, Aurora Quest K-8 (APS); Brian Bapinski, 12, Mesa Ridge High School; Robert Iriye, 7, Aurora Quest K-8 (APS); David Lovato, 10, Widefield High School; William Palma, 10, St. Mary’s High School; Andrew Shugart, 12, Ponderosa High School; and Karin Van Hegewald, 8, Aurora Quest K-8 (APS).

Our guest, Landy Sun, 11, Murphy High School, Mobile, Alabama will also be awarded First Honorable Mention.

A Literary Award was also presented to Dawit Gebresellassie, 8, Aurora Quest K-8 (APS).

The judges have awarded First prize to Allan Gardner, a sophomore from the math class of Doug James, St. Mary’s High School in Colorado Springs. This is the first in 26 years victory by a student from a private school. Allan will receive a gold medal of the Olympiad, a $1,500 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators – the new 2009 book by Alexander Soifer, a CASIO watch, and the software Mathematica for Students v7 and Spiky Ball – both from Wolfram Research.Second prize will be awarded to David Wise, a sophomore from The Classical Academy, Colorado Springs. David will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, a $500 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators by Alexander Soifer, a CASIO watch, and the software “Mathematica for Students” v7 and Spiky Ball – both from Wolfram Research.

Third prize will be presented to Michael Morton, a senior from Rangely High School, Rangely, Colorado. He will receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a $500 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators by Alexander Soifer, a CASIO watch, and the software Mathematica for Students v7 and Spiky Ball – both from Wolfram Research.

Fourth prizes will be presented to: Ben Alpert and Charles Xu, sophomores from Fairview High School in Boulder; Ryan Beethe, a junior from Poudre High School in Fort Collins; and Aaron Lear, a junior from Fort Collins High School in Fort Collins. They will each receive the book Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations by Alexander Soifer, CASIO or Texas Instruments Graphing Calculator, and the software “Mathematica for Students” v7 and Spiky Ball – both from Wolfram Research.

First Honorable Mentions will be awarded to the following 11 contestants: Alex Black, a freshman, Chris Guthrie, a sophomore, and seniors Mutian Yao and Jeremy Young — all from Fairview High School, Boulder; Margaret Koehler, a junior from Lewis-Palmer High School; Artem Bolshakov, an eighth grader from Liberty Common School, Fort Collins; Tian Tan, a senior, and Kevin Wu, a junior, both from Murphy High School in Mobile Alabama; Albert Soh, a seventh grader, Jesse Zhang, a sixth grader, both from Summit Middle Charter School, Boulder; and Shuli Song, a junior from The Classical Academy, Colorado Springs.

They will each receive the book Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations by Alexander Soifer, a CASIO scientific calculator, and the software Mathematica for Students v7 and Spiky Ball – both from Wolfram Research. Second Honorable Mentions will be awarded to the following 10 contestants: freshmen Cissy Chen, Will Conway and Nicolas Ledru, all from Fairview High School; Joseph Mortensen, a senior from Fort Collins High School; Lin Zhong, a senior from Murphy High School; Mark Walth, a junior from Palmer High School; Justin Prosser, a sophomore from Rangely High School; Samantha Chavez, a freshman from Sand Creek High School; Rachel Philips, an eighth grader from Sproul Middle School; and James Gapinski, a sophomore from Mesa Ridge High School. The Second Honorable Mention winners will receive the book Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorationsby Alexander Soifer, and the software Mathematica for Students v7 and Spiky Ball – both from Wolfram Research.

Second Honorable Mentions will be awarded to the following 10 contestants: freshmen Cissy Chen, Will Conway and Nicolas Ledru, all from Fairview High School;  Joseph Mortensen, a senior from Fort Collins High School; Lin Zhong, a senior from Murphy High School; Mark Walth, a junior from Palmer High School; Justin Prosser, a sophomore from Rangely High School; Samantha Chavez, a freshman from Sand Creek High School; Rachel Philips, an eighth grader from Sproul Middle School; and James Gapinski, a sophomore from Mesa Ridge High School.

The Second Honorable Mention winners will receive the book Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorationsby Alexander Soifer, and the software Mathematica for Students v7 and Spiky Ball – both from Wolfram Research.

The judges have awarded First prize to Marshall Carpenter, a senior from Fairview High School of Boulder. He will receive a gold medal of the Olympiad, a $1,000 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, CASIO or Texas Instruments Graphing Calculator, CASIO Watch, Wolfram Research’s Mathematica 5.2 (hard copy) and the new, not yet released Mathematica for Students 6.0 (download) software, Wolfram Research’s Crystal Star Necklace, and A. Soifer’s books Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations and Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics (the latter is a joint book with V. G. Boltyanski).

Second prize will be awarded to Daniel Pascua, a senior from Liberty High School. He will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, a $1000 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, CASIO or Texas Instruments Graphing Calculator, CASIO Watch, Wolfram Research’s Mathematica 5.2 (hard copy) and the new, not yet released Mathematica for Students 6.0 (download) software, Wolfram Research’s Crystal Star Necklace, and the books Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations and Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics.

Third prize will be presented to Ben Alpert, a Freshman from Fairview High School and Ryan Beethe, a Sophomore from Poudre High School. They will each receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a $250 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, CASIO or Texas Instruments Graphing Calculator, CASIO Watch, Wolfram Research’s Mathematica 5.2 (hard copy) and the new, not yet released Mathematica for Students 6.0 (download) software, Wolfram Research’s Crystal Star Necklace, and the books Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations and Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics.

Fourth prize will be presented to: Samuel Meyer, a Senior from Cheyenne Mt. High School; Alexander Black, an eighth grader from Summit Middle Charter School; Amber Verser, a Junior from Thompson Valley High School; Minh Ly, a Senior from Doherty High School; and Chris Pak, a Senior from Air Academy High School. They will each receive a Casio Watch, Casio or Texas Instruments Graphing Calculator, Wolfram Crystal Star Keyholder, A. Soifer’s Colorado Mathematical Olympiad book, and Wolfram Research’s Mathematica for Students 6.0 (download) software.

First Honorable Mentions will be awarded to the following 17 contestants: Mutian Yao, 11, Fairview High School; Charles Xu, 9, Fairview High School; Norris Xu, 12, Fairview High School; Michael Morton, 11, Rangely High School; Allan Gardner, 9, St. Mary’s High School; Margaret Koehler, 10, Lewis-Palmer High School; Kathleen Monahan, 11, St. Mary’s High School; Shuli Song, 10, The Classical Academy; Vicky Li, 12, Fairview High School; Victor Li, 11, Fairview High School; Eric James, 10, Mitchell High School; Eric Eisenberg, 9, Fairview High School; Sean Lehouillier, 12, Cheyenne Mountain High School; Peter Jaron, 10, Coronado High School; Andrew Brunner, 11, Pine Creek High School; and Chris Guthrie, 9, Fairview High School.

Our guest, Tian Tan, 11, Murphy High School, Mobile, Alabama will also be awarded First Honorable Mention.

They will each receive a Casio Watch, Wolfram Crystal Star Keyholder, A. Soifer’s Colorado Mathematical Olympiad book, and Wolfram Research’s software six-month Mathematica for Students 6.0 (website logon).

Second Honorable Mentions will be awarded to the following 87 contestants:

• John Thilenius, 10, Cheyenne Mt. High School
• Christian Pitera, 10, Mesa Ridge High School
• Geoffrey Iyer, 12, Fort Collins High School
• Nicki Bacovan, 12, Ponderosa High School
• Lucy Lu, 12, Pine Creek High School
• Ryan Carson, 8, Altona Middle School
• Arielle Steers, 11, Sand Creek High School
• Emma Brague, 8, Altona Middle School
• Scott Gneiting, 11, Ponderosa High School
• Chris Coviello, 11, Ponderosa High School
• Daniel Nash, 11, Fort Collins High School
• Hunter Sceats, 11, Cheyenne Mt. High School
• Laura Hopkins, 12, St. Mary’s High School
• Joseph Mortensen, 11, Fort Collins High School
• Zachary Peterson, 10, St. Mary’s High School
• William Palma, 8, Corpus Christi Catholic School
• Adam Armstrong, 10, St. Mary’s High School
• Shawn Smith, 12, St. Mary’s High School
• Eli Lovelace, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Jeremy Johnson, 12, Mesa Ridge High School
• Ty Traver, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Scott Ritz, 12, Pine Creek High School
• Jade Slayter, 10, Falcon High School
• Brandon Barkey, 11, Falcon High School
• Taylor Herbert, 10, Falcon High School
• Ellie Daw, 8, Altona Middle School J
• John Slavens, 11, Coronado High School
• Dillon Manzanares, 8, Altona Middle School
• Sydney Doxtator, 7, Fitzsimmons Middle School
• Trevor Arrasmith, 8, Altona Middle School
• Michael Collard, 12, Sand Creek High School
• Kira Combs, 10, Sand Creek High School
• Brian Nakayama, 12, Doherty High School
• Christopher Del Valle, 9, Mitchell High School
• Joshua Olson, 9, Sand Creek High School
• Joshua Reding, 12, Doherty High School
• Ayla Williams, 11, Sand Creek High School
• Ryan Sandel, 10, Sand Creek High School
• Catherine Pond, 8, Altona Middle School
• Claud Martin, 11, Branson School Online
• Matt Quereau, 11, Sand Creek High School
• Maggie Lusk, 11, Sand Creek High School
• Kristen Gilmore, 9, Platte Canyon Schools
• Ashlee Gee, 10, Mitchell High School
• Adam Figueroa, 12, Fort Lupton High School
• David Jimenez, 7, Quest Academy
• Bryson Keith, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Hayley Martin, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Alex Petterson, 11, Fort Collins High School
• Matthew Thilenius, 11, Cheyenne Mt. High School
• Donald Dodge, 11, Ponderosa High School
• Alec Loudenback, 11, Ponderosa High School
• Cameron King, 9, Ponderosa High School
• Darren Kirk, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Kit Pfeiffer, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Veronica Meadows, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Peter Ducey, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Vicki Shin, 12, Ponderosa High School
• Isabel Kirk, 10, Ellicot High School
• Hanna Scovill, 12, Ponderosa High School
• Troy Wagoner, 10, Falcon High School
• Andrew Hadfield, 11, St. Mary’s High School
• Melissa Kean, 12, Pine Creek High School
• Luke Pedersen, 8, Irving Middle School
• Natalie Gonzalez, 9, Platte Canyon Schools
• Morgan McCadden, 9, Falcon High School
• Johnny Hill, 9, Falcon High School
• KJ Norlander, 9, Falcon High School
• Kelly Haase, 11, Platte Canyon Schools
• Roget Mo, 7, Altona Middle School
• Albert Soh, 6, Summit Middle Charter School
• Alejandro Garcia, 8, Altona Middle School
• Iana Stoytcheva, 8, Altona Middle School
• Annina McMillan, 10, Falcon High School
• Garrett Seeman, 10, Coronado High School
• Ben Pusey, 10, Platte Canyon Schools
• Allison Pinterpe, 11, Falcon High School
• Matt McNichols, 8, Altona Middle School
• Jill DeBiase, 8, Fitzsimmons Middle School
• Lauren Wilfong, 6, Irving Middle School
• Benji Pacot, 11, Ellicot High School
• Jordan Mathis, 10, Mitchell High School
• Jin Beak, 6, Summit Middle Charter School
• Daniel Yedidovich, 6, Aurora Hills Middle School
• Brenden Lynch, 9, Sand Creek High School
• Jena Dillon, 12, Sand Creek High School
• Josh Lamson, 11, Sand Creek High School

The Second Honorable Mention winners will receive Wolfram Research’s Crystal Star Keyholder, and Wolfram Research’s six-month Mathematica for Students 6.0 (website logon).

Literary Awards will be presented to Isabelle Soifer, 11, Los Altos High School, Los Altos, California and Chelsea Gardner, 11, Ponderosa High School.

The judges have awarded first place to Sam Elder, a junior from Poudre High School, Fort Collins. He will receive a gold meda of the Olympiad, a $1,200 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, CASIO Graphing Calculator, CASIO Watch, CASIO ClassPad 300, Wolfram Research’s Mathematica 5.2 software, and Wolfram Research’s Crystal Star Necklace.

For the second time in 24-year old history of the event, the winner solved completely “The Famous Five” problems of the Olympiad. Both times it was achieved by Sam Elder, in 2006 and 2007. He was second behind Mark Heim in 2005.

Second prize will be awarded to Hannah Alpert, a senior from Boulder’s Fairview High School in Boulder. She will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, a $900 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancelor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, CASIO Graphing Calculator, CASIO Watch, CASIO ClassPad 300, Wolfram Research’s Mathematica 5.2 software, and Wolfram Research’s Crystal Star Necklace. Hannah was also second last year, and third the year before.

In vew of dramatic distance in success between the top two Olympians and the rest, the judges decided not to award a third prize this year.

Fourth Prize will be presented to the following 6 Olympians: Alex Petterson, Sophomore, Ft. Collins HIgh School; Charles Xu, 8th grade, Summit Middle School; Ryan Beethe, Freshman, Poudre High School; Victor Li, Sophomore, Fairview High School; Adam Muffler, Senior, Sand Creek High School; and Amber Verser, Sophomore, Thompson Valley High School.

They will each receive CASIO Watch, CASIO ClassPad 300, Wolfram Research’s Mathematica 5.2 software, and Wolfram Research’s Crystal Star Necklace.

First Honorable Mentions will be awarded to the following 13 contestants:

• Matt Nehls, sophomore, and Chris Pak, junior, Air Academy High School;
• Michael Morton, sophomore, Rangely High School; Shuli Song, freshman, The Classical Academy;
• James Powell, senior, Calhan High School;
• David Stone, senior, Thornton High School;
• Daniel Pascua, junior, Liberty High School;
• John Thilenius, freshman, Cheyenne Mountain Jr. High;
• Sean LeHouillier and Sam Meyer, both juniors, Cheyenne Mountain High School;
• Lucas Buccafusca, sophomore, Poudre High School; and Chris Guthrie, 8th grade, Summit Middle School.

These contestancts will receive CASIO Watch, the book “How Does One Cut a Triangle?” by Alexander Soifer, CASIO ClassPad 300, and Crystal Star Necklace from Wolfram Research.

Mike Zhang, Junior from Alabama School of Math & Science, will also receive First Honorable Mention.

Second Honorable Mentions will be awarded to the following 49 contestants

• Geoffrey Iyer, junior, Ft. Collins High School;
• Erik Pozzi, senior, Air Academy High School;
• Scott Gneiting, sophomore, Ponderosa High School;
• Allan Gardner, 8th grade, Holy Trinity Catholic School;
• Mutian Yao, sophomore, Fairview High School;
• Chris Culver, senior, Ponderosa High School;
• Matt Wenger, senior, Doherty High School;
• Francesco Georg, junior, Ft. Collins High School;
• Kelly Mason, senior, Rock Canyon High School;
• Zachary Carter, sophomore, Florence High School;
• Christian Pitera, freshman, Mesa Ridge High School;
• Margaret Koehler, freshman, Lewis-Palmer High School;
• Laura Hopkins, junior, St. Mary’s High School;
• Sarah McConnell, sophomore, Joey Kelly and John Harris, both seniors, Ponderosa High School;
• Paul Trozan, senior, and Jeremy Halperin, sophomore, Ft. Collins High School;
• Peter Morton, senior, Rangely High School;
• Damien Gapinski, senior, Mesa Ridge High School;
• Matt Thilenius, sophomore, Cheyenne Mountain High School;
• Joseph Zhang and Andy Brunner, both sophomores, Pine Creek High School;
• Ian Bowen, sophomore, Poudre High School;
• Annisija Wallin, sophomore, Falcon High School;
• Alexander Black, 7th grade, Summit Middle School;
• Nicholas Moore, senior, Pine Creek High School;
• Natasha Wallin, senior, and Jade Slayter, freshman, Falcon High School;
• Thomas Tingey, junior, Florence High School;
• Sam Kennedy, 7th grade, Erie Middle School;
• David Hyland, senior, St. Mary’s High School;
• Jon Zepf, sophomore, Air Academy High School;
• Janne Van Dam, senior, Ellicott High School;
• Cole Barlow, 8th grade, Rangely High School;
• Postyn Smith, 8th grade, Cheyenne Mountain Jr. High;
• Craig O’Dell, senior, Pine Creek High School;
• Allison Pineterpe, sophomore, Falcon High School;
• Ryan Carson, 7th grade, Altona Middle School;
• Daniel Nelson, senior, Ellicott High School;
• Mitchell McCarty, 6th grade, Timberview Middle School;
• Stephanie Lengyel, senior, Falcon High School;
• Elise Jenkins, senior, and Scott Ritz, junior, Pine Creek High School;
• Rebecca Fathman, sophomore, Rampart High School;
• Nik Evitt, 8th grade, Cheyenne Mountain Jr. High;
• Calvin Rutter, senior, Florence High School; and Brandon Wright, junior, Falcon High School.
• Kevin Beale, Junior from Alabama School of Math & Science, will also receive Second Honorable Mention.

The Second Honorable Mention winners will receive a CASIO or Texas Instruments scientific calculator, CASIO ClassPad 300, and City of Colorado Springs memorabilia. Art Award will be presented to Emily Giles, Senior from Falcon High School. Those who wish to understand the spirit

Sam Elder of Fort Collins solves “The Famous Five” and Wins Gold Medal in the 23rd Colorado Mathematical Olympiad:

This is Sam’s first victory but he was second last year. The XXIII Annual Colorado Mathematical Olympiad (CMO-2006) took place on April 21, 2006. It brought together some 450 middle and high school students from all over Colorado: Denver, Calhan, Grand Junction, Rangely, Aurora, Bailey, Manitou Springs, Cheraw, Parker, Highlands Ranch, Calhan, Boulder, Englewood, Loveland, Falcon, Woodland Park, Monument, USAF Academy, and Colorado Springs. The Olympians were offered five problems and four hours to solve them and present complete essay-type solutions.

The judges have awarded First prize to Sam Elder, a sophomore from Poudre High School of Fort Collins. He will receive a gold medal of the Olympiad, a $1,200 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, CASIO “Super-Calculator” Classpad 300, CASIO Watch, Complete set of 4 books by Alexander Soifer, a major Wolfram Research’s software, A Wolfram T-shirt, and City of Colorado Springs memorabilia. Sam’s mathematics teacher Rita Winski will receive a Texas Instruments software package.

For the first time in 23-year old history of the event, the winner has solved completely “The Famous Five” problems of the Olympiad. This is Sam’s first victory but he was second last year behind only the three-time winner Mark Heim.

Second prize will be awarded to Hannah Alpert, a junior from Fairview High School. She will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, a $600 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, CASIO “Super-Calculator” Classpad 300, CASIO Watch, Complete set of 4 books by Alexander Soifer, a major Wolfram Research’s software, a Wolfram T-shirt, and City of Colorado Springs memorabilia. Hannah was third last year.

Third prize will be presented to Leonid Ovanesyan, a junior from Smoky Hill High School. He will receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a $300 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college,a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, CASIO “Super-Calculator” Classpad 300, CASIO Watch, Complete set of 4 books by Alexander Soifer, a major Wolfram Research’s software, a Wolfram T-shirt, and City of Colorado Springs memorabilia.

Fourth Prize will be presented to Daniel Pascua, a sophomore from Liberty High School. He will receive CASIO “Super-Calculator” Classpad 300, CASIO Watch, a major Wolfram Research’s software, a pioneering book “A New Kind of Science” by Dr Steven Wolfram, the Founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, the maker of the celebrated software Mathematica, a Wolfram T-shirt, and City of Colorado Springs memorabilia.

First Honorable Mentions will be awarded to the following 24 contestants: Adam Gueiting, 11, Ponderosa High School; Hugh Miller, 12, St. Mary’s High School; Lucy Lu, 10, Pine Creek High School; Mitch Hanson, 10, Ft. Collins High School; Victor Li, 9, Fairview High School; Norris Xu, 10, Fairview High School; Adam Muffler, 11, Sand Creek High School; Margaret Koehler, 8, Creekside Middle School; Sean Lohouillier, 10, Cheyenne Mt. High School; Paul Trozan, 11, Ft. Collins High School; Amber Verser, 9, Thompson Valley High School; Richard Farnsworth, 11, Smoky Hill High School; Michelle Beckman, 12, St. Mary’s High School; Allan Gardner, 7, St. Mary’s High School; Michael Morton, 9, Rangely High School; Jonathan R. Fox, 12, Palmer High School; Lucas Buccafusca, 9, Poudre high School; Andy Brunner, 9, Pine creek high School; Krishn Khanna, 12, Palmer High School; James Powell, 11, Calhan High School; Jeremy Halperin, 9, Ft. Collins High School; Scott Gneiting, 9, Ponderosa High School; Sam Meyer, 10, Cheyenne Mountain High School; and Joseph Graham, 12, Palmer High School. These contestants will receive a Wolfram Research software, a Wolfram T-shirt, and City of Colorado Springs memorabilia.

Our guest, Lucas Bedia, 12, McGill-Toolen Catholic High School, Mobile, Alabama will also be awarded First Honorable Mention.

Second honorable mentions will be awarded to the following 44 contestants:

• Eli Headrick, 6, Emerson-Edison Academy
• Shannon Poole, 12, Mesa Ridge High School
• Jake Doyle, 11, Ellicott High School
• Tyler Brown, 7, Horizon Middle School
• Danny Ramey, 10, Platte Canyon High School
• Tanner Evans, 9, Falcon High School
• Zach Taminqua, 9, Platte Canyon High School
• Kelsey Boggis, 7, Irving Middle School
• Kara Babcock, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Luke Johnson, 9, Sand Creek high School
• Theresa Hanson, 10, Falcon High School
• Jessica Borst, 12, Palmer High School
• Kindle Silvers, 8, Ellicott High School
• Journey Kaczor, 8, Ellicott High School
• Mary Ann Shoemaker, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Chris Pac, 10, Air Academy High School
• Christopher Jordahl, 7, Horizon Middle School
• Marie Godla, 11, Rock Canyon High School
• Jennifer Shimel, 9, Sand Creek high School
• Stephanie Garcia, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Rebecca Redfern, 10, Ponderosa High School
• Francesco Georg, 10, Ft. Collins High School
• Joseph Zhang, 9, Pine Creek high School
• Isaac Mcelfresh, 6, Emerson-Edison Academy
• Sean Crane, 12, St. Mary’s High School
• Jon Zepf, 9, Air Academy High School
• David Hyland, 11, St. Mary’s High School
• Irma Severa, 10, Falcon High School
• Jennifer Pietsch, 9, Falcon High School
• Peter Jaron, 8, Irving Middle School
• Sharon Beltracchi, 10, Timberview Middle School
• Winston Howe, 9, Rock Canyon High School Eric
• James, 8, Irving Middle School
• Shawn Smith, 10, St. Mary’s High School
• Kathleen Monahan, 9, St. Mary’s High School
• Ashley Kirschenmann, 7, Horizon Middle School
• Ben Alpert, 7, Summit Middle School
• Crystal Kossow, 11, Falcon High School
• Elise Jenkins, 11,
• Alex Reid, 10, Ft. Collins High School
• Laura Hopkins, 10, St. Mary’s High School
• Geoffrey Iyer, 10, Ft. Collins High School
• Robbie Hoglund, 8, Irving Middle School

The 2nd Honorable Mention winners will receive a CASIO or Texas Instruments scientific calculator. All of the above 72 winners will receive a CASIO software, CD-ROM ClassPad300 Emulation. Art Award will be presented to Emily Giles, 11, Falcon High School. Literary Award will be presented to Tyler Henrie, 10, Literary Award, Sand Creek High School.

The judges have awarded First prize to Mark Heim, a senior from Thompson Valley High School. He will receive a gold medal of the Olympiad, a $1,500 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, CASIO Cassiopeia Pocket Viewer, CASIO “Super-Calculator” Classpad 300, and Wolfram Research’s software Mathematica. This is third victory for Mark, who won First prize last year, and tied for First Prize 2 years ago with another three time winner Bryce Herdt.

Second prize will be awarded to Sam Elder, a Freshman from Poudre High School. He will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, a $1,000 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, CASIO Cassiopeia Pocket Viewer, CASIO “Super-Calculator” Classpad 300, and Wolfram Research’s software Mathematica.

Third prize will be presented to Hannah Alper, a sophomore from Fairview High School. She will receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a $500 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college,a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists, Wolfram Research’s software Mathematica, CASIO Cassiopeia Pocket Viewer, and CASIO “Super-Calculator” Classpad 300.

Mark Heim and Hannah Alper were the only Olympians who solved problem 4(b). Moreover, they found solutions not known to the judges. Mark, in fact, proved a much stronger result than the problem required.

Fourth Prize will be presented to the following five Olympians: Adam Muffler, 10, Sand Creek High School, Leonid Ovanesyan, 9, Smoky Hill High School, Alex Haase, 11, St. Mary’s High School, Francesco Georg, 9, Fort Collins High School, and Christopher Liebman, 12, Wasson High School. Each of them will receive CASIO watch, Intermap Software, Texas Instruments graphing calculator, and a pioneering book “A New Kind of Science” by Dr Steven Wolfram, the Founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, the maker of the celebrated software Mathematica.

First Honorable Mentions will be awarded to the following 24 contestants: Andrew Crampton, 11, Fort Collins High School, Natasha Wallin, 10, Falcon High School, Sean Egan, 9, Arapahoe High School, Paul Kim, 12, Palmer High School, Rebecca Fathman, 8, Falcon Middle School, Maggie Lusk, 8, Falcon Middle School, Jaime Catchen-Dunne, 12, Palmer High School, Ian Hamilton, 12, Arapahoe High School, Paul Trozan, 10, Fort Collins High School, Jon Zepf, 8, C/S Christian Middle School, Daniel Pascua, 9, Liberty High School, Samantha Meyer, 9, Cheyenne Mtn. High School, Walter Unglaub, 12, Pine Creek High School, Vicky Li, 9, Fairview High School, Tommy Morphet, 12, Cheyenne Mtn. High, , Lee Ellison, 12, Arapahoe High School, Richard Farnes, 10, Smokey Hill High School, Jesse Morse, 10, George Washington High, Autumn Petros-Good, 12, Palmer High School, Jonathan R. Fox, 11, Palmer High School, Sean Lehourillier, 9, Cheyenne Mtn. High School, and Bryce Herdt, 12, Mitchell High School. Each of them will receive a Texas Instruments or CASIO graphing calculator and a book Mathematics as Problem Solving by Alexander Soifer.

Our guests, Valerie Burks, 11, from Davison High School, Mobile, Alabama, and Ethan Sokol, 12, Comsewogue High School, Long Island, NY will also be awarded First Honorable Mention. S

Second honorable mentions will be awarded to the following 101 contestants:

• Ambrose Dickson, 8, Irving Middle School,
• Michelle Lastoka, 12, St. Mary’s,
• Shawn Smith, 9, St. Mary’s,
• Zachary Peterson, 7, Corpus Christi,
• Desiree Cavender, 8, Hanover,
• Sylvia Usery, 8, Skyview Middle School,
• Bridget Sadowski, 11, Aspen Valley High School,
• Joanne Mueller, 8, Cheyenne Mtn. Jr. High,
• Isabelle Soifer, 8, North Middle School,
• Sophie Lalonde, 8, Cheyenne Mtn. Jr. High,
• John Thilenius, 7, Cheyenne Mtn. Jr. High,
• Laura Anderson, 10, SandCreek High School,
• Katie Gray, 9, SandCreek High School,
• Sam Torno, 12, Rangely High School,
• Susan Knoeckel, 11, Coronado High School,
• Lydia Demi-Smith, 12, Coronado High School,
• April Roberts, 10, Ellicot High School,
• Julia Contreras, 8, Horizon Middle School,
• Nicolette Brown, 8, Horizon Middle School,
• David Roberts, 10, Falcon High,
• Kendra Berkeland, 10, Doherty,
• Corey McClymonds, 10, Arapahoe High School,
• Andy Hoosier, 10, Platte Canyon School District,
• Veevee Cai, 9, Fairview Middle School,
• Mike Burr, 12, Pine Creek High School,
• Amber Verser, 8, Walt Clark Middle School,
• Ryan Bosworth, 9, Falcon High,
• Kati Pech, 12, Doherty,
• Cameron Kelly, 12, Doherty,
• Craig Nelson, 10, Doherty,
• Brittany Carroll, 8, Emerson-Edison Middle School,
• Katie Linne, 10, Platte Canyon School District,
• Elise Oliphant, 8, Irving Middle School,
• Joseph Graham, 11, Palmer High School,
• Robbie Hogland, 7, Irving Middle School,
• Emily Giles, 10, Falcon High,
• Jake Wood, 6, Manitou Springs Middle School,
• Witt Keller, 8, Manitou Springs Middle School,
• Ben Foorman, 7, Manitou Springs Middle School,
• Zachary Amos, 11, Mesa Ridge High School,
• Melissa Martin, 11, Mesa Ridge High School,
• Derek Cole, 12, Pine Creek High School,
• Miranda Cade, 12, Pine Creek High School,
• David Hyland, 11, St. Mary’s,
• Geoffrey Iyer, 9, Fort Collins High School,
• Liane Schneegass, 10, SandCreek High School,
• Emily Marinov, 10, Arapahoe High School,
• Peter Jaron, 7, Irving Middle School,
• Brennan Gorman, 9, Falcon High School,
• Michael Rooks, 11, Liberty High School,
• Marcy Pagel, 8, Irving Middle School,
• Amanda Gossack, 9, Arapahoe High School,
• Amanda Moore, 7, Hanover,
• Matt Parker, 10, Sand Creek High School,
• Noah Moore, 12, Arapahoe High School,
• Michael Morton, 8, Rangely High School,
• Peter Morton, 10, Rangely High School,
• Madeleine Miles, 7, Skyview Middle School,
• Ellyn Barkley, 8, Cheyenne Mtn. Jr. High,
• Matt Thilenius, 8, Cheyenne Mtn. Jr. High,
• Chris Platkus, 11, Ellicot High School,
• Sean Cabrera, 11, Fountain Ft. Carson,
• Jacob Roberts, 12, Rangely High School,
• Quac Le, 12, Ellicot High School,
• Andy Hoffman, 9, Liberty High,
• Victor Li, 8, Summit Middle School,
• Alex Fahrenbruch, 9, Falcon High School,
• Sharon Beltracchi, 9, Liberty High,
• Angela Choi, 8, Cheyenne Mtn. Jr. High,
• Lucy Lu, 9, Pine Creek High School,
• Wenfei Du, 9, Air Academy High School,
• Rebecca Burgoyne, 9, Falcon High,
• Annisija Wallin, 8, Falcon Middle School,
• Ben Flora, 11, Cheyenne Mtn. High,
• Josh Triplett, 8, Horizon Middle School,
• Gavin Murphy, 7, Manitou Springs Middle School,
• Shannon Poole, 11, Mesa Ridge High School,
• Austin Abeyta, 7, Horizon Middle School,
• Aubrey Yeh, 11, Coronado High School,
• Ali Dornhoft, 10, Falcon High School,
• Lindsey Heuser, 12, St. Mary’s,
• Robert Billard, 12, Air Academy High School,
• Andrew Krisehel, 8, Irving Middle School,
• Kristina Sorensen, 7, Irving Middle School,
• Danny Nelson, 10, Ellicot High School,
• Spencer Zepelin, 8, Arapahoe High School,
• Mara Marsky, 10, Platte Canyon High School,
• Marshall Carpenter, 9, Fairview High School,
• Alex Schroeder, 11, James Irwin Charter High School,
• James Powell, 10, Calhan High School,
• Diana Qiu, 11, Palmer High School,
• Nick Bradley, 12, Fairview High School,
• Samantha Wade, 11, Poudre High School,
• Prateek Malhotra, 11, Poudre High School,
• Anne Elder, 8, Cheyenne Mtn. Jr. High,
• Erin Powers, 10, Air Academy High School,
• Nicholas Sayler, 11, Falcon High,
• Josh Mulligan, 10, Falcon High School,
• Jordan Schmick, 11, Mesa Ridge High School.

Our guest Albert Carter, 12, from Murphy High School, Mobile, Alabama will also be awarded Second Honorable Mention. 46 of the 2nd Honorable Mention winners will receive a CASIO or Texas Instruments scientific calculator, and many others a Wolfram Research mouse pad, as many as available. Finally, all of the above 133 winners will receive a CASIO software, CD-ROM ClassPad300 Emulation. Literary Awards will be presented to Melisa Lizzaraga, a junior from St. Mary’s High School; Tim Henrie, a freshman from Sand Creek High School and Crystal Kossow, a sophomore from Falcom High School.

First prize was awarded to Mark Heim, a junior from Thompson Valley High School, Loveland.

He received a gold medal, a $2,000 scholarship at any U.S. college or university, a $1,000 Chancellor’s Scholarship from CU-Colorado Springs, a Casio “super calculator” Classpad 300, Wolfam Research’s software “Mathematica”, and “Geometric Etudes Combinational Mathematics”, a book written by Vladimir Boltyanski and Alexander Soifer, professor of mathematics and the Olympiad’s organizer.

Heim is a repeat winner of the Olympiad.

Second prize was awarded to Christopher Liebmann, a junior from Wasson High School, Colorado Springs.

He received a silver medal, a $1,000 scholarship to be used at any U.S. college or university, a $1,000 Chancellor’s Scholarship from CU-Colorado Springs, a Casio “super-calculator” Classpad 300, Wolfram Research’s software “Mathematica”, and Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics.

Third prize was presented to: Jon Fox, sophomore, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs. Bryce Herdt, junior, Mitchell High School, Colorado Springs. Caleb Packer, senior, Rangely High School, Rangely. Helen Schulthorpe, senior, Arapahoe High School, Centennial. Each received a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a $1,000 Chancellor’s Scholarship from CU-Colorado Springs, Wolfram Research’s software “Mathematica”, a Casio “super-calculator” Classpad 300, and Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics.

First honorable mentions were awarded to the following contestants:

• Sam Elder, grade 8, Fort Collins High School, Fort Collins.
• Tim Morley, senior, James Irwin Charter High School, Colorado Springs.
• James Powell, freshman, Widefield High School, Colorado Springs.
• Tyler Robie, junior, Rangely High School, Rangely.
• Natasha Wallin, freshman, Falcon High School, Falcon.
• Charles Romero, junior, Fort Collins High School, Fort Collins.
• David Lyons, freshman, Arapahoe High School, Loveland
• Daniel Pascua, grade 8, Timberview Middle School, Colorado Springs
• Teresa Davies, senior, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs.
• Sean LeHouillier, grade 8, Cheyenne Mtn. High School, Colorado Springs.
• Josh Browning, senior, Platte Canyon High School, Bailey.
• Aubrey Yeh, sophomore, Coronado High School, Colorado Springs.
• Margaret Koehler, grade 6, Creekside Middle School, Monument.
• Michael Morton, grade 7, Rangely Middle School, Rangely.
• Curtis Larimer, senior, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs.
• April Verser, sophomore, Thompson Valley High School, Loveland.
• Michelle Beckman, sophomore, St. Mary’s High School, Colorado Springs.
• Ryan Maloney, freshman, Rampart High School, Colorado Springs.
• Alex Haase, sophomore, St. Mary’s High School, Colorado Springs.
• Lydia Demi-Smith, junior, Coronado High School, Colorado Springs.
• Alex Schroder, sophomore, James Irwin Charter High School, Colorado Springs.
• Jonathan Schultz, senior, James Irwin Charter High School, Colorado Springs.
• Hannah Cain, grade 8, Cheyenne Mtn. High School, Colorado Springs.
• Adam Muffler, freshman, Sandcreek High School, Colorado Springs.
• Autumn Petros-Good, junior, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs.
• Annisija Wallin, 7, Falcon Middle School, Falcon.

Each received a Texas Instruments or CASIO graphing calculator and a book: Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics or A New Kind of Science by Dr Wolfram, the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research.

Second honorable mentions were awarded to the following:

• Jeremy Walter, junior, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs.
• Sam Torno, junior, Rangely High School, Rangely.
• Brandon Bernardo, grade 6, Timberview Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Andrew Impson, freshman, Platte Canyon High School, Bailey.
• Veronica Hitz, freshman, James Irwin Charter High School, Colorado Springs
• Jeff Rosado, grade 8, Gorman Middle School, Colorado Springs
• Troy Withers, junior, Sand Creek High School, Colorado Springs
• Brendan Trimboli, sophomore, St. Mary’s High School, Colorado Springs.
• Katrina Deans, freshman, Wasson High School, Colorado Springs.
• Jacob Farnum, grade 8, Fitzsimons Middle School 
• Carsten Hoffman, senior, Coronado High School, Colorado Springs.
• Charles Keebaugh, junior, Sand Creek High School, Colorado Springs
• Steven Shin, sophomore, Sand Creek High School, Colorado Springs
• Jaime Catchen, junior, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs.
• Alex Haich, grade 7, Fitzsimons Middle School,
• David Roberts, freshman, Falcon High School, Falcon.
• Aram Sun, senior, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs
• Heather Silva, grade 7, Challenger Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Sean Voss, junior, Edison School, Colorado Springs
• Corey McClymonds, freshman, Arapahoe High School, Loveland
• Ariel Cabello, grade 8, Fountain Middle School, Fountain.
• John Bull, freshman, Sand Creek High School, Colorado Springs.
• Dillon Richardson, freshman, Ponderosa High School, Fort Collins.
• Molly McKiel, grade 8, Manitou Middle School, Manitou Springs.
• Ryan Bell, senior, Platte Canyon High School, Bailey.
• Ambrose Dickson, grade 7, Irving Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Zach Wertenberger, junior, Edison School, Colorado Springs.
• Jon Zepf, grade 7, Colorado Springs Christian School, Colorado Springs.
• Claire Bassett, sophomore, Arapahoe High School, Loveland.
• Auren (Daniel) Pierce, sophomore, Wasson High School, Colorado Springs.
• Jordan Schmick, sophomore, Mesa Ridge School, Colorado Springs.
• Connor Garrison, grade 8, Manitou Middle School, Manitou Springs.
• Destiny Price, grade 8, Fountain Middle School, Fountain.
• Marcus Eng, freshman, Platte Canyon High School, Bailey.
• Jacquelyn Stiverson, grade 8, Timberview Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Miranda Cade, junior, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs.
• Vivian Chow, grade 8, Cheyenne Mountain Junior High, Colorado Springs.
• McIan Amos, grade 8, Freed Middle School, Pueblo
• Rebecca Fathman, grade 7, Falcon Middle School, Falcon.
• Elliott Metherd-West, freshman, Sand Creek High School, Colorado Springs.
• Ilmar Vainu, grade 6, Horizon Middle School, Colorado Springs
• Jared Strutton, grade 8, Mann Middle School, Colorado Springs
• Ben Norwood, grade 8, Cheyenne Mountain Junior High, Colorado Springs
• Cassandra Montoya, sophomore, Wasson High School, Colorado Springs
• Aaron Simpkiss, sophomore, Ponderosa High School, Parker.
• Steven Bergner, sophomore, James Irwin Charter High School, Colorado Springs.
• Peyton Cloniger, freshman, James Irwin Charter High School, Colorado Springs.
• Kris Bornhoft, sophomore, Falcon High School, Falcon.
• Peter Angstadt, junior, Rangely High School, Rangely.
• Peter Morton, freshman, Rangely High School, Rangely.
• Jake Esposito, freshman, Wasson High School, Colorado Springs.
• Peter Forbes, junior, Rangely High School, Rangley.
• Amber Verser, grade 7, Walt Clark Middle School, Loveland.
• Adam Sidman, sophomore, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs.
• Jaqui Mackey, sophomore, Rangely High School, Rangley.
• Andrew Hoffman, grade 8, Timberview Middle School, Colorado Springs.
• Michael Linquist, senior, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs.
• Elliot Richerson, junior, Doherty High School, Colorado Springs
• Stephen Rhoades, grade 8, Manitou Middle School, Manitou Springs.
• Cameron Bowsky, sophomore, Mesa Ridge High School, Colorado Springs.
• Paul Macias, grade 8, Freed Middle School, Pueblo.
• Brent Driller, senior, St. Mary’s High School, Colorado Springs.
• Clay Ermel, grade 8, Fountain Middle School, Fountain.
• Diana Qui, freshman, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs.
• Sam Meyer, grade 8, Cheyenne Mtn. High School, Colorado Springs.
• Bryan Dekker, sophomore, James Irwin Charter High School, Colorado Springs.
• Mimi Bau, freshman, Cheyenne Mountain. High School, Colorado Springs.
• Michael Rooks, sophomore, Liberty High School, Colorado Springs.
• David Wacker, senior, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs.

The second Honorable Mention winners received a Texas Instruments or CASIO scientific calculator or a Wolfram T-shirt, and CASIO software, CD-ROM ClassPad 300 Emulation.

Literary Awards were presented to:

• Nick Raynor, sophomore, Wasson High School, Colorado Springs
• Curtis Larimer, senior, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs
• Angelina Hitz, sophomore, James Irwin Charter High School, Colorado Springs.

Art Award went to:

• Molly Lockhart, freshman, James Irwin Charter High School, Colorado Springs. T

Teacher Awards:

• Mel Oliver, Rangely High School, Rangely
• Joe Scott, James Irwin Charter High School, Colorado Springs.

The judges have awarded two First prizes: one to Bryce Herdt, a sophomore from Mitchell High School, and another to Mark Heim. Each of them has received a gold medal of the Olympiad, software Explorations donated by Wolfram Research from Silicone Valley, a Voyager 200 donated by Texas Instruments, a book written by the founder of Wolfram Research, Inc. Steven Folfram, and a $2,000 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college. This is third victory for Bryce, who was the youngest winner ever in 2001.Second prize has been awarded to Steven Biles a senior from Palmer High School, a winner of last year. He has received a silver medal of the Olympiad, software MATHEMATICA, a $1,000 scholarship, and a book Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer.

Third prize will be presented to the following 2 Olympians: Autumn Petros-Good a freshman, Curtis Larimer a sophomore, Jeff Graham a junior, and Joseph Koehler — all from Palmer High School; Devon Horntvedt, a senior from Rangely High School; and Mark Pond, a senior from Smoky Hill High School. Each of them will receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, software MATHEMATICA, CASIO or TI graphing calculator, and Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer.

All of the above winners received $1000 UCCS Chancellor Scholarship for the CMO Medalists, which can be used by enrolling in UCCS as a new freshman.

UCCS Chancellor Pamela Shockley has instituted “Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists” effective with last year’s Olympiad. Each gold, silver and bronze medallist has been awarded $1000 Chancellor’s Olympiad Medalists Scholarship, effective upon application and acceptance to CU-Colorado Springs as a new freshman. This year the Chancellor’s offer has amounted to a $5,000.

The Judges have awarded two Fourth Prizes this year. They have been presented to the following four Olympians: Ryan Inman, a senior from Palmer High School; Arianne Morrison, a senior from Rangely High School; Luke Hagerling, a senior from Fort Collins High Sschool; and Aaron Kratt, a senior from Smoky Hill High School. Each of them will receive software MATHEMATICA, CASIO graphing calculator, and Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer.

First honorable mentions have been awarded to the following sixteen contestants: Koji Gardiner a sophomore, Andrew Gibson and Steven Brodhead, juniors and Kenn Lonnquist a senior all from Air Academy High School; Ian Hamilton a freshman, Jared Stewart and Daniel Labsee sophomores, Erin Walberg and Jonathan Mullen, a juniors all from Arapahoe High School; Michael Sherer a freshman and Chris Wailes a sophomore both from Bennet High School; Hee-Jun Ahn a sophomore from Bishop Machebeuf High School; Donnie Dressen and Henry Tupper sophomores from Centennial H. S. Hahnbi Sun a 6 th-grade student from Challenger Middle School; Kristen Fuchs a junior from Cheyenne Mountain High School; Dylan Lyons a freshman from Coronado High School; Ryan Collins a junior from Doherty H S. Robert Parker a sophomore from Fort Collins H S. Chris Howard an junior from Fort Lupton High School; Andrew Kennedy a 10 th-grade home schooled student; Cameron Shane a 6 th-grade student from Horace Mann Middle School; Amanda Johnson and Lisa Bring 8 th-grade students from Irving Middle School; Jonathan Schultz a sophomore from James Irwin Charter Scool; Seth A. Slope a senior from Little S. Rivervalley School; Ian Tagge ajunior from Machebeuf Catholic H. S. Nick Langa junior from Manitou Springs High School; Ryan Maloney a7 th-grade student from Mountain Ridge Middle School; Bryan Nixon a 8 th-grade student from Mountain Ridge Middle School; Jonathan R. Fox, Adam Sidman and Joey Graham 8 th-grade students from North Middle School; Brent Seward an junior and Cheena L. Hemingway seniors from Palmer High School; Ben Gabriel and Jake Sebesta juniors and Miranda Code a senior all from Pine Creek High School; Holly Bau a junior from Rampart School, Sam Torno a freshman and Caleb Packer a sophomore both from Rangely High School. Allison Phillips a freshman and Daniel Whigham a sophomore from Sand Creek School; Imelda Alvarez a senior from Sierra High School; Mike Gonzales, a senior from Amoky Hill High School; Nick Huges an 8 th-grade student from Skyview Middle School; Lew Gorodinski an 11 th-grade student from Smoky Hill High School; Amanda Hu a 8 th-grade student from The Classical Academy; Michael Rooks a 8 th-grade student from Timberview Middle School; Christopher Liebmann a freshman, Volodimir Pogrebnyak and Josh Lowe seniors all from Wasson High School; and Omar Al-Mutlag a junior from Woodland Park High School. Each of them will receive a graphing or a scientific calculator.

Second honorable mentions have been awarded to the following one hundred and contestants: Apollo Stoewer a freshman from Agate School, Brandon Bernard a freshman, Jessica Toberman, Ben Juba sophomores, Tyler Miller and Rachel Sergo juniors and Jacob Kershman a senior all from Bennet High School, Ben Hendricks and Melissa Trujillo freshmans both from Centenial H. S. Sarah Page and Max Zacharias 7 th-grade students and Derek Cole, a 8 th-grade student — all from Challenger Middle School, Jonathan Ligthfoot, Brede Eschliman and Mimi Bou, an 8 th-grade students — all from Cheyenne Mountain H.S. Evan Blackney and Mike Slavensjuniors both from Coronado High School, Dylan Salazar a 6 th-grade student from Divine Redeemer, Collin Benett and Daniel Seaver juniors both from Doherty H S, Nick Maestas a sophomore from East High School, Ron Merriam a 6 th-grade student from Falcon Middle School, Ben Joeris a freshman Tom Bozil and Diana Tapai seniors all from Fort Collins H S. Kathleen Elyse, G. Ling a sophomore, Danielle Montano a junior and Niles Hall all from Fort Lupton High Scool, Bethanie Stalcar, McIan Amos and Sam Tucker 6 th-grade students, Brandy Reid a 7 th-grade student, Alicia Hollibaugh, Stephanie Van Buskirk and Charmie Pewitt, 8 th-grade students — all from Freed Middle School; Michael Aragon and Brian Rose juniors from Harrison High School; Veronica Hitz a 7 th-grade student from Home School, Steve Shin a 8 th-grade student from Horizon Middle School, Troy Anderson a 6 th-grade student and Jenny Reinhard a 7th-grade student — both from Irving Middle School; Jeena Reed, a sophomore from Manitou Springs; Pratyuch Buddiga, a 7 th-grade student, Sean Williams, Kellie Puzak, Chris Schaetbauer, Chris Lorenzini, Joseph Rouleau, Katherine Losey and Michelle Beckman, 8 th-grade students — all from Mountain Ridge Middle School; Diana Qiu and Wendy Lindsey, 7 th-grade students and Graham Anderson an 8 th-grade student from North Middle Scholl; Grant Packard a freshman, William Yoon, Loren Poppe and Shu-Cheong Chang juniors, Lauren Kiemele, Bryan Castine and Kelly O’Shea seniors all from Pine Creek H S, Michael Mathews a junior from Rampart School; Paige Jackson a freshman and Lyndsay Essigmann, a senior — both from Saint Mary’s H S, Katie Cox, Michelle Laniohan, Joan Demott and Nicole Ellender-Ross freshmans, George E. Turner Jr. a junior, Jake Lilevjen a 12 th-grade student and Simon Marinelli — all from Sand Creek, Kevin Ison, a sophomore, Jon Swigart, Daniel Finley and Arlanna Crab juniors, Christopher Wheeler and Jonathan Carter 12 th-grade students — all from Sierra High School, Tyler Henrie a 6 th-grade student, Adam Muffler and Marlei Martinez, 7 th-grade students all from Skyview Middle School; Adam Carnes, Saif Ansari and Kim White 8 th-grade students all from Skyview Middle School; Benjamin Johnson a 7 th-grade student from the Classical Academy; Jordan Florell, Rachel Ashton and Sarah Whaley a 6 th-grade students, Joseph Bostick a 7 th-grade student, Mark Fischer, Malarhu McCormick and Scott C. Lawson 8 th-grade students — all from Timberview Middle School; Chad Sue, a senior from Wasson High School; Alex Lyman, a junior, Alyssa Westfall and Jed Davis, seniors — all from Woodland Park High School.

All 160 winners will receive Wolfram Research mathematical T-shirts. Sizes are subject to availability, or last placed first choose :-).

A Literary Award has been presented to Brent Seward, a senior from Palmer High School for Ode to Problem 2:

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The judges have awarded two First prizes: to Bryce Herdt, a freshman from Mitchell High School, and to Steven Biles a junior from Palmer High School. Each of them will receive a gold medal of the Olympiad, software MATHEMATICA donated by Wolfram Research from Silicone Valley, a graphing calculator donated by CASIO, and a $2,000 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college. Steven will also receive a set of 4 books by Alexander Soifer, and Bryce four other books (as he has won Soifer’s books in 2001). This is second victory for Bryce, who was the youngest winner ever last year.

Second prize will be awarded to Tim Morley, a junior from James Irwin Charter School. He will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, software MATHEMATICA, a $1,000 scholarship, and a book Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer.

Third prize will be presented to the following 6 Olympians: Autumn Petros-Good a freshman, Curtis Larimer a sophomore, Jeff Graham a junior, and Joseph Koehler — all from Palmer High School; Devon Horntvedt, a senior from Rangely High School; and Mark Pond, a senior from Smoky Hill High School. Each of them will receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, software MATHEMATICA, CASIO or TI graphing calculator, and Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer.

UCCS Chancellor Pamela Shockley has instituted “Chancellor’s Scholarship for CMO Medalists” effective with this year’s Olympiad. Each gold, silver and bronze medallist will be awarded $1000 upon application and acceptance to CU-Colorado Springs as a new freshman. This is a major contribution to education of the young gifted mathematicians of Colorado, and the Olympiad organizers are most grateful to Chancellor Shockley for her wisdom and generosity.

The Judges have decided to award Fourth Prizes this year. They will be presented to the following four Olympians: Ryan Inman, a senior from Palmer High School; Arianne Morrison, a senior from Rangely High School; Luke Hagerling, a senior from Fort Collins High Sschool; and Aaron Kratt, a senior from Smoky Hill High School. Each of them will receive software MATHEMATICA, CASIO graphing calculator, and Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer.

First honorable mentions will be awarded to the following fifty-three contestants: Koji Gardiner a sophomore, Andrew Gibson and Steven Brodhead, juniors and Kenn Lonnquist a senior all from Air Academy High School; Ian Hamilton a freshman, Jared Stewart and Daniel Labsee sophomores, Erin Walberg and Jonathan Mullen, a juniors all from Arapahoe High School; Michael Sherer a freshman and Chris Wailes a sophomore both from Bennet High School; Hee-Jun Ahn a sophomore from Bishop Machebeuf High School; Donnie Dressen and Henry Tupper sophomores from Centennial H. S. Hahnbi Sun a 6th-grade student from Challenger Middle School; Kristen Fuchs a junior from Cheyenne Mountain High School; Dylan Lyons a freshman from Coronado High School; Ryan Collins a junior from Doherty H S. Robert Parker a sophomore from Fort Collins H S. Chris Howard an junior from Fort Lupton High School; Andrew Kennedy a 10th-grade home schooled student; Cameron Shane a 6th-grade student from Horace Mann Middle School; Amanda Johnson and Lisa Bring 8th-grade students from Irving Middle School; Jonathan Schultz a sophomore from James Irwin Charter Scool; Seth A. Slope a senior from Little S. Rivervalley School; Ian Tagge ajunior from Machebeuf Catholic H. S. Nick Langa junior from Manitou Springs High School; Ryan Maloney a7th-grade student from Mountain Ridge Middle School; Bryan Nixon a 8th-grade student from Mountain Ridge Middle School; Jonathan R. Fox, Adam Sidman and Joey Graham 8th-grade students from North Middle School; Brent Seward an junior and Cheena L. Hemingway seniors from Palmer High School; Ben Gabriel and Jake Sebesta juniors and Miranda Code a senior all from Pine Creek High School; Holly Bau a junior from Rampart School, Sam Torno a freshman and Caleb Packer a sophomore both from Rangely High School. Allison Phillips a freshman and Daniel Whigham a sophomore from Sand Creek School; Imelda Alvarez a senior from Sierra High School; Mike Gonzales, a senior from Amoky Hill High School; Nick Huges an 8th-grade student from Skyview Middle School; Lew Gorodinski an 11 th-grade student from Smoky Hill High School; Amanda Hu a 8th-grade student from The Classical Academy; Michael Rooks a 8 th-grade student from Timberview Middle School; Christopher Liebmann a freshman, Volodimir Pogrebnyak and Josh Lowe seniors all from Wasson High School; and Omar Al-Mutlag a junior from Woodland Park High School. Each of them will receive a graphing or a scientific calculator.

Second honorable mentions will be awarded to the following ninety-five contestants: Apollo Stoewer a freshman from Agate School, Brandon Bernard a freshman, Jessica Toberman, Ben Juba sophomores, Tyler Miller and Rachel Sergo juniors and Jacob Kershman a senior all from Bennet High School, Ben Hendricks and Melissa Trujillo freshmans both from Centenial H. S. Sarah Page and Max Zacharias 7th-grade students and Derek Cole, a 8th-grade student — all from Challenger Middle School, Jonathan Ligthfoot, Brede Eschliman and Mimi Bou, an 8th-grade students — all from Cheyenne Mountain H.S. Evan Blackney and Mike Slavensjuniors both from Coronado High School, Dylan Salazar a 6th-grade student from Divine Redeemer, Collin Benett and Daniel Seaver juniors both from Doherty H S, Nick Maestas a sophomore from East High School, Ron Merriam a 6th-grade student from Falcon Middle School, Ben Joeris a freshman Tom Bozil and Diana Tapai seniors all from Fort Collins H S. Kathleen Elyse, G. Ling a sophomore, Danielle Montano a junior and Niles Hall all from Fort Lupton High Scool, Bethanie Stalcar, McIan Amos and Sam Tucker 6th-grade students, Brandy Reid a 7th-grade student, Alicia Hollibaugh, Stephanie Van Buskirk and Charmie Pewitt, 8th-grade students — all from Freed Middle School; Michael Aragon and Brian Rose juniors from Harrison High School; Veronica Hitz a 7th-grade student from Home School, Steve Shin a 8th-grade student from Horizon Middle School, Troy Anderson a 6th-grade student and Jenny Reinhard a 7th-grade student — both from Irving Middle School; Jeena Reed, a sophomore from Manitou Springs; Pratyuch Buddiga, a 7th-grade student, Sean Williams, Kellie Puzak, Chris Schaetbauer, Chris Lorenzini, Joseph Rouleau, Katherine Losey and Michelle Beckman, 8th-grade students — all from Mountain Ridge Middle School; Diana Qiu and Wendy Lindsey, 7th-grade students and Graham Anderson an 8th-grade student from North Middle Scholl; Grant Packard a freshman, William Yoon, Loren Poppe and Shu-Cheong Chang juniors, Lauren Kiemele, Bryan Castine and Kelly O’Shea seniors all from Pine Creek HS, Michael Mathews a junior from Rampart School; Paige Jackson a freshman and Lyndsay Essigmann, a senior — both from Saint Mary’s H S, Katie Cox, Michelle Laniohan, Joan Demott and Nicole Ellender-Ross freshmans, George E. Turner Jr. a junior, Jake Lilevjen a 12th-grade student and Simon Marinelli — all from Sand Creek, Kevin Ison, a sophomore, Jon Swigart, Daniel Finley and Arlanna Crab juniors, Christopher Wheeler and Jonathan Carter 12th-grade students — all from Sierra High School, Tyler Henrie a 6th-grade student, Adam Muffler and Marlei Martinez, 7th-grade students all from Skyview Middle School; Adam Carnes, Saif Ansari and Kim White 8th-grade students all from Skyview Middle School; Benjamin Johnson a 7th-grade student from the Classical Academy; Jordan Florell, Rachel Ashton and Sarah Whaley a 6th-grade students, Joseph Bostick a 7th-grade student, Mark Fischer, Malarhu McCormick and Scott C. Lawson 8th-grade students — all from Timberview Middle School; Chad Sue, a senior from Wasson High School; Alex Lyman, a junior, Alyssa Westfall and Jed Davis, seniors — all from Woodland Park High School.

All 160 winners will receive Wolfram Research mathematical T-shirts. Sizes are subject to availability, or last placed first choose :-). A Literary Award will be presented to Mike Gonzales, a senior from Smoky Hill High School, for his poem on King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table problem.

In the year 2000 Bryce Herdt received the Olympiad’s Young Mathlete Award: then 7th grader, he achieved the highest result among middle school contestants. This time Bryce will receive the highest award of CMO, First Prize. Bryce Herdt is now an 8th-grade student in a class of Mrs. Loretta Chandler in Irving Middle School of District 11 of Colorado Springs. He is the youngest ever First Prize winner in 18 year history of CMO. He will receive a gold medal of the Olympiad, software MATHEMATICA donated by Wolfram Research from Silicone Valley, a graphing calculator donated by CASIO, the set of 4 books by Alexander Soifer, and a $2,000 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four year college.

Second prize will be awarded to Mark Pond, a junior from Smoky Hill High School, Aurora. He will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, software MATHEMATICA, CASIO graphing calculator, a $1,500 scholarship, two books, Geometric Eludes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer and Colorado Mathematical Olympiad. The First Ten Years and Further Explorations by A. Soifer, and Wolfram Research memorabilia.

Third prize will be presented to two competitors: Ryan Gardner a senior from Ponderosa High School in the class of Mr. Kammerling; and Steven Brodhead a junior from Air Academy High School in the class of Mrs. BarbaraWilson. Each of them will receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a $1,000 scholarship, software MATHEMATICA, CASIO graphing calculator, Geometric Eludes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer, and Wolfram Research memorabilia.

The Judges have decided to award Fourth Prizes this year. They will be presented to the following six Olympians: Scott Danford, a seniors from Ponderosa High School; Sophia Knight, a junior from Littleton High School; James Smithmayer a senior from Coronado High School; Ryan Inman a sophomore from Palmer High School; Nicholas Ragsdale a junior from Mesa Ridge High School; and Andrew Gibson a sophomore from Air Academy High School. Each of them will receive software MATHEMATICA, CASIO graphing calculator, Geometric Eludes in Combinalorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer, and Wolfram Research memorabilia.

First honorable mentions will be awarded to the following fifteen contestants: Kenn Lonnquist and Daniel Lindberg, both juniors from Air Academy High School; James Carroll a senior from Arapahoe High School; Joey Koehler a sophomore from Lewis Palmer School; Christopher Liebmann a eighth grader from North Middle School; Curtis Larimer, a freshman, and Steven Biles, a sophomore, both from Palmer High School; Michelle Mason and David Gneiting, both seniors from Ponderosa High School; Michelle Seffrood a junior from Palmer School; Helen Scalthorpe a sophomore from Arapahoe High School; Richard Morley a senior from Coronado High School; Brent Seward a sophomore from Palmer High School; Andrew Jenkins a junior from Pine Creek School; Jonathan Martin, both seniors from Ponderosa High School. Each of them will receive software MATHEMATICA or a graphing calculator, and Wolfram Research memorabilia.

42 students will receive second honorable mention: Andrew Lonnquist, a freshman from Air Academy High School; Trebor Koritza, a freshman, Daniel Lobser a freshman and Erin Walberg a sophomore, all from Arapahoe High School; Brandon Gray, a freshman from Aspen Valley High School; Ryan Berends, an eighth grader from Castle Rock Middle School; Kate Mahler from Coronado High School; Caitlin Jacowski, a eighth grader from Divine Redeemer School; Jessica Smith, a sophomore from Elbert High School; Luke Hagerling and Diana Tapai. all juniors from Fort Collins High School; Brian Rose, a sophomore from Harrison High School; Rebekah Mullen a sixth grader from Horizon Middle School; Jonathan Schultz a freshman from James Irwin Charter; Nora Kuegemann, a senior from Liberty; Steven Easter a freshman from Mesa Ridge High School; Timothy Lim Uy, and Gary Anthony Auyong Wu, both from the Philippines; Autumn Petros Goo and Kurt Strovink, both eighth graders from North Middle School; Adam Sidman a seventh grader and Nick Taylor an eighth grader, all from North Middle School; Jarred Burley a junior from Pine Creek; Stephen Emvorski, a senior and Nick Jensen, a sophomore, all from Pine Creek High School; J.B.Betker, a sophomore, Marq Agboyani, Joe Bixby, a freshman, Eugene Keeler, a senior, Weston Greene, a sophomore, Georgia Dawis a junior, Coustney Lancaster, a sophomore, Bill Bixby a senior, all from Ponderosa High School; Vernon Rollins a junior from Range View High School; Seth Siape, a junior and Daniel Winterholter a senior, both from Rangely High School; Jon Shigart, a sophomore from Sierra High School; Qiwei Li, a sophomore from SMHS; Mike Gonzales, a junior and Brentan Alexander a sophomore, all from Smoky Hill High School; Whitney Hampson a junior from Palmer High Scool; and Chad Sue a junior from Wasson High School. Each of them will receive a CASIO scientific calculator and Wolfram Research memorabilia. A Literary Award will be presented to James Carroll, a senior from Arapahoe High School, the winner of this award in 1999.

First Prize will be awarded to Manfred Georg, a senior student of Kevin Follett from Ft. Collins High School. Manfred will receive a gold medal of the Olympiad, a top graphing calculator, the book Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations by Alexander Soifer, and a $2,000 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college. Manfred was one of only two contestants to solve problem 5.

Second prize will be awarded to three contestants: Scott Danford, a junior from Ponderosa High School, Parker, Colorado; Mark Pond, a sophomore from Smokey Hill High School, Aurora, Colorado; and Will Horn, a junior from Arapahoe High School, Littleton, Colorado. Each of them will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, top graphing calculator, and the Olympiad book by A. Soifer. In addition, Scott Danford will receive Creativity Award: he was the only one of 480 contestants to solve problem 3(b). This Award will include two advanced books on Geometry: Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer and How Does One Cut a Triangle? by A. Soifer.

Third prize will be presented to five competitors: Chris Barth, a sophomore from Arapaho High School; James Allred, a senior from Rangley High School; Sophia Knight, a sophomore from Littleton High School; Tim McCoy from Poudre High School, Ft. Collins; and James Carroll, a senior from Arapahoe High School. Each of them will receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a CASIO graphing calculator and the Olympiad book by A. Soifer.

The Judges have decided to award Fourth Prizes this year. They will be presented to the following seven Olympians: Jules Vandersorel, a senior from Air Academy High School; Ryan Sayers,a senior from Rampart High School; Scott Greenwald,a senior from Poudre High School; Stephen Smithwick, a senior from Palmer High School; Jim O’keefe, a junior from Arapahoe High School; Ryan Crockett, a senior from Doherty High school; and Joey Koehler, a freshman from Lewis Palmer High School. Each of them will receive a CASIO graphing calculator and the Olympiad book by A. Soifer. In addition, Scott Greenwald will receive Creativity Award: he was one of only two of 480 contestants (the other is the first prize winner) to solve problem 5. This Award will include two advanced books on Geometry: Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer and How Does One Cut a Triangle? by A. Soifer.

First honorable mentions will be awarded to the following twenty two contestants: Chris Dillenbeck and Daniel Lindburg from Air Academy High School; Ellen Walberg from Arapahoe High School; Zach Williams, James Copus, Sean Bradley, and Chris Weirman from Coronado High School; Skylar Marvel from Ft. Collins High School; Brice Herdt from Irving Middle School; Jeff Harnley from Liberty High School; Nick Ragsdale and Winston Carr from Mesa Ridge High School; Steve Biles and Danny Smith from Palmer High School; Kevin Krogh, Sarah Woods, Bill Bixby, and Ryan Gardner from Ponderosa High School; Devan Horntvedt and Rebecca White from Rangley High School; Brentan Alexander from Smokey Hill High School; and Lee McCraan and Jonathan Martin from Parker.. In addition, Brice Herdt will receive Young Mathlete Award: this 7th grader achieved the highest result among middle school contestants. This Award will include the Olympiad book by A. Soifer.

Second honorable mentions will be awarded to the following seventy four contestants: Ed Cannon and Nick Doe from Arapahoe High School; Dustin Clasby from Canon City High School; Jonathan Lightfoot, a SIX-grader from Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy; Craig Johnson and Kristen Fuchs from Cheyenne Mt. High School; Mike Slavens, Ed Plute, Arvind Karwan, Ricki Morley, and Delores Garcia from Coronado High School; Richard Crockett, Tedd Dill, and Mark Leuck from Doherty High School; Matt Bawker, Morgan Stewart, and Anthony Hermes from Elbert High School; Adam Follette from Ellicott Middle School; Joel Weis and Gabe Murtaugh from Erie High School; Rachel Hand, Tatsaya Sakurai, Tim Morse, and Dieter Schuldt from Ft. Collins High School; Kuan J. Chen, Eddy McWhirter, Ian Karl, Dawn Dalangin, Bethany Gerbode, and David Huh from Harrison High School; Alex Burtozos, Bryce Dolata, Colin Oldberg, Jeremiah Thomas, and Lydia Demi-Smith from Irving Middle School; Martin Kolnik and Shravan Nargundkar from Liberty High School; Annie Sterne and Kean Hsu from Littleton High School; Robert Lankford from Mesa Ridge High School; Joe Crook and Dan Christiansen from Mitchell High School; Autumn Petros-Good, Chris Liebmann, Nathan Farrell, and Nick Taylor from North Middle School; Bryan Canley from Palmer High School; Jake Sebesta from Pine Creek High School; Tayler Greenwood, David Gneiting, Andrew Prevot, Beth Elsten, Michael Mason, Jenni Hillstrand, Joel Wiechmann, Mike Skowron, Eric Chandler, Arielle Wilson, Harry Jordheim, Courtney Lancaster, Carriann Appel, Bonnie McCoy, Andy Etzen, Stacy Whitton, Justin Rodrigues, Meghan Johnson, and Megan Margeson from Ponderosa High School; Holly Bau from Rampart High School; Seth Slape and Eric Hejl from Rangley High School; Gloria Park from Seirra High School; Brian Maestas from Wasson High School; and Jeremy Johnson from Parker. Each of them will receive a scientific calculator by Texas Instruments or CASIO.

First Prize will be awarded to Yogesh More, a senior from George Washington High School in Denver. Yogesh will receive a gold medal of the Olympiad, a graphing calculator, the book Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics by Alexander Soifer, and a $2,000 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college. Yogesh was the only contestant to solve problem 5.

Second Prize will be shared by two competitors: Charlie O’Keefe, a senior from Arapahoe High School in Littleton, who was the only contestant to advance in problem 4a, and John Crockett, a senior from Doherty High School in Colorado Springs, a last year’s winner. They both will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, a graphing calculator, the book Geometric Etudes, and a $1,000 scholarship to be used at any certified university or four-year college.

Third Prize will be shared by five competitors: Lisa MacWilliams-Brooks, a senior from Doherty High School in Colorado Springs; Ken Brazier, a senior from Woodland Park High School; Kaloyan Kapralov, an exchange student from Bulgaria who is currently attending Fountain Valley School as a junior; Denny Smith, a junior from Palmer High School in Colorado Springs; and John Batchelder, a senior from Columbine High School in Littleton. Each of them will receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, top programmable calculators by Texas Instruments or Hewlett-Packard, and Geometric Etudes by Alexander Soifer.

Fourth Prize will be shared by four competitors: Jimmy O’Keefe, a sophomore from Arapahoe High School in Littleton; Sophia Knight, a freshman from Littleton High School; Andrew Sellers, a sophomore from Palmer High School, and David Hahn, a senior from Liberty High School in Colorado Springs. Each will receive top calculators and Olympiad book.

First honorable mentions will be awarded to the following twenty contestants: Daniel Lindberg and Jules VanDersarl from Air Academy High School; James Carroll from Arapahoe High School; Ed Plute from Coronado High School; Michelle L. Bohren from Durango High School; JungYun Lee from Harrison High School; Mike Slaven from Irving Middle School; Ryan Inman and Brian Camley from North Middle School; Tore Eschlimon, Darren Wright, Adam Bolt, Jason Baker, Drew Desautels, Moorea Brega and Erica Barnes from Palmer High School; Ruth Hughes and Andrew Prevot from Ponderosa High School; Rebecca White and Matt Dahl from Rangely High School. Each of them will receive a fine calculator by Hewlett-Packard.

Second honorable mentions will be awarded to the following fifty-nine contestants: Ken Lonnquist and Steven Brodhead from Air Academy High School; Chris Barth and Ed Cannon from Arapahoe High School; Jake Sebesta from Challenger Middle School; Craig Johnson and Nathan Bust from Cheyenne Mountain High School; Kristen Fuchs from Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School; Michael Inman, Ryan Crockett, and Mark Lueck from Doherty High School; Tim Kerr from Ellicot High School; Eddie McWhirter Jr., Jordan Hulett, Joshua Stigall, and MiYun Lee from Harrison High School; Rusty Jones and Tyler Bronder from Liberty High School; Autumn Petros-Good, Larry McDaris, Eric Lindsey, Steven Biles, Jennifer Fox, and Jeff Graham from North Middle School; Steven Smithwick, Brian Spink, James Lee, Pascal Getreuer, Mark Soifer, Jordan Weil, and Michelle Seffrood from Palmer High School; Jennifer Foy, Derek Bratton, Jason Ziegleer, Kim Teague, Lee McCrann, Bill Bixby, Natalie Martinez, Scott Danford, Becky Haas, William C. Keogh, Ryan Gardner, Lauren Ricci, Sarah Jacobs, Meghan Johnson, Emily Johnson, and Kevin Krogh from Ponderosa High School; Aaron Kistenmacher, James Allred, Seth Slape, Devon Horntvedt, Brian Stewart, Jared Bentley and Daniel Winterholter from Rangely High School; Richard Crockett from Sabin Middle School; Gloria Park, Mandie Roark, Andrew Hedges, and Jason Salem from Sierra high School; Keith Bunish from Wasson High School; Each of them will receive a scientific calculator by Casio or Texas Instruments.

Literary Award will be presented to James Carroll, a sophomore from Arapahoe High School in Littleton. “A Node of the Judges” Award will go to Shauna Uberecken, a sophomore from Colonado High School in Colorado Springs for her wit under pressure of competition.

In a unprecedented show of talent, FOUR contestants each solved four and a half problems out of five (only Olde Victorian problem 5(b) survived all attempts). Each of them will be awarded FIRST PRIZE. They are Benjamin Coates, a senior student of Mrs. Terry Sloan from Manitou Springs High School, Aaron Parsons, a senior student of Melvin Oliver from Rangely High School, John Batchelder, a junior student of Dean Rockwell from Columbine High School, and John Crockett, a junior student of John Wicklund from Doherty High School.

Benjamin will receive a Compaq computer, while Aaron and the two Johns will receive each $1,000 scholarship to be used at any certified American university of a four-year college. Each of the four winners will receive a gold medal of the Olympiad, the book Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations by Alexander Soifer, and a Hewlett-Packard 48G calculator. Benjamin will also receive three other books by Alexander Soifer as a Creativity Award, for being the only contestant to observe a reduction of problem 3(b) to problem 3(a). (* See Teacher Achievement Awards below.)

SECOND PRIZE will be awarded to Yogesh More, a junior from George Washington High School. He will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, Hewlett-Packard 48G calculator with infra-red printer, and the Olympiad book by A. Soifer.

THIRD PRIZE will be shared by three competitors: Joseph Alberto, a senior from Ellicott High School; Egon Cohen, a seventh grader [!] who takes math at Cherry Creek High School, and Tim Thiele, a senior from Fountain-Fort Carson High School. Each of them will receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a Hewlett-Packard 48G calculator and the Olympiad book by A. Soifer. For such a high achievement at such a record young age Egon will also be given a few “toys”: memorabilia of Colorado Springs, CU and US Space Command.

FIRST HONORABLE MENTION will be awarded to the following eighteen contestants: Nick Sanford, a senior from Fountain-Fort Carson High School; James Allred, a sophomore, Jessica Greer, a sophomore, Dan Attanucci, a sophomore, and Aaron Kistenmacher, a junior — all from Rangely High School; Chad Goerzen, a senior, Darren Wright, a junior, Elizabeth Labarre, a junior, and Sid Nargundkan, a senior — all from Palmer High School; Branden Cord, a senior from Ponderosa High School; Jimmy O’Keefe, a freshman, James Caroll, a freshman, and Ryan Cabell, a senior — all from Arapahoe High School; Manfred Georg, a sophomore, and Steve DiVerdi, a senior — both from Fort Collins High School; John Bartocci, a senior from Liberty High School; Ken Brazier, a junior from Woodland Park High School, and David Runion, a junior from Manitou Springs High School. Each of them will receive a fine calculator by Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments or Casio.

SECOND HONORABLE MENTION will be awarded to the following sixty-five students: Brian Stewart, a junior, Sarah Crookston, a sophomore, and Rebecca White, a sophomore — all from Rangely High School; Ryan McKeel, a freshman, Rachel Adams, a freshman, Danny Smith, a sophomore, Matthew Lee-Ashley, a junior, Julie Baker, a junior, Guy Somberg, a senior, Jeff Curton, a junior, Adam Bolt, a sophomore, Matthew Spink, a senior, Christie Caplinger, a junior — all from Palmer High School; Ryan Crockett, a sophomore, Elizabeth MacWilliams-Brooks, a junior, and Michael Inman, a junior — all from Doherty High School; Bill Bixby, a freshman, Ron Alford, a senior, Robby Thompson, a senior, Shane Frank, a senior, Zach McComsey, a junior, Ryan Gardner, a freshman, Halley Fitzpatrick, a junior, David Lavinder, a junior, Crystel Dodge, a senior, Adam M. Haman, a senior, Felicity May, a senior, Julie Steinbrenner, a senior, and Andrew Prevot, a freshman — all from Ponderosa High School; Giulia Salieri, a senior from Canon City High School; Derell Kingrey, a junior from Adam City High School; Heather Gneiting, a seventh-grader from Parker Vista Middle School; Charlie O’Keefe, a junior from Arapahoe High School; Colin Huerter, a seventh-grader, and Pascal Getreuer, an eighth-grader — both from Irving Middle School; Tony Martino, a sophomore, Ed Plute, a sophomore, Keith Snively, a senior, Chris Wierman, a sophomore, and Alayne Brown, a junior — all from Coronado High School; Tisa Foster, a freshman from Manitou Springs High School; Edward E. Rekhopf, a senior from Ellicott High School; Beth Tsai, a senior, Brian McCloskey, a junior, and Patrick J. Codd, a sophomore — all from Fort Collins High School; Shane Holloway, a senior from Air Academy High School; Nathan Lubchenco, a sophomore, Kirk Moore, a senior, and Phillip Bugenhagen, a junior — all from Big Sandy High School; Peter Wood, a senior from Harrison High School; Michael Painter, a junior, and Stephan O’Shaughnessy, a junior – both from Falcon High School; David Everett, a junior, Betty Kung, a freshman, and Joshua Thompson, a freshman — all from Sierra High School; Michaeljohn Clement, a junior from Woodland Park High School; Michelle Bohren, a junior from Durango High School; Reggie Kerr, a sophomore from Fountain-Fort Carson High School; Mark Bedford, a senior from Gateway; Brian Young, an eighth-grader, and Kevin Anderson, an eighth-grader – both from Castle Rock Middle School; Jon White, a junior from Mitchell High School; Richard Fiorillo, a junior from Mesa Ridge; Jacob Hanson, a junior from Cheyenne Mountain High School, and Shravan Nurgundkar, an eighth-grader from Timberview Middle School. Each of them will receive a scientific calculator by Casio or Texas Instruments.

POLITICAL CARTOON AWARD will be presented to Mark Soifer, a junior from Palmer High School, for his assessment of political climate in Washington, DC. Elisa Evans, a home schooled eighth grader from Calhan, will receive LITERARY AWARD for her two poems.

Steven Schell, a senior from the class of John Wicklund at Doherty High School has won first prize for the second consecutive year. At the May 17, 1997 Award Presentation Ceremony Steve will receive a gold medal of the Olympiad, Power Macintosh Computer made here in Fountain by SCI Systems, and donated by SCI and Apple Computer, and the book Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations by Alexander Soifer.

Second prize will be awarded to Aaron Parsons of Rangely High School. He will receive a silver medal, a $600 scholarship, Hewlett-Packard 48G calculator with infra-red printer, and the Olympiad book by A. Soifer.

Third prizes will be presented to the following two participants: John Batchelder, a sophomore form Columbine High School in Littleton; and John Crockett, a sophomore from Doherty High School. Each of them will receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a $300 scholarship, Hewlett-Packard 48G calculator and the Olympiad book by A. Soifer.

Fourth prizes will be awarded to the following two students: Paul Friedberg, a senior from Palmer High School; and Nick Sanford, a junior from Fountain/Fort Carson High School. Each of them will receive a Hewlett-Packard 48G calculator and the Olympiad book by A. Soifer.

First honorable mentions will be awarded to the following nineteen contestants: John Bartucci from Liberty High School; Chad Goevzen from Palmer High School; Brandon Cord, Trent Young, Julie Steinbrenner, all from Ponderosa High School in Parker; James Allred, Jessica Greer,Aaron Kistenmacher, all from Rangely High School; Jules VanDersarl, Nathan Jarrett, Grant Foy,Shane Holloway,Andy Hoke, all Air Academy High School; Edward Rehkopf, from Ellicott High School;Matthew Iyer, from Fort Collins High School; Su Kim, from Skyview High School in Thornton; Charlie O’Keefe, from Arapahoe High School; Josh Wells, from Cheyenne Mountain High School; and Ken Brazier, from Woodland Park. Each of them will receive a fine calculator by Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments or Casio.

Second honorable mentions will be awarded to the following sixteen contestants: Jack Elston, from Ponderosa High School; Nicolai Korff, from Sierra High School; Michael Rollin, from Fort Collins High School; Matthew Bondurant, Nick Kocivk, Simone Aiken, all from Cheyenne Mountain High School; Reggie Kerr, from Fountain/Fort Carson High School; Siddhartha Nargundkar, Ryan Egan, Ray Allard, all from Liberty High School; Kevin Young, from Rangely High School; Danielle Watz,Corey Lang, both from Air Academy High School; Casey Mallette, from Coronado High School; Matt Schoolmaster,Corey Bruns, both from Palmer High School. Each of them will receive a scientific calculator by Casio or Texas Instruments.

Literary prize will be awarded to Claire Darby, from Air Academy High School.

The winner of this year Olympiad is Steve Schell, a junior from the class of John Wicklund at Doherty High School. At the April 26, 1996 Award Presentation Ceremony Steve will receive first prize, which includes a gold medal, Power Macintosh Computer made here in Fountain, Colorado and donated by Apple Computer, and the book Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations by Alexander Soifer.Second prizes will be awarded to two contestants: Daniel Wright, a senior from Palmer High School and Linda Lin from Fort Collins High School. Each of them will receive a silver medal, a $650 scholarship, Texas Instruments valuable TI-92 super calculator, and the Olympiad book by A. Soifer. Linda will also receive a collector’s Cray Computer paper weight with a gallium chip inside. We present it to her as the only contestant to substantially advance in the solution of the most difficult problem “So Close, Faraway!” (so much for a thesis that girls do not make fine mathematicians!):

Third prizes will be presented to the following four participants: Andy Hoke, a junior, Air Academy High School; Nick Sanford, a sophomore, Fountain-Fort Carson High School; Jerry Tolzman, a senior, Manitou Springs High School; and Forrest Brinker, a junior, Ponderosa High School. Each of them will receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, top of the line Hewlett-Packard 48G calculator and the Olympiad book by A. Soifer.

Fourth prizes will be awarded to the following three students: Shaun Lunsford, a freshman, Air Academy High School; Nathan Ickes, Fort Collins High School; and John Crockett, a freshman, Doherty High School. Each of them will receive a Hewlett-Packard 48G calculator.

First honorable mentions will be awarded to the following thirty two contestants: David Fry, Shawn Peach, Ben Coates, Klaus Georg, Kelsy Mohler, Beth Oliver, Shane Holloway, David Hahn, Nathan Liefer, Matt Ewell, Michelle Bohren, Michael Rollin, Danny Herrmann, Paul Jensen, Stefan Martin, Chris Healer, Min Soo Na, Suzanne Clayton, Eric Skinner, Josh Snyder, Andy Janiszewski, Ryan Brooks, Briana Burns, Leslie Sponder, Yogesh More, Charlie O’Keefe, MacGregor Wolstenholme, Scott Eskridge, Edward Rehkopf, Ethan Haynes, Guy Somberg, and Crystal Dodge. Each of them will receive a fine calculator by Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments or Casio.

Second honorable mentions will be awarded to the following seventy contestants: Joseph Alberto, James DeFrank IV, Annie Peak, Branden Cord, Sean Pompea, Gabriel Black, Alex Winograd, Emily Houlik, Robert Thompson, Darren Wright, Kyle Graba, Christine Skinner, Nathan Smith, Eric Darling, Chad Seldomridge, Brandon Charman, John Bartocci, Aaron Parsons, Luke Baker, Sonja Madera, David Billingham, Young Shen, Mitch Miller, Jennifer Wilkes, Jeff Hopper, Bobby Smith, Kate Faatz, Sid Nargurdkar, Josh Strahan, Randy Davis, Thai Le, Ryan Cabell, Jared Wikler, Adrienne Bennett, Mary Beth Davenport, Carl Meese, Kelly Anderson, Jimmy Trask, Tim Thiele, Allen Johnson, Curtis Barrett, Nate King, Josh Bean, Brad Kattelmann, Christopher D Smith, Matthew Spink, Chris Born, Jules VanDersarl, Zach Kral, Eve Lamborn, Paul Henry, Jack Elston, Holly Rothe, Bill Bixby, Joshua Nunn, Julie Alldredge, James Coon, Eran Rozewski, Derek Bratton, Stephanie Marek, Jackie Bott, Nathan Rakickas, Matt Melius, Savanna Nilsen, Melody Gheen, Ryan Crockett, Tamara Harrison, Kyle Fruh, Ron Alford, Kelly Jones.

This year we had a guest contestant Tarik Kabil from Bosnia, who will be presented an Appreciation of the Judges certificate.

Travis has become the winner of the Olympiad for the second straight year. He is a sophomore from a class of Mrs. Tammy Maculus at Bear Creak High School. At the May 5, 1995 Award Presentation Ceremony Travis will receive first prize, which includes a gold medal, $1,000 scholarship, a Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator with an infrared printer, a book Colorado Springs – Newport of the Rockies by ……. and City and Olympiad memorabilia.

Second year in the row second prize will be awarded to Scott Mayer, a junior from a class of Kevin Follet at Fort Collins High School. He will receive a silver medal, a $300 scholarship, a Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator, a book by ………… and City and Olympiad memorabilia.

Third prizes will be presented to the following two contestants, both from classes of … Sawtelle at Palmer High School: Mark Friedberg, a sophomore, and Dan Wright, a junior. Each of them will receive a bronze medal, a Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator and City and Olympiad memorabilia.

The following 25 contestants, two of which are just six-graders, will be awarded first honorable mention: Klaus Georg, a sophmore from Fort Collins High School; Shauwn Peach, a junior from Air Academy High School;

Each of them will receive a Texas Instrument graphing calculator or a Hewlett-Packard scientific calculator, and a book Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations by Alexander Soifer and City and Olympiad memorabilia.

In the Olympiad, where the same problems are offered to every participant, from a junior high school student to senior, it is remarkable when a younger student wins. It is especially admirable when the winner is a ninth-grader. The winner of this year Olympiad is the youngest of all eleven years of the competition, a freshman from the class of Mrs. Maculus at Bear Creak High School, Travis Kopp. He solved almost perfectly all problems of the competition, except for the easiest problem 1. At the April 29, 1994 Award Presentation Ceremony Travis will receive first prize, which includes a gold medal, $1,000 scholarship, the set of three autographed books by Alexander Soifer, a $240 Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator, a $25 book gift certificate, and University and City memorabilia. He will also receive a creativity award.

Second prizes will be awarded to three contestants: Lawrence J. Smith, a senior from Palmer, Jenifer Wilkes, a sophomore from Liberty, and Scott Mayer, a junior from Fort Collins. Each of them will receive a silver medal, a $300 scholarship, a $240 Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator, a $25 book certificate, and University and City memorabilia.

Third prizes will be presented to the following eight participants: Mark Friedberg, a junior, Dan Wright, a sophomore, Steve Shell, a freshman, and Jonah Sheridan – all from Palmer; Ben Tsai, a freshman from Cherry Creek; Matt Baumgart, a junior from Araphahoe; Dave Kast and Kieth Buck, both seniors from Heritage. Each of them will receive a bronze medal, CASIO graphing calculator, and University and City memorabilia

In addition to the above, each of the first, second and third prize winners will receive a new book by Alexander Soifer Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations as soon as it will become available in Yune, 1994. They are also invited by General Hoerner to take a tour of NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain.

Fourth prizes will be awarded to the following seven students: John Crockett, a 7th grader from Sabin Jr. High, Paul Friedberg, a senior form Palmer, Chris Wang, a junior from Air Academy, John Spivey, also from Air Academy, Erik Arentzen, a junior from Cherry Creek, Ben Olmstead, a freshman from Wheatridge, and Brian Joseph Brisnehan a senior from Heritage. Each of them will receive a CASIO or TI graphing calculator, a United States Space Foundation poster, and City memorabilia.

Seventeen first honorable mentions will be awarded to the following students: Scott Borger, a senior, Debra Habben, a senior, Catherine Williams, a junior, Corey Bruns, a freshman, and Lilach Somberg – all from Palmer; John Rondano, a senior, and Maria Grundmann, a junior – both from Cheyenne Mountain; Eric Martin, a junior, Van Butler, a senior, David Fry, a sophomore, and Nathan Seldomridge, a junior – all from Air Academy; Chris Garcia, a junior, and Forrest Brinker, a freshman – both from Ponderosa; Michael Hupp and Jason August, both seniors from Heritage; Klaus Georg, a freshman from Fort Collins; and Kimberly Wain, a junior from Douglas County. Each of them will receive a Hewlett-Packard HP 32SII calculator.

Sixty second honorable mentions will be awarded to the folloing students: Jackson Carpenter, a freshman from Ponderosa; Jonny Riegel, a 7th grader from Place Middle School; Kevin Lundmark, a senior from Coronado; Tiffany Hall, a sophomore, Kyle Vaupel, a freshman, Brian Frutchey, a sophomore, Benjamin Freeman, a junior, David Right, a senior – all from Palmer; Tia Estey, a junior, and Eric Darling, a sophomore – both from Cheyenne Mountain; Ryan France, Curtis Barrett, Kevin Fuller and Eric Skinner – all 9th graders attending Cheyenne Mountain Junior High; Nate Moore and Jerry Tolzman – both sophomores from Manitou; Giavinh Pham, a junior, and Dong Yu, a sophomore – both from Harrison; Christopher Nye, a senior from Sierra; Sivi Bakthavachalam, a junior, Sam Hazlehurst, a junior, Shawn Peach, a sophomore, Nick Lundberg, a freshman, Leslie Sponder, a freshman, Andy Hoke, a freshman, Michael Spencer, a junior, Matt Kulbacki, a junior, Stacy Klingler, a senior, Laura Austgen, a senior, Andrew Larned, a sophomore, and Matt Ewell, a sophomore – all from Air Academy; Shane Holloway, a 8th grader from Eagleview Middle School; Jeremy Griffith, a senior, David Imboden, a junior, Rick Wuter, a junior, Christopher Slade, a sophomore, and Bryan J. Grissom, a senior – all from Liberty; Luke Hoppe and Jason Jaramillo – both juniors from Widefield; Danny Hsu, a senior from Cherry Creek; Shawn William, a senior from Brush; Mark Anderson, a junior, Nate King, a freshman, Matt Yarrison, a sophomore, Mathew Mendez, a junior, Shaun Carney, a junior, and G. R. Brushaber, a sophomore, and Ted Martin, a freshman – all from Ponderosa; Scott Duckworth, a senior from Longmont; Ingrid Ulbrich from Niwot; Jonathan Peeters, a sophomore, David Carroll , a senior, and Dan Padgett, a sophomore – all from Arapahoe; Ginessa Rhue, a sophomore, and Kim Fenn, a sophomore – both from Douglas County; David Sedarsky, a junior, and Roxanna Swartz, a sophomore – both from Crowley County; John Pillmore, a sophomore from Longmont High; Michael Rector, a junior, and Kevin Wiatrowski, a junior – both from Woodland Park. Each of them will receive an Award Certificate, a book How to Draw a Strait Line, and an Olympiad button.

Literary award will be presented to Shawn Peach from Air Academy. Art award will be given to John Rondano from Cheyenne Mountain.

In the field of 601 participants, first prize was awarded to senior Jon Hsu from a class of Larry Cattell at Green Mountain High School in Lakewood, Colorado. Jon received a gold medal, a $1,000 scholarship, a Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator, an autographed set of my three books, and University and City memorabilia.

Second prizes were awarded to four young mathematicians: Zach Harris from Fruita/Monument, Kevin Landmark from Coronado, Ben Olmstead from Parker Vista Middle School, and Kevin Wiatrowski from Woodland Park. Each of them received a silver medal, a $200 scholarship, my book How Does One Cut a Triangle?, a Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator, and memorabilia from the City and the University. Ben Olmstead, an eighth grader, was also awarded a special prize for creativity.

Third prizes were awarded to three contestants: Mark Friedberg from Palmer, Matt Baumgart from Arapahoe, and Chris Fry from Air Academy. Each of them received a bronze medal, a valuable CASIO overhead graphing scientific calculator, my book, and memorabilia from the City and the University.

First prize was awarded to a senior from a class of George Daniels at Mitchell High School, Dan Hedges. Dan received a gold medal, a $1,000 scholarship, a Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator, an autographed set of my three books, and University and City memorabilia. He also won the special prize for creativity. Dan is currently a student at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Chip Summer, a senior from Cheyenne Mountain, won second prize. Chip received a silver medal, a $500 scholarship, an autographed set of my three books, a Hewlett-Packard calculator and memorabilia form the City and the University. Third prizes were awarded to four young mathematicians: Scott Mayer, a freshman from Fort Collins; Angel Kocovski, a senior from Doherty; Lawrence Smith, a sophomore, and Taylor Mohoney, a senior, both from Palmer. Each of them received a bronze medal, a $100 scholarship, a Casio or Texas Instuments scientific calculator, Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer, a book gift certificate and memorabilia from the City and the University.

Scott Mayer also received the United States Space Foundation creativity award that included a space pen and a year membership in the Foundation.

For the second consecutive year first prize was awarded to a senior from a class of Judy Williamson at Air Academy High School, Matt Kahle. Matt received a gold medal, a $1,000 scholarship, a Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator, an autographed copy of a two-week-old book, Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics by V. Boltyanski and A. Soifer, University and City memorabilia, and a paper weight with a gallium chip from Cray Computer Corporation. Matt is now a student at Colorado State University, Fort Collins. He has been an Olympiad judge for the past two years.

Dan Hedges, a junior from Mitchell, won second prize. Dan received a silver medal, a $500 scholarship, an autographed copy of Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics, a Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator, and memorabilia from the City, the University, and Cray Computer Corporation.

Third prizes were awarded to four young mathematicians: Mike Rauch, a junior from Air Academy; Andre Downer, a junior from Mitchell; Lisa Michaels, a senior from the Colorado Springs School; and Chris Dotur, a sophomore from Douglas County. Each of them received a bronze medal, a $125 scholarship, a Hewlett-Packard calculator,

It was a wonderful day for Matt Kahle, a junior from a class of Judy Williamson at Air Academy High School. He won first prize which included a gold medal, a $1,000 scholarship, a Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator, my new book How Does One Cut a Triangle?, and University and City memorabilia. He was also awarded the special prize for creativity.

Second prizes were awarded to Brian Becker, a junior from Coronado; Chris Sprague, a senior from Rampart; and Dan Hedges, a sophomore form Mitchell. Each received a silver medal, a $300 scholarship, a top scientific Hewlett-Packard calculator, the book How Does One Cut a Triangle?, and University and City memorabilia.

Third prizes went to Adam Feder of Fort Collins, Chris Hall of Cheyenne Mountain, Greg Geihsler of Coronado, Scott Burles of Manitou Springs, Tina Tackett of Liberty, and Shawn Ouderkirk of Air Academy. Each of them received a Hewlett-Packard calculator, my book Mathematics as Problem Solving, and UCCS and City memorabilia.

We also awarded 10 fourth prizes, 35 first honorable mentions, and 120 second honorable mentions.

First prize was awarded to Pete Rauch, a senior from the class of Judy Williams at Air Academy High School. He solved over 4 problems out of 5. Pete was the only one out of 636 participants to solve Football for 23. He received a gold medal, a $1,000 scholarship, a Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator, my autographed book Mathematics as Problem Solving, and City and Olympiad memorabilia. Following his victory, Pete went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In a 6-way tie, second prizes were awarded to Clark Allred, a senior from Liberty, Scott Burles, a junior form Manitou Springs, Chi-Sun Chui, a senior from Palmer, Eric Nickerson, a senior from Palmer, and Chris Sprague, a junior from Rampart. Each of them received a silver medal, a $250 scholarship, a Hewlett-Packard calculator, my autographed book, and City and Olympiad memorabilia. Special prize for creativity, donated by Bob Penkhus, was awarded to the youngest of the second prize winners, a ninth grader, Mike Rauch, a brother of the first prize winner, Pete Rauch.

In a 5-way tie, third prizes were awarded to Greg Geihsler, a sophomore from Coronado, Dan Hedges, from Irving Junior High, Dennis Hwang, a junior from Palmer, Clay Kunz, a sophomore from Wasson, and Eric Olson, a senior from Air Academy. Each of them received a bronze medal, a Hewlett-Packard scientific calculator, my autographed book, a $25 book certificate, and City and Olympiad memorabilia. The United States Space Command Award, donated by the USSC Chief Scientist Dr. David Finkleman, was awarded to the youngest of the second prize winners, a ninth grader, Dan Hedges.

First prize winners, David and Gideon, each were awarded a gold medal and a $1,000 scholarship.

Erik Olson, an Air Academy junior, and Chris Hall, a sophomore at Cheyenne Mountain, shared second prize. Each of them received a silver medal, a $500 scholarship, and a Hewlett- Packard calculator.

Third prize winners were Michael Eamon, an Air Academy senior who shared first prize the year before, and Matt Kahle, an Air Academy freshman.

This year we had the first tie for the victory. First prizes were awarded to David Hunter (his second victory in a row!), now a junior from Victor Kuklin’s class at Palmer High School, and to Michael Eamon, a junior from Judy Williamson’s class at Air Academy High School. Each of them received a gold medal, a $2,000 scholarship for the International Summer Institute, and a Hewlett-Packard calculator.

Second prizes were awarded to Debbie Allison, a senior from Longmont, and to Patric Harlan from Rampart High School. They received silver medals, calculators, and books.

Third prizes were awarded to Gideon Yaffe from Colorado Springs School, Michael Lanker from Doherty High School, and three students from the class of Mr. Proctor at Woodland Park High School: Erik Wiener, Paul Simmons and Mark Ruth. These and other youngsters from a mountain town of Woodland Park showed a lot of perseverance. They were seventh graders when they first came to the Olympiad. Their third participation was a charm!

And the winner was David Hunter, already a sophomore at Palmer High School in the class of Victor Kuklin. He received first prize: a scholarship for a three-week International Summer Institute in South Hampton, Long Island, New York. There David attended lectures by famous scientists, Nobel Laureates, and my problem solving course. Among his 4 solved problems (4 , to be precise) there was the only solution of problem 5. This brought David the special prize for creativity sponsored annually by Robert Penkhus.

Three second prize winners received each a $300 scholarship and a scientific calculator by Hewlett-Packard. They and their schools were Ronald Wright, Manitou; David Coufal, Mitchell; and Rhett Rodewald, St. Mary’s. Ron and Rhet also participated in the International Summer Institute in South Hampton.

Students who won third prize were Gideon Yaffe, The Colorado Springs School; Scott Johnson, Mitchell; and Pete Rauch, Air Academy. They each received a Hewlett-Packard calculator.

In the First Olympiad Richard Wolniewicz received first honorable mention. This time the Air Academy High School senior from the class of Judy Williamson won first prize, which included a $600 scholarship and a computer by Radio Shack.

Second prize was awarded to a junior high school (!) student, a ninth grader, David Hunter, who received a $400 scholarship and books on mathematics donated by several judges. He submitted perfect solutions for the first four problems. Do not forget his name: you will see it in the next three chapters as well!

Three students were awarded third prizes: Tim Wood, a senior at Air Academy; Christopher Pounds, a Wasson junior; and Irving ninth-grader Bill Beltz were each awarded a Hewlett-Packard calculator and University and City memorabilia.

Fourth-prize awards went to Phil Herre, a Doherty senior; Tom Jones, a Doherty junior; Robert Lunday, a Calhan junior; Joe Hastings, a Cheyenne junior; Dave Coufal, a sophomore at Mitchell; and Mark Ruth, a Woodland Park ninth-grader.

Russel Shaffer on May 4, 1984, Russel received first prize that included a $1,000 scholarship and a pocket computer.

Sharing second prize honors were juniors John Williams, Palmer High School;

Martin Puryear, Cheyenne Mountain High School; Chris Ford, Air Academy High School; and sophomore Scott Johnson, Mitchell High School.

Each of them was awarded a $250 scholarship and a scientific calculator.