Parkway Central High School takes first place at 18th annual High School Math Tournament

Published: 03/17/2015

The results for the tournament are as follows: 

Ninth grade finalists: Target Round

• First place: Ian Hudson of Clayton High School. Hudson had a score of 60 and a Borda of 323.
• Second place: Tong Zhao of Clayton High School. Zhao had a score of 50 and a Borda of 218.
• Third place: Michael Tian of Parkway Central High School. Tian had a score of 50 and a Borda of 288.
• Fourth Place: Dilan Kurukulasuriya of Rock Bridge High School. Kurukulasuriya had a score of 50 and a Borda of 295.
• Fifth place: Jessica Li of Parkway Central High School, John Kim of Parkway Central High School, Kevin Kiehne of Rock Bridge High School and Jonathan Yn of Parkway Central High School tied for fifth place. The students had a score of 40 and a Borda of 265.

10th grade finalists: Target Round

• First place: Matthew Guess of Rock Bridge High School and Claire Millett of Clayton High School tied for first place. The students had a score of 70 and a Borda of 355.
• Third place: Souradip Ghosh of Parkway Central High School. Ghosh had a score of 60 and a Borda of 269.
• Fourth Place: Tiger Chen of Clayton High School. Chen had a score of 60 and a Borda of 304.
• Fifth Place: James Kim of Parkway Central High School. Kim had a score of 60 and a Borda of 320. 

11th grade finalists: Target Round

• First place: Yunchao Zhang of Parkway Central High School. Zhang had a score of 80 and a Borda of 385.
• Second place: Jinghang Zhang of Parkway Central High School and Keenan Bross of St. Dominic High School tied for second place. The students had a score of 70 and a Borda of 350.
• Fourth place: William Rackers of Wentzville Holt High School. Rackers had a score of 70 and a Borda of 362.
• Fifth place: Simran Panwar of Parkway Central High School. Panwar had a score of 60 and a Borda of 297.

12th grade finalists: Target Round

• First place: Michael Dotzel of Parkway Central High School. Dotzel had a score of 80 and a Borda of 385.
• Second place: Terence Huang of Parkway Central High School and Anirudh Gururaj of Parkway Central High School tied for second place. The students had a score of 70 and a Borda of 327.
• Fourth place: Claire Ji of Parkway Central High School. Ji had a score of 70 and a Borda of 355.
• Fifth Place: Stephen He of Parkway Central High School. He had a score of 70 and a Borda of 362.

Ninth grade finalists: Sprint Round

• First place: Tong Zhao of Clayton High School. Zhao had a score of 75.
• Second place: Dilan Kurukulasuriya of Rock Bridge High School. Kurukulasuriya had a score of 58.
• Third place: Mary Park of Hickman High School and Kevin Kiehne of Rock Bridge High School tied for third place. The students had a score of 50.
• Fifth place: Achintya Benegal of Lindbergh High School. Benegal had a score of 45.

10th grade finalists: Sprint Round

• First place: Souradip Ghosh of Parkway Central High School. Ghosh had a score of 75.
• Second place: Sean Harrigan of Parkway North High School. Harrigan had a score of 59.
• Third place: Claire Millett of Clayton High School. Millett had a score of 55.
• Fourth place: Tiger Chen of Clayton High School. Chen had a score of 51.
• Fifth place: James Kim of Parkway Central High School. Kim had a score of 46.

11th grade finalists: Sprint Round

• First place: Yunchao Zhang of Parkway Central High School. Zhang had a score of 81.
• Second place: Lily Xu of MICDS. Xu had a score of 66.
• Third place: Michael Harrington of Battle High School. Harrington had a score of 65.
• Fourth place: Jinghang Zhang of Parkway Central High School. Zhang had a score of 63.
• Fifth place: Simran Panwar of Parkway Central High School. Panwar had a score of 60.

12th grade finalists:

• First place: Jonathan McKinley of Fox High School. McKinley had a score of 75.
• Second place: Michael Dotzel of Parkway Central High School. Dotzel had a score of 73.
• Third place: Stephen He of Parkway Central High School. He had a score of 69.
• Fourth place: Anirudh Gururaj of Parkway Central High School. Gururaj had a score of 64.
• Fifth place: Terence Huang of Parkway Central High School. Huang had a score of 62. 

Team Round: No grade level

• First place: Parkway Central High School with team members Kumar, Huang, He, Panwar and Ji.
• Second place: Parkway Central High School with team members Kumar, Roberts, Zhang, Zhang, Dotzel and Gururaj.
• Third place: Battle High School with team members Harrington, Bilyeu and Asbury.
• Fourth place: Clayton High School with team members Shepard, Millett, Zhao, Chen and Hudson.
• Fifth place: Lutheran High School South, Parkway Central High School and Wentzville Holt High School tied for fifth place. Lutheran High School South’s team included Ha and Wang. Parkway Central High School’s team included Kim, Kim, Ling, Wang and Ghosh. Wentzville Holt High School’s team included Griesenauer and Rackers.

Relay Round: no grade level

Parkway Central High School won the relay round with team members Zhang, Zhang and Dotzel. 

Overall winners

• First place: Parkway Central High School with a score of 279.167
• Second place: Clayton High School with a score of 168.
• Third place: Lutheran High School South with a score of 146.5.

In some of the results there is a column for "Borda." This is a data point the Math League uses to break ties and is effectively a weighted average of the empirical difficulties of the questions a student or team answered. The tie goes to the student or team with a lower Borda score, because they correctly answered a more difficult set of questions relative to the other competitors at the contest. If two test scores are identical and the Borda scores are also identical, then the two students or teams have tied. 

For more information about the tournament, contact Joe Howe at jhowe@stchas.edu or 636-922-8318.

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