Thirteen teams participated in this year’s
competition, with Crayton’s team of Jim Manning,
Sydney Kornegay, Lauren McFadden and Scott Schultz
placing first.
More than 50 students participated in this year’s
competition. In the individual competition, team member
Jim Manning placed fourth, qualifying for a slot on the
S.C. MATHCOUNTS team that will compete in Chicago May
8-11. Crayton’s coach John Rushman will coach that
team.
MATHCOUNTS is a national math coaching and
competition program that promotes middle school
mathematics achievement through grassroots involvement
in every state and U.S. territory. The program promotes
student interest in mathematics by making math
achievement as challenging, exciting and prestigious as
a school sport. After several months of coaching,
participating schools select students to compete
individually or as part of a team in one of the more
than 500 written and oral competitions held nationwide
and in U.S. schools overseas. The first competitions are
held at the local level in February with winners
progressing to state competitions in March. Results at
the state level determine the top four individuals and
top coach who earn the opportunity to represent their
state or overseas team at the national finals.
Locally, the S.C. Society of Professional Engineers and
the National Society of Professional Engineers sponsor
MATHCOUNTS. The program has received two White House
citations as an outstanding private sector initiative
