NEWS RELEASE -- The Escambia County Council of Teachers of Mathematics held its annual Sunshine Mathematics Competition (Super Stars III) at the University of West Florida Field House on May 10.

Some 608 Escambia County third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students competed.

The big winners were:

Third grade: First place, Tori Vinson, A. K. Suter Elementary; second place, Kendra Gwaltney, Longleaf Elementary; third place, Nina Burt, Brentwood Elementary.

Fourth grade: First place, Wassim Khabou, Cordova Park Elementary; second place, Mallory Lawrence, Cordova Park Elementary; third place, Isabel Green, A. K. Suter Elementary.

Fifth grade: First place, Kendall Frazee, N. B. Cook Elementary; second place, Louis DiRusso, R. C. Lipscomb Elementary; third place, Amara Schoppmann, Lipscomb.

The team competition winners were:

Third grade: First place, Jim Allen Elementary Team 2, (teacher, Mary J. Holley-Lewis and students Stephen Byrd, Alyssa Leger, Ty Smith, Anna Whetzel); second place, A.K. Suter Team 1, (teacher, Caroline Carithers and students Roman Bassett, Madison Brown, Otis Evans, Tori Vinson); third place, N.B. Cook Team 1, (teacher, Julie Ferrara and students, Grayson Reamsma; Carson Younger; Jamie Turner; Drake Salter).

Fourth grade: First place, Jim Allen Team 1, (teacher, Mary J. Holley-Lewis and students Christian Meadows, Alyssa Daniels, Megan Winterberry, Kaleb  Rudd); second place, Cordova Park Team 1, (teacher Jessica Fell and students John Deane, Wassim Khabou, Mallory Lawrence, Abigail Price); third place, Molino Park Elementary Team 1, (teachers Angie Bodiford/Marnie Lowery and students Jaden Lewis, Aden Fennell, Sarah Sconiers, MacKenzie Sims).

 Fifth grade: First place, Longleaf Elementary Team 1, (teacher Shannon Cross and students Michael Dixon, Emanuel McDuffie, Madelyn Scott, Kevin Davis); second place, Pine Meadow Elementary Team 1 (teacher Casey McGee and students Emily Stabler, Josiah Keene, Brennen Graham, Jonathon Woodel; third place, A.K. Suter Team 2 (teacher Caroline Carithers and students Anabelle Arnett, Trevor Shaffer, Ameenah Clark, Aiden Tylavsky.

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