The Northern Virginia Regional MATHCOUNTS Competition was held on Saturday, Feb. 4, at George Mason University. The regional competition combines the Fairfax, George Washington, and Northern VA Chapters of the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers.
More than 420 sixth through eighth grade students from 49 elementary and middle schools competed at the events. These students have been practicing since the fall and were selected to represent their schools at the competition. Students compete as school teams and as individuals.
The top teams, team members, and coaches for each Chapter are as follows:
Fairfax Chapter Area
Rachel Carson Middle School (Coach: Kristen Shebek); Students: Andrew Kim, Ankit Roy, Derek Dong, Anirudh Bansal
Nysmith School (Coach: JoMarie Broccoli); Students: Whitman Ochiai, Kaien Yang, Anuraag Kaashyap, Anand Advani
Joyce Kilmer Middle School (Coach: Lilia Nedialkova); Students: Daniel Zeng, David Han, James Xu, Luke McMahon
George Washington Chapter Area
Mark Twain Middle School (Coach: Jack Schiavone); Students: Jeb Cui, Griffin Chozick, Alexander Davis, Eugene Choi
South County Middle School (Coach: Gina Griffin-Evans); Students: Eugene Choi, Matthew Hwang, Shreyas Mayya, Shaunak Patel
Carl Sandburg Middle School (Coach: Nicole Yoder); Students: Molly Barron, Thomas Cuddy, Quinn Powell, Jillian Ylagan
Northern VA Chapter Area
BASIS Independent McLean (Coach: Rikki McCullough); Students: Austin Feng, Pravalika Putalapattu, Ethan Zhou, Joshua Fu
Longfellow Middle School (Coach: Jong Hyoun Jung); Students: Lawrence Shi, Austin Shi, Edwin Lu, Daniel Park
Haycock Elementary School (Coach: Jin Kang); Students: Sam Wang, Taein Kim, Brian Lai, Alan Vladimiroff
The top-scoring students in each Chapter are as follows:
Fairfax Chapter Area
Andrew Kim, Rachel Carson Middle School
Ankit Roy, Rachel Carson Middle School
Derek Dong, Rachel Carson Middle School
Rubaiya Emran, Edlin School
Subhiksha Balaji, Rocky Run Middle School
George Washington Chapter Area
Eugene Choi, South County Middle School
Jeb Cui, Mark Twain Middle School
Griffin Chozick, Mark Twain Middle School
Mingang Kim, South County Middle School
Hieu Vu, Glasgow Middle School
Northern VA Chapter Area
Lawrence Shi, Longfellow Middle School
Austin Shi, Longfellow Middle School
Austin Feng, BASIS Independent McLean
Sam Wang, Haycock Elementary School
Kevin Zhang, Longfellow Middle School
The top two teams and top four students that are not on the top two teams from the Fairfax Chapter along with the winning team and top two students that are not on the winning team from each of the George Washington and Northern VA Chapters, will advance to compete at the Virginia State MATHCOUNTS Competition to be held on March 18 at the Dominion Virginia Power facility in Glen Allen, Va.
MATHCOUNTS is a national middle school math enrichment program offering competition and club activities designed to foster appreciation of math among U.S. students so as to prepare students for future career opportunities and success. In an increasingly technological society, those students who do not begin developing strong problem solving, logical thinking, and analytical abilities in middle school will face an uphill battle later in life if they wish to pursue a medical, scientific, mathematical, engineering or technical career. More than 6 million students across the U.S. have participated in MATHCOUNTS programs.
Additional information on the national MATHCOUNTS program is available at www.mathcounts.org.