Gulf students place at county math contest

NEW PORT RICHEY, April 5, 2006. -- Three Gulf students placed at the Pasco County Mathematics Contest held at Marchman Technical Education Center today.

They were Alice Chang, who won first place in Algebra II, Matthew Anderson, who placed third in Geometry, and Thanh Tran, who placed third in Precalculus.

In addition, the Geometry, Algebra II, and Precalculus teams all came in third among the nine county high schools.

Students and teams who placed will receive trophies. Alice won a graphing calculator for her first place finish.

Below are some pictures of the Gulf participants. Pictures of students from all schools can be seen here.

Left: Alice Chang is congratulated by John Geiger and Jill Nielsen, the former and current
school district math supervisors, for her first place finish in Algebra II.
Right: Mrs. Nielsen congratulates Matthew Anderson, who placed third in Geometry.

Left: Thanh Tran, who placed third in Precalculus.
Right: the Geometry team, which placed third, consisting of Matthew Anderson, Mario Talanga, and Cody Johnson.

Left: the Precalculus team, consisting of Nikki Johnson, Thanh Tran, and Agne Kairaityte.
Right: The Algebra II team, consisting of Stephanie Hull, Stephen Reid, and Alice Chang. Both teams placed third.

The calculus team, consisting of Craig Honeycutt, Lennart Hanebeck, and Jessica Bennett.

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