2005 SVSU Math Olympics Results

This year there were 631 students with 366 competing in the level 1 competition and 265 in the level 2. A total of 24 schools participated this year with 21 schools  participating at level 1 and 21 schools at level 2. With a maximum possible score of 25, the average score on the level 1 exam was 7.1 and the average on the level 2 exam was 7.8 (tough exams!). Awards are given to top individuals and top teams at each level and team awards are given for the top teams when level 1 and level 2 scores are combined.

The following 2005 results are provided:

Level 1 Individuals Level 1 Team  Combined Team Analysis of participants by grade level
Level 2 Individuals Level 2 Team  Item analysis of questions (% correct) List of participating schools

Level 1 Individual Awards

Place Name Score(out of 25) School

Top3 Medal Winners(ties listed alphabetically)

1 Alex Carney 20 H H Dow
1 Steven Zhang 20 H H Dow
       
2 Aileen Xu 19 H H Dow
       
3 James Galus 18 SASA

Honorable Mention (places 4 -7)(ties listed alphabetically)

4 Ashley Hill 17 Heritage
       
5 Lalita Movva 15 SASA
5 Siddarth Reddy 15 SASA
       
6 Amy Allport 14 Frankenmuth
6 Justin Frahm 14 Frankenmuth
6 Marc Jankowski 14 H H Dow
6 Lehmann Jonathan 14 Midland Academy
6 Benjamin MacGown 14 Midland Academy
6 Christine Ponnampalam 14 Heritage
6 Samer Salamekh 14 H H Dow
6 Sean Thomas 14 SASA
6 Ryan Turk 14 Bay City All Saints
       
7 Dalton Allan 13 SASA
7 Tyler Baranski 13 Frankenmuth
7 Stacie Budek 13 Bullock Creek
7 Zachary Deschaine 13 Frankenmuth
7 Zehra Hussain 13 SASA
7 Joseph Nettleman 13 Frankenmuth
7 Nilesh Raval 13 SASA
7 Caleb Seder 13 Frankenmuth
7 Connie Shao 13 SASA
7 Lisa Stibitz 13 H H Dow

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Level 2 Individual Awards

Place Name Score(out of 25) School

Top3 Medal Winners(ties listed alphabetically)

1 Nicholas Triantafillou 23 SASA
2 Xu Gang 21 Heritage
3 Emily Shao 18 H H Dow

Honorable Mention (places 4 -8)(ties listed alphabetically)

4 Kyle Barriger 17 Nouvel
       
5 Michael Adams 16 Flushing
5 Mark Bourne 16 H H Dow
5 Brandon Brink 16 H H Dow
5 Brian Zimcosky 16 Bay City Central
       
6 John Buether 15 H H Dow
       
7 Erin Bernthal 14 Frankenmuth
7 Bryan Buffa 14 Nouvel
7 Jeremy Cook 14 Pinconning
7 Ryan Gilles 14 Bay City Western
7 Andrew Gutting 14 Flushing
7 Kelan Hlavaty 14 Heritage
       
8 Clinton Carlson 13 Flushing
8 Amrita Mankani 13 Heritage
8 Joshua Matterq 13 Heritage
8 Dylan Sova 13 Freeland
8 Kyle Stachowiak 13 SASA

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Level 1 Team Awards

The top 3 individual scores determine the team score. There were 17 teams competing at Level 1 (at least 3 participants) and there was only a 2 point difference between place 7 and place 11 (tight race - every question counts).

Place School Score

Trophy Winners

1

Herbert Henry Dow

59

2 Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy 48
3 Heritage 42

Honorable Mention

4

Frankenmuth

41

5

Midland Academy

39

6

Bay City All Saints

36

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Level 2 Team Awards

The top 3 individual scores determine the team score. There were 18 teams competing at level 2 (at least 3 participants). A tie-break (counted top 4 scores) was needed to determine the 2nd and 3rd place winners and the 4th and 5th place winners. Just 5 points separated the 5th place team and the 9th place teams (7 schools due to ties).

Place School Score (top 3)

Trophy Winners

1

Herbert Henry Dow

50

2 Heritage 48
3 Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy 48

Honorable Mention(6th place tie)

4

Flushing

43

5

Nouvel

43

6 Bay City Central 36

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Combined Team Awards

There were 15 teams competing at the combined level (at least 3 students at each level). The top three scores from level 1 and the top 3 from level 2 are combined.

Place School Score

Trophy Winners

1

Herbert Henry Dow

109

2 SASA 96
3 Heritage 90

Honorable Mention

4

Nouvel

74

5

Frankenmuth

72

6 Freeland 66

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Further Analysis

Percent of the participants who answered Question n (Qn) correctly, where n = 1 - 25.

Question Q1  Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20 Q21 Q22 Q23 Q24 Q25
Level 1  32% 14% 34% 30% 22% 13% 18% 28% 18% 30% 24% 89% 32% 19% 16% 34% 13% 64% 18% 23% 51% 24% 11%
Level 2  37% 34% 21% 66% 39% 45% 26% 15% 42% 16% 25% 17% 34% 22% 9% 48% 45% 48% 20% 51% 12% 17% 26%

Number of participants at each grade level (may not sum to total as the grade level of some students was not known)

  Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Total
Level 1 2 12 12 126 148 51 10 366
Level 2 0 0 1 2 28 103 128 265

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Participants from these schools attended the 2005 math Olympics!! Thank you!!

Bay City All Saints Central

Bay City Central

Bay City Western

Bendle

Bentley

Buena Vista

Bullock Creek

Flushing

Frankenmuth

Freeland

Garber

Herbert Henry Dow

Heritage

Linden

Meridian

Midland Academy

Millington

Midland Northeast Middle School

Nouvel

Pinconning

Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy

Valley Lutheran

Vassar

White Pine Middle School