Battle Ground Public Schools

Student math skills, determination add up at SW Washington challenge

After a three-year hiatus, the math tournament returned to Battle Ground Public Schools on Saturday, April 22. Students in fifth through eighth grades convened at River HomeLink to battle their way through tough mental math problems, a College Bowl competition and individual and team rounds. Congratulations to the following award recipients!

Individual awards

• Overall top individual: Gavin DeMoss, Chief Umtuch Middle School team 705
• Fifth grade first place individual: Scarlette Tenold, Chief Umtuch Middle School team 508
• Fifth grade second place individual: Samantha Paine, Chief Umtuch Middle School team 508
• Sixth grade first place individual: Lucas Nguyen, Pleasant Valley Middle School team 606
• Sixth grade second place individual: Natalie Frazier, Pleasant Valley Middle School team 603
• Seventh grade first place individual: Gavin DeMoss, Chief Umtuch Middle School team 705
• Seventh grade second place individual: Larry Nguyen, Pleasant Valley Middle School team 703
• Eighth grade first place individual: Erik Lamb, Chief Umtuch Middle School team 802
• Eighth grade second place individual: Ethan Ramage, Chief Umtuch Middle School team 802

First place individual per school

• Samuel Amundson, CAM Academy
• Gavin DeMoss, Chief Umtuch Middle School
• Lucas Nguyen, Pleasant Valley Middle School
• Neelambar Mahesh, River HomeLink
• Kaylynn Studer, Tukes Valley Middle School

Mental math awards

• Fifth grade: Grace Axman, Pleasant Valley Middle School team 506
• Sixth grade: Natalie Frazier, Pleasant Valley Middle School team 603–received perfect score
• Seventh grade: Gavin DeMoss, Chief Umtuch Middle School team 705
• Eighth grade: Erik Lamb, Chief Umtuch Middle school team 802–received perfect score

Fifth grade team awards

• First place team: Chief Umtuch Middle School team 508–Samatha Paine, Scarlette Tenold and Jaylinn Wirtanen
• Second place team: Pleasant Valley Middle School team 506–Nahom Aron, Grace Axman, Peniel Tekeste and Colin Tice
• Third place team: Chief Umtuch Middle School team 502–Emerson Hoyt, Micah Mosher, Seerat Sharma and Paisley Strong

Sixth grade team awards

• First place team: CAM Academy team 601–Samuel Amundson, Ketzaly Marquez Garcia, Gavin Stewart and Ephraim Tarkovskiy
• Second place team: Pleasant Valley Middle School team 606–Nolan Campos, Slavic Bochkarev, Lucas Nguyen and Dennis Pavlenko
• Third place team: River HomeLink team 611–Penelope Cash, Noah Hagedorn, Cooper Hilman and Annabelle Moss

Seventh grade team awards

• First place team: CAM Academy team 701–Mishel Cherenkova, Sharan Kaur, Daven Septon and Cohen Tavares
• Second place team: Chief Umtuch Middle School team 705–Gavin DeMoss, Anara Fowler and Matthew Lipovich
• Third place team: Pleasant Valley Middle School team 703–Judah Iwata, Corey Jones, Larry Nguyen and Noah Rush

Eighth grade team awards

• First place team: Chief Umtuch Middle School team 802– Eddie Faron, Erik Lamb and Ethan Ramage
• Second place team: CAM Academy team 801–Elyse Cowl, Finnley Lightfoot, Virginia Paso and Krista Sarkinen
• Third place team: River HomeLink team 803–Isaac Flowers, Tymon Hatch and Victoria Mitchel

Coaches

• CAM Academy: Ryan Cowl, Kaytlyn Walsh and Brad Zon
• Chief Umtuch Middle School: Yvonne Flattum, Jon Nesbitt and Donni Woolman
• Pleasant Valley Middle School: Yvonne Trainor
• River HomeLink: Melissa Alexander, Valerie Buzalsky and Kelly Eiseman
• Tukes Valley Middle School: Linda Korum

Thank you

The SW Washington Math Challenge would not have been possible without the efforts of the dedicated planning committee of Melissa Alexander, Valerie Buzalsky, Vicki Campbell, Rachel Karlsen, Cheryl Kryger, Susan Remmen and Dave Cresap.