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Results 2008-09

51st Santa Clara University Math Contest – Regional (November 1, 2008) 

Brian Wai, 2nd place among freshman and sophomore entrants 
NOTE: regional, 231 students from 25 schools participated
SCVMA Senior Olympiad – Regional (December 13, 2008) 
Andy Tsao - 2nd place in division 1 
Bay Area Mathematics Olympiad – Regional (February 24, 2009) 

Saratoga HS, 1st place in Team 
Amol Aggarwal, 1st in 9-10 division, plus a prize for brilliant solution 
Albert Gu, 2nd place in 9-10 division 
Brian Wai, honorable mention in 9-10 division. 
Mandelbrot – Regional/National (March 4, 2009) 

Place 4th with 224 points in Western Region of USA behind Pinetree HS (Canada), Lynbrook HS, and Harker HS 
Stanford Mathematics Tournament – Regional (February 28, 2009) 

Brian Wai: 1st place ADVANCED TOPICS Round, 3rd place Geometry 
Albert Gu: 3rd place ALGEBRA Round 
Saratoga Red: 1st place TEAM Round 

Saratoga Red; 1st place OVERALL; WOOT!! 

(Team Red)Amol Aggarwal, Albert Gu, David Zeng, Brian Wai, Aaron Garg, Andy Tsao, Timothy Chang, and Logan Short. 
(Team White) Ashwin Sirpurapu, Arnav Dugar, David Wang, Jenny Zang, Angeline Lee, Allison Hata, Rolland Wu, and Kevin Mu. 

Full result can be found here.


Algebra 1- No placement 
Geometry-Mei Gao (10th place) 
Open- Sankash Shankar (15th place), David Wang (9th place), Brian Wai (1st TB→ 3rd place) 
Calculus-Rolland Wu (12th place) 
Leap Frog-David Zeng & Ashwin Siripurapu (6th place) 
Discovery-Andy Tsao (1st TB→ 3rd place) 

Saratoga HS placed 5th overall 
2008 Ciphering Time Trials, National Assessment & Testing - National (December 11, 2008) 
Rolland Wu - 27th in 11th grade division;
Albert Gu - 10th in 10th grade division; Amol Aggarwal - 17th in 10th grade division; 
Brian Wai - 12th in 9th grade division;

Saratoga HS - 11th overall 
APMO

Participants: Amol Aggarwal, Albert Gu, David Zeng.

Albert Gu (silver medal)

USA's total score is 2nd among Pacific Rim countries.  There were 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze, and 3 Honorable Mention given out in USA.

AMC-10A – National (February 10, 2009) 
AIME Qualifiers: Aggarwal, Amol=150; Kuo, Jeffrey=121.5; Liu, Antong=123; Mu, Kevin=138; Shanka, Sankash=138; Short, Logan=150; Wai, Brian=150; Wang, David=121.5; Zeng, David=138; Zhang, Alissa=144 

AMC-12A – National (February 10, 2009) 
AIME Qualifiers: Chan, Timothy=129; Garg, Aaron=123; Gu, Albert=129; Tsao, Andy=138; Wu, Rolland=108, Wu, Wenqi=112.5 
AMC-10B – National (February 25, 2009) 
Additional AIME Qualifer: David Wang=150.0, David Zeng=144, Kevin Mu=132 

AMC-12B – National (February 25, 2009) 
AIME Qualifer: Albert Gu=132, Andy Tsao=132, Brian Wai=123, Amol Aggarwal=120, Alissa Zhang=118.5, Timothy Chan=112.5, Swupnil Sahai=109.5, Logan Short=109.5, Erika Ye=102, Ashwin Siripurapu=100.5, Thomas Wang=100.5 
AIME-1 – National (March 17, 2009) 
The American Mathematics Competitions announced 2009 USAMO Qualifiers after two-rounds of AIME competition in February and March. Of the 20 SHS students, who qualified for AIME, nineteen wrote for AIME. Of the nineteen students, nine have qualified to write for USA Mathematics Olympiad:

Amol Aggarwal - 10th (2-time qualifier)
Chan, Timothy - 12th (2-time qualifier)
Gu, Albert - 10th (3-time qualifier)
Logan Short - 10th (1-time qualifier)
Tsao, Andy - 12th (4-time qualifier)
Wai, Brian - 9th (2-time qualifier)
Wang, David - 10th (1-time qualifier)
Zeng, David - 10th (3-time qualifier)
Zhang, Alissa - 9th (3-time qualifier)

The 2009 USAMO will be held on April 28 and 29th.  For a complete list of the 514 qualifiers in United States and Canada, please visit: 2009 USAMO.


Other Top HS in Neighboring Schools
Gunn HS (8), Lynbrook HS (6), Palo Alto HS (6)
The Harker HS (5), Mission San Jose HS(4), Homestead HS (3)
Aragon HS (2), Cupertino HS (2), Leland HS (2)
Monta Vista HS (1)

Other Top HS in California (3 or more qualifiers)

University HS in Irvine (6)
Torrey Pines HS in San Diego (6)
ECC Academy in Diamond Bar (3)

Top HS in the Country (5 or more qualifiers)
Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Tech. in VA (18)
Phillips Academy at Exeter in NH (16)
Stuyvesant HS in NY (13)
AAST in NJ (11)
Phillips Academy at Andover in MA (8)
Montgomery Blair HS in MD (8)
Detroit Country Day School in MI (6)
Lexington HS in MA (5)
Illinois Math & Science Academy in IL (5)
Walton HS in Georgia (5)

USA Mathematics Olympiad

Following students have qualified for MOSP

Gu, Albert - 10th 

Wai, Brian - 9th