Pinoys harvest Math medals in South Africa
Posted on July 12th, 2009 under The Good Balita
Thirteen Filipino high school math wizards won a slew silver and bronze medals in the 10th Invitational World Youth Mathematics Inter-cities Competition in Durban, South Africa.
Four members of the Philippines’ Team A posted a first runner-up finish in the team category competitions earning a trophy and a silver medal each for its four members namely Geraldine Baniqued, a senior at St. Paul College-Pasig; Arielle Elise Chua of St. Jude Catholic School-Manila; John Russell Virata of Gideon Academy; and Zheng Rong Wu of Zamboanga Chong Hua High School.
The Philippines Team B, composed of Adrian Raphael Co of the British School Manila; Matthew Chris Chan of St. Stephen’s High School; Ostin John Ong of the Bacolod Trinity Christian School; and Vance Eldric Go of St. Jude Catholic School-Manila, landed a second runner-up trophy and a bronze medal each for its four members.
Six of the 13 Filipino participants bagged a bronze medal each in the individual category competitions including Baniqued, Virata, Wu, Chan, Go and Elvis Jeremy Ayroso of Philippine Science High School-Manila for high marks in the individual category competition.
All 13 members of the Philippine delegation also won a bronze medal each when their teams, Philippines’ Team A, B, C, and Cua’s all-girls team, also posted second runner-up finish and a bronze medal each including the members of the Philippines’ Team C composed of Janssen Kotah of the Philippine Cultural College; Hanz Vladimir Cabanes of Zamboanga Chong Hua High School; Iyulores of Ateneo High School; and Ayroso of Philippine Science High School-Manila.
Team Philippines were led by team leaders Dr. Eduardo de la Cruz, dean of the Arellano University College of Education and principal of the university’s elementary school; and Dr. Isidro Aguilar of the Department of Education, both of the Mathematics’ Trainers Guild-Philippines.
The 10th IWYMIC drew participants from 19 countries including Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Netherlands, Nigeria, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Zambia, Zimbabwe, host country South Africa, and the Philippines.
China, as before and like in other international math Olympiads, dominated the 10th IWYMIC, winning 10 of the 13 individual gold medals as well as a slew of gold medals in the team and group categories.
Other gold medal winners were students from Singapore, which won one gold; and Thailand, which won two individual golds.
Individual silver medals were also won by China with about eight students winning them; Taiwan also had eight; Thailand seven, Bulgaria had five; Singapore had two and Canada, two.
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