Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2011

Elaine Lin of Beaumont Middle School was a repeat winner of the state MATHCOUNTS contest, and Kathleen Yang of Winburn Middle School was runner-up after finishing fourth the previous year.

Of the 28 teams competing March 25-26, Lexington Traditional Magnet School was second, followed by Beaumont and Winburn. 

LTMS students Angeline He finished fifth and Will Walters was 10^th among some 150 participants in Louisville. 

The top four individuals (including Elaine and Kathleen) won full-tuition, four-year college scholarships to the University of Kentucky or the University of Louisville and expense-paid trips to the May 5-8 national MATHCOUNTS contest in Washington, D.C.

The MATHCOUNTS program aims to improve math skills among U.S. middle school students. They compete individually and as teams in written and fast-paced oral matches designed to stimulate their exposure to a wide range of mathematics. There are four types of competition, including quick-recall rounds with buzzers and problem-solving with pencil and paper. 

For more information, contact regional coordinator Natalee Feese.