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WV State Mathematics Field Day Winners Announced Impact
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WV State Mathematics Field Day Winners Announced

Jun 07, 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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