In November, 15 Harker students earned high marks at the Berkeley Math Tournament, held at the University of California, Berkeley. The largest university-sponsored high school math competition on the West Coast, it attracted more than 600 students, the most in its history. A total of 18 Harker students (three teams with six students each) participated in the tournament. Individual competitors had the choice of taking a general test or competing in two of the tournament’s four focus subjects: algebra, calculus, discrete math and geometry.

Students who received awards in the tournament are as follows:

Aman Chandra, grade 9 – Honorable mention (top 50 percent) in geometry

Emma Gao, grade 11 – HM in calculus, Distinguished HM (top 20 percent) in discrete math

Jessica Hu, grade 9 – HM in calculus

Alex Huang, grade 10 – HM on general test

Neil Krishnan, grade 10 – HM in algebra, DHM in geometry

Catherine Li, grade 11 – HM in calculus, HM in geometry

Ian Ogden, grade 11 – Seventh and DHM in algebra, HM in discrete math

Caden Ruan, grade 9 – DHM in algebra

Aniketh Tammula, grade 11 – HM in algebra, HM in geometry

Michelle Wei, grade 11 – HM on general test

Stephen Xia, grade 12 – HM in calculus, DHM in discrete math

Olivia Xu, grade 11 – DHM in geometry

Jonny Xue, grade 10 – HM in algebra

Eddie Zhang, grade 9 – HM in algebra

William Zhang, grade 11 – HM in algebra, seventh and DHM in geometry (after a third-to-eighth tiebreaker)