USC High School Math Contest - 1998 Results


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Individual Results: [table of contents]

Written Exam

For receiving the highest score on the written exam, Ioana Gradinaru has been awarded a four-year full tuition scholarship to attend USC.

For receiving the second highest score on the written exam, Kathy Mancuso has been awarded a four-year half-tuition scholarship to attend USC.

For receiving the third highest score on the written exam, Todd Adams has been awarded a four-year quarter-tuition scholarship to attend USC.

The table below lists the top 16 scorers on our written exam. We would like to congratulate these students as well as all of the students who have worked so hard and performed so well on our written exam.

Top 16 Scores on Written Exam
Student Score (out of 150) Grade Level High School Teacher
Ioana Gradinaru 133 senior Governor's School for Science  Math Art Squillante
Kathy Mancuso 93 junior A. C. Flora High School Joyce Hughston
Todd Adams 88 senior Ben Lippen School Robert Hess
Mark Ammons 87 senior Governor's School for Science & Math Art Squillante
Thomas Grooms 86 sophomore Aiken High School Ellen H. Grooms
Cedric Ching 82 senior T. L. Hanna High School Sherry Martin
Amanda Johnson 79 junior D. W. Daniel High School Marion Greene & Joan Shearin
Jonathan Mason 78 senior Dreher High School Christina Murphy & Linda Williams
Will Brockington 76 junior South Aiken High School Celeste Brockington
William B. Lowry 76 senior York Comprehensive High School William C. Good
Richard Ott 76 senior Lexington High School Shirley Cook
Sarah Porter 76 senior Hammond School Bill Austin
Adam Smith 76 junior Sumter Christian School Jerry Baugh
Shaun P. Wood 76 senior York Comprehensive High School William C. Good
Megan Workman 75 junior Westside High School Becky Parris & Missy Smith
Kana Takematsu 73 junior D. W. Daniel High School Marion Greene & Joan Shearin


Tournament

The top 16 scorers on our written exam participated in our Mathematics Tournament. Ioana Gradinaru was the winner and Todd Adams was the runner-up. Congratulations to both of them!

Round 1

Amanda Johnson vs. Jonathan Mason
Kana Takematsu vs. Ioana Gradinaru
Shaun P. Wood vs. Thomas Grooms
Will Brockington vs. Mark Ammons
Richard Ott vs. Todd Adams
William B. Lowry vs. Cedric Ching
Megan Workman vs. Kathy Mancuso
Adam Smith vs. Sarah Porter

Round 2

Jonathan Mason vs. Ioana Gradinaru
Shaun P. Wood vs. Mark Ammons
Todd Adams vs. William B. Lowry
Kathy Mancuso vs. Sarah Porter

Round 3

Ioana Gradinaru vs. Shaun P. Wood
Todd Adams vs. Sarah Porter

Round 4

Ioana Gradinaru vs. Todd Adams

Winner

Ioana Gradinaru


Team Results: [table of contents]

Schools are divided into two divisions based on the number of students, the number of teachers, the scope of the math program, etc. For each team, we average the top 3 written exam scores. This score is added to the score from the ciphering contest to give us the team score. Trophies are awarded to the schools with the top three team scores from each division. Congratulations to the following schools.

Division 1
  High School Teacher Students Top 3 Average Ciphering TEAM SCORE
First Place Governor's School for Science & Math Art Squillante Ioana Gradinaru, Mark Ammons, Jessica Swann, Beth Novak, Sarah Funderburk, Denise Strickland 94.7 31 125.7
Second Place D. W. Daniel High School Marion Greene & Joan Shearin Amanda Johnson, Kana Takematsu, Alan Newton, Matthew Hedden, Mark Kostreva, Rachel Briggs 67.3 37 104.3
Third Place Dreher High School Christina Murphy & Linda Williams Jonathan Mason, Chris Jones, Tazeen Mahtab, Jackson Sparks, Paul Heider, Stephen Williams 70.7 29 99.7

Division 2
  High School Teacher Students Top 3 Average Ciphering TEAM SCORE
First Place Ben Lippen School Robert Hess Todd Adams, Cindy An, Emery Nickerson, Ge Su, David Nickerson, John Harmon 74.3 28 102.3
Second Place Hammond School Bill Austin Sarah Porter, James Mack, Stephen Bates, Brian Lumpkin, Alan Porter 68 26 94
Third Place Cardinal Newman High School Sister Eileen Quinn Ryan Woodall 63 7 70


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