Six Avid Students Made Top 12 of Orange County MATHCOUNTS

2010 Orange County MATHCOUNTS was held at UCI on February 20, 2010.  Fifty-two Avid students participated in the competition.  Six of them advanced to the 12-person countdown round. 

The top 12 students are

1. Hyun Jong Kim - Parks Junior High School

2. Brian Wagner - Harbor Day School

3. Andrew Hong - South Lake Middle School

4. Mark Huang - Fairmond Private School

The rest of the top-12 in alphabetical order:

• Young Hoen Kang - Rancho San Joaquin Middle School
• Brandon Kao - Kraemer Middle School
• B. J. Kim - Rancho San Joaquin Middle School
• Vincent Luo - Sierra Vista Middle School
• Yelena Mandelshtam - Vista Verde School
• Jeffrey Qiao - Eastshore Elementary School
• Hang Yang - Corona del Mar Middle School
• David Zheng - Rancho San Joaquin Middle School

The top four in countdown are:

1. Mark Huang - Fairmond Private School

2. Brian Wagner - Harbor Day School

3. Hyun Jong Kim - Parks Junior High School

4. Andrew Hong - South Lake Middle School

The top three teams are:

1. Rancho San Joaquin Middle School

• Daniel Johnson
• Young Hoen Kang
• HeeSoo Kim
• Spencer Ma

2. Kreamer Middle School

• Harrison Hsueh
• Brandon Kao
• Ellen Lee
• Hugo Yen

3. Venado Middle School

• Srinidhi Bharadwaj
• Staphany Hou
• Vincent Jin
• Wendy Wei

The above three school plus South Lake Middle School advanced to the state competitions.  Also advanced to State Competitions as individuals are Hyun Jong Kim, Brian Wagner, Andrew Hong, Mark Huang, and Jeffrey Qiao.