Joliet West High School Mathletes Compete at State Competition

Two Joliet West High School student Mathletes, sophomore Clayton Pelzer and freshman Jonathan Berry, competed in the ICTM State Math Competition at the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana campus this past Saturday, May 4. 

The students qualified for State by finishing first in their competitions at the ICTM Regional Math Meet, held in March at Joliet Junior College.  Plezer and Berry placed first with a score of 22 points in the two-person frosh/soph team competition, which requires teams of two students to be the first to finish problems projected in front of a room filled with 2-person teams.  Clayton also qualified to compete in the written Geometry competition, an hour long 20-question written competition.

“At State, Clayton and Jonathan earned 11th place out of the 26 2-person teams who qualified statewide, with a score of 36.  This was a personal record for the team,” said Math Team Head Coach Dan Spradley.    “Clayton also earned 93rd place with a score of 10 in his Geometry competition in a field of 200 individual qualifiers.”

“I am extremely proud of these students,” said Spradley.  “Look for each of these two over the next few years to compete at State Competitions in the future.”