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<div>Due to its small size, Rhode Island has no chapters. Instead, students progress straight to the state competition from their schools. The state competition is generally held on the first Saturday of March at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), Warwick. <br />
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A normal state competition consists of the Sprint round, followed by a break for muffins/donuts, etc., then the Target round, which is followed by lunch. After lunch, the team round takes place, and then there is a brief waiting period until the countdown round competitors are announced. After the countdown round the awards ceremony takes place, and the top 6 teams and their coaches, the top 4 in the countdown round, and the top 4 on the written competition are recognized and presented with trophies.<br />
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The state coordinator is Paul Bannon, who can be reached at (401) 486-8829 or pbannon@cox.net for questions regarding Rhode Island State MathCounts competitions and teams.<br />
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== State Team Determination Method ==<br />
Rhode Island has no official Countdown round. Instead, the top four is based purely on written scores. <br />
The top 8 compete in an unofficial Countdown round where the first round consists of:<br />
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8 vs. 1<br />
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7 vs. 2<br />
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6 vs. 3<br />
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5 vs. 4<br />
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The winners progress to a second round, and the losers are eliminated. In this second round, the losers of each of the 2 pairings go against each other for places 3 and 4, and the winners go against each other for places 1 and 2.<br />
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==Nationals Placements==<br />
The Rhode Island [[MathCounts]] team achievd its highest place ever at nationals in 2010, when it was the 30th place team. In 2011, it was 45th place team. The team frequently places in the 40s-50s.<br />
Their highest placed student was in 2007, when Timothy Jeon placed 20th in the nation.<br />
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==Top Teams in the State==<br />
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== 2003 ==<br />
First place: [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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== 2004 ==<br />
First place: [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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== 2005 ==<br />
First place: [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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== 2006 ==<br />
First place: [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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Second place: [[Gordon School]]<br />
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Third place: [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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== 2007 ==<br />
First place: [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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Second place: [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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== 2008 ==<br />
First place: [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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Second place: [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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== 2009 ==<br />
First place: [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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Second place: [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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== 2010 ==<br />
First place: [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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Second place: [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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== 2011 ==<br />
First place: [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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Second place: [[Nathaniel Greene Middle School]]<br />
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Third place: [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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Fourth place: [[Archie Cole Middle School]]<br />
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Fifth place: [[Lincoln Middle School]]<br />
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Sixth place: [[Gordon School]]<br />
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==2013==<br />
First Place: [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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Second Place: [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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==2014==<br />
First Place: [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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Second Place: [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
== State Team Members ==<br />
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== 2007 ==<br />
* Saeja Kim - Coach - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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* 1. Timothy Jeon - [[Rocky Hill School]]<br />
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* 2. Kenneth Xiao - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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* 3. Stephen Lamontagne - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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* 4. Daniel Caticha - [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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== 2008 ==<br />
* Saeja Kim - Coach - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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* 1. Stephen Lamontagne - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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* 2. Eddy Luo - [[Archie Cole Middle School]]<br />
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* 3. Olivia Justynski - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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* 4. Max Shreiber - [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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== 2009 ==<br />
* Tom Wharton - Coach - [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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* 1. Cassidy Laidlaw - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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* 2. Joseph Zurier - [[Nathaniel Greene Middle School]]<br />
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* 3. Jack Liang - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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* 4. Max Saccone - [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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== 2010 ==<br />
* Tom Wharton - Coach - [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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* 1. Charlie Nickerson - [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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* 2. Cassidy Laidlaw - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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* 3. Joseph Zurier - [[Nathaniel Greene Middle School]]<br />
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* 4. Dylan Gastel - [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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== 2011 ==<br />
* Meg Medeiros - Coach - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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* 1. Joseph Zurier - [[Nathaniel Greene Middle School]]<br />
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* 2. Wei Li - [[Archie Cole Middle School]]<br />
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* 3. Matthew Lamontagne - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
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* 4. Geron Sena - [[Nathaniel Greene Middle School]]<br />
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== 2012 ==<br />
* Meg Medeiros - Coach - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
* 1. Zane Yu - [[Archie Cole Middle School]]<br />
* 2. Ava Jiang - [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
* 3. Kexin Zheng - [[Nathanael Greene Middle School]]<br />
* 4. Vivian Tian - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
==2013==<br />
* Tom Wharton - Coach - [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
* 1. Ava Jiang - [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
* 2. Johnny Zhang - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
* 3. William Yao - [[Barrington Middle School]] <br />
* 4. Eliot Laidlaw - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
==2014==<br />
* Tom Wharton - Coach - [[The Wheeler School]]<br />
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* 2. Eliot Laidlaw - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
* 3. Michael Lamontagne - [[Barrington Middle School]]<br />
* 4. Jacob Pelaghi - [[R.I. Homeschoolers]]</div></summary>