High School Mathematics Competition Report on the First Round of the 53rd Contest

Sponsors: ConocoPhillips , Calgary, Peter H. Denham Memorial Fund, , A K Peters, Publishers, Wellesley, MA, USA. Greenwoods’ Bookshoppe, Edmonton, Canadian Mathematical Society, Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics Council, Alberta Teachers’ Association, University of Calgary, and . Individual Results. The first part of the 53rd Alberta High School Mathematics Competition was written on Novem- ber 18, 2008 by 564 students. These consist of 267 girls and 297 boys. The numbers of students in Grades IX, X, XI and XII are respectively 5, 192, 169 and 198. Here are the top individuals: Rank Score Name School 1 100 Mariya Sardarli McKernan Junior High School, Edmonton (Grade IX). 2 97 Yaroslav Babich Sir Winston Churchill High School (Grade X), Philip Ma , Edmonton (Grade X), Yishen Huang Harry Ainlay High School, Edmonton (Grade XI), Di Mo Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary (Grade XI), Stella Zhao Western Canada High School, Calgary (Grade XI), Tyson Geib Henry Wise Wood High School, Calgary, Zili Huang Harry Ainlay High School, Edmonton, and Tom Liu Western Canada High School, Calgary. 10 95 Hunter Spink Western Canada High School, Calgary (Grade X). Kaiven Zhou Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton (Grade X), Danny Shi Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, Jarno Sun Western Canada High School, Calgary, and Xing Shuo Zhao Western Canada High School, Calgary. 15 94 Jaclyn Chang Western Canada High School, Calgary (Grade XI). Ellen Lloyd Henry Wise Wood High School, Calgary (Grade XI). Maninder Longowal Tempo School, Edmonton. Alan Shapiro Tempo School, Edmonton. 19 92 Jonathan Chu Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton (Grade X). Tony Zhao Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary. Rank Score Name School 21 91 Phoebe Chang Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary (Grade X). Skyline Mi Western Canada High School, Calgary. 23 90 Chen Liu Western Canada High School, Calgary. 24 89 Eliza Pan Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton (Grade X). Justine Zhang Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary (Grade X). Nicholas Adamski Harry Ainlay High School, Edmonton (Grade XI). David Szepesvari Harry Ainlay High School, Edmonton. Bill Xia Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton. Annie Xu Old Scona Academic High Schoool, Edmonton. 30 87 Yiwei Feng Harry Ainlay High School, Edmonton (Grade X). Tim He Henry Wise Wood High School, Calgary (Grade X). Isaac Lin Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary (Grade X). Joe Ou Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton (Grade X). Andrew Qi Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton (Grade X). Jennifer Yu Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton (Grade X). Meng Zhao Western Canada High School, Calgary (Grade X). Andersen Qian Henry Wise Wood High School, Calgary (Grade XI). Edward Xu Henry Wise Wood High School, Calgary (Grade XI). Anna Yu Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary. Zhen Zhang Western Canada High School, Calgary. 41 86 Annie Zhang Queen Elizabeth Jr/Sr High School, Calgary (Grade XI). Jason Zhao Western Canada High School, Calgary. 43 85 Stephanie Bohaichuk Harry Ainlay High School, Edmonton (Grade XI). Michael Wong Western Canada High School, Calgary (Grade XI). Tianqiao Chen Western Canada High School, Calgary. Simon Han Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary. 47 84 Michael Meiers Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton (Grade XI). Michael Shirt Harry Ainlay High School, Edmonton (Grade XI). Adam Humeniuk Westmount Charter School, Calgary. Jacky Tian Western Canada High School, Calgary. Team Results. The contest was written by 24 schools, 3 not entering a team. There are 7 schools from Zone I (Calgary) with 257 students, 4 schools from Zone II (Southern Rural Alberta) with 39 students, 9 schools from Zone III (Edmonton) with 176 students and 4 schools from Zone IV (Northern Rural Alberta) with 92 students. Here are the top teams: Rank Score Team Members and Manager 1 291 Harry Ainlay High School, Edmonton, with Philip Ma, Yishen Huang and Zili Huang, managed by Ms. Meriel Hughes. 2 289 Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, with Yaroslav Babich, Di Mo and Danny Shi, managed by Mr. Neil Hamel, and Western Canada High School, Calgary, with Stella Zhao, Tom Liu and Hunter Spink, managed by Ms. Renata Delisle. 4 278 Henry Wise Wood High School, Calgary, with Tyson Geib, Ellen Lloyd and Tim He, managed by Mr. Michael Retallack. 5 276 Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton, with Kaiven Zhou, Jonathan Chu and Eliza Pan, managed by Mr. Ihor Lytviak. 6 264 Tempo School, Edmonton, with Maninder Longowal, Alan Shapiro and Jaskiran Sandha, managed by Mr. Lorne Rusnell. 7 245 Queen Elizabeth Jr/Sr High School, Calgary, with Annie Zheng, Kaitlyn Chow and Tavian Barnes, managed by Ms. Sharon Reid. 8 227 Ross Sheppard High School, Edmonton, with Mark Nahornick, Cedric Wong and Robin Chen, managed by Mr. Jeremy Klassen. 9 215 Westmount Charter School, Calgary, with Adam Humeniuk, Paul Kathol and Jonathan Wan, managed by Mr. Sandy Miller. 10 209 Archbishop Jordan High School, Sherwood Park, with Sam Borynec, Harrison Levangie and Erin MacKinnon, managed by Ms. Marge Hallonquist, and Vimy Ridge Academy, Edmonton, with Scott Ritchie, Arthur Gordon and Bianca Cioceanu, managed by Ms. Delcy Rolheiser. Other participating schools are: Zone I: Bishop Carroll High School (Ms. Marilyn Blackhall) and Father Lacombe (Mr. Rio Roculan). Zone II: Brooks High School (Ms. Lynne Morris), McCoy High School (Mr. Rob Burzminski), Oilfields High School (Mr. Chris Hughes) and Winston Churchill High School (Ms. Terri Yamagishi). Zone III: Archbishop MacDonald High School (Mr. John Campbell), Holy Trinity High School (Mr. Len Bonifacio), McKernan Junior High School (Mr. Ward Patterson) and McNally High School (Mr. Niel Peterson). Zone IV: Ardrossan Jr/Sr High School (Ms. Rebecca Gustafson), Lloydminster High School (Ms. Kathleen Bracken) and New Serapta School (Ms. Khristin Elford & Ms. Crystal Elton). St. Gabriel the Archangel School (Ms. Adrienne Busch) registered for the contest, but was unable to hold it on the day.