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Sunday, February 26, 2006

Middle school students win math competition

A team of middle school mathletes" from the Cooperative Middle School in Stratham won the Regional MATHCOUNTS competition held at the University of New Hampshire on Feb. 4. The top individual was David Xiao, also from the Cooperative Middle School.
Members of the winning team were: Daniel Lemeyer, Grant Levy, Emily Meade and David Xiao, led by coach Joshua Frost. Xiao, Meade, and Levy also placed as the first, second, and third respective top scoring individuals. The team will now advance to the state competition to be held in Plymouth in March.

The second and third place teams were Oyster River from Durham, and Timberlane Regional from Plaistow, respectively. MATHCOUNTS is a nationwide math enrichment, coaching and competition program designed to improve math skills among U.S. students. Over 6 million students across the U.S. have participated in the MATHCOUNTS program.

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