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Area High School Students
To Compete in Math Meet 

MAILED: Feb. 5, 2002

         EAU CLAIRE — Students from 19 western Wisconsin high schools are registered to participate in the 20th annual regional Mathematics Meet Saturday, Feb. 16, with registration beginning at 8 a.m. in Hibbard Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
         Participants from 33 teams representing their schools will compete for team championships, as well as individual honors, by solving mathematics problems. The meet is hosted by the UW-Eau Claire mathematics department.
         UW-Eau Claire scholarships, funded by a grant from Xcel Energy, will be awarded to the top four individual winners in each of three divisions at the awards ceremony at 1:30 p.m. in Kjer Theatre. First- and second-place teams and top individuals will receive trophies, and all student competitors will receive T-shirts.
         In case of bad weather, an alternate date of Saturday, Feb. 23, has been set for the meet.
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  News Bureau
Judy Berthiaume
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
Schofield 201
(715) 836-4741
newsbur@uwec.edu

Updated: Feb. 5, 2002