Harker sent a total of eight teams to compete at this year’s Berkeley Math Tournament, and team Harker Omega (made up of juniors Sylvia Chen, Kristiyan Kurtev, Jonathan Li, Helena Liang, Lily Peng and Elaine Xu) became the first Harker team since 2018 to place in the top 10, finishing ninth. Students also excelled at the individual level. More than 1,400 students participated in the event, which consisted of a proof-based team round, individual general and subject-specific tests and a Guts Round in which teams solved nine sets of three problems each. Full results are below.
Team Top 10
Overall
Harker Omega – 9th place (Sylvia Chen, Kristiyan Kurtev, Jonathan Li, Helena Liang, Lily Peng, Elaine Xu)
Power Round
Harker Omega – 2nd place (Sylvia Chen, Kristiyan Kurtev, Jonathan Li, Helena Liang, Lily Peng, Elaine Xu)
Harker Omicron – 9th place (sophomores Kanav Gupta, Vihaan Gupta, Aarav Mann, Andrew Shi, Jeffery Wang and Lucas Yuan)
Individual Top 10
Calculus
Elaine Xu – Eighth place
Discrete
Andrew Shi – Sixth place
Distinguished Honorable Mention (Top 20%)
General
Kevin He, grade 11
Charlene Li, grade 10
Rachel Li, grade 10
Bartu Milci, grade 9
Rohan Rajaram, grade 9
Leo Zhang, grade 11
Algebra
Eric Dong, grade 12
David He, grade 12
Jonathan Li
Aarav Mann
Cameron Rampell, grade 11
Lucas Wu, grade 10
Calculus
Cameron Rampell
Elaine Xu
Discrete
Sylvia Chen
Vihaan Gupta
David He
Shamik Khowala, grade 11
Jonathan Li
Andrew Shi
Daniel Zhu, grade 11
Geometry
Vihaan Gupta
Sunay Miduthuri, grade 9
Andrew Shi
Jeffery Wang
Lucas Yuan
Honorable Mention (Top 50%)
General
Jessie Cao, grade 10
Ethan Hao, grade 9
Victoria Ho, grade 10
Rex Huang, grade 10
Ian Lee, grade 11
Sanjith Senthil, grade 11
Haoqi Xu, grade 10
Hongkang Zhao, grade 10
Algebra
Sylvia Chen
Rafa deGoma, grade 9
William Jiang, grade 11
Shamik Khowala
Helena Liang
Alexander Maxim, grade 10
Lily Peng
Eric Zhang
Calculus
Eric Dong
William Jiang
Benjamin Li, grade 10
Helena Liang
Sunay Miduthuri
Ethan Weyn, grade 9
Discrete
Rafa deGoma
Kristiyan Kurtev
Benjamin Li
Pascal Qin
Elaine Xu
Lucas Yuan
Eric Zhang
Geometry
Kristiyan Kurtev
Aarav Mann
Lily Peng
Andrew Shin
Daniel Zhu
Activities
Estimathon
Kristiyan Kurtev and Jonathan Li – 1st place
Helena Liang and Elaine Xu – 2nd place
