The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Mathematics Contest takes place annually on the second Saturday in November. The forty-fourth contest took place Saturday, November 14, 2009.
This year’s top finishers were
| 1. | Carmel High School | 1075 |
| 2. | Terre Haute South Vigo High School | 1067 |
| 3. | Iowa City West | 1002 |
| 4. | Park Tudor | 832 |
| 5. | Hamilton Southeastern | 722 |
The 2009 class winners were
| Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| 1. | Terre Haute South 247 | Carmel 349 | Park Tudor 310 |
Terre Haute South 346 |
|
2. |
Fishers 238 | Iowa City West 259 | Hamilton Southeastern 278 | Carmel 334 |
| 3. | Iowa City West 223 | Terre Haute South 212 | Terre Haute South 262 |
Iowa City West 283 |
|
4. |
Park Tudor 202 | Castle 181 | Iowa City West 237 |
Fishers 233 |
Top scoring individuals were
| Senior | ||
| Name | School | |
| 1. | Sachin Shinde 100 | Terre Haute South |
| 2. | Jimmy Sun 94 | Carmel |
| 3. | Tyler Chenhall 90 | Iowa City West |
| 4. | John Ryan 88 | Terre Haute South |
| 5. | Curie Ahn 84 | Iowa City West |
| 6. | Anthony Cai 82
Andrew Huh 82 Shawn Qian 82 |
Carmel
Terre Haute South Carmel |
| 7. | Peter Bittar 76
Shataakshi Dube 76 Matt Moyer 76 Zoe Yan 76 |
Terre Haute South
Carmel Fishers Carmel |
| 8. | Philip Lee | Champaign Central |
| 9. | Mo Di | Fishers |
| 10. | Michael Wintermeyer | Park Tudor |
| 11. | Arun Theertam | Terre Haute South |
| 12. | Anthony Ton | Terre Haute South |
| Junior | ||
| Name | School | |
| 1. | Jeffrey Shen 88
Matt Staib 88 |
Park Tudor
Iowa City West |
| 2. | Richard Ni 85 | Park Tudor |
| 3. | Joseph Botros 83 | Terre Haute South |
| 4. | Tom Zhang 78 | Hamilton Southeastern |
| 5. | Bosi Zhang 76 | Hamilton Southeastern |
| 6. | Peter Bin 75 | Culver Academies |
| 7. | Bob Chen
Jessica Wright |
Iowa City West
Terre Haute South |
| 8. | Samuel Clarke
Daniel Nasiatka Congjie Shi |
Park Tudor
Signature Culver Academies |
| 9. | Ji Hwan Lee | Culver Academies |
| 10. | Tommaso Verderame | Park Tudor |
| 11. | Steven Chen
Daniel Griffin |
Carmel
Hamilton Southeastern |
| 12. | Woobin Park | Champaign Central |
| Sophomore | ||
| Name | School | |
| 1. | Lydon Ji 100 | Carmel |
| 2. | Shi-Ke Xue 90 | Iowa City West |
| 3. | Marissa Stephens 88
Ray Qian 88 |
Indianapolis North Central
Carmel |
| 4. | Youkow Homma 82 | Carmel |
| 5. | Terry Ming 79 | Carmel |
| 6. | Michael Mardini | Terre Haute South |
| 7. | Nick Posey | Terre Haute South |
| 8. | Tommy Dauer | Castle |
| 9. | David Ahn
Riko Ohashi |
Iowa City West
Iowa City West |
| 10. | SungPil Park | Culver Academies |
| 11. | Aditya Bhagavathi | Carmel |
| 12. | Samyuth Subramanian | Signature |
| Freshman | ||
| Name | School | |
| 1. | Alex Barksdale 85 | Terre Haute South |
| 2. | Usama Kamram 75 | Fishers |
| 3. | Deborah Lee | Terre Haute South |
| 4. | Catherine Mytelka | Park Tudor |
| 5. | Madeline Snipes | Fishers |
| 6. | Alek Jansen | Warsaw |
| 7. | Ji-Eun Choi
Neil Jairath |
Iowa City West
Castle |
| 8. | Jerry Xu | Carmel |
| 9. | Peter Lannoo
Vaibhav Vavilala |
Terre Haute South
Carmel |
| 10. | David Wintermeyer | North Central |
| 11. | Anthony Zhang | Iowa City West |
| 12. | Meghana Puchalapalli
Ben Sheff |
Terre Haute South
Iowa City West |
Congratulations to seniors Curie Ahn, Peter Bittar, Tyler Chenhall, Andrew Huh, Shawn Qian, John Ryan, Sachin Shinde, and Jimmy Sun who earned individual awards for each of the four years 2006-9.
Congratulations to the Winners of the Sally Shonk memorial award; Alex Barksdale and Deborah Lee and to the Mary Rhein memorial award winners; Lyndon Ji and Marissa Stephens.
This year there were approximately 400 students from 23 schools. The schools competing this year were: Brebeuf, Carmel, Castle, Center Grove, Champaign Central, Covenant Christian, Culver Academies, Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Indianapolis Lutheran, Indianapolis North Central, Iowa City West, Lafayette Jefferson, Park Tudor, Perry Meridian, Scecina Memorial, Signature, South Vermillion, Terre Haute North Vigo High School, Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Urbana, Warsaw, 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 | 83 | 80 | 109 |
91 |
|
Top Score |
85 | 100 | 88 | 100 |
| Twelfth Place | 53 | 58 | 63 |
65 |
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Median |
28 | 33 | 34 | 40 |
| Mean | 33.3 | 35.4 | 36.7 |
46.9 |
For more information about the contest, please send e-mail to john.rickert@rose-hulman.edu.
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