Impressive Results in Mathematics Competition
Posted on November 01, 2018
The 2018 Australian Mathematics Trust Awards were held at Selwyn College on Monday 29 October.
This competition is one of the world’s largest mathematics competitions with 15 million entries since its inception in 1978.
A highly impressive 28 Macleans College students ranging from Years 9 – 13 received various levels of recognition including High Distinction, Prizes and Medallists.
Those who received High Distinction were:
Year 9
- Nancy Chen (Rutherford House)
- Ian Chou (Hillary)
- Guang Hao Fan (Rutherford)
- Sue Jynn Leong (Rutherford)
- Charles Li (Te Kanawa)
- Kevin Lin (Rutherford)
- Jack Liu (Te Kanawa)
- Ryan Sit (Upham)
- Rick Wang (Rutherford)
- Regina Yun (Upham)
Year 10
- Abhinav Chawla (Snell)
- Oliver Dai (Snell)
- Rick Han (Snell)
- Grace Huang (Snell)
- Nicholas Lianto (Snell)
- Sophia Liu (Kupe)
- Eric Ma (Mansfield)
Year 11
- Darsh Chaudhari (Batten)
- Chelsea Jiayi Mao (Upham)
- Sanjit Ramesh Chandran (Hillary)
- Jasmine Zhang (Hillary)
Year 13
- Owen Wang (Kupe)
The prizes were awarded to:
Year 9
- James Hui (Rutherford)
Year 10
- Ellen Wang (Snell)
- Kris Zhang (Kupe)
- Melissa Zhang (Mansfield)
Year 12
- Kevin Hu (Te Kanawa)
William Han Year 12 of Upham House was only one of the two medalists for 2018. He represented New Zealand at the 59th International Olympiad held in Romania in July where he was awarded a silver medal which was an outstanding achievement.
