Groton Area MathCounts Team: Gretchen Dinger, Payton Mitchell, Blake Pauli, Axel Warrington

The Simmons Invitational MathCounts Competition was held on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. 

Groton Area student, Gretchen Dinger, earned sixth place in the individual division.  Gretchen Dinger, Payton Mitchell, and Blake Pauli, Axel Warrington earned fourth place in the team division. 

First row from left: Trey Gloe, Milbank, 1st place; Asi Temoka, Holgate, 2nd place; Katelyn Ryan, Holgate, 3rd place; Neva Mikkelsen, Gettysburg, 4th place; Annie Dvorak, Northwestern, 5th place

Second row from left: Gretchen Dinger, Groton Area, 6th place; Ben Ricci, Holgate, 7th place; Libby Scepaniak, Warner, 8th place; Cason Hellwig, Roncalli, 9th place; Athena Johnson, Holgate, 10th place

MathCounts is a nationwide coaching and competition program for middle school students that promotes excellence in mathematics.  The next junior high competition will be the MathCounts Northeastern SD Chapter Competition on Wednesday, February 5 located at Northern State University.