{"id":512,"date":"2016-06-20T18:44:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.rose-hulman.edu\/rhitmathcontest\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2016-09-01T13:06:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T13:06:29","slug":"the-forty-third-annual-rose-hulman-high-school-mathematics-contest-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.rose-hulman.edu\/rhitmathcontest\/the-forty-third-annual-rose-hulman-high-school-mathematics-contest-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"The Forty-Third Annual Rose-Hulman High School Mathematics Contest 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology<\/span><\/u><\/a> Mathematics Contest takes place annually on the second Saturday in November. The forty-third contest took place Saturday, November 8, 2008. Some pictures<\/span><\/u><\/a> from 2008 are now on-line.<\/p>\n

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This year’s top finishers were<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1.<\/td>\nTerre Haute South Vigo High School<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/td>\n1311<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nIowa City West<\/td>\n1186<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nPark Tudor<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/td>\n1181<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nCastle<\/td>\n980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\nUrbana<\/td>\n834<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The 2008 class winners were<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nFreshman <\/strong><\/td>\nSophomore<\/strong><\/td>\nJunior<\/strong><\/td>\nSenior<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nCarmel<\/a> 370<\/td>\nPark Tudor 333<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South 333<\/td>\n

Iowa City West 374<\/td>\n\n

Terre Haute South 342<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Terre Haute South 282<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTerre Haute South 354<\/td>\nIowa City West 336<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nCastle 234<\/td>\nHamilton Southeastern 306<\/td>\nCarmel 321<\/td>\n\n

Park Tudor 320<\/p>\n

Carmel 320<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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4.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Park Tudor 232<\/td>\nIowa City West 296<\/td>\n\n

Terre Haute North 307<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Top scoring individuals were<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Senior<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nSchool<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nPardha Ponugoti 100<\/td>\nTerre Haute South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nJessica Fisher 94<\/td>\nPark Tudor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nAnton Goupinets 90<\/td>\nIowa City West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nAllie Wunderlich 88<\/p>\n

Peter Li 88<\/td>\n

Castle<\/p>\n

Carmel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

5.<\/td>\nIan Goller 84<\/p>\n

Raj Bhuptani 84<\/p>\n

Thane Somers 84<\/p>\n

Young Seol 84<\/p>\n

Yon-Sue Choi 84<\/p>\n

Ed Coyle 84<\/p>\n

Tim McCall 84<\/td>\n

Fishers<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Iowa City West<\/p>\n

Iowa City West<\/p>\n

Carmel<\/p>\n

Lafayette Jefferson<\/p>\n

Hamilton Southeastern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

6.<\/td>\nJohn Wu 83<\/td>\nWest Vigo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>\nKristin Shaffer 82<\/p>\n

Cameron Cecil 82<\/p>\n

Vikram Nevrekar 82<\/td>\n

Hamilton Southeastern<\/p>\n

Park Tudor<\/p>\n

Hamilton Southeastern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

8.<\/td>\nKevin Wang 80<\/p>\n

Amanda Williams 80<\/td>\n

Carmel<\/p>\n

Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9.<\/td>\nArun Theertam<\/p>\n

Kristina Throne<\/p>\n

Tian Xia<\/p>\n

Rachel Garrick<\/td>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Urbana<\/p>\n

Champaign Central<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10.<\/td>\nMike Gonda<\/p>\n

Kathy Ingram<\/td>\n

Champaign Central<\/p>\n

Iowa City West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11.<\/td>\nJoe Cancino<\/td>\nLafayette Jefferson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/td>\nKala Ghooray<\/p>\n

John Frantonius<\/td>\n

Covenant Christian<\/p>\n

Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Junior<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nName<\/td>\nSchool<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nSachin Shinde 100<\/p>\n

Curie Ahn 100<\/p>\n

Tyler Chenhall 100<\/td>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Iowa City West<\/p>\n

Iowa City West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2.<\/td>\nLauren Stephens 95<\/p>\n

April Wang 95<\/td>\n

Indianapolis North Central<\/p>\n

Park Tudor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3.<\/td>\nLorelei Coffin 90<\/td>\nIowa City West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nJohn Ryan 88<\/p>\n

Shawn Qian 88<\/p>\n

Jimmy Sun 88<\/td>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Carmel<\/p>\n

Carmel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

5.<\/td>\nAngela Song 85<\/td>\nTerre Haute South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\nPhilip Lee 84<\/p>\n

Andrew Huh 84<\/p>\n

Don Nye 84<\/td>\n

Champaign Central<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Iowa City West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

7.<\/td>\nNate Johnson 83<\/td>\nWest Noble<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\nDaisy Zhuang 82<\/p>\n

Michael Wintermeyer 82<\/p>\n

Peter Bittar 82<\/p>\n

Mitchell McCord 82<\/td>\n

Champaign Central<\/p>\n

Park Tudor<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Terre Haute North<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9.<\/td>\nEric Watson<\/p>\n

Shelley Tang<\/td>\n

Terre Haute North<\/p>\n

Hamilton Southeastern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10.<\/td>\nSamuel Rider-Leck<\/td>\nTerre Haute North<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/td>\nCezary Wojciak<\/p>\n

Matthew Moyer<\/p>\n

Vikas Vavilala<\/p>\n

Eesha Purohit<\/p>\n

Mitra Sharifi<\/p>\n

Anthony Ton<\/td>\n

Signature School<\/p>\n

Fishers<\/p>\n

Carmel<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12.<\/td>\nKathleen Hu<\/p>\n

Jennifer Logan<\/p>\n

Shataakshi Dube<\/p>\n

Sanjeev Chilukuri<\/td>\n

Fishers<\/p>\n

Fishers<\/p>\n

Carmel<\/p>\n

Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Sophomore<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nName<\/td>\nSchool<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nRichard Ni 100<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Shen 100<\/td>\n

Park Tudor<\/p>\n

Park Tudor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2.<\/td>\nJoseph Botros 94<\/td>\nTerre Haute South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nMatt Staib 89<\/td>\nIowa City West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nMihika Prabhu 85<\/p>\n

Matt Kendall 85<\/p>\n

Shi-Ke Xue 85<\/td>\n

West Lafayette<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Iowa City West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

5.<\/td>\nSam Drews 84<\/td>\nLafayette Jefferson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\nPrathik Kini 82<\/p>\n

Raymond Montgomery 82<\/p>\n

Samuel Clarke 82<\/p>\n

Bob Chen 82<\/p>\n

Daniel Riffin 82<\/td>\n

Fishers<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Park Tudor<\/p>\n

Iowa City West<\/p>\n

Hamilton Southeastern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

7.<\/td>\nAllison Fifer 80<\/p>\n

Samuel Throne 80<\/td>\n

West Vigo<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

8.<\/td>\nSawyer Morgan<\/p>\n

Tom Zhang<\/td>\n

Hamilton Southeastern<\/p>\n

Hamilton Southeastern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9.<\/td>\nAlex Brockmann<\/p>\n

Bosi Zhang<\/td>\n

Hamilton Southeastern<\/p>\n

Hamilton Southeastern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10.<\/td>\nPeter Mass<\/td>\nFishers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/td>\nAndrew Herrmann<\/p>\n

Erin Van Wesenbeeck<\/p>\n

Jessica Wright<\/td>\n

Hamilton Southeastern<\/p>\n

Fishers<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12.<\/td>\nNeel Erickson<\/td>\nSignature<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Freshman<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nSchool<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nYoukow Homma 100<\/p>\n

Lyndon Ji 100<\/td>\n

Carmel<\/p>\n

Carmel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2.<\/td>\nAnirudh Prabhu 90<\/td>\nWest Lafayette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nWonhu Rhee 89<\/td>\nWest Lafayette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nJiefu Hou 88<\/p>\n

Rebecca Chen 88<\/td>\n

Carmel<\/p>\n

Park Tudor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

5.<\/td>\nNicholas Posey 85<\/p>\n

Ray Qian 85<\/p>\n

Terry Ming 85<\/td>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Carmel<\/p>\n

Carmel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

6.<\/td>\nMichale Mardini 84<\/p>\n

Patrick Tierney 84<\/p>\n

Zeno Jeong 84<\/td>\n

Terre Haute South<\/p>\n

Iowa City West<\/p>\n

Champaign Central<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

7.<\/td>\nMarissa Stephens 82<\/td>\nIndianapolis North Central<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\nTommy Dauer<\/p>\n

Nimisha Kumar<\/td>\n

Castle<\/p>\n

Carmel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9.<\/td>\nUdit Vyas<\/td>\nCastle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>\nJeffrey Ding<\/td>\nIowa City West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/td>\nRyan Morelock<\/p>\n

Mark Botros<\/td>\n

Lebanon<\/p>\n

Terre Haute South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12.<\/td>\nYucheng Lin<\/td>\nChampaign Central<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Congratulations to seniors Raj Bhuptani and Pardha Ponugoti who earned individual awards for the fourth time.<\/p>\n

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Congratulations to the Winners of the Sally Shonk<\/span><\/u><\/a> memorial award; Youkow Homma, Lyndon Ji, and Rebecca Chen\u00a0and to the Mary Rhein<\/span><\/u><\/a> memorial award winners; Richard Ni, Jeffrey Shen, and Mihika Prabhu.<\/p>\n

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This year there were approximately 400 students from 24 schools. The schools competing this year were:
\nCarmel<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Castle<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Champaign Central, Covenant Christian<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Fishers<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Hamilton Southeastern<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Indianapolis Lutheran<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Indianapolis North Central<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Iowa City West, Lafayette Jefferson<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Lebanon, North Daviess, Park Tudor<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Scecina Memorial, Signature<\/span><\/u><\/a>, South Vermillion<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Terre Haute North Vigo High School<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Terre Haute South Vigo High School<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Urbana<\/span><\/u><\/a>. Watseka Community, West Lafayette, West Noble, West Vigo<\/span><\/u><\/a>, There were also guest middle school students from Honey Creek.<\/p>\n

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A summary of the scoring for this year’s contest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nFreshman<\/strong><\/td>\nSophomore<\/strong><\/td>\nJunior<\/strong><\/td>\nSenior<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of Students<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n108<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n\n

94<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Top Score<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

100<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Twelfth Place<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n\n

73<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Median<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

40<\/td>\n52.5<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n58.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mean<\/td>\n44.3<\/td>\n54.7<\/td>\n62.5<\/td>\n\n

58.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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For more information about the contest, please send e-mail to john.rickert@rose-hulman.edu<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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