State math event announces victors

The Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics recently announced the top performers in the organization’s annual statewide math competition.

To be invited to participate in the state contest, students had to place first, second or third in a math-subject test at their regional competitions in March. There are about a dozen regional competitions each year.

The state competition in each subject area is one hour and made up of multiple-choice questions generated by university faculty from across the state. The winners in algebra I and geometry received graphing calculators. Scholarships of $200 to $500 were provided to the top three finishers in the other subject areas.

The state’s top performers and their high schools by subject area are: Algebra I Medhansh Sankaran, Haas Hall Academy charter school, first place.

Daniel Li, LISA Academy West charter school in Little

Rock, second place. Grace Hendrix, Morrilton High School, third place. Geometry

Amanda Thomsen, Fayetteville High, first place.

Alex Borengasser, LISA Academy West, second place.

Joshua Yu, LISA Academy West, third place. Algebra II Jason Tulis, Fayetteville High, first place.

Archer Murray, Conway High, second place.

Brayden Dunlap, Fayetteville High, third place.

Trigonometry-Pre-Calculus

Kelvin Kang, Little Rock Central High, first place.

Jackson Quick, Conway Christian High, second place.

Mohammed Abuelem, Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, third place. Calculus Sojas Wagle, Har-Ber High in Springdale, first place.

Arjun Krishna, Bentonville High, second place.

Spencer Davis, Pulaski Academy, third place. Statistics Kyles Jiang, Fayetteville High, first place.

Alex Eremiev, Har-Ber High, second place.

John Haney, West Memphis High, third place.