2007 Southern California MATHCOUNTS

2007 Southern California MATHCOUNTS was held at UCI on March 17, 2007.  38 teams and 160 students winners of MATHCOUNT chapter competitioins participated in the event.  Sixth grader Daichi Tsuna of Ridgecrest Intermediate School won first place and will represent California at the National MATHCOUNTS competition.  He will be joined by three students from Northern California: Nathan Pinkser, Patrick Yang, and Albert Wu.  David Tang-Quan of Ridgecrest won first place countdown and the first place team is Ridgecrest Intermediate School.

Team Winners:

1. Ridgecrest Intermediate School
2. South Pasadena Middle School
3. Palos Verdes Intermediate School

Countdown Winners:

1. David Tang-Quan
2. Lea Rewinski
3. Apex Pusey and

Individual Winners:

1. Daichi Tsuna - Ridgecrest Intermediate School
2. Adisa Kruayatidee - Placerita Junior High School
3. Jung Hun Koh - South Pasadena Middle School
4. Johnny Li - St. Margaret's Episcopal School
5. Alex Pusey - St. Margaret's Episcopal School
6. Katherine Daly - Palos Verdes Intermediate School
7. John Christian - Viewpoint Middle School
8. David Tang-Quan - Ridgecrest Intermediate School
9. Michael Fickenscher - Ridgecrest Intermediate School
10. David Ke - First Avenue Middle School
11. Stephen Chen - Muirlands Middle School
12. Dillion Zhi - South Lake Middle School
13. William Liao - Palos Verdes Intermediate School
14. David Moon - Walter Reed Middle School
15. Lea Rewinski - Palos Verdes Intermediate School
16. Edward Dinh - Rancho San Joaque Middle School

All three Orange County teams finished in the top 10:

• 5th Place - St. Margaret's Episcopal School
• 6th Place - Rancho San Joaque Middle School
• 10th Place - Kraemer Middle School

Orange County Students in the top-40 individual list:

• 4 - Johnny Li, St. Margaret's Episcopal School
• 5 - Alex Pusey, St. Margaret's Episcopal School
• 12 - Dillion Zhi, South Lake Middle School
• 16 - Edward Dinh, Rancho San Joaque Middle School
• 23 - Kevin Kung, Rancho San Joaque Middle School
• 24 - Alex Krolewski, Rancho San Joaque Middle School
• 29 - Kenji Hate, Kraemer Middle School
• 36 - Ye Dam Lei, Kraemer Middle School

For the complete list, visit 2007 Southern California MATHCOUNTS Results.