The 22nd annual Diana Nichols Harker Math Invitational for grades 6 to 8, held March 18, was a highly successful event with 18 schools and about 380 contestants taking part in individual and team contests. There were 60 competing and six non-competing teams for the team contest.
In individual competition, Harker’s Jeffery Wang placed fourth in the grade 7 category, while Hengrui Liang and Haofang Zhu took first and second, respectively, in the grade 8 category, with Zhu tying for second place.
In teams, Harker sixth graders Taddy Fujimura, Mark Han, Rafa deGoma, Ethan Weyn, Eric G. Zhang, Lucas Zhang and Jocelyn Zhao placed second in the grade 6 category. In the grade 8 category, Kevin Chen, Audrey Hu, Aaron Luo, Ryan Miao, Lily Peng, Sanjith Senthil and Haofang Zhu placed third.
The full results are found below.
Scores for individual winners have been placed in brackets with the total from actual questions followed by any bonus questions. All ties were broken according to difficulty level of questions.
Individual Event
Grade 6: 25 total possible points
|
Rank |
Name of Student |
Name of School |
|
1 |
Charlie Huang (18 + 4) |
The King’s Academy |
|
2 |
Austin Jin (18 + 0) |
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley |
|
3 |
Katherine Li (17 + 2) |
Kennedy Middle School |
|
4 |
Keith Li (16 + 2) |
BASIS Fremont |
|
5 |
William Mao (16 + 2) |
Stratford Preparatory, Blackford |
Grade 7: 30 total possible points
|
Rank |
Name of Student |
Name of School |
|
1 |
Michael Tang (24 + 4) |
Miller Middle School |
|
2 |
Sophia Fan (23 + 0) |
Miller Middle School |
|
3 |
Calvin Strohmann (22 + 2) |
Kennedy Middle School |
|
4 |
Jeffery Wang (22 + 1) |
The Harker School |
|
5 |
Henry Wang (22 + 0) |
Miller Middle School |
Grade 8: 30 total possible points
|
Rank |
Name of Student |
Name of School |
|
1 |
Hengrui Liang (20 + 4) |
The Harker School |
|
2 (tie) |
Haofang Zhu (20 + 1) |
The Harker School |
|
2 (tie) |
Benjamin Zhang (20 + 0) |
Miller Middle School |
|
4 |
Ian Chen (19 + 2) |
Miller Middle School |
|
5 |
Ashmit Arasada (19 + 0) |
Miller Middle School |
Team Contest
|
Team Members |
School |
Place |
Grade |
|
Chloe Chen, Katherine Li, Brianna Su, Ashita Thakkar, Natalie Yao, Justin Zhang and Ella Zheng |
Kennedy Middle School 6D |
First |
6 |
|
Taddy Fujimura, Mark Han, Rafa deGoma, Ethan Weyn, Eric G. Zhang, Lucas Zhang and Jocelyn Zhao |
The Harker School 6P |
Second |
6 |
|
Emma Jin, Charlie Huang, Kaden Leong, Isaac Chi, Dylan wan, Fiona Wu and Aidan Zhang |
The King’s Academy 6N |
Third |
6 |
|
Sophia Fan, Tanish Kolhe, Ishaan Mittal, Michael Tang, Henry Wang, Frank Xia and Hanyu Zhang |
Miller Middle School 7J |
First |
7 |
|
Kevin Chen, Bryan Ge, Joseph He, Zheng Sheng He, Xuanyi Ma, Adya Seker and Calvin Strohmann |
Kennedy Middle School 7G |
Second |
7 |
|
Gopal Deshpande, Victoria Huang, Sean Huang, Catherine Jian, Tianlin Liu, Yunfei Xia and Leo Zhang |
Miller Middle School 7K |
Third |
7 |
|
Ashmit Arasada, Andy Chen, Ian Chen, Christopher Lu, Nitin Vaka, Benjamin Zhang and Shannon Zhang |
Miller Middle School 8G |
First |
8 |
|
Rehan Babu, Yutong Chen, Theeran Sathish Kumar, Qixuan Mu, Elaina Pan, Sohum Uttamchandani and Derek Wang |
Kennedy Middle School 8F |
Second |
8 |
|
Kevin Chen, Audrey Hu, Aaron Luo, Ryan Miao, Lily Peng, Sanjith Senthil and Haofang Zhu |
The Harker School 8R |
Third |
8 |