Pinoy students bring home 39 awards from int'l math meet in South Korea

Filipino students brought home 39 awards, including two gold medals, from an international mathematics competition in South Korea last week.

According to Mathematics Trainers Guild—Philippines, delegates to the 2014 Korea International Mathematics Competition (KIMC) in Daejeon, South Korea bagged two gold, four silver and eight bronze medals, and 12 merit awards as well as the champion, one first runner-up, and nine second runner-up trophies at the math meet.

The Philippine Team who joined the 2014 Korea International Mathematics Competition.Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines
"I would say that the questions this year were difficult. Congratulations to our contestants for their new feat," Dr. Simon Chua, president of Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines, said in a statement.

According to the guild, the following brought home medals and trophies:

Gold
  • Albert John Patupat, Holy Rosary College
  • Clyde Wesley Ang, Chiang Kai Shek College.

Silver
  • Fedrick Lance Lim, Zamboanga Chong Hua High School
  • Eion Nikolai Chua, MGC New Life Christian Academy
  • Jonathan Conrad Yu, Philippine Christian Gospel School
  • Shaquille Wyan Que, Grace Christian College


Bronze
 
  • Kelsey Lim Tiong Soon, Grace Christian College
  • Andrea Jaba, St. Jude Catholic School
  • David Alexander Amante, Canossa Academy-Lipa City
  • Juan Pablo Abola, PAREF Southridge School
  • Kylee Wiona Sy, Pace Academy
  • Audrey Sy, St. Jude Catholic School
  • Miko Johnson Co, St. Stephen's High School
  • Vince Jan Torres, Sta. Rosa Science and Technology High School

Merit awardees

  • Albriz Moore Bagsic, Lilyrose School
  • Hans Benedict Te, Bacolod Tay Tung High School
  • Gregory Charles Tiong, St. Jude Catholic School
  • Robert Gerard Diaz Uy, St. John Institute
  • Regina Beatrice Bonifacio, Mother Goose Special School System
  • Ma. Leibniz Charisse Parra, Saint Paul College-Pasig
  • Marjana Ysabella Montanez, Heneral Pio del Pilar Elementary School (Main)
  • Alyssa Guevarra, Philippine Science High School-Main
  • Isabel Jocyn Villanueva, PAREF Woodrose School
  • Naomi Anne King, St. Jude Catholic School
  • Jinger Chong, St. Jude Catholic School
  • Isabella Mae Tan, St. Jude Catholic School

In the elementary team and group contests, RP Teams B and C composed of Abola, Lim, Uy, Yu, Bonifacio, King, Parra and Sy emerged as champions and second runners-up while RP Team A composed of Amante, Bagsic, Te and Tiong won first runner-up and second runner-up.

Team D composed of Chua, Montanez and Sy won two second runner-up trophies.

In the high school competition, RP Team B composed of Ang, Jaba, Lim Tiong Soon and Patupat was the champion in the group contest and second runner-up in the team contest.

RP Team C composed of Torres, Villanueva, Gene Go of Zamboanga Chong Hua High School and Janine Michelle Yu of Philippine Institute of Quezon City was second runner-up in the team contest while RP Team D composed of Chong, Que, Tan and Steven John Wang of UNO High School was second second runner-up in the team and group contests.
 
Albriz Bagsic, 11, competed despite his dad, a policeman, being shot down by unidentified gunmen in Batangas in June, Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines said.

The Philippine delegation was among 576 elementary and high school students from 31 countries who joined the competition. — JDS/KG, GMA News

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