SLIDESHOW: Making math enjoyable at EOU

High schoolers dash throughout the basketball courtroom at Quinn Coliseum on April 14, 2026, throughout the annual Eastern Oregon Regional Math Contest. (Isabella Crowley/The Observer)

Nick Ward, of Union, competes within the math relay on April 14, 2026, throughout the annual Eastern Oregon Regional Math Contest. (Isabella Crowley/The Observer)

Enjie Fan, of La Grande, sprints throughout the basketball courtroom at Quinn Coliseum on April 14, 2026, throughout the annual Eastern Oregon Regional Math Contest. (Isabella Crowley/The Observer)

Dakottah Witherspoon, of Union, competes within the math relay on April 14, 2026, throughout the annual Eastern Oregon Regional Math Contest. (Isabella Crowley/The Observer)

Jacob Baxter, of Union, slides as much as the desk throughout the math relay on April 14, 2026, which is part of the annual Eastern Oregon Regional Math Contest. (Isabella Crowley/The Observer)

Enjie Fan, of La Grande, solves an issue within the math relay on April 14, 2026, throughout the annual Eastern Oregon Regional Math Contest. (Isabella Crowley/The Observer)

Eastern Oregon University college students mark solutions from the mathematics relay on April 14, 2026, throughout the annual Eastern Oregon Regional Math Contest. (Isabella Crowley/The Observer)

Eastern Oregon University college students mark solutions from the mathematics relay on April 14, 2026, throughout the annual Eastern Oregon Regional Math Contest. (Isabella Crowley/The Observer)