Bighorn Photo | MCC hosts Mathlympics for local high school students

Lake Havasu High School won 1st place for overall school team.

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College held its annual Mathlympics event where local high school students compete in challenging math assessments. The event took place on the MCC Lake Havasu Campus, Friday, April 19. Over 130 students participated from Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, Mohave Valley, Needles and Parker.

Eight schools participated, including: River Valley High School, Needles High School, Lake Havasu High School, Mohave Accelerated Learning Center, Academy of Building Industries High School, Parker High School, Telesis Preparatory Academy and Mohave High School.

River Valley High School won 2nd place for overall school team.

Awards were given to the top scorer from each school, individual levels in subjects, team relay winners and overall top school. This year, once again, the overall top school winner was Lake Havasu High School. This year organizers added a new component where teams got to work together to get as many answers correctly in a relay race style competition.

Overall School Winners:

First: Lake Havasu High School

Second: River Valley High School

Third:  Needles High School

Needles High School won 3rd place for overall school team.

Team Relay Winners:

First: Lake Havasu High School

Second: Mohave Accelerated Learning Center (MALC)

Third: Academy of Building Industries High School

Lake Havasu High School took home 1st place of the relay portion of the competition.

Top Scorer from each school:

Lake Havasu High School:  Mandee Bielecki

River Valley High School: Taryn Watson

Mohave High School:  Zephyr Chavers

Mohave Accelerated Learning Center took home 2nd place of the relay race portion of the event.

Needles High School:  Kensley Beals

Parker High School:  Anthony Villafana

Mohave Accelerated Learning Center (MALC): Dawson Warren

Telesis Preparatory Academy: Bailen McMullin

Academy of Building Industries High School:  Ayden Maglio-Qualey

Individual Level Winners:

Level I: Algebra I

First:  Taryn Watson, River Valley High School

Second: Noah Guenther, River Valley High School

Third:  Payton Bates, River Valley High School

Level II: Geometry

First: Zephyr Chavers, Mohave High School

Second: Jason Washington, Lake Havasu High School

Third: Robert Summerlin, River Valley High School

Level III:  Algebra II

First: Collin Miller, Lake Havasu High School

Second: Bailen McMullin, Telesis Preparatory Academy

Third:  Reese Ford, Lake Havasu High School

Level IV:  Statistics

First:  Japen Patel, Lake Havasu High School

Second: Savanah Primeaux, Lake Havasu High School

Third:  Tiana Mitwasi, Lake Havasu High School

Level V: Precalculus

First: Mandee Bielecki, Lake Havasu High School

Second: Anthony Villafana, Parker High School

Third:  Justin Lively, River Valley High School

Level VI:  Calculus

First: Kensley Beals, Needles High School

Second: Lukas Ware, Lake Havasu High School

Third: Davis Hanline, Needles High School

Academy of Building Industries High School took 3rd place in the relay race portion of the event.

Top scorers from each school. Names not in order: Mandee Bielecki, Taryn Watson, Zephyr Chavers, Kensley Beals, Anthony Villafana, Dawson Warren, Bailen McMullin and Ayden Maglio-Qualey.

The winners of level one for algebra are all from River Valley High School. From left to right: Payton Bates, Noah Guenther and Taryn Watson.

The winners of level 2 in geometry are Zephyr Chavers (Mohave High School), Robert Summerlin (River Valley High School) and Jason Washington (Lake Havasu High School).

The winners of level three in algebra 2 are Collin Miller (Lake Havasu High School), Reese Ford (Lake Havasu High School) and Bailen McMullin (Telesis Preparatory Academy).

The winners from level four in statistics. All winners are from Lake Havasu High School: Japen Patel, Savanah Primeaux, and Tiana Mitwasi.

Winners from level six in Calculus, Lukas Ware (Lake Havasu High School), Davis Hanline (Needles High School) and Kensley Beals (Needles High School).

Students watching their teammates during the relay race of Mathlympics.

Students from River Valley High School cheering on their classmates during the relay race.

Trophies and medals students earned at Mathlympics.

Mathlympics was held on MCC Lake Havasu Campus. Over 130 students participated during the competition to see who wins.

Students taking a math assessment to see who comes out on top.

Students taking a math assessment to see who comes out on top.