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Indianapolis’ Sycamore School proved once again to have the state’s top
middle school problem solvers, coming out on top in the competitive
Indiana MATHCOUNTS competition on Saturday at Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology. The event is
sponsored by the Indiana Society of Professional Engineers to promote
mathematics among today's teenagers to pave the way for tomorrow's
mathematicians, engineers and scientists.
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State MATHCOUNTS Champions: The Sycamore School won the Indiana
MATHCOUNTS competition on Saturday at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Members of the team were (from left) Coach Trent Tormoehlen, Claudia Huang,
Chad Qian, Patrick Tan, Yushi Homma and Coach Robert Fischer. |
Sycamore School, captured top honors for the second time in the past
three years, had four of the top eight individual finishers -- all being
eighth graders and veteran MATHCOUNTS participants.
Yushi Homma led the way with a second place finish, followed by
Patrick Tan, sixth; Chad Qian, seventh; and Claudia Huang, eighth.
The team was coached by Trent Tormoehlen and Robert Fischer.
The Indiana MATHCOUNTS competition had 196 sixth, seventh and
eighth grade students from 46 middle schools showcasing their
mathematics skills. Students
participated in three rounds of competition: Sprint, testing quickness
to solve problems; Target, testing problem-solving skills; and Team,
testing teamwork abilities.
The top 24 finishers advanced to the Countdown Round, a game show-type
competition which didn’t factor into the final individual or team
scores.
Creekside Middle School of Carmel finished a strong second to Sycamore
School in the team standings.
Eighth grader David Liang paved the way for Creekside with a
fourth place finish. Other
team members were eighth grader Kenny Smith, who placed 11th;
seventh grader Willie Zhu, 19th; and seventh grader Chrishan
Fernando. The team was
coached by Angela Moreman and Karma Hamachek.
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Going To Nationals: Representing Indiana in the National MATHCOUNTS
competition in May will be (from left) Coach Robert Fischer of Sycamore
School, Mark Sellke of Klondike Middle School, Yushi Homma of Sycamore
School, Jerry Ma of West Lafayette Junior High School, David Liang of
Creekside Middle School and Coach Trent Tormoehlen of Sycamore School. |
Two
teams from West Lafayette took home the next two team places.
West Lafayette Junior High School was third, with Jerry Ma
finishing third and Beilin Li in fourth in the individual standings.
Phoebe Moh was 17th and Ryan Kim placed 23rd
to help the team, coached by Pam Porterfield and Patricia Hufford.
Meanwhile, eighth grader Mark Sellke of West Lafayette’s Klondike Middle
School earned top individual honors for the second consecutive year.
He had a perfect score in the sprint round of the competition.
That performance helped Klondike earn fourth-place honors.
Other team members were Ana and Nikhil Carneiro, and Melinda Liu.
JoAnn Ward was the team’s coach.
Rounding out the award-winning teams were Riverside Middle School
of Fishers, fifth; and Schumucker Middle School of Mishawaka, sixth.
Seventh grader George Theodorakis led Riverside with a 12th
place finish. Other team
members were eighth grader Jake Patterson, and seventh graders Thomas
Ritz and Josh Woodward. The
team was coached by Craig Blossom.
Schumucker was led by eighth grader Seunghwan Kwak, who was 16th.
The team also featured eighth graders Alberte Eskildsen, Timothy
Liu and Emily Song. The
coach was John Rice.
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Mathletes In Action: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Hulbert Arena
of the Sports and Recreation Center was covered with nearly 200 of Indiana's
top middle school students during the state's MATHCOUNTS competition on
March 13. |
Sellke will join Homma, Ma and Liang in representing Indiana at the
National MATHCOUNTS competition at Walt Disney World in Orlando during
early May. Selke, Homma and
Liang were members of the state team as seventh graders -– and placed
sixth.
“Indiana is taking a very talented team of problem solvers to the
nationals,” stated Fischer, who will serve as the team’s co-coach.
The Indiana MATHCOUNTS rewards students for showcasing their academic
talents. Rose-Hulman awarded
$10,000 scholarships to Sellke and Huang for being the top male and
female finishers. Purdue
University will present scholarships to the top 10 students.
The MATHCOUNTS program is sponsored by the Indiana Society of
Professional Engineers, Raytheon and Rose-Hulman.
Patricia Behrens of Eli Lilly and
Company and Gary Staats of Zurich Services-North America were the
competition coordinators for ISPE. Indiana
State University Mathematics Professor Henjin Chi was the chief judge.
Rose-Hulman Mathematics Professor
Elton Graves coordinated activities for Rose-Hulman, being assisted by
professors Bill Eccles, John Rickert, Steve Galinaitis and Cara Brooks,
and Mathematics Department Secretary Jodi Daugherty.
Members of Rose-Hulman Pi Mu
Epsilon mathematics society and other mathematics students helped as
competition graders.
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Team Results
(Scores Not Released):
1. Sycamore School, Indianapolis; 2. Creekside Middle School, Carmel; 3.
West Lafayette Junior High School; 4. Klondike Middle School, West
Lafayette;
5. Riverside Middle School,
Fishers; 6. Schmucker Middle School, Mishawaka
Top 24 Individuals
(Scores Not Released): 1. Mark Sellke, Klondike Middle School; 2.
Yushi Homma, Sycamore School; 3. Jerry Ma, West Lafayette Junior High
School; 4. David Liang, Creekside Middle School;
5. Beilin Li, West Lafayette Junior High School;
6. Patrick Tan, Sycamore School; 7. Chad Qian, Sycamore School; 8.
Claudia Huang, Sycamore School; 9. Krishan Kumar, Honey Creek Middle
School; 10. Edgar Hu, Clay Middle School; 11. Kenny Smith, Creekside
Middle School; 12. George Throdarkis, Riverside Middle School; 13.
Jeffrey Cheng, Sycamore School;
14. Ryan Chung, Honey Creek Middle School;
15. Dan Fu, Clay Middle School;
16. Seunghwan Kwak, Schmucker Middle School; 17. Phroebe Moh, West
Lafayette Junior High School; 18. Eric Thoma, East Tipp Middle School;
19. Willie Zhu, Creekside Middle School; 20. Charles Liang, Clay Middle
School; 21. Josh Segaran, Sycamore School; 22. Seungyup Sun, Discovery
Middle School; 23. Ryan Kim, West Lafayette Junior High School; 24. Josh
Chipman, Lafayette Tecumseh Middle School.
Top Countdown Round Finishers:
1. Mark Sellke, Klondike Middle School, West Lafayette; 2. Jerry Ma, West
Lafayette Junior High School
Team Representing Indiana At
MATHCOUNTS Nationals May 6-9 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.:
Mark Sellke, Klondike Middle School; Yushi Homma, Sycamore School; Jerry
Ma, West Lafayette Junior High School; David Liang, Creekside Middle
School
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