WV State Mathematics Field Day Winners Announced

The 45th Annual West Virginia State Mathematics Field Day was held on April 26-27, 2019 at Fairmont State University in Fairmont, WV.  Operated and organized by the West Virginia State Mathematics Field Day Organization, the event was sponsored in part by the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium and the West Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 

“All the activities have been selected according to the basic philosophy that mathematics is truly an exciting and challenging field of study,” according to Rowanne Shockey, WVSMFDO president.

The event was for students in grades four through 12, each of eight regions send three students to represent their region in grade levels four through nine and 10 students to represent their region in the 10th through 12th grade competition. One hundred forty-one students from grades four through nine and 71 students from grades 10 through 12 participated in the event. The annual awards ceremony took place April 27 in the Falcon Center with more than 600 students, family members, and teachers in attendance. 

The following counties are included in each region:

•          Region 1: Raleigh, Summers, Monroe, Mercer, McDowell, Wyoming.

•          Region 2: Mason, Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo.

•          Region 3: Putnam, Kanawha, Clay, Boone.

•          Region 4: Braxton, Webster, Pocahontas, Nicholas, Fayette, Greenbrier.

•          Region 5: Tyler, Pleasants, Wood, Ritchie, Wirt, Calhoun, Jackson, Roane.

•          Region 6: Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel.

•          Region 7: Monongalia, Marion, Preston, Harrison, Taylor, Tucker, Barbour, Doddridge, Lewis, Gilmer, Upshur, Randolph.

•          Region 8: Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, Jefferson.

The follow-up competition for high school students is ARML (American Regions Math League) competition. It is held the weekend immediately following Memorial Day and is held simultaneously at Penn State University, the University of Georgia, the University of Iowa, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The students will meet with West Virginia University professors prior to the event for a two-day tutoring/strategy session.

The following students will be representing West Virginia at Penn State on May 31-June 1: Van Tran, Varun Kukkillaya, Luke Hawranick, Rushik Patel, Catherine Stodola, Jacob Huggins, Jared Ream, Vlad Taylor, Ross Elkon, Kenny Harris, Nina Saluja, Manan Parikh, Harish Karthikeyan, Jordan Carver, Joseph Holbert, Darshan Sangani, Darrell Good, Asritha Sure, Mark Tabor, and Virginia Groce.

The 2019 Grades 4-9 winners first through fifth place and their region number were as follows: 

Grade 4: 1^st Ryan Karim (7); 2^nd Liam Kessler (3); 3^rd Roop Sau (6); 4^th Mohid Hassan (3); 5^th Audrey Kenamond (6).

Grade 5: 1^st Nathan Tyska (6); 2^nd Erin Walls (3); 3^rd Coleman Guenther (7); 4^th Vinu Chandrasekar (3); 5^th Nathaniel Vincent (4).

Grade 6: 1^st Joyce Hu (7); 2^nd Cole Whittington (3); 3^rd Ryan Walker (3); 4^th Shankar Subramani (7); 5^th Emmanuel Tewodros (5).

Grade 7: 1^st Patricia Robertson (2), Christian Packer (6), Grant Kenamond (6), Adhisht Reddy (2), Kathryn Prather (6).

Grade 8: 1^st Samantha Guenther (7); 2^nd Annie Nguyen (5); 3^rd Carter Herron (7); 4^th Patrick Ward (3); 5^th Peter Rice (8).

Grade 9: 1^st Alice Guo (7); 2^nd Lucas Anger (7); 3^rd Jack Morris (3); 4^th Carter Leadmon (3); 5^th Grant Mullins (2).

Grades 4-9 Estimation Winners (tied) – Jakob Tomlinson (4), Johnathan Faulcon (8), Lauren Smith (2).

Overall Team Winner Grades 4-9: Region 3

Kenny Powell (Region 3) will display the Carl Cummings Memorial Trophy at his school for one year since he was recognized as the first-place individual winner.  Kenny Powell was also honored as the Most Beneficial Team Member based upon a mathematical formula which incorporates both individual and overall team scores. 

The following Grade 10-12 top 30 winners and their region number were as follows:

1^st Kenny Powell (3); 2^nd Van Tran (7); 3^rd Varun Kukkillaya (3); 4^th Luke Hawranick (7); 5^th Rushik Patel (3);

6^th Catherine Stodola (3); 7^th Kryztof Kudlak (3); 8^th Jacob Huggins (5); 9^th Jared Ream (5); 10^th Vlad Taylor (7);

11^th Ross Elkon (8); 12^th Kenny Harris (8); 13^th Nina Saluja (8); 14^th Manan Parikh (3); 15^th  Harish Karthikeyan (7);

16^th Jordan Carver (8); 17^th Joseph Holbert (7); 18^th Darshan Sangani (3); 19^th Darrell Good (8); 20^th  and Asritha Sure (7);

21^st Mark Tabor (2); 22^nd Caden Phipps (4); 23^rd Virginia Groce (3); 24^th  Sean Stricker (3); 25^th Nathan Evans (8);

26^th Quinten Jeckering (4); 27^th Andrew Shaw (5); 28^th Jacob Vila (8); 29^th Christian Cimaglia (8); 30^th Nick Murphy (5).

Overall Team Winner Grades 10-12: Region 3