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Contact:  Scott Seu

Ph. 543-7517                                                                                       March 25, 2003

 

 

State MathCounts team selected; Iolani mathletes take top school honors

 

Ten middle school teams competed March 15 in the 20th annual Hawaii MathCounts State Competition, a demanding experience for 6th, 7th and 8th graders aimed at promoting interest in mathematics by staging an event that is challenging, exciting and prestigious.

Eugene So, Daniel Lum, Leon Hou, and Matthew Mariconda were the top individual scorers and will form the Hawaii State MathCounts team.  The team will represent Hawaii in the national competition in Chicago this summer.  Eugene is home schooled, Daniel and Leon attend Iolani, and Matthew is from Punahou.

           

The team from Iolani, made up of Daniel, Leon, Aaron Fong, and Kellie Young, scored highest in the competition and won the perpetual team trophy.  Mililani Middle School placed second and Waiakea Intermediate placed third.

            Major sponsors for MathCounts 2003 are Kamehameha Schools, which hosted the event, the Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers (HSPE), Aloha Airlines, and Hawaiian Electric Company.

“MathCounts is all about encouraging kids to develop their math skills in an exciting way that also builds character and confidence.  The skills these students are learning in this program will help carry them through their lives and careers, even if they don’t become engineers” said Scott Seu, HSPE President. “For us older guys, it’s also just amazing to watch these kids solve complex math problems in split seconds.”

Initiated in 1983, MathCounts now involves more than 35,000 students annually across the nation. The program is designed to provide an opportunity to develop teamwork skills, a chance to vie for scholarships and a chance to share common interests with new and often long-lasting friends. For additional information see http://mathcounts.org/.

Full competition results follow: 


2003 HAWAII STATE MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION

20TH ANNIVERSARY

AWARDS PRESENTATION

 

(listed in reverse order of significance)

                                    --------------------------------------------------------

SPECIAL RECOGNITION – MEDALLIONS

 

 

HAWAII CHAPTER TEAM               HAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY

                                                            GRAHAM JOHNSON

                                                            MIN SEON KIM

                                                            ASHLEY SUTTON

                                                            WON-SEOK SUH

 

HAWAII CHAPTER TEAM:               WAIAKEA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL      

                                                            KENJI CLEMMER

                                                            KATHRYN KOUCHI

                                                            TIMOTHY LICHTY

                                                            COLLIN TAKASAKI

 

HAWAII CHAPTER                           WAIAKEA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORER:            CHIHIRO SASAKI

 

HAWAII CHAPTER                           KEAAU MIDDLE SCHOOL

                                                            MATTHEW BROWN

 

KAUAI CHAPTER TEAM:                 WAIMEA CANYON SCHOOL

                                                            JARED COLEMAN-STARK

                                                            ARINORI ITAGAKI

                                                            BRONSON KOKI

                                                            CRYSTAL WHITEHILL

                                                           

KAUAI CHAPTER                             CHIEFESS KAMAKAHELEI MIDDLE SCHOOL

INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORERS          NICOLE GAETJENS

                                                            MEGAN VENTO

 

MAUI CHAPTER TEAM:                   IAO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

                                                            CLAIRE FUKUOKA

                                                            MARNI TABATA

                                                            MEGAN TOKESHI

                                                            MARISA WATANABE

                                                           

MAUI CHAPTER                               KALAMA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORER:            BEN MASSENBURG

                                                           

OAHU CHAPTER TEAM:                  IOLANI SCHOOL

                                                            AARON FONG

                                                            LEON HOU

                                                            DANIEL LUM

                                                            KELLIE YOUNG

                                                                                   

OAHU CHAPTER TEAM:                  KAMEHAMEHA MIDDLE CAMPUS

                                                            DAVID CHOY

                                                            ANDREW KINIMAKA

                                                            KAWEHI KOANUI

                                                            NATHAN NAKATSUKA

 

OAHU CHAPTER TEAM:                  KAWANANAKOA MIDDLE SCHOOL

                                                            DEBORAH GARCIA

                                                            EDISON LAU

                                                            NAOHITO MIURA

                                                            ELYSE TAKASHIGE

                                                           

OAHU CHAPTER TEAM:                  MILILANI MIDDLE SCHOOL

                                                            RYAN CRAVEN

                                                            LUCIA MOCZ

                                                            PHILIP MOCZ

                                                            MICHAEL YOUNG

 

OAHU CHAPTER TEAM:                  NIU VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

                                                            CORY WONG

                                                            JORDAN WONG

                                                            RICHARD WU

                                                            TIANZAN ZHOU

 

OAHU CHAPTER TEAM:                  PUNAHOU SCHOOL

                                                            STEVEN BARTZ

                                                            SCOTT HONG

                                                            ROBERT LEE

                                                            MATTHEW MARICONDA

 

OAHU CHAPTER                              HIGHLANDS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORER:            ROYDAN ONGIE

 

OAHU CHAPTER                              HOMESCHOOL

INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORER:            EUGENE SO

 

INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES

 

Individual trophies are for the Mathletes who are in the top ten as a result of their total scores in the Sprint and Target Rounds.  This is only for the written portion of the competition.

 

 

PLACE                        NAME                                     SCHOOL

TENTH:                       AARON FONG                      IOLANI                                                          

NINTH:                       LUCIA MOCZ                        MILILANI MIDDLE SCHOOL         

EIGHTH:                     DAVID CHOY                        KAMEHAMEHA MIDDLE SCHOOL SEVENTH:                PHILIP MOCZ                        MILILANI MIDDLE SCHOOL

SIXTH:                        ROYDAN ONGIE                  HIGHLAND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

FIFTH:             KELLIE YOUNG                    IOLANI

FOURTH:                    MATTHEW MARICONDA PUNAHOU

THIRD:                        LEON HOU                            IOLANI

SECOND:                   DANIEL LUM                        IOLANI

FIRST:             EUGENE SO                           HOMESCHOOL

 

HONORABLE MENTION TEAM TROPHIES AND COACHES CERTIFICATE

 

 


HONORABLE MENTION TENTH PLACE GOES TO:

 

SCHOOL:       HAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY

TEAM: GRAHAM JOHNSON

                        MIN SEON KIM

                        ASHLEY SUTTON

                        WON-SEOK SUH

 

COACH:         MARIA GAGLIARDI, LUPE DIAZ

 

HONORABLE MENTION NINTH PLACE GOES TO:

 

SCHOOL:       IAO SCHOOL                                               

TEAM: CLAIRE FUKUOKA                                                 

                        MARNI TABATA

                        MEGAN TOKESHI

                        MARISA WATANABE

 

COACH:         THERESA ROMME                          

 

HONORABLE MENTION EIGHTH PLACE GOES TO:

 

SCHOOL:       WAIMEA CANYON                         

TEAM: JARED COLEMAN-STARK

                        ARINORI ITAGAKI

                        BRONSON KOKI

                        CRYSTAL WHITEHILL

                                               

COACH:         ERIC OKADA                       

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION SEVENTH PLACE GOES TO:

 

SCHOOL:       KAWANANAKOA

TEAM: DEBORAH GARCIA                         

                        EDISON LAU

                        NAOHITO MIURA

                        ELYSE TAKASHIGE            

 

COACH:         JANICE NISHIMURA, JAN DUMARAN, AMY SHISHIDO

 

 

TEAM AWARDS AND COACHES PLAQUE

 

 

RECEIVING THE SIXTH PLACE TEAM TROPHY AND COACH’S PLAQUE IS:

 

SCHOOL:       NIU VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL   

TEAM: CORY WONG

                        JORDAN WONG      

                        RICHARD WU

                        TIANZAN ZHOU

                                               

COACH:         TRACIE MASUMOTO                     

 

RECEIVING THE FIFTH PLACE TEAM TROPHY AND COACH’S PLAQUE IS:

 

SCHOOL:       KAMEHAMEHA

TEAM: DAVID CHOY           

                        ANDREW KINIMAKA

                        KAWEHI KAONUI

                        NATHAN NAKATSUKA

 

COACH:         JODIE LOUIE, KELLI LYAU

 

RECEIVING THE FOURTH PLACE TEAM TROPHY AND COACH’S PLAQUE IS:

 

SCHOOL:       PUNAHOU

TEAM: STEVEN BARTZ                               

                        SCOTT HONG

                        ROBERT LEE

                        MATTHEW MARICONDA

 

COACH:         EVELYN CHEONG

 

 

RECEIVING THE THIRD PLACE TEAM TROPHY AND COACH’S PLAQUE IS:

 

SCHOOL:       WAIAKEA INTERMEDIATE           

TEAM: KENJI CLEMMER                

                        KATHRYN KOUCHI

                        TIMOTHY LICHTY

                        COLLIN TAKASAKI

 

COACH:         KRISTEN MIYAZONO

 

 

RECEIVING THE SECOND PLACE TEAM TROPHY AND COACH’S PLAQUE IS:

 

SCHOOL:       MILILANI MIDDLE SCHOOL                     

TEAM: RYAN CRAVEN                               

                        LUCIA MOCZ

                        PHILIP MOCZ

                        MICHAEL YOUNG

 

COACH:         GERI HAMADA, CHRIS BAXA

 

THIS YEAR, THE FIRST PLACE HONORS GOES TO:

 

SCHOOL:       IOLANI                                                          

TEAM: AARON FONG

                        LEON HOU

                        DANIEL LUM

                        KELLIE YOUNG

 

COACH:         LI ANN WADA, ANNETTE MATSUMOTO           

 

 

COUNTDOWN ROUND TROPHIES

 

The Countdown Round Trophies are awarded to the four Mathletes who have excelled in both the written and oral portions of this competition.  They will represent the State of Hawaii at the National MathCounts Competition on May 9, in Chicago, Illinois.

 

The top four winners in the Countdown Round, and members of the Official Hawaii State MathCounts Team, are: 

 

PLACE                        NAME                                                 SCHOOL

FOURTH:                    MATTHEW MARICONDA               PUNAHOU

THIRD:                        DANIEL LUM                                    IOLANI

SECOND:                   LEON HOU                                        IOLANI

FIRST:             EUGENE SO                                       HOMESCHOOL