Central And South Math Teams Dominate Competition

HINSDALE, IL — The math teams from Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South high schools dominated the regionals for the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, according to a school district news release.

The team from Central took first place overall, and earned top two finishes in a number of individual events:

• Grant Zhang (first place, sophomores)
• Stella Dang (first place, juniors)
• Ryan Halpin (first place, seniors)
• Oral team (first place)
• Freshman and sophomore eight-person team (first place)
• Junior and senior eight-person team (first place)
• Algebra team (first place)
• Geometry team (first place)
• Algebra 2 team (first place)
• Pre-calculus team (first place)
• Freshman and sophomore two-person team (first place)
• Junior and senior two-person team (first place)
• Alex Yang (second place-freshmen)
• Sidh Leekha and Alex Jin (tied for second place-juniors)
• Thomas Mercurio (second place-seniors)

The team from South took second place overall and earned top two finishes in a number of individual events:

• Rohan Jain (first place-freshman)
• Oral team (first place)
• Junior and senior eight-person team (first place)
• Mitchell Hanson (second place-sophomores)
• Benny Metzger (second place-seniors)
• Algebra team (second place)
• Geometry team (second place)
• Pre-calculus team (second place)
• Freshman and sophomore eight-person team (second place)
• Junior and senior two-person team (second place)