URBANA — Competing in a division intended for schools up to eight times its size, Uni High placed second in Division 3AA at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics state contest held Saturday at the University of Illinois.

Vernon Hills won the title with 779 points, followed by Uni with 709. The contest consisted of 14 events in such areas as algebra 1, algebra 2, geometry, precalculus, and calculus.

Fifty-two schools competed, having advanced from the March 1 regional round held at 19 locations around the state.

3AA is for schools with enrollments between 1,000 and 1,999 students, but Uni (247 enrollment) traditionally enters that division in order to face tougher competition.

In 2006 and 2007, Uni placed sixth in 3AA. This year's finish was the highest for Uni in the 10 years that team coach Craig Russell, head of Uni's math department, has been at the school.

Here are the top 10 schools from Saturday's competition:

1. Vernon Hills — 779
2. UNI HIGH — 709
3. Glenbard South — 689
4. Fenwick — 669
5. Benet Academy — 631
6. Lake Forest — 588
7. Northside College Prep — 587
8. Marist — 585
9. Crete-Monee — 567
10. Geneva — 525

Uni students won the following awards in team events:

• 1st place — Precalculus Team
Jason He, Alan Liang, Richard Wang, Ethan Berl, Joe Leigh, Alex Zhai

• 1st place — Junior-Senior Eight-Person Team
Daniel Borup, Vaishnavi Giridaran, Elaine Gu, Jason He, Carl Pearson, Richard Wang, Ethan Berl, Alex Zhai

• 1st place — Junior-Senior Two-Person Team
Brian Wang, Alex Zhai

• 3rd place — Oral Competition
Ethan Berl assisted by Alan Liang

• 4th place — Algebra 1 Team
Eric Chen, Alex Gruebele, Youyang Gu, Zach Korol-Gold, Kevin Li, Ian Slauch

• 4th place — Geometry Team
Daniel Cheng, Amy Ding, Danny Ge, Diana Liu, Neil Pearson, Daniel Wilson

• 5th place — Algebra 2 Team
Daniel Borup, Vaishnavi Giridaran, Allan Luo, Nish Nookala, Carl Pearson, Brian Wang

• 5th place — Calculator Team
Ryan Ko, Daniel Cheng, Allan Luo, Brian Wang, Joe Leigh

• 6th place — Freshman-Sophomore Two-Person Team
Daniel Cheng, Diana Liu

Uni students won the following awards in individual events:

• 3rd place — Precalculus
Alex Zhai

• 4th place — Algebra 1
Kevin Li

• 5th place — Geometry
Daniel Cheng

• 9th place — Precalculus
Joe Leigh

Other team members included Tej Chajed, Grace Man, and Nish Nookala.