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Westminster College Hosted High School Math Programming Contest

Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Eight teams from four area high schools competed in this year's High School Programming Contest Oct. 14. The event was hosted by the Westminster College Mathematics and Computer Science Department in conjunction with the Admissions Office.

Teams of three-to-four high school students each worked for over two hours on six computer programming problems. Students submitted solutions and received feedback from the judges electronically, while an electronic score sheet displayed updated results throughout the contest.

Scoring for each problem is based on the time since the beginning of the contest, as well as the number of incorrect submissions.

Participating high schools were Blackhawk High School with coach Jim Cox; Greenville High School with coach Walt Hoffman; Seneca Valley High School with coach Laura Lunz; and Wilmington Area High School with coach Mary Beth Acker.

"The Planeteers" from Seneca Valley took first place; "Hyperdrive" from Greenville took second place; and Blackhawk Team 2 took third place.

Dr. John Bonomo, Westminster associate professor of computer science, designed and supervised the contest. He recently served as a judge for the International Programming Contest in Banff, Canada, his seventh time as an international judge.

Bonomo was assisted by Dr. David Shaffer, Westminster associate professor of computer science, and the following Westminster students:

Jordan Camara, a senior computer science major, is a son of Armando Camara of Hermitage and a graduate of La Salle Green Hills High School.

Andrew Slane, a senior computer science major, is a son of Michael Slane of New Wilmington and a graduate of Logan High School.

Contact Bonomo at (724) 946-7287 or e-mail bonomojp@westminster.edu for additional information.

First place team: Matt Rockar, Dr. John Bonomo, Paul Kurlak, coach Laura Lunz
Second place team: Coach Walt Hoffman, Kevin Jeffries, Vincent Kuznicki, Shawn Irwin
Third place team: Nathan Flowers, Anthony Caratelli, coach Jim Cox, Cody Young, Scott Watterson