PHL tops intl math tilt with 12 gold medals

Published December 7, 2012 5:55pm

This year will end with a bang for Filipino mathematicians, after a young group of math whizzes topped an international math competition in India.

At the 5th International Young Mathematicians' Convention held in Lucknow, India from Dec. 1 to 4, the Filipinos won 12 gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals.

Filipino mathematicians were also the overall performance champion and second runner-up in the Junior Level team contest to wind up first place overall.

"We are very proud of our contestants. It's truly a very memorable year for our math wizards," said Dr. Simon Chua, president of the Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines (MTG).

Other countries represented in the contest included the United Kingdom, Russia, South Africa, Qatar, Pakistan, Nepal, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Bhutan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka.

Host India was the runner-up of the tilt with seven gold medals, while Thailand followed with four golds, Taiwan with three and Indonesia with two.

Philippine team leader Renard Eric Chua said the Filipino individual gold medalists are:

Gen Mark Veloso Tanno of Southville International School
Andrea Jessica Jaba of St. Jude Catholic School
John Aries Ceazar Hingan of San Beda College Alabang
Himig Marcos of Philippine Cultural College-Main
Jose Alfonso Ignacio Mirabueno of Philippine Science High School-Southern Mindanao
Dielle Tio of St. Stephen's High School
Jason Carlo Carranceja of Grace Christian College
Ethan Riley Chan of Zamboanga Chong Hua High School
Jervis Chua of Philippine Cultural College-Main
Raenelle Ean Ngo of Chiang Kai Shek College
Shawn Gabriele Cabanes of Zamboanga Chong Hua High School
Lorenzo Magnaye of Philippine Science High School-Main

Jezariah Garcia of Valenzuela City Science High School was the silver medalist, while the bronze medalists were Claire Klemaine Dela Cruz of Integrated Montessori Center-Taguig and John Gedric Tudio of Marist School-Marikina.

At the Junior Level Team Competition, Philippine Team E, composed of Tanno, Hingan and Cabanes, was declared the overall champion, followed by CMS Gomti Nagar Campus of India as first runner-up and Philippine Team B composed of Jaba, Tio and Ngo as second runner-up.

Earlier, Teams B and E emerged as champions in their respective groups while RP Team A, composed of Mirabueno, Chan and Garcia, won first runner-up in their group.

RP Team C, composed of Chua, Carranceja and Marcos, bagged second runner-up in their group.

In the Junior Relay contest, Team E won as champion while Team B got first runner-up. Team A bagged second runner-up in the Junior Math Quiz.— TJD, GMA News

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