Math Team Announcements
It has been a busy year for the Math Team! Below are some highlights from each of the competitions.
The Math Team captains are seniors Rhik Mazumder, Anush Shah, and Gracie Sheng. They have organized practices for the team of 30 – 40 students almost every Wednesday during A, B, and C terms. The practices have focused on developing math competition skills as well as teamwork and collaboration.
The Team
Each student listed competed in one or more of the competitions listed below.
The Seniors
Rajat Baldawa, Rachel Bunsick, Justin Che, Amith Chintalapati, Svabhu Govindaraj, Henry Liu, Rhik Mazumder, Vinayak Rao, Anush Shah, Gracie Sheng, Diego Suchenski Loustaunau
The Juniors
Mihika Chalasani, Alex Chen, Omar El Nesr, Tarun Eswar, Arnav Gupta, Vaishnavi Harish, Alexander Kaneko, Anya Kelley, Nathan Lam, Anyee Li, Jaylin Li, Shuling Lin, Isabella Palit, Luke Pepin, Nihitha Reddy, Rianna Santra, Joshua Schnee, Jennifer Shaughnessy, Sumanth Sura, Travis Tran, Venkatraman Varatharajan, Suhruth Vuppala, Chengwei Wang, Anne Wu, Joseph Yu
Thank you to everyone for participating and giving their best effort!
New England Math League
All juniors competed in this contest. The contest has six rounds of six one-point questions.
The top 5 scorers for Mass Academy were Alexander Kaneko (perfect score), Rianna Santra, Chengwei Wang, Sumanth Sura, and Peter Liang.
Check out the New England Math Competition site.
Massachusetts Association of Math Leagues (MAML)
Approximately 680 Massachusetts students competed in the 15-question MAML Olympiad Level 1 contest on October 20, 2022 (21 Mass Academy students).
The top 10 scorers for Mass Academy were Alexander Kaneko, Rianna Santra, Sumanth Sura, Henry Liu, Alex Chen, Chengwei Wang, Isabella Palit, Joshua Schnee, Venkatraman Varatharajan, and Suhruth Vuppala.
Based on their high scores, these 10 students competed in Level 2 of the contest on February 28, 2023.
Check out the MAML Competition site.
High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM)
Mass Academy had 14 teams (13 junior teams and 1 senior team) compete in the HiMCM November 9 – 11. The teams worked diligently to prepare their papers on one of the two choices for modeling problems: “The Need for Bees (and not just for honey)” or “CO2 and Global Warming.” It was a memorable experience for our students and we are so proud of their dedication to completing this challenge. We had 4 teams qualify for the 5-day International Math Modeling Challenge by scoring a designation of Outstanding, Finalist, or Meritorious on their HiMCM paper.
Team 12519: Ashwina Bangari, David Barsoum, Nicole Plotnik, Charles Tang
Team 12520: Omar El Nesr, Rianna Santra, Joshua Schnee, Venkatraman Varatharajan
Team 12525: Marlon Jost, Nathan Lam, Donovan Sappet, Anne Wu
Team 12855: Simon Beyzerov, Diego Suchenski Loustaunau, Aaron Tian, David Zhukovsky
Check out the COMAP (HiMCM) competition site.
International Mathematical Modeling Challenge (IMMC)
Mass Academy had 1 team compete in the IMMC during March break. Our team was one of the two teams selected to move on to represent the USA in the IMMC! Judging at the international level will be completed in late June.
Team 12519: Ashwina Bangari, David Barsoum, Nicole Plotnik, Charles Tang
Check out the COMAP (IMMC) competition site.
Worcester County Math League (WOCOMAL)
Mass Academy had 36 students compete in WOCOMAL this season. The four meets took place at Shrewsbury High School. Each student competed in 3 individual rounds and the team round. The results are recorded on the WOCOMAL site.
Mass Academy placed 1st overall! We had 6 of the 10 top scorers in WOCOMAL: Rhik Mazumder, Alexander Kaneko, Rianna Santra, Venkatraman Varatharajan, Sumanth Sura, and Alex Chen.
Check out the WOCOMAL competition site.
Massachusetts Association of Math Leagues State Meet
Based on our team’s performance in WOCOMAL, Mass Academy received an invite to participate in the MAML State Meet. This took place on March 30th. We had one team of 5 students compete at this meet: Alex Chen, Alexander Kaneko, Jennifer Shaughnessy, Sumanth Sura, and Venkatraman Varatharajan. Each student competed in 3 individual rounds and the team round. We placed 1st in the Small Schools Division!
Check out the MAML competition site.
New England Association of Math Leagues Regional Meet
Based on our team’s performance at the MAML State Meet, Mass Academy received an invite to participate in the NEAML Regional Meet. We had one team of 5 students compete at this Meet: Alex Chen, Alexander Kaneko, Jennifer Shaughnessy, Sumanth Sura, and Venkatraman Varatharajan. Each student competed in 3 individual rounds and the team round. We placed 2nd in the Small Schools Division.
Check out the NEAML competition site.
American Math Contest (AMC12)
All Mass Academy juniors, as well as 3 seniors (Justin Che, Anush Shah, Gracie Sheng), participated in the AMC 12B contest in November. We had 7 students qualify to participate in the American Invitational Math Exam, the AIME. This 15-question, 3-hour AIME took place on February 7th.
AIME Qualifiers: Alexander Kaneko, Peter Liang, Rianna Santra, Joshua Schnee, Gracie Sheng, Sumanth Sura, and Venkatraman Varatharajan
Check out the AMC12 competition site.
Harvard/MIT Math Tournament (HMMT)
Mass Academy had two teams compete in HMMT at MIT on February 18th. Students competed in two team rounds, one was a proof-based round and the other a guts round. Each student also competed in 3 individual rounds.
HMMT Participants: Alex Chen, Omar El Nesr, Arnav Gupta, Alexander Kaneko, Rhik Mazumder, Jennifer Shaughnessy, Sumanth Sura, Travis Tran, Venkatraman Varatharajan, Suhruth Vuppala, Chengwei Wang, Joseph Yu
Check out the HMMT site.
MathWorks Modeling Challenge
Mass Academy had two teams compete in the 14-hour MathWorks Modeling Challenge during the March break. Each team consisted of 5 students who worked together to develop a solution to the problem “Ride Like the Wind Without Getting Winded: The Growth of E-Bike Use.” There were 650 papers submitted, 168 of which were selected for round 2 of judging, including both the papers written by our teams!
Team 16621: Omar El Nesr, Rianna Santra, Joshua Schnee, Sumanth Sura, Venkatraman Varatharajan
Team 16623: Ashwina Bangari, David Barsoum, Nicole Plotnik, Charles Tang, Shreya Venkayala
Check out the MathWorks Challenge site.
Purple Comet
All Mass Academy juniors participated in the Purple Comet Math Competition on April 25th. The contest is a 30-question, 90-minute team competition for high school students in teams of up to six. One of our teams, the self-named “Unicorns,” received Honorable Mention.
Unicorns Team: Tarun Eswar, Arnav Gupta, Alexander Kaneko, Peter Liang, Charles Tang, Travis Tran
Check out the Purple Comet competition site.
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