A team from MU captured first place in the fourth annual Missouri MAA Collegiate Mathematics Competition from a field of 21 teams statewide. The competition, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America, was held at Rockhurst College in Kansas City on April 8 and 9. Teams from Washington University placed second and third.
Postdoc William Banks, who coached the MU teams, calls the victory a great upset for Mizzou. “Washington University has historically won the competition, taking first and second place,” he says. “I am very proud of both teams from MU.”
Ben Ingrum, Greg Jones and Don Vaught formed Mizzou’s Team A; Jenny Deutsch and Rob Huggins were members of Team B, which placed 13th.
The contest was open to every school in Missouri, which could enter one or two teams of one to three undergraduate students. Members of each team collaborated to solve five problems in two sessions that each lasted 2 1/2 hours. MU’s Team A took possession of the trophy, and individual team members received framed certificates from the MAA.
