De La Salle Lipa IS students triumph in Mathematics Without Borders tilt
NESSEBAR, Bulgaria--Two De La Salle Lipa (DLSL) Integrated School (IS) students won top awards in the 5th International Tournament Mathematics Without Borders (MWB) held here last June 30 to July 2.
Harry Gerard Perez (Grade 2) reaped the Golden Cup while Angelo Vince Perez (Grade 9) received the Silver Cup. All tournament Cup awardees received laurel wreaths while each Golden Cup awardee also merited a Sony PS4 1 TB PlayStation. The contestants’ final ranking was based on the sum of the two best results of the three remote rounds plus the doubled result of the final competition.
As for the team competitions, the Philippine delegation finished second. Angelo Vince Perez took part in the competition, together with delegates from Notre Dame of Greater Manila and Ateneo de Manila Senior High School. Bulgaria ranked first while Vietnam came in third.
This is the first time the country participated in the said international math competition. Almost a thousand students from 15 countries--Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Malta, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan and the Philippines-competed in the final round, after performing excellently in the preliminary rounds held in their respective countries during the school year.
The Philippine Team was led by team leader Rechilda Villame (president of the Asian MathSci League Inc.) and deputy team leader Dennis Dimaala.