VCSU Math Hosts 450 Students for 2nd Annual Math Competition

VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – The Valley City State University math department hosted its 2^nd Annual Math Competition on April 9, welcoming more than 450 junior high and high school students from 37 different schools.

The competition featured 259 students in grades 7-9 and 195 students in grades 10-12. Students competed as individuals and as teams of four. Awards were given to the Top 3 teams and the Top 10 individuals in each division.

The 3^rd Annual VCSU Math Competition is scheduled for April 8, 2026.

2^nd Annual VCSU Math Competition – April 9, 2025

Grades 10-12 Team Awards

• 1^st – Century Red (294 points)
• 2^nd – Dickinson Pi-Rates (277)
• 3^rd – Bismarck Derivative Demons (252)

Grades 10-12 Individual Awards

• 1^st – Westley Rae, Dickinson (45 points)
• 2^nd – Ethan Thurn, Bismarck (39)
• 3^rd – Gabriel Ricks, Dickinson (34)
• 4^th – Nora Severance, Northern Cass (33)
• 5^th – Charles Dobrzelecki, Century (31)
• 6^th – Jared Christen, Mandan (29)
• 7^th – Ethan Roller, Carrington (29)
• 8^th – Riley Bierdeman, Kindred (29)
• 9^th – Griffin Taylor, Century (29)
• 10^th – Bennett Graff, Mandan (29)

Grades 7-9 Team Awards

• 1^st – Horizon 1 (423 points)
• 2^nd – Kindred L3 (339)
• 3^rd – Bismarck Number Ninjas (331)

Grades 7-9 Individual Awards

• 1^st – Daria Raducu, Horizon (55 points)
• 2^nd – Tara Prawira, Horizon (50)
• 3^rd – Luke Raducu, Horizon (45)
• 4^th – Cade Skytland, Kindred (45)
• 5^th – Camron Larson, Central Valley (43)
• 6^th – Jakob Lindemann, Kindred (43)
• 7^th – David Ricks, Dickinson (41)
• 8^th – Beau Bubach, Kindred (40)
• 9^th – Adam Larsen, Kindred (39)
• 10^th – Veronica Mattson, Mandan (37)