Minnesota State High School Mathematics League

The Minnesota State High School Mathematics League is the premier high school mathematics league in the state of Minnesota. It was founded in 1980 by Macalester College professor Wayne Roberts. The league holds five statewide tournaments per year from November through February, as well as a state tournament in March.

Questions

The problems posed are divided into five events - Individual events A, B, C, and D, and the team event. Events A, B, C, and D usually consist of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and precalculus topics, respectively. The team event is a mix of all four.[1]

Scoring

Each competitor chooses to compete in two individual events. Each high school chooses its eight top members, including at least two students below the eleventh grade, as its "varsity" team, which actually earns points in the name of the school and competes together in the team event; the other students simply compete for themselves in whichever two individual events they choose. Each individual event contains one one point question and three two point questions, so the maximum a person may score per meet is fourteen points. The team events each contain six questions worth four points each. A team's total score is determined by adding the individual scores of the varsity members and the varsity team score. At the end of the season, the teams with the highest scores in the state continue to the state tournament.[1]

State Tournament

The state tournaments have been held at South St. Paul High School since 2008. Before that, state tournaments were usually held at Eagan High School. The state tournament begins with the Invitational event. The Invitational is a 30-minute-long test taken by the top 50 students in the season. This is followed by the Math Bowl and an awards ceremony. The Math Bowl brings together the top 10 scorers from the Invitational, and they compete on stage by solving ten problems one at a time within a limited amount of time. Later during the day, there is a meet that is structured like the other meets during the year. The only exception is that there are 15 minutes for an individual event and 30 minutes for a team event. The tournament concludes with a banquet in the evening and a second award ceremony.

Winners

The League officially recognizes individual and team winners of two types each season, one with the highest overall season score, and one with the highest state tournament score. Since the 1988-1989 season, the League has recognized an additional Class A state tournament winner. In 2004-2005, this designation was changed to Tier 2 rather than Class A, with larger schools designated as Tier 1.[2]

Twenty-two distinct students have achieved perfect scores of 70 points in the regular season: Erik Vee in 1991-1992, Derek Farmer in 1993-1994, Michael Korn in 1995-1996, Andrew Gacek, Nate Sheetz, and Sam Lindsay-Levine in 1999-2000, Dan Baker in 2002-2003, Ning Zhou in 2003-2004, Nick Arnosti in 2006-2007, Shui Hu in 2007-2008, Rohit Agrawal and Gaurav Singh in both 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, Abram Sanderson in 2012-2013, Daniel Qu, Daniel Stein, Henry Wang, Nathan Weckwerth in 2014-2015, Daniel Qu in 2015-2016, Frank Han, Alex Pan, Daniel Stein, Michael Tang in 2016-2017, and Geoffery Chen, Frank Han, Frank Lu, Daniel Stein in 2017-2018.

Perfect scores on the state tournament are more common, but only Rohit Agrawal (2009-2010), Daniel Qu (2015-2016), Michael Tang (2016-2017), and Frank Han (2016-2018) have achieved perfect scores in the regular season and tournament in the same year. Only Frank Han has achieved perfect regular season and tournament scores in the same year multiple times.

YearIndividualTeam
SeasonTournamentSeasonTournament (Tier 1/Overall)Tournament (Tier 2/Class A)
2017-2018 Geoffrey Chen, Frank Han, Frank Lu, Daniel Stein[3] Frank Han, Alexander Zhu Wayzata High School Century High School St. John's Preparatory
2016-2017 Frank Han,[3] Alex Pan,[3] Daniel Stein,[3] Michael Tang[3] Frank Han, Michael Tang, Nathan Weckwerth, Nikhil Marda, Jenny Zhang Wayzata High School Edina High School Cotter High School
2015-2016 Daniel Qu Kenrick Bjelland, Frank Han, Daniel Qu, Michael Tang Wayzata High School Wayzata High School St. John's Preparatory
2014-2015 Daniel Qu, Daniel Stein, Henry Wang, Nathan Weckwerth Jordan Haack Wayzata High School Edina High School St. Paul Academy
2013-2014Henry WangMichael TangWayzata High SchoolEdina High SchoolShattuck-St. Mary's School
2012-2013Abram Sanderson[3]Ian McMeeking, Andy Ylitalo, Roy ZhaoWayzata High SchoolWayzata High SchoolSt. Paul Academy
2011-2012Abram SandersonRoy ZhaoWayzata High SchoolWayzata High SchoolCotter High School
2010-2011Rohit Agrawal,[3] Gaurav Singh[3]Rohit Agrawal, Gaurav SinghWayzata High SchoolWayzata High SchoolCotter High School
2009-2010Rohit Agrawal,[3] Gaurav Singh[3]Rohit AgrawalWayzata High SchoolWayzata High SchoolSt. Paul Academy
2008-2009Rohit AgrawalMartin CamachoWayzata High SchoolWayzata High SchoolCotter High School
2007-2008Shui Hu[3]Shui HuWayzata High SchoolWayzata High SchoolSt. Paul Academy
2006-2007Nick Arnosti[3]Rohan Agrawal, Shui HuSt. Paul Central High SchoolSt. Paul Central High SchoolThe Marshall School
2005-2006Rohan Agrawal, Shui HuRohan AgrawalMounds View High SchoolMounds View High School
2004-2005Silas JohnsonDaniel GibsonWayzata High SchoolWayzata High SchoolSt. Paul Academy
2003-2004Ning Zhou[3]Ning ZhouWayzata High SchoolWayzata High SchoolSt. Paul Academy
2002-2003Dan Baker[3]Daniel HerrigesHighland Park High SchoolWayzata High SchoolSt. Paul Academy
2001-2002Pavel BatrachenkoMatt ThibaultHighland Park High SchoolHighland Park High SchoolThe Marshall School
2000-2001Matt ThibaultMichel D'saMounds View High SchoolSt. Paul Central High SchoolThe Marshall School
1999-2000Andrew Gacek, Sam Lindsay-Levine, Nate Sheetz[3]Sam Lindsay-LevineMounds View High SchoolMounds View High SchoolBenilde-St. Margaret's
1998-1999Andy NiedermaierJon MoonSt. Paul Central High SchoolSt. Paul AcademyBenilde-St. Margaret's
1997-1998Dave FreemanDave FreemanSt. Paul Central High SchoolIrondale High SchoolBenilde-St. Margaret's
1996-1997Jin WangBill OwensSt. Paul Central High SchoolSt. Paul Central High SchoolThe Blake School
1995-1996Michael Korn[3]Michael KornMounds View High SchoolWayzata High SchoolThe Blake School
1994-1995Michael KornMichael KornMounds View High SchoolMounds View High SchoolSt. Paul Academy
1993-1994Derek Farmer[3]Matt KoetzIrondale High SchoolSt. Paul AcademyThe Blake School
1992-1993Mary HuTom WieandBloomington Jefferson High SchoolBloomington Jefferson High SchoolThe Blake School
1991-1992Erik Vee[3]Kuan Chen WuHibbing High SchoolSt. Paul AcademyMoose Lake High School
1990-1991Ron DrorRon DrorSpring Lake Park High SchoolColumbia Heights High SchoolSt. Anthony Village High School
1989-1990Matt KellyMatt KellyThe Blake SchoolMounds View High SchoolSt. Anthony Village High School
1988-1989Steve WaltherTom MonikowskiColumbia Heights High SchoolOwatonna High SchoolSt. Paul Academy
YearSeasonTournamentSeasonTournament
1987-1988Josh BrandonJim MashekMinneapolis South High SchoolHighland Park High School
1986-1987Steve KuhnPeter BermannSaint Louis Park High SchoolSaint Louis Park High School
1985-1986Hieu NguyenTom ChungApple Valley High School
1984-1985Paul OhmanTom ChungSaint Louis Park High SchoolSt. Paul Academy
1983-1984Mike PavloffMinneapolis South High School
1982-1983Bob FinkHibbing High School
YearTwin City DivisionIron Range DivisionTwin City DivisionIron Range Division
1981-1982Son NguyenJoe BaragaHighland Park High SchoolHibbing High School
1980-1981Erik RiddleComo Park Senior High School

Other League-Sponsored Activities

The Minnesota State High School Mathematics League sponsors the Minnesota All-State Mathematics Team, which competes at ARML (a national math tournament) annually. Selection is based on MSHSML season and state tournament scores and American Mathematics Competitions scores.[4]

The team was founded in 1987. Since then, the Gold team has finished in the top ten at ARML in division A 14 times. The Gold team has finished in the top five twice, winning the national championship in 1997, and taking 5th in 2016. The Maroon team has finished in the top ten in division B 8 times, and won division B in 1993.[5]

The All-State team also sends 16 students (2 teams) annually to the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament and 8 students (1 team) to the Princeton University Mathematics Competition.

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References
  1. "Minnesota State High School Math League Coach's Manual 2006 – 2007" (PDF). Minnesota State High School Math League. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2008. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
  2. 1980-2005 data from Roberts, A. Wayne (2005). Minnesota Math League XXV. Beaver's Pond Press. ISBN 1-59298-111-9.
  3. Perfect season score
  4. http://mnmathleague.org/?page_id=53
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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