More than 900 students from Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee competed in the annual Mathematics Field Day held March 24 on the campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Overall winners this year were Cobden High School, Herrin High School and Carbondale Community High School. Trophies were awarded to the top school in each division. Certificates of merit were given in each grade level and division, and in each grade level to top performing students.
Students take the two-hour exam, which is created, monitored and graded by SIUC math faculty.
The list of winners follows. Cobden High School, 2. New Athens High School, 3. Mulberry Grove High School, 4. Century High School, 5.