Gold Exam Winners
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS IN THE THIRTY-SIXTH
PROFESSOR JOHN STEINER GOLD MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION
2009
WINNING TEAMS
FIRST PLACE TEAM
Hershey High School - Hershey
Tongji Li, Chang Liu, Sam Weil
SECOND PLACE TEAM
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School - Mechanicsburg
Theresa Bargh, Andy Nauss, Lee Kennedy-Shaffer
THIRD PLACE TEAM
Cedar Crest High School – Lebanon
Tyler Chanas, Franklin Ditzler, Chris Kyper
HONORABLE MENTION TEAMS
Parkland High School – Allentown
Kerry Cao, Steven Rosen, Tony Shen
Cumberland Valley High School - Mechanicsburg
Chunya Huang, Thinh Nguyen, Adam Shaw
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS
FIRST PLACE Tony Shen
Parkland High School
SECOND PLACE Lee Kennedy-Shaffer
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School
THIRD PLACE Tyler Chanas
Cedar Crest High School
FOURTH PLACE Zachary Felix
Northern Senior High School
FIFTH PLACE Tongji Li
Hershey High School
SIXTH PLACE Sam Weil
Hershey High School
HONORABLE MENTION - INDIVIDUALS(Listed alphabetically)
Theresa Bargh, Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School
Madeleine Daepp, Lewisburg High School
Franklin Ditzler, Cedar Crest High School
Nicholas Dyszel, Parkland High School
Christin Folker, Lewisburg High School
Scott Gehman, Selinsgrove Area High School
James Gigliotti, Central Dolphin High School
Paul Hoops, Warrior Run High School
Chunya Huang, Cumberland Valley High School
Chris Kyper, Cedar Crest High School
Chang Liu, Hershey High School
Vikram Patwardham, Cumberland Valley High School
Kelsey Ritter, Parkland High School
Adam Shaw, Cumberland Valley High School
FIRST IN SCHOOLS (Listed alphabetically by school)
Annville-Cleona High School: Matthew Kresier
Bellefonte Area High School: Klye George
Blue Mountain High School: Abishek Mishra
Cedar Crest High School: Tyler Chanas
Central Dauphin High School: James Gigliotti
Central Dauphin East High School: Kevin McInturff
Cumberland Valley High School: Chunya Huang
East Pennsboro High School: Dev Patel
Hershey High School: Tongji Li
Hughesville High School: Jessica Culver
Juniata High School: Kier Harris
Lake Lehman High School: Kyle Caffey
Lewisburg High School: Madeleine Daepp
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School: Lee Kennedy-Shaffer
MMI Preparatory School: Lewis Bevans
Montoursville High School: Zachary Clark
North Schuylkill Jr/Sr. High School: Charles Zendrosky
Northern High School: Zachary Felix
Northumberland Christian High School: Esther Ilgenfritz
Parkland High School: Tony Shen
Penns Valley Area High School: Alison Geesey
Pottsville Area High School: Tony Lorence
SciTech High School: Michael Travers
Selinsgrove Area High School: Scott Gehman
Southern Columbia High School: Ralph Beishline
Steelton-Highspire School District: Heather Lehigh
Tri-Valley High School: Daniel Romberger
Warrior Run High School: Paul Hoops
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS IN THE THIRTY-FIFTH
PROFESSOR JOHN STEINER GOLD MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION
2008
WINNING TEAMS
FIRST PLACE TEAM
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School - Mechanicsburg
Tony Lun, Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, Brian Soulliard
SECOND PLACE TEAM
Hershey High School – Hershey
Neil Abcouwer, Mu-Chen Li, Sam Weil
THIRD PLACE TEAM
Cumberland Valley High School - Mechanicsburg
Rohit Chandra, Sterling Miller, Arjun Mudan
HONORABLE MENTION TEAMS
Cedar Crest High School – Lebanon
Tyler Chanas, Joe Eggert , Frankin Ditzler
Parkland High School – Allentown
Steven DeVincentis, Neelabh Maheshwari, Andrew Pollock
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS
FIRST PLACE Bradley Weaver
Annville-Cleona High School
SECOND PLACE Sam Weil
Hershey High School
THIRD PLACE Andrew Pollock
Parkland High School
FOURTH PLACE Lee Kennedy-Shaffer
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School
FIFTH PLACE Arjun Mudan
Cumberland Valley High School
SIXTH PLACE Tony Lun
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School
HONORABLE MENTION - INDIVIDUALS
(Listed alphabetically)
Neil Abcouwer Hershey High School
Michael Caffrey Lake Lehman High School
Tyler Chanas Cedar Crest High School
Karthick Chatagunta Cumberland Valley High School
James Gigliotti Central Dolphin High School
Katherine Hsu Emmaus High School
Chunya Huang Cumberland Valley High School
Mu-Chen Li Hershey High School
Sterling Miller Cumberland Valley High School
Ji Park Juniata 2High School
Brian Soulliard Mechanicsburg High School
FIRST IN SCHOOLS
(Listed alphabetically)
Annville-Cleona High School BRADLEY WEAVER
Bellefonte Area High School NICHOLAS GRASSER
Berwick Area Senior High School JOSHUA ABRAHAM
Cedar Crest High School TYLER CHANAS
Central Dauphin High School JAMES GIGLIOTTI
Central Mountain High School GEORGE WHEELER
Cumberland Valley High School ARJUN MUDAN
East Pennsboro High School NATE BARR
Emmaus High School KATHERINE HSU
Hershey High School SAM WEIL
Hughesville High School TYLER STOM
Juniata High School JI WOONG PARK
Lake Lehman High School MICHAEL CAFFREY
Lewisburg High School MADELEINE DAEPP
Lewistown Area High School VALERIE HAGANS
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School LEE KENNEDY-SHAFFER
Milton-Hershey High School NOE LOPEZ
Montoursville High School GARRETT HARTSHAW
North Schuylkill High School (tie) JOHN ANCZARSKI and PHILIP PROCK
Northern High School MEGAN SCHULTZ
Parkland High School ANDREW POLLOCK
Penns Valley Area High School NATHAN BROWN
Shamokin Area Jr. and Sr. High School CHRISTINE FLEMING
Southern Columbia High School DAVIS BLASS
Steelton-Highspire School District ALICIA MCMANAWAY
Susquehanna Township High School BEN HENIG
Warrior Run High School ROBERT HOOPS
Weatherly Area High School ANDREW RAMSEY
GERMAN TEAM (Professor Greg Adams – Bucknell University (sabbatical))
Christilches Gymnasium (Jena, Germany) SOLOMON FIEDLER
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS IN THE THIRTY-FOURTH
PROFESSOR JOHN STEINER GOLD MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION
2007
WINNING TEAMS
FIRST PLACE TEAM
Parkland High School - Allentown
Klaus Zhang, Greg Schettini, Taylor Archibald
SECOND PLACE TEAM
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School - Mechanicsburg
Brian Soulliard, Tony Lun, Lee Kennedy-Shaffer
THIRD PLACE TEAM
Cumberland Valley High School - Mechanicsburg
Mike Lengel, Sterling Miller, Rohit Chandra
HONORABLE MENTION TEAMS
HERSHEY HIGH SCHOOL - HERSHEY
Yufeng Guo, Amy Liao, Qinren Zhen
SELINSGROVE AREA HIGH SCHOOL – Selinsgrove
Steve Rubin, Joe Ruby, Alexa Benner
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS
FIRST PLACE Klaus Zhang
Parkland High School
SECOND PLACE Bradley Weaver
Annville-Cleona High School
THIRD PLACE Sam Weil
Hershey High School
FOURTH PLACE Michael Chirico
Northhampton Area High School
FIFTH PLACE Brian Soulliard
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School
HONORABLE MENTION - INDIVIDUALS
(Listed alphabetically)
Michael Caffrey Lake Lehman High School
Lee Kennedy-Shaffer Mechanicsburg High School
Mike Lengel Cumberland Valley High School
Tony Lun Mechanicsburg High School
Sterling Miller Cumberland Valley High School
Steve Rubin Sellinsgrove Area High School
Joe Ruby Sellingsgrove Area High School
Greg Schettini Parkland High School
Jamie Wang Pottsville Area High School
Qinren Zhen Hershey High School
FIRST IN SCHOOLS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
Annville-Cleona High School BRADLEY WEAVER
Bellefonte Area High School CASEY CRISMAN-COX
Blue Mountain High School JUSTIN THOMPSON
Cedar Crest High School MIKE FOLLETT
Central Dauphin High School SUMIT RASTOGI
Cumberland Valley High School STERLING MILLER
East Pennsboro High School MATT DINKEL
Hershey High School SAM WEIL
Lake Lehman High School MICHAEL CAFFREY
Lewisburg High School ARIEL KNISS
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School BRIAN SOULLIARD
Montoursville High School GRANT MYERS
Northhampton Area High School MICHAEL CHIRICO
North Schuylkill RACHAEL O’KEEFE
Northern High School MEGAN SCHULTZ
Parkland High School KLAUS ZHANG
Penns Valley Area High School NATHAN BROWN
Pottsville Area High School JAMIE WANG
Sellinsgrove Area High School JOE RUBY
Steelton-Highspire School District LATASHA HENDERSON
Susquehanna Township High School JONATHAN POWANDA
Warrior Run High School MICHAEL ADAMS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS IN THE THIRTY-THIRD
PROFESSOR JOHN STEINER GOLD MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION
2006
First Place: Hazleton Area High School, Hazleton, PA
Maria Monks, Colin Jackson, Tani Olhanoski
Second Place: Hershey High School, Hershey, PA
Tony Felice, Josh Glick, David Katzman
Third Place: Selinsgrove Area High School, Selinsgrove, PA
Jenny Peeler, Steve Rubin, Joseph Ruby
Honorable Mention Teams
Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg, PA
Paul Russ, Alex Silverstein, Thinh Nguyen
Susquehanna Township High School, Harrisburg, PA
Jonathan Powanda, Abdallah, Lexi Woolf
Individual Winners
First Place: Maria Monks, Hazleton Area High School, Hazleton, PA
Second Place: Ji Woong Park, Juniata High School, Mifflintown, PA
Third Place: Joseph Ruby, Selinsgrove Area High School, Selinsgrove, PA
Philip Shirley, Bellefonte Area High School, Bellefonte, PA
Fifth Place: David Katzman, Hershey High School, Hershey, PA
Honorable Mention - Individuals
alphabetical
Matt Dinkel, East Pennsboro Area High School
Josh Glick, Hershey High School
Steve Heindel, Lake Lehman High School
Colin Jackson, Hazleton Area High School
Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, Mechanicsburg Area High School
Allyson Mackavage, Liberty High School
Jonathan Powanda, Susquehanna Township High School
Alex Silverstein, Cumberland Valley High School
Brian Soulliard, Mechanicsburg Area High School
Jamie Wang, Pottsville Area High School
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS IN THE THIRTY-SECOND
PROFESSOR JOHN STEINER GOLD MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION
2005
First Place: Randor High School, Randor, PA
Jay Ni, Dan Schwartz, Huaou Yan
Second Place: Parkland High School, Allentown, PA
Ameya Velingker, Shiyang Cao, Laura Kulikowski
Third Place: Hershey High School, Hershey, PA
Shuaishuai James Gao, David Katzman, Joe Gershenson
Honorable Mention Teams
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School, Mechanicsburg, PA
David Renshaw, Jeff Renshaw, Brian Souillard
Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg, PA
Tim Heath, Paul Russ, Alex Silverstein
Individual Winners
First Place: Ameya Velingker, Parkland High School, Allentown, PA
Second Place: Huaou Yan, Radnor High School, Randor, PA
Third Place: Jay Ni, Radnor High School, Randor, PA
Fourth Place: David Renshaw, Mechanicsburg Area High School, Mechanicsburg, PA
Fifth Place: Dan Schwartz, Radnor High School, Randor, PA
Honorable Mention - Individuals
alphabetical
Shiyang Cao, Parkland High School
Shuaishuai James Gao, Hershey High School
Tim Heath, Cumberland Valley High School
David Katzman, Hershey High School
Laura Kulikowski, Parkland High School
Jeremy Leach, Weatherly Area High School
Kent Parker, New Covenant Academy
Joseph Ruby, Selinsgrove Area High School
Philip Shirey, Bellefonte Area High School
Matthew Thompson, Central Dauphin East
The Professor John Steiner Gold Mathematical Competition was cancelled in 2004 due to snow.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS IN THE THIRTY-FIRST
PROFESSOR JOHN STEINER GOLD MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION
2003
First Place: Freedom High School, Bethlehem, PA
Second Place: Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg, PA
Third Place: Susquehanna Township High School, Harrisburg, PA

