The Mu Alpha Theta team hosted the Florida Association of Mu Alpha Theta (FANMAT) January regional competition in-house Saturday Jan. 25. With over 900 registrations, this competition had the largest turnout Heritage had seen since pre-Covid years.
Within Mu Alpha Theta, there are five categories individuals can compete in based on assigned rankings. Thetas, often freshmen, compete in either Algebra II or Geometry; Alphas (freshmen and sophomores) compete in Pre-Calculus, Mus (juniors and seniors) compete in Calculus and there is an additional category for Statistics for interested students.
During the competition, students completed either one or two tests in their designated subject area. The first exam was an individual 60-minute round that consisted of 30 questions. The second was a team round with groups containing up to four earlier-selected students.
For the school’s Mu Alpha Theta officers, this competition also provided them with a new experience. “Presenting awards was the most memorable thing from today because I’ve never gotten to do that before,” Theta vice-president junior Elizabeth Xiao said. “Aside from the competition, I liked helping set up because I’ve done this for four years and it’s fun. It’s all of the behind-the-scenes activities that make it kinda fun,” co-president of Mu Alpha Theta senior Rajam Arunprakash said.
Congratulations to all individuals who competed and placed at this year’s January Regional Competition. Below is the list of all individuals and teams who placed:
Algebra 1 Individual
7th grader Kelly Xu – 1st
7th grader Ralph Brummer – 4th
7th grader Ashnia Bhatia – 5th
7th grader Max Cheng – 12th
7th grader Adam Hadeh – 14th
Algebra 1 Team
7th graders Ashnia Bhatia, Ralph Bruner, Max Cheng, Kelly Xu – 1st
Geometry Individual
Freshman Christine Yu – 7th
Freshman Henry Pratt – 12th
Geometry Team
Freshmen Christian Azaret, Melody Cheng, Olivia Chung and Christine Yu – 4th
Individual Algebra 2
Freshman Jesse Deng – 1st
Freshman Siddhartha Gupta – 3rd
Freshman Asher Bernstein – 6th
Freshman Neel Ganeriwala – 8th
Freshman Adithya Munagala – 12th
Freshman Dhruv Khosla – 13th
Freshman Pascal Brinkmann – 15th
Algebra 2 Team
Freshmen Alexander Allain, Asher Bernstein, Jesse Deng, Dhruv Khosla – 1st
Pre-calculus Individual
Freshman Jeffery Xu – 2nd
Sophomore Lauren Lee – 3rd
Freshman Daniel Zhao – 5th
Sophomore Bennett Ortiz – 7th
Sophomore Julia Diez – 9th
Sophomore Anthony Rodriguez – 14th
Freshman Kabir Gandhi – 15th
Pre-calculus Team
Freshmen Kabir Gandhi, Jeffery Xu, David Zhao and sophomore Anika Mishra – 1st
Statistics Individual
Junior Elizabeth Xiao – 2nd
Junior Aaron Alter- 3rd
Junior Daniel Cai – 4th
Junior Angelina Lin – 8th
Junior Jason Tang – 11th
Junior Kaitlyn Lee – 12th
Sophomore Johnathan Wu – 13th
Sophomore Andrey Vasilyev – 15th
Statistics Team
Juniors Daniel Cai, Kaitlyn Lee, Elizabeth Xiao, Jason Tang – 1st
Calculus Individual
Junior Aaron Alter – 1st
Senior Timothy Kong – 2nd
Senior Yusuf Sheikh – 3rd
Senior Sai Lalitha Kodukula – 7th
Senior Apollo Lee – 8th
Senior Sebastian Estrada – 9th
Senior Guilherme Salles – 11th
Senior Xuzhou (Tiger) Ren – 12th
Junior Darsh Patel – 13th
Senior Junsouh Hong – 15th
Calculus Team
Seniors Junsouh Hong, Timothy Kong, Guilherme Salles, Yusuf Sheikh – 1st
Algebra 1 team: Seventh graders Ashnia Bhatia, Kelly Xu, Max Cheng and Ralph Bruner. (Photo/Roshini Shivakumar)
Theta individual awards: Asher Bernstein, Christine Yu, Jesse Deng, Siddhartha Gupta, Henry Pratt, Neel Ganeriwala and Pascal Brinkmann. (Photo/Roshini Shivkaumar)
Geometry team: Freshmen Christine Yu, Olivia Chung, Melody Cheng and Christian Azaret. (Photo/Roshini Shivakumar)
Algebra 2 team round: Freshmen Asher Bernstein, Jesse Deng and Dhruv Khosla. (Photo/Roshini Shivakumar)
Pre-calculus individual awards: Sophomore Lauren Lee, freshman Jeffrey Xu, freshman Kabir Gandhi, sophomores Julia Diez and Bennit Ortiz. (Photo/Roshini Shivakumar)
Pre-calculus team: Freshman Daniel Zhao, Kabir Gandhi, Jeffery Xu and sophomore Anika Mishra. (Photo/Roshini Shivakumar)
Statistics individual awards: Juniors Angelina Lin, Elizabeth Xiao, Aaron Alter and Kaitlyn Lee. (Photo/Roshini Shivakumar)
Calculus individual awards: Seniors Samuil Petrov, Timothy Kong, Junsouh Hong, Apollo Lee, Sebastian Estrada, Yusuf Sheikh, Guilherme Salles and junior Darsh Patel. (Photo/Roshini Shivakumar)
Calculus team: Seniors Timothy Kong, Yusuf Sheikh, Guilherme Salles and Junsouh Hong. (Photo/Roshini Shivakumar)
