Parabola Volume 47, Issue 3 (2011)

2011 University of School Mathematics Competition

Competition Winners – Senior Division First Prize Edmond Cheng Declan Gorey Boys High School

Second Prize Timothy Large Jinghang Luo James Ruse Agricultural High School

Third Prize Nancy Fu James Ruse Agricultural High School Allan Zhang James Ruse Agricultural High School

High Distinction Awards Victor Khou James Ruse Agricultural High School Vincent Kong James Ruse Agricultural High School Kenny Lau Sydney Boys High School Jason Lay-Kennedy North Sydney Boys High School VickieLee PymbleLadies’College Gary Liang Sydney Boys High SChool Evgeny Martynov James Ruse Agricultural High School Diane Premnath Narrabundah College Lachlan Vom Sydney Grammar School Alexander Yip Sydney Grammar School

Distinction Awards Anthony Chan North Sydney Boys High School Ean Chan James Ruse Agricultural High School Roland Dai North Sydney Boys High School Sanji Fernando James Ruse Agricultural High School Max Fisher Sydney Grammar School Brian Gao James Ruse Agricultural High School Richard Kim James Ruse Agricultural High School

1 Joshua Lu Sydney Grammar School John Papantoniou Sydney Grammar School Dawen Shi Sydney Grammar School Adam Solomon Moriah College Gavin Tam North Sydney Boys High School Benjamin Thompson Narrabundah College Anna Zhong James Ruse Agricultural High School Kevin Zhuo North Sydney Boys High School

Credit Awards Carlo Antonioli Jodic Chan James Ruse Agricultural High School Justin Cheung Sydney Grammar School Daniel Filan Normanhurst Boys High School Chris Gu James Ruse Agricultural High School Sean Harris Melba Copland Secondary High School Augusta Ho James Ruse Agricultural High School Logan Ho K and B Education Centre Jack Huang James Ruse Agricultural High School Johnny Huang James Ruse Agricultural High School Hunter Iceton Fort Street High School Carlin Jiang North Sydney Boys High School Elise Kempler Moriah College Sun Woo Kim James Ruse Agricultural High School Timothy Kwan Shore School Tim Le James Ruse Agricultural High School Jeffrey Lee North Sydney Boys High School Yin Nok (Ariel) Lee Presbyterian Ladies’ College Kevin Li Sydney Grammar School Amanda Lin Presbyterian Ladies’ College EmilyMa PymbleLadies’College Yiyi Ma Melba Copland Michael Mangion Hurlstone Agricultural High School Ennes Mehmedbasic Sydney Boys High School Hannah Mugford Pymble Ladies’ College Ariella Naumburger Moriah College Melissa Ong Pymble Ladies’ College Ankur Paul Sydney Boys High School Michael Peng James Ruse Agricultural High School Jack Perry Sydney Grammar School Zac Rabie Moriah College Amy Shang James Ruse Agricultural High School Shelley She James Ruse Agricultural High School

2 Benjamin So Knox Grammar School Harry Stratton Sydney Grammar School Snowine Sze James Ruse Agricultural High School David Tran Stephen Trang Sydney Boys High School Yadhaven Upendran James Ruse Agricultural High School Hubert Wan North Sydney Boys High School Aiden Yiu North Sydney Boys High School Sidney Yiu James Ruse Agricultural High School Alexander Zhang Normanhurst Boys High School Jeffrey Zhou Sydney Grammar School Lydia Zhou Pymble Ladies’ College Jack Zou Sydney Boys High School

3 Competition Winners – Junior Division

First Prize Seyoon Gagavan Knox Grammar School

Second Prize James Chen Sydney Boys High School

Third Prize William Wang Sydney Grammar School

High Distinction Awards Alexander Babidge Sydney Grammar School Vaishnavi Calisa North Ethan Chai Sydney Grammar School Marcus Dahl Sydney Grammar School Echo Deng James Ruse Agricultural High School Gabriel Gregory Sydney Grammar School Tim Huang North Sydney Boys High School Leslie Lay-Kennedy North Sydney Boys High School Henry Liang Homebush Boys High School Orion Tong Sydney Grammar School Justin Wang James Ruse Agricultural High School Eric Xu Sydney Boys High School Gary Xu James Ruse Agricultural High School Magaret Zhou James Ruse Agricultural High School

Distinction Awards Saikrishna Ananthapadmanabhan Hurlstone Agricultural High School William Clarke Sydney Grammar School David Wei Hu James Ruse Agricultural High School Bruce Huang James Ruse Agricultural High School HuiyiGinaJin PymbleLadies’College Aran Kanagaratnam Sydney Grammar School Jason Kwong Sydney Grammar School Joshua Lau James Ruse Agricultural High School Sherrington Li James Ruse Agricultural High School Andrew Manton-Hall Sydney Grammar School Stephen Roche Sydney Grammar School Mike Wu Sydney Grammar School Stephanie Wu James Ruse Agricultural High School Joanna Xiong Pymble Ladies’ College

4 Karen Zhang Pymble Ladies’ College Radman Zhang Shore School Jonathan Zheng James Ruse Agricultural High School

Credit Awards Akhil Bansel Sydney Grammar School Rena Cao North Sydney Girls High School Lauren Chee Kambala Secondary School Allan Chen North Sydney Boys High SChool Gavin Chen James Ruse Agricultural High School Nelson Chen North Sydney Boys High School Howard Chow Sydney Grammar School Kenric Chui James Ruse Agricultural High School Zeke Coady Sydney Grammar School Ruell Domaoal Fort Street High School Kevin Du James Ruse Agricultural High School Jared Engelman Moriah College Oliver James Fisher James Ruse Agricultural High School Niroshan Jeyakumar James Ruse Agricultural High School Jack Jiang James Ruse Agricultural High School Vincent Jiang Sydney Grammar School Zhongwen Li Pymble Ladies’ College Alexander Ling James Ruse Agricultural High School Cyril Liu James Ruse Agricultural High School Wilson Liu James Ruse Agricultural High School Allen Lu Sydney Grammar School Steven Luu James Ruse Agricultural High School Saimurooban Muralidaran James Ruse Agricultural High School Angela Nguyen Hurlstone Agricultural High School Kajanan Parameshwaran James Ruse Agricultural High School Jewel Qi Meriden School Chen Qu James Ruse Agricultural High School Vivian Shang James Ruse Agricultural High School Kevin Shi James Ruse Agricultural High School Christine Song MLC School Tharani Tharmakumar Telopea Park School Alexander Turner Sydney Grammar School Mark Virgona Normanhurst Boys HIgh School Shani Wijetilaka Pymble Ladies’ College David Wong North Sydney Boys High School Rachel Wong James Ruse Agricultural High School Kathy Xu James Ruse Agricultural High School Victoria Xu MLC School

5 Rachel Xuan James Ruse Agricultural High School Yale Yi James Ruse Agricultural High School Jason Yip James Ruse Agricultural High School Joanna Yu MLC School Theresa Yu Pymble Ladies’ College Kim Zhang Pymble Ladies’ College Damon Zhong Shore School Albert Zhou North Sydney Boys High School

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