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12 Students in Southern California Qualified for USAMO
American Mathematics Society announced names of the 374 students who qualified to take USA Math Olympiad (USAMO) exam. A total of 39 students are from California. Among them are 12 students from Southern California.
AMC announced the 2006 USAMO qualifiers. 12 students are from Southern California. Jung Hun Koh, a 7th grader from South Pasadena Middle School, is one of the youngest qualifiers in the nation. Tedrick Leung, an 11th grader from North Hollywood High School, is one of the only 4 students received perfect score on AIME. Nationally, there are a total of 374 qualifiers from 231 schools. Among them, 39 are from California.
The USAMO index cutoff for participants was 217.5. In addition, 120 students in grades 7th through 10th achieving an AIME score of 8 or above, with an USAMO index score of 212 were also selected to write the USAMO on April 18 & 19, 2006.
2006 USAMO Southern California Qualifiers
| NAME | GRADE | SCHOOL | CITY | State |
| Michael Viscardi | 12 | Home School | San Diego | |
| David Philipson | 12 | Harvard-Westlake School | North Hollywood | CA |
| Tristan Miller | 12 | Loyola High School | Los Angeles | CA |
| Zarathustra Brady | 11 | Magnolia Science Academy | Reseda | CA |
| Timothy Hsieh | 12 | North Hollywood High School | North Hollywood | CA |
| Tedrick Leung | 11 | North Hollywood High School | North Hollywood | CA |
| Shotaro Makisumi | 10 | Polytechnic School | Pasadena | CA |
| Jung Hun Koh | 7 | South Pasadena Middle School | South Pasadena | CA |
| Zhenhua Cui | 12 | Sunny Hills High School | Fullerton | CA |
| Henry Tung | 11 | Torrey Pines High School | San Diego | CA |
| Isaac Chao | 12 | University High School | Irvine | CA |
| Jeffrey Manning | 10 | Valley Math Circle | Winnetka | CA |
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