Young mathematicians from across the state participated in the 37^th Annual Oregon Invitational Math Tournament (OIMT) at OSU on Saturday, May 13^th. The OIMT has been held annually by the math departments of Oregon State University, University of Oregon, and Portland State University (and in previous years, Willamette University) for the past 37 years. Students are invited to the Tournament based upon their performances at Regionals held at community colleges across the state. Students may also be invited due to exceptional scores on the AMC-10 and AMC-12 exams.

Coordinators Raven Dean and Katy Williams, along with the help of many math faculty and graduate student volunteers, made the event a resounding success. The statewide competition for top regional scoring high school math students included a 60-90 minute written exam and a team problem solving event.

Geometry

Winners

• 1st - Apollo Heo, Cheldelin MS/ Crescent Valley HS
• 2nd - Gabriel LaChapelle, West Albany HS
• 3rd - Jasper Reinalda, Corvallis HS
• 4th - Mia Rollins, Ashland HS

Honorable Mention

• Milo Bertrand, Ashland High School
• Riley Cameron, Astoria High School
• Alexander Ourant, Ashland High School
• Max Peacor, Sheldon High School
• Alyssa Sun, Inza Wood MS
• Isaac Vasquez, Sheldon HS
• Jane Zhou, Hosanna Christian

Algebra

Winners

• 1st - Arushi Mantri, Stroller MS/HS
• 2nd - Leo Sun, Crescent Valley HS
• 3rd - Tianqi Wang, Blanchet Catholic HS
• 4th - Jane Chen, Oregon Episcopal HS

Honorable Mention

• Geordyn Allyn, Early College HS
• Andy Carter, Thurston HS
• Daisy Chen, Oregon Episcopal HS
• Nate Hicken, Valley Catholic HS
• Qijia (Jerry) Hu, Valley Catholic HS
• Gabe Peery, Hosanna Christian

Open I

Winners

• 1st - Wenjun Hou, Stoller MS/Westview HS
• 2nd - Preston Bushnell, ACCESS Academy
• 3rd - Russell Chai, Sunset HS
• 4th - Julian Rice, Ashland HS

Honorable Mention

• Lucas Braun, Southridge
• Thomas Chen, Westview HS
• Charisse Hung, Cleveland HS
• Jeffrey Lin, Valley Catholic HS
• Ying (Marina) Qian, St. Mary’s HS
• Peter Zhu, St. Mary’s HS

Open II

Winners

• 1st - Rupert Li, Jesuit High School
• 2nd - Alec Leng, Lincoln High School
• 3rd - Andres Olsen, Lincoln High School
• 4th - Raymond Liu, Crescent Valley HS

Honorable Mention

• Dominic Debettencourt, Jesuit High School
• Jonathan Guo, Westview High School
• Mathus Leungpathomaram, Catlin Gabel High School
• Ke Shen, Sunset High School
• Chandler Watson, Oregon Episcopal School
• Marshal Xu, Lincoln High School

Team Problem Solving: Geometry/Algebra Division

First Place

• Dylan Cox, Corvallis HS
• Caleb Meyers, Mountain View HS
• Grace Miedziak, Summit HS
• Isaac Vasquez, Sheldon HS

Honorable Mention

• Milo Bertrand, Ashland HS
• Riley Cameron, Astoria HS
• Arushi Mantri, Stoller MS/HS
• Sofia Pardo, Ridgeview HS
• Jasper Reinalda, Corvallis HS

Team Problem Solving: Open I/Open II Division

First Place

• WenjunHou, Stroller MS/HS
• Alec Leng, Lincoln HS
• Declan Sleator, Lincoln HS
• Seth Talynasky, Catlin Cabel HS
• Xingruozhi Xu, Bonanza HS

Honorable Mention

• Evan Begg, North Medford HS
• Erin Campbell, La Grande HS
• Chassidy Mofsinger, Neah-Kah-Nie
• Yian Ann Xu, Valley Catholic HS
• Preston Bushnell, ACCESS Academy
• Tom Cello, Burnt River HS
• Lang Ming, Lincoln HS
• Ian Spangle, Marist HS
• Jonathon Tran, Westview HS

One of Oregon State University’s most popular and beloved traditions is back on campus. On May 2 and 3, 2017, more than 1,500 elementary school students will flock to take part in Discovery Days, an outreach program held twice annually that immerses students in the rich and diverse worlds of science.

This past weekend the Department of Mathematics hosted the 34^th Annual Oregon Invitational Mathematics Tournament. Top high school math students from across the state arrived on campus at 7:45 a.m. on a Saturday morning to take exams and participate in math activities.

The love of math and the possibility of winning cash prizes were apparently compelling to draw them to Corvallis.

Students are invited to compete based on their performances at regional contests held across the state. Those with exceptional scores on the AMC-10 and AMC-12 exams may also be invited or simply register.

Students compete for cash and prizes by answering multiple choice mathematics questions. For example, assigned team events tackled both Precalculus/Calculus and Geometry/Algebra II. The day culminated in a final competition called “Who wants to be a Mathematician.”

American Mathematical Society (AMS) representative Mike Breen and DePaul University Professor William Butterworth, who developed the national "Who Wants to be a Mathematician" competition, hosted the contest. AMS donates cash prizes for the annual statewide math contests.

The eight finalists were: Andrew Bai of Jesuit High School, Markab Han of Sunset Middle School, Andrew Yang of Westview High School, Ashwin Sah Jesuit High School, Tyler Snook and Yiting Zhou both of Valley Catholic High School, Justin Bao of Stoller Middle School and Swati Garg of Westview High School.

This year’s overall winner was Ashwin Sah of Jesuit High School in Portland who received $3,000. Hear Ashwin talk about his victory on YouTube. He has finished second in MathCounts the past two years. Andrew Yang was the runner up who received $2,000.