These students were the top four contestants in the recent Wyoming State Mathcounts
competition at the University of Wyoming, and will represent the state at the national
competition in Washington, D.C. From left are Joshua Ahern and Adam McVicker from
Cheyenne’s McCormick Junior High School; Garet Sharp from Evanston’s Davis Middle
School; C.J. Brown from Powell Middle School; and coach Kathleen McKinley from McCormick
Junior High School. (UW Photo)
Adam McVicker won first place and led Cheyenne’s McCormick Junior High School to the
team championship at the recent 2016 Wyoming State Mathcounts competition at the University
of Wyoming.
McVicker's teammate, Joshua Ahern, took second place; Garet Sharp, of Evanston’s Davis
Middle School, took third; and C.J. Brown, of Powell Middle School, was fourth. The
top four individual winners earned the opportunity to represent Wyoming at the national
competition May 7-10 in Washington, D.C. The students will be accompanied by Kathleen
McKinley, who coached the McCormick Junior High team.
Pinedale Middle School took second place in the team competition, and Davis Middle
School was third.
“Open to all sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students, Mathcounts helps students
understand how math is important to solve problems in everyday life,” says Jeff Anderson,
state Mathcounts coordinator in the UW College of Engineering and Applied Science.
