Math Team Wins Division; 2nd Place Overall in Nebraska

11/16/18


The Mount Michael Knights had an award-winning day at the annual UNL Math Day. On the PROBE I (Problems Requiring Original and Brilliant Effort), Mount Michael took first place in their division and second place out of all 99 schools participating. This also marks the 10th time the Knights placed first in their division in the last 15 years and they placed second the other 5 years. The Knights had 5 individuals place in the top 40 out of approximately 1350 participants.

• Quan Nguyen placed 3rd
• Michael Mullin placed 14th
• Bokai Zhang placed 15th
• Jae Shin placed 20th
• Shaopeng Cheng placed 27th
Team Rankings

In the quiz bowl competition, the Knights were 2nd in their division, led by seniors Quan Nguyen, Bokai Zhang, Patrick Collins, and JP Jensen.

More information on the UNL Math Day can be found at
http://scimath.unl.edu/mathday/