24th Annual USC High School Math Contest
Results
30 January 2010
Table of Contents
- Individual Results
- Written Exam
- Tournament
- Team Results
- Division 1
- Division 2
- Problems
and Solutions
- USC Math
Contest Home Page
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Written Exam
1st
place — Sean Soni.
Sean is a senior at A. C. Flora High School. He won a four year USC scholarship in the amount of $8000
per year, a $400 cash prize, a plaque and a medal.
2nd place — Sage Price. Sage is a junior at A. C. Flora High School. He won a four year USC scholarship in the amount of $4000 per year, a $200 cash prize, a plaque and a medal.
3rd place — William Zhang. William is a junior at Academic Magnet High School. He won a four year USC scholarship in the amount of $2000 per year, a $100 cash prize, a plaque and a medal.
4th place — Hardie Cate. Hardie is a sophomore at A. C. Flora High School. He won a $50 cash prize, and a medal.
5th place — Qian Li Sun. Qian is a senior at Wando High School. He won a $50 cash prize, and a medal.
6th place — David Zhang. David is a junior at Academic Magnet High School. He won a $50 cash prize, and a medal.
Each of the Top 16 scorers on our written exam, listed below, received a medal. 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.
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Top 16 Scores on Written
Exam |
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Student |
Score
(out of 150) |
Grade Level |
High School |
Teacher |
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Sean
Soni |
135 |
senior |
A.
C. Flora High School |
Patrick
Rybarczyk |
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Sage
Price |
116 |
junior |
A.
C. Flora High School |
Patrick
Rybarczyk |
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William
Zhang |
114
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junior |
Academic
Magnet High School |
Linnea
Wildenradt, Gwen Hooffstetter |
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Hardie
Cate |
114
* |
sophomore |
A.
C. Flora High School |
Patrick
Rybarczyk |
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Qian
Li Sun |
113 |
senior |
Wando
High School |
Larry
Crosswell |
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David
Zhang |
112 |
junior |
Academic
Magnet High School |
Linnea
Wildenradt, Gwen Hooffstetter |
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Peter
Rassolov |
103 |
senior |
Spring
Valley High School |
Matt
Owens |
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Jessica
Wang |
102 |
sophomore |
Spring
Valley High School |
Matt
Owens |
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Elliott
Chartock |
101 |
sophomore |
A.
C. Flora High School |
Patrick
Rybarczyk |
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Jean
Guo |
93 |
junior |
Hammond
School |
Marcus
Neal, Ed Cecere |
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Tim
Xie |
88 |
junior |
Ben
Lippen School |
L.
Emery Nickerson II, Cory Swindler |
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Dusty
Rivers |
81 |
sophomore |
A.
C. Flora High School |
Patrick
Rybarczyk |
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Fred
Fang |
80 |
junior |
Ben
Lippen School |
L.
Emery Nickerson II, Cory Swindler |
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Zhen
Zheng |
76 |
junior |
Ben
Lippen School |
L.
Emery Nickerson II, Cory Swindler |
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David
Qu |
75 |
freshman |
Spring
Valley High School |
Matt
Owens |
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Afia
Khan |
74 |
sophomore |
Spring
Valley High School |
Matt
Owens |
* A tie-breaker was used to determine third and fourth places, respectively.
Tournament
The
top 16 scorers on the written exam participated in the Mathematics Tournament.
The winner was Elliott Chartock, a sophomore at A. C. Flora High School.
The runner-up was Jean Guo, a junior at Hammond School. Both have
received a plaque and a Escher puzzle. Congratulations!
Round 1 (aka Sweet
16, or Octa Finals)
Tim
Xie vs. William Zhang
Peter Rassolov vs. David Qu
Elliott Chartock vs. Sean Soni
Qian Li Sun vs. Fred Fang
Hardie Cate vs. Dusty Rivers
Afia Khan vs. Jessica Wang
David Zhang vs. Zhen Zheng
Jean Guo vs. Sage Price
Round 2 (aka Elite
8, or Quarter Finals)
Tim Xie
vs. Peter Rassolov
Elliott Chartock vs. Fred Fang
Hardie Cate vs. Afia Khan
Zhen Zheng vs. Jean Guo
Round 3 (aka Final
Four, or Semi Finals)
Tim
Xie vs. Elliott Chartock
Afia Khan vs. Jean Guo
Round 4 (aka
Finals)
Elliott
Chartock vs. Jean Guo
Champion
Elliott
Chartock
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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.
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Division 1 |
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High School |
Teacher |
Students |
Top 3 Average |
Ciphering |
TEAM SCORE |
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First Place |
A.
C. Flora High School |
Patrick
Rybarczyk |
Hardie
Cate, Elliott Chartock, Kelsey Reamer, Dusty Rivers, Bill Brower, Kevin Hoffman,
Maria Piroli, Meredith Nix, Sage Price, Sean Soni, Walker Stinnette,
Mackenzie Sunday |
121.7 |
39 |
160.7 |
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Second Place |
Spring
Valley High School |
Matthew
Owens |
David
Qu, Abhi Gianey, Afia Khan, Jessica Wang, Jacob Baker, Tae Kim, Soorya Avali,
Anurag Deeconda, Peter Rassolov |
93.3 |
30 |
123.3 |
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Third Place |
Wando
High School |
Larry
Crosswell |
Jack
Meagher, Bogdan Bordieanu, Qian Li Sun |
78.0 |
19 |
97.0 |
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Division 2 |
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High School |
Teacher |
Students |
Top 3 Average |
Ciphering |
TEAM SCORE |
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First Place |
Ben
Lippen School |
L.
Emery Nickerson II, Cory Swindler |
Junwen
Gu, Richie Dai, Fred Fang, Jill Ji, Daniel Lee, Jeanie Lee, Sunny Liu, Tim
Xie, Zhen Zheng, Taehi Kang, Chang Su, Jonah Na |
81.3 |
25 |
106.3 |
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Second Place |
Hammond
School |
Marcus
Neal, Ed Cecere |
Peter
McWilliams, Richard Carter, Ted Hartsock, Jean Guo, Hyung Cho, Avery Acuff,
Jack Felmly, Bryce James, Samuel Kim |
73.0 |
21 |
94 |
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Third Place |
Bishop
England High School |
Desiree
H. Runey |
Marina
Hart, Ryan Tucker, Joey Zanghi, Will Dantzler, Luke Deutschmann, David
Dunlay, Chip Hebert, Deborah Hudson, Rachel Kam-Johnson, Ian McMillan, Luke
Navarro, Ryan Vandertulip, Joseph Ward |
52.0 |
12 |
64 |