Posted on Monday, October 25, 2004
91ÊÓÆµ recently hosted an area high school computer programming contest.
ÌýCompeting in the contest were four teams from Blackhawk High School with coach Nancy Mahosky, two teams from Mohawk High School with coach Ruth Ann Voland, one team from Greenville High School with coach Jenn Thompson; and one team from Ellwood City High School with coach Jonica Walters.
ÌýDr. John Bonomo, associate professor of computer science at 91ÊÓÆµ, designed and ran the contest.Ìý Bonomo, who was recently selected as a judge for the fourth time for the International Programming Contest scheduled in March 2005 in Shanghai,Ìý also had his problems accepted twice at this international competition.
ÌýThe competition included teams of three or four high school students, who worked for three hours on six computer programming problems.Ìý Judging, which was done electronically, was based on the time it took to complete the problem and the number of incorrect submissions.
ÌýBlackhawk team one included: Don Lambert, Dan Seery, and Chris Seltzer.
ÌýBlackhawk team two included: Joe Synowka, Jeremy Hupp, and Andrew Spahr.
ÌýBlackhawk team three included Eric Saut, Kevin Shanahan, and Brad Vukich.
ÌýBlackhawk team four included: Steve Livingston, Phillip Pucci, and Ben Dodsworth.
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ÌýMohawk team one included Sam Arent, Richard Crawford, Tyler King, and Tyler White
ÌýMohawk team two included Chris Carr, Sara Aull, Brittany Harry, and Rey Colon.
ÌýGreenville team included Joel Grover and Nekody Lenkner.
ÌýEllwood City team included Robert Hollencamp, Adam DiFrischia, and Robert Gearhart.
ÌýThe Ellwood City team took first place; Blackhawk team three took second place; and Blackhawk team one took third place.
ÌýFor more information, contact Bonomo at (724) 946-7287 or e-mail bonomojp@westminster.edu.