USC High School Math Contest - 2001 Results


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Individual Results: [table of contents]

Written Exam

For receiving the highest score on the written exam, Saahir Khan and Ben Johnson have each been awarded four-year full tuition scholarships to attend USC.

For receiving the third highest score on the written exam, Xia Liu has been awarded a four-year quarter-tuition scholarship to attend USC.

The table below lists the top 18 scorers on our written exam. 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 18 Scores on Written Exam (Official Participants)
Student Score (out of 150) Grade Level High School Teacher
Saahir Khan 124 (tie) junior Dutch Fork High School Laura Buddin
Ben Johnson 124 (tie) junior D. W. Daniel High School Marion Greene, Pat Welsh
Xia Liu 122 junior Governor's School for Science and Math Dr. Terry Long
Jae Jun Kim 114 senior Spring Valley High School Susan Mewborn
Brian Williams 110 junior Governor's School for Science and Math Dr. Terry Long
Ted Dickel 106 sophomore D. W. Daniel High School Marion Greene, Pat Welsh
David Nickerson 103 senior Ben Lippen School Robert Hess
Ryan Wells 102 senior Spring Valley High School Susan Mewborn
Ryan Field 102 sophomore Lexington High School Bettie Amick
Matt Elder 98 junior Lexington High School Bettie Amick
Thomas Grooms 98 senior Aiken High School Ellen Grooms
Cassel Sloan 94 senior Aiken High School Ellen Grooms
Guy Boudreaux 93 sophomore Dreher High School Christina Murphy, Linda Williams
Christopher Rogers 92 senior Lexington High School Bettie Amick
Richard Goeres 92 junior Dreher High School Christina Murphy, Linda Williams
Allen Porter 91 (lost tie-breaker) senior Hammond School Bill Austin
Molly Peeples 91 senior Spring Valley High School Susan Mewborn
Eric Tonkyn 91 (lost tie-breaker) senior Governor's School for Science and Math Dr. Terry Long


Tournament

The top 16 scorers on our written exam participated in our Mathematics Tournament. Guy Boudreaux was the winner and Ted Dickel was the runner-up. Congratulations to both of them!

Round 1

Christopher Rogers vs. Ted Dickel
Matt Elder vs. Ben Johnson
Cassel Sloan vs. Jae Jun Kim
Ryan Wells vs. Molly Peeples
Saahir Khan vs. Ryan Field
Brian Williams vs. Guy Boudreaux
Thomas Grooms vs. Xia Liu
Richard Goeres vs. David Nickerson

Round 2

Ted Dickel vs. Matt Elder
Cassel Sloan vs. Molly Peeples
Saahir Khan vs. Guy Boudreaux
Xia Liu vs. Richard Goeres

Round 3

Ted Dickel vs. Cassel Sloan
Guy Boudreaux vs. Xia Liu

Round 4

Ted Dickel vs. Guy Boudreaux

Winner

Guy Boudreaux


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 Teacher Students Top 3 Average Ciphering TEAM SCORE
First Place Governor's School for Science and Math Dr. Terry Long Xia Liu, Brian Williams, Eric Tonkyn, Patrick Bristow, Lu Qin, Jacob Hicks 107.7 37 144.7
Second Place Spring Valley High School Susan Mewborn Jae Jun Kim, Ryan Wells, Molly Peeples, Nick Goodman, Ronak Shah, Raj Amarnath 102.3 35 137.3
Third Place D. W. Daniel High School Marion Greene, Pat Welsh Ben Johnson, Ted Dickel, Matthew Yancey, Rob Stapleton, Mark Kostreva, Jingyi Zhang 104.3 31 135.3

Division 2
  High School Teacher Students Top 3 Average Ciphering TEAM SCORE
First Place Ben Lippen School Robert Hess David Nickerson, Peter Hsi, Hye-young Ahn, Justin Marsh, Jin-suk Park, Sun Hee Chung 92.7 30 122.7
Second Place Hammond High School Bill Austin Allen Porter, Josh Patterson, Wade Harrison, James Mack, Catherine Mack, Suzanne Hancock 90.0 29 119.0
Third Place Hilton Head Preparatory School Jan Dowell Sam Urato, Alex Papson, Gwen McKinley, Stephen Fuller, Hakan Seyalioglu, Michele Stupinsky 68.3 24 92.3


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