Galloway, N.J. – Students from Egg Harbor Township High School, Absegami High
School and Clearview Regional High School took home awards in the eighth annual
Math Mayhem tournament held at Stockton University on March 30.
The Egg Harbor Township team of Vicky Zheng, CJ
Faulhaber, and Sakhi Shah took home first place in the group competition. The Egg Harbor Township team of Aidan Himley,
Sheikh Mahmud, and Eddie Tran took second place, and the Absegami team of Sydney Mullin, Janvi Patel, and Derek
Michael placed third.
In the individual competition, Derek Michael of
Absegami placed first, Vicky Zheng of Egg Harbor Township placed second, and
Jonathan Cho of Clearview Regional placed third.
Math Mayhem is a competition of individual and
team exams designed to challenge the students and assess their current skill
development. The goal is to promote math
and Stockton’s math programs, and support local high schools.
The 13 participating schools this year were:
Absegami High School, Oakcrest High School, Cedar Creek High School, Ocean City High School, Mainland
Regional High School, Atlantic County Institute of Technology, Egg Harbor
Township High School, Atlantic City High School, Holly Spirit High School,
Clearview Regional High School, Pilgrim Academy, Middletown North High School,
and St. Augustine Prep.
The competition is
sponsored by the Mathematics program at the Stockton School of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics and the Stockton Math Club. Professor of Mathematics
Chia-Lin Wu is the competition director, with faculty committee members Bradley
Forrest, Judith Vogel, Pam Kosick, Yujin Shen and Juan Tolosa.