Mathletes Shine at Tennessee Math Tournament
Owl math students excelled at the second Tennessee Math Tournament, held at Vanderbilt University on April 4, drawing 81 students from across the state.
Hosted by the Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics, the competition was planned, written, and run by students involved in the Tennessee Mathematics Coalition, a nonprofit co-founded by senior Albert Ding. Ding along with senior Lucas Zhang and junior Abdullah Khawaja helped oversee the event.
“In the five-part contest, all students solved the same problems; thus, even sixth graders went head-to-head with twelfth graders. And yet, the event’s biggest winner was sixth grader Julian Kang,” Dr. Steve Gadbois, advisor to the team, said.
Kang came in first in the Elimination competition and third in the Individual and Speed contests. In addition, Owls captured first and third place in the Math Bowl and second and third in the Team competition.
MUS participants were juniors Carson Alexander, Shay Mukatira; sophomore Joseph Zhao; eighth grader Rishabh Bag; seventh graders Kelvin Jiang, Peilin Liu, Harrison Xiao; sixth graders Sam Coursey, Jungho Hwang, Julian Kang, and Jason Xi.
Gadbois thanked two parents who helped with logistics, Mrs. Jennifer Kang (Julian’s mom) and Ms. Cindy Kang (Jungho’s mom).
Results:
TEAM
2nd place: Upper School team (Carson Alexander, Rishabh Bag, Shay Mukatira, Joseph Zhao)
3rd place: Lower School team 1 (Kelvin Jiang, Julian Kang, Peilin Liu, Harrison Xiao)
MATH BOWL
1 st place: Lower School team 1
3rd place: Upper School team
INDIVIDUAL
3rd place: Julian Kang
SPEED
3rd place: Julian Kang
ELIMINATION (a high-pressure, single-elimination tournament seeded with the top eight students from INDIVIDUAL and SPEED)
1st place: Julian Kang
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“In the five-part contest, all students solved the same problems; thus, even sixth graders went head-to-head with twelfth graders. And yet, the event’s biggest winner was sixth grader Julian Kang,” Dr. Steve Gadbois, advisor to the team, said.
Kang came in first in the Elimination competition and third in the Individual and Speed contests. In addition, Owls captured first and third place in the Math Bowl and second and third in the Team competition.
MUS participants were juniors Carson Alexander, Shay Mukatira; sophomore Joseph Zhao; eighth grader Rishabh Bag; seventh graders Kelvin Jiang, Peilin Liu, Harrison Xiao; sixth graders Sam Coursey, Jungho Hwang, Julian Kang, and Jason Xi.
Gadbois thanked two parents who helped with logistics, Mrs. Jennifer Kang (Julian’s mom) and Ms. Cindy Kang (Jungho’s mom).
Results:
TEAM
2nd place: Upper School team (Carson Alexander, Rishabh Bag, Shay Mukatira, Joseph Zhao)
3rd place: Lower School team 1 (Kelvin Jiang, Julian Kang, Peilin Liu, Harrison Xiao)
MATH BOWL
1 st place: Lower School team 1
3rd place: Upper School team
INDIVIDUAL
3rd place: Julian Kang
SPEED
3rd place: Julian Kang
ELIMINATION (a high-pressure, single-elimination tournament seeded with the top eight students from INDIVIDUAL and SPEED)
1st place: Julian Kang
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