The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Mathematics Contest takes place annually on the second Saturday in November. The forty-third contest took place Saturday, November 8, 2008. Some pictures from 2008 are now on-line.
This year’s top finishers were
| 1. | Terre Haute South Vigo High School | 1311 |
| 2. | Iowa City West | 1186 |
| 3. | Park Tudor | 1181 |
| 4. | Castle | 980 |
| 5. | Urbana | 834 |
The 2008 class winners were
| Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| 1. | Carmel 370 | Park Tudor 333
Terre Haute South 333 |
Iowa City West 374 |
Terre Haute South 342 |
|
2. |
Terre Haute South 282 | Terre Haute South 354 | Iowa City West 336 | |
| 3. | Castle 234 | Hamilton Southeastern 306 | Carmel 321 |
Park Tudor 320 Carmel 320 |
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4. |
Park Tudor 232 | Iowa City West 296 |
Terre Haute North 307 |
Top scoring individuals were
| Senior | ||
| Name | School | |
| 1. | Pardha Ponugoti 100 | Terre Haute South |
| 2. | Jessica Fisher 94 | Park Tudor |
| 3. | Anton Goupinets 90 | Iowa City West |
| 4. | Allie Wunderlich 88
Peter Li 88 |
Castle
Carmel |
| 5. | Ian Goller 84
Raj Bhuptani 84 Thane Somers 84 Young Seol 84 Yon-Sue Choi 84 Ed Coyle 84 Tim McCall 84 |
Fishers
Terre Haute South Iowa City West Iowa City West Carmel Lafayette Jefferson Hamilton Southeastern |
| 6. | John Wu 83 | West Vigo |
| 7. | Kristin Shaffer 82
Cameron Cecil 82 Vikram Nevrekar 82 |
Hamilton Southeastern
Park Tudor Hamilton Southeastern |
| 8. | Kevin Wang 80
Amanda Williams 80 |
Carmel
Castle |
| 9. | Arun Theertam
Kristina Throne Tian Xia Rachel Garrick |
Terre Haute South
Terre Haute South Urbana Champaign Central |
| 10. | Mike Gonda
Kathy Ingram |
Champaign Central
Iowa City West |
| 11. | Joe Cancino | Lafayette Jefferson |
| 12. | Kala Ghooray
John Frantonius |
Covenant Christian
Castle |
| Junior | ||
| Name | School | |
| 1. | Sachin Shinde 100
Curie Ahn 100 Tyler Chenhall 100 |
Terre Haute South
Iowa City West Iowa City West |
| 2. | Lauren Stephens 95
April Wang 95 |
Indianapolis North Central
Park Tudor |
| 3. | Lorelei Coffin 90 | Iowa City West |
| 4. | John Ryan 88
Shawn Qian 88 Jimmy Sun 88 |
Terre Haute South
Carmel Carmel |
| 5. | Angela Song 85 | Terre Haute South |
| 6. | Philip Lee 84
Andrew Huh 84 Don Nye 84 |
Champaign Central
Terre Haute South Iowa City West |
| 7. | Nate Johnson 83 | West Noble |
| 8. | Daisy Zhuang 82
Michael Wintermeyer 82 Peter Bittar 82 Mitchell McCord 82 |
Champaign Central
Park Tudor Terre Haute South Terre Haute North |
| 9. | Eric Watson
Shelley Tang |
Terre Haute North
Hamilton Southeastern |
| 10. | Samuel Rider-Leck | Terre Haute North |
| 11. | Cezary Wojciak
Matthew Moyer Vikas Vavilala Eesha Purohit Mitra Sharifi Anthony Ton |
Signature School
Fishers Carmel Terre Haute South Terre Haute South Terre Haute South |
| 12. | Kathleen Hu
Jennifer Logan Shataakshi Dube Sanjeev Chilukuri |
Fishers
Fishers Carmel Castle |
| Sophomore | ||
| Name | School | |
| 1. | Richard Ni 100
Jeffrey Shen 100 |
Park Tudor
Park Tudor |
| 2. | Joseph Botros 94 | Terre Haute South |
| 3. | Matt Staib 89 | Iowa City West |
| 4. | Mihika Prabhu 85
Matt Kendall 85 Shi-Ke Xue 85 |
West Lafayette
Terre Haute South Iowa City West |
| 5. | Sam Drews 84 | Lafayette Jefferson |
| 6. | Prathik Kini 82
Raymond Montgomery 82 Samuel Clarke 82 Bob Chen 82 Daniel Riffin 82 |
Fishers
Terre Haute South Park Tudor Iowa City West Hamilton Southeastern |
| 7. | Allison Fifer 80
Samuel Throne 80 |
West Vigo
Terre Haute South |
| 8. | Sawyer Morgan
Tom Zhang |
Hamilton Southeastern
Hamilton Southeastern |
| 9. | Alex Brockmann
Bosi Zhang |
Hamilton Southeastern
Hamilton Southeastern |
| 10. | Peter Mass | Fishers |
| 11. | Andrew Herrmann
Erin Van Wesenbeeck Jessica Wright |
Hamilton Southeastern
Fishers Terre Haute South |
| 12. | Neel Erickson | Signature |
| Freshman | ||
| Name | School | |
| 1. | Youkow Homma 100
Lyndon Ji 100 |
Carmel
Carmel |
| 2. | Anirudh Prabhu 90 | West Lafayette |
| 3. | Wonhu Rhee 89 | West Lafayette |
| 4. | Jiefu Hou 88
Rebecca Chen 88 |
Carmel
Park Tudor |
| 5. | Nicholas Posey 85
Ray Qian 85 Terry Ming 85 |
Terre Haute South
Carmel Carmel |
| 6. | Michale Mardini 84
Patrick Tierney 84 Zeno Jeong 84 |
Terre Haute South
Iowa City West Champaign Central |
| 7. | Marissa Stephens 82 | Indianapolis North Central |
| 8. | Tommy Dauer
Nimisha Kumar |
Castle
Carmel |
| 9. | Udit Vyas | Castle |
| 10. | Jeffrey Ding | Iowa City West |
| 11. | Ryan Morelock
Mark Botros |
Lebanon
Terre Haute South |
| 12. | Yucheng Lin | Champaign Central |
Congratulations to seniors Raj Bhuptani and Pardha Ponugoti who earned individual awards for the fourth time.
Congratulations to the Winners of the Sally Shonk memorial award; Youkow Homma, Lyndon Ji, and Rebecca Chen and to the Mary Rhein memorial award winners; Richard Ni, Jeffrey Shen, and Mihika Prabhu.
This year there were approximately 400 students from 24 schools. The schools competing this year were:
Carmel, Castle, Champaign Central, Covenant Christian, Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Indianapolis Lutheran, Indianapolis North Central, Iowa City West, Lafayette Jefferson, Lebanon, North Daviess, Park Tudor, Scecina Memorial, Signature, South Vermillion, Terre Haute North Vigo High School, Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Urbana. Watseka Community, West Lafayette, West Noble, West Vigo, There were also guest middle school students from Honey Creek.
A summary of the scoring for this year’s contest:
| Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Number of Students | 92 | 108 | 75 |
94 |
|
Top Score |
100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Twelfth Place | 65 | 72 | 75 |
73 |
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Median |
40 | 52.5 | 70 | 58.5 |
| Mean | 44.3 | 54.7 | 62.5 |
58.9 |
For more information about the contest, please send e-mail to john.rickert@rose-hulman.edu
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- Past standings
- Mary Rhein memorial award winners
- Sally Shonk memorial award winners