June 24, 2008

Contact: Bob Adams
(425) 564-3081
badams@bcc.ctc.edu

BCC math team places
9th in nation, 1st in region

BELLEVUE -- For the eleventh time in twelve years, a team of Bellevue Community College mathematics students has finished in the national top ten in the annual American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges’ Student Math League competition.

This year’s BCC team finished ninth in the nation and first in the Northwest region, which includes Washington, Idaho and Oregon.

In individual rankings, Amy Kim, of Redmond, placed second in the Northwest region.

Three BCC international students currently living in Bellevue also placed highly in regional results.

Donghyo Min, of South Korea, placed fourth; Quan Lam, of Vietnam, placed seventh, and Kwang Hyun Jeong, of South Korea, tied for ninth.

Teams from 179 colleges took part in the national competition this year.

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