St. Bonaventure eighth-grader wins national honor

An eighth-grade student from St. Bonaventure School was the winner of

a national math competition held late last year.

Katherine Mullin was the coverall school winner in the 20th annual

American Mathematics Competitions 8 contest. Her score was high

enough to place her on the competition’s Honor Roll list.

Other top competitors from the school were Dillon Linzmeyer, who

was a first-place winner; John Richardson and Casey Carey, who were

second-place winners; and Brian Fratalli, Ryan Christie and Anna

Pham, all third-place winners.

All of the winning students will receive a competition certificate

and pin at their eighth grade graduation.

The students competed with more than 150,000 students for local

and national awards in the contest, which covers middle school

mathematics and is conducted at participating schools.

The purpose of the contest is to create interest in mathematics

and develop talent through friendly competition and problem solving

in a timed format.