Mathcounts Middle School State Tournament

On Thursday, March 23, six students from Ames Middle School competed in the state Mathcounts tournament held at DMACC.

In the overall team competition, the Ames Middle School team of Ne Dassanayake, Rishabh Swamy, Suya Que and Caleb Sheldon finished in 3rd place.

Individually, Ne and Rishabh finished in the top 10, with Ne winning the Iowa State Championship. Ne will be part of the state of Iowa team that will compete at the national competition in May in Washington D.C.. Suya Que and Jixiang Li also finished in the top 25% of individuals. Adil Orysapayev represented Ames as an alternate, and the co-sponsors were Robert Alden and Lauren Booten.

Please congratulate these students on an outstanding day. They have worked very hard this year and their efforts payed off. Well Done!