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K-STATE AT SALINA TEAM HAS SUCCESS AT COMPUTER CONTEST December 6, 2004 SALINA – Computer systems technology students from Kansas State University at Salina competed against 187 other teams from around the region and finished 64th during the 2004 Association of Computer Machinery North Central Regional Programming Contest on Nov. 13. Two teams from the K-State at Salina campus competed using the C++ computer language. During the competition, teams work to solve computer programming problems an assigned programming language. Teams competed against multiple sites around the region, including the Emporia site where the two K-State teams participated. The first team consisted of student competitors Russ Newcomer, senior in computer systems technology from Salina, Austin Niehaus, senior in computer systems technology from Salina, Darrin Achenbach, senior in computer systems technology and Web development technology from Lindsborg and Richard Reeves, senior in computer systems technology from Salina K-State at Salina’s other team was Jason Cunningham, sophomore in computer systems technology from Salina, Corey Jones, senior in computer systems technology from Salina, Kyle McConnell, sophomore in computer systems technology from McPherson and Dana Umekubo, junior in computer systems technology from Salina. “We continue to place higher each year that we have attended, and the problem sets seem to be getting more and more difficult every year,” said Michael Propst, senior in computer systems technology from Salina and K-State at Salina ACM chapter president. He added that K-State at Salina’s finish was its highest ever. “ To place in the top 50 percent against that type of competition is definitely an accomplishment,” he said. The team’s advisors were assistant professors of computer systems technology Tim Bowers and Thomas Mertz.
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