WV State Mathematics Field Day Winners Announced

The 42nd Annual West Virginia State Mathematics Field Day was held April 29 and 30, 2016, at Fairmont State University in Fairmont. Operated and organized by the West Virginia State Mathematics Field Day Organization, the event was sponsored in part by the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium, the West Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Reasoning Mind. 

The event was for students in grades four through 12, with schools in each of the eight Regional Educational Service Areas (RESA) sending three students to represent their region in grade levels four through nine and 10 students to represent their region in the 10th through 12th grade competitions. One hundred forty-three students in grades four through nine and 76 students in grades 10 through 12 participated in the event. The annual awards ceremony took place April 30 at the Falcon Center with more than 600 students, family members and teachers in attendance.

For the first time in the 42-year history of the state Mathematics Field Day competition, one student—Raymond Liu of Morgantown High School—has won first place three years in a row. Liu received a standing ovation and the Carl Cummings Memorial Trophy to place in his school for one year. The trophy has been at the same school for the past three years.

The follow-up competition for high school students is ARML (American Regions Math League) competition. It is held simultaneously at Penn State University, the University of Georgia and the University of Iowa and University of Nevada, Las Vegas. ARML is now going to be offered in China. The West Virginia Team placed 22nd in Division B with Samuel Mathers as the high scorer.

The 20 students who represented West Virginia at Penn State on June 3 and 4 were Branson Ballard, Landon Buckland, Zachary Cafego, Rohan Chandran, Junho Choo, Jacob Earle, Joshua Eastman, Jessica Hammersla, Emily Kuhn, Samuel Levenson, Cathy Li, Samuel Mathers, Charlie Newfeld, Michael Ream, Teresa Riffle, Sabrina Smith, Christine Wirts, Adam Wojciechowski, Michael Yan and Matthew Zollinger. The students met with West Virginia University professors on June 1 and 2 for tutor-strategy sessions.

The following counties are included in each region:

• Region 1: Raleigh, Summers, Monroe, Mercer, McDowell, Wyoming.
• Region 2: Mason, Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo.
• Region 3: Putnam, Kanawha, Clay, Boone.
• Region 4: Braxton, Webster, Pocahontas, Nicholas, Fayette, Greenbrier.
• Region 5: Tyler, Pleasants, Wood, Ritchie, Wirt, Calhoun, Jackson, Roane.
• Region 6: Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel.
• Region 7: Monongalia, Marion, Preston, Harrison, Taylor, Tucker, Barbour, Doddridge, Lewis, Gilmer, Upshur, Randolph.
• Region 8: Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, Jefferson.

The 2016 Grades 4-9 winners first through fifth place and their region number were as follows: 

Grade 4: 1^st Patricia Robertson (2); 2^nd Lauren Shen (7); 3^rd Ama Ackon-Annan (3); 4^th Kathryn Prather (3); 5^th tie Grant Kenamond (6) and Douglas Liu ( 7).

Grade 5: 1^st Patrick Ward (3); 2^nd Rohan Malik-Hamirani (5); 3^rd Carter Herron (7); 4^th Peter Rice (8); 5^th Samvat Yada (1).

Grade 6: 1^st Connor Stonestreet (3); 2^nd Lucas Anger (7); 3^rd Grant Mullins (2); 4^th Nathan Dieffenbaugher (6); 5^th Owen Gerdes(7).

Grade 7: 1^st Nina Saluja (8); 2^nd Moiz Hamirani (5); 3^rd Andrew Liu (7); 4^th John Ward (3);  5^th Lauren Keplinger (4).

Grade 8: 1^st Abraham Goodman (7); 2^nd Manan Parikh (3); 3^rd Peyton Pack (4); 4^th Christopher McCullough (4); 5^th Joshua Rice (6).

Grade 9: 1^st Frank Liu (7); 2^nd Daisy Levine (8); 3^rd Chase Harrison (1); 4^th Kenny Powell (3); 5^th Lillian Bischof (6).

Champion Region in Grades 4-9:  Region 3              

The 2016 Grades 10-12 top 30 winners and their region number were as follows:

1^st Raymond Liu (7); 2^nd Samuel Mathers (7); 3^rd Michael Yann (7); 4^th Cathy Li (7); 5^th Junho Choo (4);

6^th Shirley Ma (4); 7^th Adam Wojciechowski (7); 8^th Landon Buckland (1); 9^th Christine Wirts (3); 10^th Jacob Earle (7);

11^th Zachary Cafego (5); 12^th Kyle Hayes (3); 13^th Matthew Zollinger (8); 14^th Leonardo Cicconi (3); 15^th Charlie Newfeld (2);

16^th Jessica Hammersla (8); 17^th Samuel Levenson (3); 18^th Joshua Eastman (2); 19^th Sabrina Smith (5); 20^th Brandt Maynard (2);

21^st Emily Kuhn (1); 22^nd Zayd Tolaymat (3); 23rd Branson Ballard (8); 24^th Michael Ream (5); 25^th Joshua Dudding (1);

26^th William Sellers (6); 27^th Rohan Chandran (7); 28^th Teresa Riffle (5); 29^th Dalton Minger (6); 30^th Jarren Tay (3).

Champion Region in Grades 10-12:  Region 7

Carl Cummings Award: Raymond Liu (7) – three-time winner

Most Beneficial Team Member: Junho Choo (4)

 

About the photo: Pictured is Raymond Liu (7) – three-time winner of the Carl Cummings Award.

West Virginia State Mathematics Field DayCollege of Science and TechnologyDennine LarueMathDepartment of Mathematics