PHS Math Team Places Second at State Meet
The Portland High School math team won second place in Division A at the State Math Meet on April 15 at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Of the 94 schools competing in the meet, Portland High placed fourth. 
Several Portland High students earned individual awards at the meet. Gavin Bauer won a bronze medal, and Kayla Artinyan and Nathaniel Walden tied for the fourth place medal. Nathaniel Jewett took an 11th place medal. In addition, Walden received a plaque for placing eighth in the state for the 2007-2008 regular season.
Other team members are Nathan Buck, Brian Furey, Hongchuan Wang, Mark Kinner, Yanfen Wu and Tim Weber. Portland High math teacher Barbara Solomon coaches the team.
Earlier this year, Portland High’s math team won the first place title for large schools in the Pi-Cone South Math League. It was Portland High’s eighth consecutive year of winning the title. Regular season medals went to the following Portland High students: Walden - first place senior, third overall; Bauer - fourth place senior; Artinyan - eighth place senior; Furey - fourth place junior; Wang - fifth place junior; Wu - eighth place junior, and Weber - sixth place sophomore.
The Portland High team will compete at the New England math meet on May 2. Walden, Bauer, Artinyan and Furey have qualified to compete on the Maine All-Star math team at the American Regional Math League meet at Pennsylvania State University on May 31. Wang, also in the top 42 in the state, is an alternate.
