Lakewood Middle seventh grader places second at national Mathcounts competition

Blue Valley students recently participated in the National Mathcounts Competition. The Kansas team earned 11th place out of 56 teams. The team consisted of Shyam Narayanan of Lakewood Middle School, Michael Zhou of Overland Trail Middle School and Jack Chen of Oxford Middle School, all in Blue Valley. Josh Greene from Topeka Collegiate was also on the team. The team was coached by Teri Adams from Lakewood Middle School.

Shyam Narayanan of Lakewood Middle won second place in the written competition, out of 224 competitors. The top 12 individuals then competed in the Countdown Round where Shyam also won second place. 

Pictured is Kansas Mathcounts team coach Teri Adams and Shyam Narayanan.