USC High School Math Contest - 1997 Results

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Individual Results: [table of contents]

Written Exam

For receiving the highest score on the written exam, Ioana Gradinaru has been awarded a four-year full tuition scholarship to attend USC.

For receiving the second highest score on the written exam, Brandon Fornwalt has been awarded a four-year half-tuition scholarship to attend USC.

Due to a rule change for the 1997 contest, we were able to offer an additional half-tuition scholarship to an outstanding senior. Daniel Campbell received the third highest score on the written exam and has been awarded a four-year half-tuition scholarship to attend USC.

Although scholarships can only be offered to official participants from South Carolina, we would like to recognize Billy Francisco and Harry Hu for receiving outstanding scores while taking the exam on a practice-only basis.

The first table below lists the top 16 official participants and the second table lists the top 3 practice-only participants. We would like to congratulate these students as well as all of the students who have worked so hard and performed so well on our written exam.

Top 16 Scores on Written Exam (Official Participants)
Student Name Score (out of 150) Grade Level High School
Ioana Gradinaru 112 Junior Governor's School for Science & Math
Brandon Fornwalt 93 Senior Governor's School for Science & Math
Daniel Campbell 86 Senior Ben Lippen School
Todd Adams 85 Junior Ben Lippen School
Jonathan Williams 85 ? Governor's School for Science & Math
Jacob Adams 81 ? Governor's School for Science & Math
Matt Holmes 78 ? Governor's School for Science & Math
Shaun Wood 77 Junior York Comprehensive High School
Kathy Mancuso 73 Sophomore A. C. Flora High School
Laura Cupples 72 ? Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
Trey Millender 72 ? A. C. Flora High School
Steven Armato 71 ? Hammond School
Stu Liang 71 ? Ben Lippen School
Ryan Wright 70 ? Spartanburg High School
Jeff Mobley 69 ? South Aiken High School
Jonathan Mason 69 Junior Dreher High School

Top 3 Scores on Written Exam (Practice-Only Students)
Student Name High School Score (out of 150)
Billy Francisco Statesboro High School 110
Harry Hu Statesboro High School 90
Rob Hellams Lexington High School 74

Tournament

The top 16 scorers on our written exam participated in our Mathematics Tournament. Brandon Fornwalt was the winner and Stu Liang was the runner-up. Congratulations to both of them!

Round 1

Todd Adams vs. Stu Liang
Steven Armato vs. Jonathan Williams
Ioana Gradinaru vs. Jonathan Mason
Shaun Wood vs. Kathy Mancuso
Daniel Campbell vs. Ryan Wright
Trey Millender vs. Jacob Adams
Laura Cupples vs. Matt Holmes
Brandon Fornwalt vs. Jeff Mobley

Round 2

Stu Liang vs. Jonathan Williams
Ioana Gradinaru vs. Shaun Wood
Ryan Wright vs. Jacob Adams
Matt Holmes vs. Brandon Fornwalt

Round 3

Stu Liang vs. Shaun Wood
Ryan Wright vs. Brandon Fornwalt

Round 4

Stu Liang vs. Brandon Fornwalt

Winner

Brandon Fornwalt

Team Results: [table of contents]

Schools are divided into two divisions based on the number of students, the number of teachers, the scope of the math program, etc. For each team, we average the top 3 written exam scores. This score is added to the score from the ciphering contest to give us the team score. Trophies are awarded to the schools with the top three team scores from each division. Congratulations to the following schools.

Division 1
  High School Top 3 Average Ciphering TEAM SCORE
First Place Governor's School for Science & Math 96.7 33 129.7
Second Place South Aiken High School 63.7 30 93.7
Third Place A. C. Flora 68.3 21 89.3

Division 2
  High School Top 3 Average Ciphering TEAM SCORE
First Place Ben Lippen School 80.7 17 97.7
Second Place Palmetto High School 49 42 91
Third Place Hammond School 59.7 26 85.7

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