Cabell students win in Math Field Day

WINNERS: Cabell County students participated in the Regional Math Field Day competition on March 20 and faired very well. Fourth-grader Charles Newfeld of Village of Barboursville Elementary earned second place; sixth-grader Zach Stevens of Our Lady of Fatima earned first place; seventh-grader Chandler Smith of Beverly Hills Middle School earned first place; eighth-graders William Zhang of Beverly Hills and Charlie Jie of Huntington Middle earned first and second place, respectively; ninth-graders Dilum Aluthge of Huntington High and Stephanie Rice of Covenant earned first and third place, respectively; and Huntington High School's Alex Dementiev, Sam Shideler and Alex Williamson earned a clean sweep of first, second and third.

In team competition, Cabell County placed second in the elementary division, first in the middle grades division and first in the high school division.

The state math field day was held Saturday, April 26, and some of the regional winners went on to earn state recognition as well.

Charles Newfeld won first place for fourth grade; William Zhang won fifth place for eighth grade; and Dilum Aluthge won fourth place for ninth grade.

For grades 10 through 12, Sam Shideler won second place, Rachel Parlock of Cabell Midland High School won fifth place, Alexander Williamson of Huntington High won 19th place and Suzann Al-Qawasmi of Huntington High won 24th place.

Samuel Shideler and Rachel Parlock have been invited to be part of West Virginia's team for the 2008 American Regional Mathematics League competition. The competition will take place June 6-7 at Penn State University.