Terre Haute South Students
Once Again Showcase Math Skills by Winning Rose-Hulman Math Contest
The margin of victory may be getting closer, but Terre Haute South High
School students keep solving enough challenging mathematics problems to
outscore the competition on Saturday, Nov. 12, in Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology’s annual high school mathematics contest, which is one of
the largest of its kind in the Midwest.
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| Hard At Work: High school students
work intently to complete the 20 challenging mathematics
problems within the one-hour time limit during this year's
40th annual Rose-Hulman High School Mathematics Competition. |
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MATH CONTEST
PHOTO ALBUM |
Terre Haute South won the contest for the seventh straight year,
dominating the senior and freshman class divisions. The school also
placed second in the junior division and was third among juniors. That
consistency was enough to pull out a 61-point victory over Carmel High
School in the overall rankings. Park Tudor of Indianapolis was third.
“Our students care about math a lot and they’re very talented,” stated
South Mathematics Teacher Mona Sternfeld, the team’s coach. “The
students take great pride in this competition. They want to do well each
year.”
Approximately 400 scholars from 26 high schools in Indiana, Illinois
and Iowa had one hour to complete 20 questions in a wide range of
mathematics categories.
Class division winners included:
- Seniors: Justin Yi of the Indiana Academy for Science,
Mathematics and Humanities (Muncie) tied with Fan Huang of Urbana
(Ill.) High School for first place. Kate Goeller of Terre Haute
South shared second-place honors with Sam Claus of Iowa City West
(Iowa).
- Juniors: Terre Haute South’s Susan Hu tied Jeffrey Chenhall of
Iowa City West for top individual honors. Nathan Biberdorf of
Oakhaven Christian Academy was second.
- Sophomores: Tyler Zou of Carmel and Matthew Croop of
Indianapolis North Central shared top honors. E.G. Wright of Terre
Haute South and John Zhong of Carmel tied for second place. Zou and
Croop joined Emma Park of Covenant Christian School of Indianapolis
in receiving book prizes as the top male and female students in the
division. The awards were in memory of Mary Rhein, a teacher who
coordinated a mathematics competition in West Chester, Ohio, for
several years that used test questions developed by Rose-Hulman
faculty.
- Freshmen: David Benjamin, a homeschooled student from West
Lafayette, won the division with the only perfect 100-point score on
this year’s exam. Pardha Ponugoti of Terre Haute South was second.
Benjamin joined Curie Ahn of Iowa City West and Yingxue Li of Carmel
in receiving book prizes as the top male and female students in the
division. The awards were provided in memory of Sally Shonk, a
former Vigo County teacher.
This year's book prizes were “Mathematical Journeys,” by Peter
Schumer; “A History of Mathematics,” by Victor Katz; “A Passion for
Mathematics,” by Clifford Pickover, and “Prime Numbers,” by David Wells.
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| Seven In A Row: Terre Haute South High
School once again captured top honors in Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology's Mathematics Competition. Members
of the winning team were (front row, from left) Peter Duong,
E.G. Wright, Kate Goeller, Audra White and Susan Hu. In the
second row (from left) are Andy Liu, Daniel Fox, Raj
Bhuptani, Pardha Ponugoti, Rahul Auhyankar and Coach Mona
Sternfeld. In the top row (from left) are Swara Kopparty,
Kristina Throne, Rose-Hulman Math Professor John Rickert,
Steven Mardis and Bob Baker. Missing from photo were Jessica
Ji, Emily Zhao and Thomas Kinnebrew. |
Other Indiana schools participating this year included Arensal Tech,
Ben Davis, Broad Ripple, Lutheran and Perry Meridian, all from
Indianapolis; Bloomington South, Castle of Newburgh, Crawfordsville,
Hamilton Southeastern of Fishers, Jasper, Lafayette Jefferson, North
Newton of Morocco, Penn of Mishawaka, South Vermillion of Clinton, and
Terre Haute North. Urbana of Illinois and Iowa City West of Iowa joined
students from several home-school academies in the competition. Students
from Honey Creek Middle School of Terre Haute, last year’s Indiana
MATHCOUNTS champions, competed as special guests.
Rose-Hulman mathematics professors Ralph Grimaldi and John Rickert
coordinate the contest, with test questions compiled by professor
emeritus Herb Bailey. Other professors assisting are Ghan Bhatt, Allen
Broughton, Bill Butske, Steve Galinaitis, Ken McMurdy, Brian Martensen
and Virginia Naibo, while Mathematics Department Secretary Terri Moscan
organized registration. Members of Rose-Hulman's Pi Mu Epsilon
mathematics honor society assisted with grading the tests.
Information about this year’s contest can be obtained at the following
Web site:
www.rose-hulman.edu/%7Erickert/NovContest/
OVERALL
RESULTS
40th Annual Rose-Hulman
Mathematics Contest
Saturday, November 12 at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Overall Team Scores: 1. Terre Haute South, 1,266; 2. Carmel,
1,205; 3. Park Tudor, 980
Senior Team Scores: 1. Terre Haute South, 334; 2. Carmel,
324; 3. Indiana Academy, 313
Senior Individual Scores: 1. Justin Yi, Indiana Academy, 95;
1. Fan Huang, Urbana, 95; 2. Kate Goeller, Terre Haute South, 90; 2. Sam
Claus, Iowa City West, 90; 3. Nan Lin, Ben Davis, 89; 3. Daniel Fox,
Terre Haute South, 89; 4. Charles Tam, Indiana Academy, 88; 4. Jack
Zhang, Indiana Academy, 88; 5. Joshua Hutchins, Carmel, 85; 6. Luke Xie,
Carmel, 83; 7. Steven Mardis, Terre Haute South, 82; 7. Jessica Ji,
Terre Haute South, 82; 7. Miller Li, Iowa City West, 82; Amir Aburabi,
Hamilton Southeastern, 82; 8. Hans Zhao, Carmel, 78; 8. Kevin Shiue,
Carmel, 78; 8. Peter Kim, Carmel, 78; 9. Krystal Woo, Covenant
Christian, 76; 10. Jenna Ramsey, Park Tudor, 75; Fernanda Mendes,
Urbana, 75; 11. Audra White, Terre Haute South, 73; 11. Matt Dillon,
Terre Haute North, 73; 11. Rickpaul Dhindsa, Park Tudor, 73; 11.
Jennifer Banister, Hamilton Southeastern, 73; 12. Brian Thomas, Hamilton
Southeastern, 70; 12. Bernabe Davila, Hamilton Southeastern, 70.
Junior Team Scores: 1. Iowa City West, 309; 2. Park Tudor,
292; 3. Terre Haute South, 280
Junior Individual Scores: 1. Susan Hu, Terre Haute South, 95;
1. Jeffrey Chenhall, Iowa City West, 95; 2. Nathan Biberdorf, Oakhaven
Christian, 89; 3. Michael Harris, Park Tudor, 88; 3. Ravi Parikh, Park
Tudor, 88; 3. Frederick Kim, Bloomington South, 88; 4. Artem Rogachev,
Urbana, 84; 5. Nicholas Allendorf, Iowa City West, 83; 6. Hao Yang,
Carmel, 80; 7. Jung-up Park, Covenant Christian, 79; 8. Kentaro
Matsuoka, Park Tudor, 76; 8. Matt Rosenberger, Urbana, 76; 9. Emily
Zhao, Terre Haute South, 72; 10. Paul Hlebowitsh, Iowa City West, 70;
11. Zack Golden, Indiana Academy, 69; 12. Andy Chen, Indiana Academy,
68; 12. David Sprunger, Indiana Academy, 68
Sophomore Team Scores: 1. Carmel, 327; 2. Terre Haute South,
316; 3. Park Tudor, 247
Sophomore Individual Scores: 1. Matthew Croop, Indianapolis
North Central, 90; 1. Tyler Zou, Carmel, 90; 2. E. G. Wright, Terre
Haute South, 89; 2. John Zhong, Carmel, 89; 3. Thomas Kinnebrew, Terre
Haute South, 84; 3. Xingping Shen, Carmel, 84; 4. Tom Schroeder, Park
Tudor, 78; 4. Sean Lee, Penn, 78; 5. Emma Park, Covenant Christian, 74;
6. Swara Kopparty, Terre Haute South, 73; 7. Ian Shellman, Park Tudor,
72; 8. Peter Duong, Terre Haute South, 70; 8. Parth Patel, Hamilton
Southeastern, 70; 9. Ed Paget, Lafayette Jefferson, 67; 10. Kevin Kim,
Carmel, 64; 11. Kevin Chu, Carmel, 62; 12. Gray Thomas, Iowa City West,
61; 12. Isaac Sheff, Iowa City West, 61.
Freshman Team Scores: 1. Terre Haute South, 336; 2. Carmel,
295; 3. Lafayette Jefferson, 183
Freshman Individual Scores: 1. David Benjamin, West
Lafayette, 100; 2. Pardha Ponugoti, Terre Haute South, 90; 3. Andy Liu,
Terre Haute South, 85; 3. Yingxue Li, Carmel, 85; 3. Curie Ahn, Iowa
City West, 85; 4. Raj Bhuptani, Terre Haute South, 82; 5. Kristina
Throne, Terre Haute South, 79; 5. Todd Lee, Penn, 79; 6. Paul Lee,
Carmel, 76; 7. Kathy Ingram, Iowa City West, 71; 8. Ashley Nagel, Nagel
Academy, 69; 9. Ruofan Xia, Carmel, 68; 10. David Yang, Carmel, 66; 11.
William Berry, Hamilton Southeastern, 58; 12. Laura Cremer, Iowa City
West, 57; 12. Ed Coyle, Lafayette Jefferson, 57.
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