Hazelwood College Excel at ITT Challenge in Tralee
Last Wednesday evening, some of the finest young minds in Kerry, Limerick and Cork ascended on Tralee IT for the ITT Challenge Problem Solving Competition. A team from Hazelwood College, “Amazing Atoms†including Michael Byrnes, Maire Flanagan and Anita Lucey won the competition with a remarkable performance. They solved all of the problems and puzzles with a perfect score of 75 in a record time. This left organisers, teachers and members of the other teams in admiration and awe of their mathematical skills. Despite only being second year students all three of these students have also been finalists in the ESAT BT Young Scientist competition. Michael is a past pupil of Balllingarry National School, Maire is a past pupil of Broadford National School and Anita is a past pupil of Milford National School. The team won a laptop computer and printer for the school and received a €50 gift voucher each. A second team from the college “Hazelwood Heroes†made up of Suzanne Sheehy. Megan Mathews and Michael O Flynn also performed very well to achieve a top ten finish. A third team “Bright Sparks†of Stephan Kelliher, Eilis Lenihan and Owen Lordan also did well considering the fact that the team included some first year students.
Pictured are Hazelwood Colleges “Amazing Atoms†Anita Lucey, Michael Byrnes and Máire Flanagan who amazed all those around by winning the ITT Problem Solving Competition with a perfect score.