2001-2002
Eighty-six High School Teams Compete at WPI Annual Math Meet
Lexington (Mass.) High School Captures Top Honor for 6th Straight Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/November 26, 2001
Contact: WPI Media Relations, 508-831-5616
Worcester, Mass. -- Eighty-six teams from throughout New England competed at the 14th Annual WPI Invitational Math Meet on Oct. 25.
First place honors went to Lexington (Mass.) High School for the fifth year in a row. Second went to Canton High School and third place went to the Kent School of Kent, Conn. Each team consisted of four students.
First place individual winner, of a $3,000 scholarship to WPI, was Sheel Dandekar of The Deeryfield School of Manchester, N.H.; second place: tie - went to Mark Lipson and David Greenspan of Lexington High School, each won a $2,000 scholarship to WPI. Other Lexington team members were Liz Marcil, Adam Rosenfield. Team advisor was Saleh Rahman.
The second place team, Canton High School consisted of Elena Zaurova, Jeff Boaz, Chibo Tang and Greg Tomek. Team advisor was Martin Badoian.
The third place team, Kent School, included team members Hyuk Soo Han, William Deitz, Dong Wook Kim and Tongjai Chookajorn. Team advisor was Ben Nadire.
More than $100,000 in team and individual scholarships were awarded at the meet. The top scorer on each of the 86 teams won a $1,000 scholarship. In addition, the top nine teams win scholarships for its three other teammates. These awards range from $1,000 for the first, second and third place teams. $750 for the fourth, fifth, and sixth place teams, and $500 for the seventh, eighth, and ninth place teams.
The other top teams were:
4th place: Derryfield (Manchester, N.H.) High School
Team members: Sheel Dandekar, Aaron Ngo, Sakib Khan and Elizabeth
Richey.
Team advisor: Bryan Duff
5th place: Westborough (Mass.) High School
Team members: Ran Ding, Dave Bogaty, Minsi Zhang and Nika
Engberg.
Team advisor: Jim Lightbody
6th place: Manchester (N.H.) High School
Team members: Kaloian Petkov, Michael Treadow, Gregory Magoon and
Michael Gonsalves.
Team advisor: Roberta Thompson
7th place: Cranston West (R.I.) High School
Team members: James Turco, Thomas Ricardo, Matthew Misbin and Dominic
aRusso.
Team advisor: Al Zorian
8th place: Massachusetts Academy of Mathematics and Science (Mass.)
Team members: Sean Ting, Jenna Davis, Jyothi Amin and Jonathan
Ursprung.
Team advisor: Jon Bartelson
9th place: Medfield (Mass.) High School
Team members: Peter Mitchell, Dan Binder, Russell Entrikin and Anna
Murray.
Team advisor: Michael Kramer
10th place: Waltham (Mass.) High School
Team members: Daniel Gandhi, Patricia Carbone, Gregg Hagopian and
Athanasios Vorvis.
Team advisor: George Viens
11th place: Hudson (Mass.) High School
Team members: Maria Shugrina, Adam Ostroski, Dominic Albino and Albina
Shapiro.
Team advisor: J. Bryan Sullivan
12th place: Dighton-Rehoboth Regional (Mass.) High School
Team members: Jennifer Lambe, Jared McCauley, Kate Stafford and Chris
Teixeira.
Team advisor: Alan Rabouin
13th place: East Catholic (Manchester, Conn.) High School
Team members: Andrew Siddons, Michael Saitta, Tim Mooney and Sherban
Zorca.
Team advisor: Anne Manion
14th place: Minnechaug Regional (Mass.) High School
Team members: Jeff Wagner, Amanda Pascoe, Timothy Slattery and Matthew Brewer.
Team advisor: Charles Hill
15th place: Ralph C. Maher Regional (Mass.) High School
Team members: Sae-Won Kim, Tawanna Childs, Chris Johnson and Yuya
Morimoto.
Team advisor: Lori Seymour
Math meet director was WPI mathematics professor John Goulet. During the student testing the team advisors participated in a faculty colloquium "Mathematics in Industry Summer Institute for High School Teachers," with WPI mathematics associate professors Art Heinricher and Bogdan Vernescu. Following lunch Mathematical Sciences Department Head Homer Walker spoke on Contemporary Careers in Mathematics and Kristin Tichenor, director of undergraduate admissions discussed college admissions.
Meet sponsors were Rosenlund Travel Service Inc., Saint-Gobain, Tatnuck Booksellers @WPI, Texas Instruments Inc., and the WPI Master of Mathematics for Educators program.
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