Students from Nease High School participated in the Mu Alpha Theta regional competition at Fleming Island High School on Feb. 13, the only St. Johns County high school to participate.
The talented students, who came together to form a competitive team just last month, placed third overall in the statistics team division and fourth overall in the calculus team division.
Nease has participated in this math competition in the past, but it was many years ago. With only hours of practice, the current group competed with 19 high schools, with some teams having been competing for years.
Team sponsor Maggie Byrns said that the students are happily looking forward to participating in more competitions in the future, and she envisions Nease developing a strong and very competitive math team for years to come.
International Baccalaureate students include Brian Schaefer, Lexie Cegelski, Utkarsh Pandey, Courtney Ligon, Emma Domingoes, AJ Loferski, Lindsey Mitchell, Logan Stern, Jacob Belcher and Bryce McKenzie.