Sycamore students had a great day at the Indiana State MATHCOUNTS competition held at Rose Hulman in Terre Haute this past Saturday. Kaitlyn Park led Sycamore with a 3rd place finish. She was followed by Jennifer Hu in 4th place. By finishing in the top 4, Kaitlyn and Jennifer earned two of the four spots on the National MATHCOUNTS Team for Indiana. Since two Sycamore students were on the team, Mr. Tormoehlen, Sycamore’s coach, was named the coach for the team. The National MATHCOUNTS Competition will be held in Washington DC on May 8th.
Also placing high for Sycamore were Justin Puno in 7th place, Shayen Maun in 11th (top scoring 6th grader), Sophie Liang in 14th, Riti Tandra in 24th, and Alex Cheng in 30th. There was not an official team competition, but on an unofficial team round, the team of Justin, Katilyn, Jennifer and Shayen earned the 2nd highest score. They also had the highest average score and would have been team State Champions under non-covid rules. Also competing for Sycamore were Leo Sniderman, Evan Ting, and Akhil Jois.