Eleven Sauk Rapids students were among 1,778 students grades 7-12 from 43 schools in the state who recently competed in the 49th annual statewide math contest held March 31 at St. Cloud State University.
They are the following: Alexandra Freihammer and Bode Magnuson ranked in the top 5 percent for grade seven; Dakota Hoeschen ranked in the top 10 percent for grade seven; Ryan Burgardt ranked in the top 5 percent for grade eight; Tyler Lee, Nikita Presler and Joshua Schloe ranked in the top 10 percent for grade eight; Dheva Subramaniam ranked in the top 10 percent for grade nine; Jeremy Pflipsen ranked in the top 5 percent for grade 11; Mason Hertz and Alex Martins ranked in the top 10 percent for grade 12. Freihammer, Magnuson, Hoeschen, Burgardt, Lee, Presler and Schloe are all from the Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School; Subramaniam, Pflipsen, Hertz and Martins are from the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School.
Based on his strong performance at the contest, Martins was awarded a math contest scholarship. He plans to attend SCSU in fall 2016.
Students from across Central Minnesota who participate in the contest are in the top 15 percent in their grade level. From the group of the top students in each school district, the contest then recognizes those performing in the top 20, 10 and 5 percent of those competing at each grade level.
