On Nov. 4, more than 30 upper school students participated in the Berkeley Math Tournament, one of the largest student-run math competitions on the West Coast, with more than 2,000 contestants. The event is run by University of California at Berkeley students aiming to foster interest in mathematics and mathematical competition in middle and high school students. Numerous Harker students received distinctions in the event:

Shamik Khowala, grade 9: Fifth place in the General Test

Elaine Xu, grade 9: 10th place in the General Test

James Lin and Jessica Hu, grade 10; and Christine Deng, Lily Peng, Heather Wang and Daniel Zhu, grade 9: Distinguished Honorable Mention (Top 20%)

Katherine Wang, grade 10; and Ryan Miao and Lucas Lum, grade 9: Honorable Mention (Top 50%)

Aman Chandra, Caden Ruan, Terry Xie and Eddie Zhang, grade 10; and Jonathan Li, grade 9: Honorable Mention in Algebra (Top 50%)

Aarush Vailaya, grade 11; and Cyrus Ghane, grade 10; Hengrui Liang and Haofang Zhu, grade 9: Distinguished Honorable Mention in Algebra (Top 20%)

Hengrui Liang, grade 9: Eighth place in Algebra Test

Aarush Vailaya and Sylvia Chen, grade 9: Honorable Mention in Discrete Test

Neil Krishnan, grade 11: Distinguished Honorable Mention in Discrete Test

Aishani Singh and Neil Krishnan, grade 11; Aman Chandra, Jaden Fu, Mihir Kotbagi, Caden Ruan, Eddie Zhang and Terry Xie, grade 10; and Sylvia Chen and Haofang Zhu, both grade 9: Honorable Mention in Geometry

Hengrui Liang, grade 9: Distinguished Honorable Mention in Geometry