USC High School Math Contest
Results, December 6, 2008

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Individual Results: [table of contents]

Written Exam

1st place — David Harry Richman. Harry is a senior at Spring Valley High School. He won a four year USC scholarship in the amount of $8000 per year, a $400 cash prize, a 7x7x7 V-cube puzzle, a plaque and a medal.

2nd place — Qian Li Sun. Qian is a junior at Wando High School. He won a four year USC scholarship in the amount of $4000 per year, a $200 cash prize, a 6x6x6 V-cube puzzle, a plaque and a medal.

3rd place — Philip Cross. Philip is a senior at Dreher High School. He won a four year USC scholarship in the amount of $2000 per year, a $100 cash prize, a 5x5x5 V-cube puzzle, a plaque and a medal.

4th place — Ian Taylor. Ian is a senior at A. C. Flora High School. He won a $50 cash prize, a 4x4x4 Rubik's cube and a medal.

5th place — Peter Rassolov. Peter is a junior at the Governor's School for Science and Mathematics. He won a $50 cash prize, a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube and a medal.

6th place — Sean Soni. Sean is a junior at A. C. Flora High School. He won a $50 cash prize, a 2x2x2 Rubik's cube and a medal.

 

The table below lists the top 17 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 17 Scores on Written Exam
Student Score (out of 150) Grade Level High School Teacher
David Harry Richman 140 senior Spring Valley High School Jean Masdonati, Matthew Owens
Qian Li Sun 125 junior Wando High School Larry Crosswell, Erin Crosswell
Philip Cross 124 senior Dreher High School Christina Murphy, Linda Williams
Ian Taylor 115 senior A. C. Flora High School Patrick Rybarczyk
Peter Rassolov 113 junior Governor's School for Science and Math K. Sris
Sean Soni 112 junior A. C. Flora High School Patrick Rybarczyk
Ravi Rajaj 106 freshman Wilson High School Dorothy Fleck
Chris Garrick 96 senior Dreher High School Christina Murphy, Linda Williams
Sharon Guffy 90 senior Governor's School for Science and Math Dr. K. Sris
William Zhang 89 sophomore Academic Magnet High School Linnea Wildenradt, Gwen Hooffstetter
Elliott Chartock 88 freshman A. C. Flora High School Patrick Rybarczyk
Eric Powers 83 senior Wando High School Larry Crosswell, Erin Crosswell
Sage Price 82 sophomore A. C. Flora High School Patrick Rybarczyk
Seung Goo Kang 79 junior Ben Lippen School L. Emery Nickerson
Rono Srimani 79 senior D. W. Daniel High School Ken Nolen
Steven Ren 78 * junior Ben Lippen School L. Emery Nickerson
Noah Fram 78 senior Dreher High School Christina Murphy, Linda Williams

* A tie-breaking scheme was used to determine that Steven Ren would progress to the 16-person tournament.

Tournament

The top 16 scorers on the written exam participated in the Mathematics Tournament. The winner was Sean Soni, a junior at A. C. Flora High School. The runner-up was Peter Rassolov, a junior at Governor's School for Science and Math. Both have received a plaque and a Hanayama cast puzzle. Congratulations!

Round 1

Eric Powers vs. Ian Taylor
Steven Ren vs. Chris Garrick
William Zhang vs. Qian Li Sun
Sean Soni vs. Seung Goo Kang
David H. Richman vs. Sharon Guffy
Peter Rassolov vs. Sage Price
Philip Cross vs. Elliott Chartock
Ravi Rajaj vs. Rono Srimani

Round 2

Eric Powers vs. Chris Garrick
William Zhang vs. Sean Soni
David H. Richman vs. Peter Rassolov
Elliott Chartock vs. Rono Srimani

Round 3

Chris Garrick vs. Sean Soni
Peter Rassolov vs. Elliott Chartock

Round 4

Sean Soni vs. Peter Rassolov

Winner

Sean Soni

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 portion of our contest to give the team score. Trophies are awarded to the schools with the top team scores from each division. Congratulations to the following schools.

Division 1
  High School Teacher Students Top 3 Average Ciphering TEAM SCORE
First Place A. C. Flora High School Patrick Rybarczyk Hardie Cate, Elliott Chartock, Andrew Fritze, Kevin Hoffman, Louis McElveen, Meredith Nix, Sage Price, Kelsey Reamer, Dusty Rivers, Sean Soni, Walker Stinnette, Ian Taylor 105.0 49 154.0
Second Place Dreher High School Christina Murphy, Linda Williams Nick Adkins, Artem Aleshin, Philip Cross, Noah Fram, Chris Garrick, Austin Hanlin, Aaron Markham, Jad Sheehi, Stuart Teal, Samuel Trump, Alex Wilcox 99.3 46 145.3
Third Place Spring Valley High School Jean Masdonati, Matthew Owens Jacob Baker, Stuart Grimes, Afia Khan, Tae Kim, Christopher Pasco, Vladimir Plotkin, David H. Richman 94.3 43 137.3

Division 2
  High School Teacher Students Top 3 Average Ciphering TEAM SCORE
First Place Academic Magnet High School Linnea Wildenradt, Gwen Hooffstetter Wilson Leland, Jamie Murakami, David Zhang, William Zhang 69.7 37 106.7
Second Place Ben Lippen School L. Emery Nickerson Sean Choi, Joshua Jang, Seung Goo Kang, Taehi Kang, Jonah Na, Nathan Rames, Renee Ren, Steven Ren, Chang Su, Benson Ye 76.0 28 104.0
Third Place Hammond School Marcus Neal Avery Acuff, Richard Carter, Jack Felmly, Ted Hartsook, KyungHwan Kim, Matthew Shuler 58.3 33 91.3

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