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Just in time for ESPN's Titletown contest, Gainesville just landed another back-to-back national title to go along with it's back-to-back NCAA basketball titles, multiple NCAA football titles and reigning Heisman Trophy Winner, Tim Tebow. Gainesville's Buchholz High School Math Team just won its second consecutive national championship in Sacramento, CA.

And, they didn't just win, they dominated. The 29 member team racked up 147 trophies while sweeping all three divisions: calculus, pre-calculus, and algebra/geometry. They won by 450 points, a larger margin than separated 2nd place from 9th place, and the largest margin of victory in the history of the national competition.

Congratulations to head coach Will Frazer and the whole Mu Alpha Theta team:

Mu (calculus coached by Jason Wiggins) - Kevin Fan, David Jia, Jonathan Mei, Mark Simon, Louie Wu, Tony Wu, Jimmy Wong and Shu Zheng.

Alpha (pre-calculus coached by Ziwei “Louis” Lu) - Youjin Jang, John Lu, Daniel Steffee, James Tan, Mariya Toneva, Wenda Ye, Jerome Yoon and Lucy Zhong.

Theta (algebra and geometry coached by Frazer) - Ming Cao, Bob Chen, Hansol Kang, Grace Kim, Brian Li, Jackson Looney, Katherine Qiu, Alexander Sappington, Emily Shroads, Alex Soucek, Kirsten Soucek, George Tedder and Shuyun Xue.

Labels: buchholz, gainesville, mu alpha theta, national championship, titletown

Comments (4)

Matt said...: Not sure "SportsCenter" mentioned your outstanding team, but thanks for joining in the TitleTown debate. If you want to vote for Gainsville, click the index on July 23 (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/titletown/index).; 1:16 AM
VC Dan said...: Thanks Matt -- you can bet I'll be voting July 23.; 2:47 AM
c3j1v62 said...: I am sorry to say Matt that the SEC is a weak conference. Maybe if schools like U of F focused on things like an education, it would be more significant that they won a few championships.; 2:11 PM
Unknown said...: Thanks, A title is a title...this one just carries a little more real life value. I'll be voting!; 1:21 PM

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