GHS grad on Bethel tech team

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Peter Goerzen a freshman from Goessel, was a member of the Bethel College student teams of computer programmers that finished first and third among Kansas colleges and universities competing in the annual Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest Nov. 8 at Emporia State University.

The teams also ranked 31st and 49th in the North Central Regional contest, which included 183 teams from Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario and Manitoba.

Members of the first-place team were Jesse Overright, junior from Normal, Ill., and Ian Schmidt, senior from Walton.

The team that placed third consisted of Rae Dain, sophomore from Wichita, Peter Goerzen, freshman from Goessel, and David Nance, sophomore from Dallas, Texas. David Janzen, assistant professor of computer science, served as team coach.

Sponsored by IBM and headquartered at Baylor University, the contest is comprised of a global network of universities hosting regional competitions that advance teams to the world finals.

The contest pits teams of three university students against eight or more complex, real-world problems, with a five-hour deadline. Huddled around a single computer, competitors race against the clock in a battle of logic, strategy and mental endurance.

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