MathCounts teams from Community and Grover middle schools took first and second place, respectively, at the state MathCounts competition. Only one-quarter of one point separated the two teams from the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School district.
CMS team members Tyler Shen, Alexander Xue, Christopher Xue, and Jeffery Yu combined to win the first place team trophy. GMS team members Byron Chin, Julia Wu, Sharon Zhang, and Kai Zheng secured a second place trophy. All eight WW-P mathletes scored in the top 15.
Christopher Xue was in first place at the end of the individual written portion. Other awards included Tyler Shen, second place; Byron Chin, fourth place; Sharon Zhang, fifth place; Julia Wu, seventh place; Alexander Xue, ninth; Kai Zheng, 13th place; and Jeffery Yu, 15th place.
After the countdown round that pits problem solvers in a 45-second competition the results changed slightly. They were Christopher Xue, second place; Tyler Shen, third place; Byron Chin, fifth place; Sharon Zhang, sixth place; Julia Wu, eighth place; Alexander Xue, ninth place; Kai Zheng, 13th place; and Jeffery Yu, 15th place.
Christopher Xue and Tyler Shen will travel to Washington, D.C., to compete for the national prizes. By virtue of Community’s first place win, Alyce Doehner, the coach of both teams, will lead the weekend practices with the four New Jersey national team members and will accompany the team to the national competition.
