Holmdel High Wins First Place In Shore Math League Competition

HOLMDEL, NJ — Holmdel's Shore Math League team finished the season by taking first place at the Shore Math League competition last week.

The team from Holmdel High School came in first place among eighteen other Monmouth County high school math teams. The meets are held monthly between September and February.

Rivals Manalapan and Freehold, which houses magnet schools of the Freehold Regional HS district, usually give Holmdel a run for the money. But not this year.

Holmdel's first place score of 254 points was well above the second and third place team scores of 219 and 217 respectively. Special kudos go to sophomore Seehanah Tang, who was one of only two students in the entire county to earn first place for her season score of 26 points. Other top scoring students were Sameer Erramilli, Jason Feng, Aidan Choo, David Wu, Jason Zheng, Daniel Yuan and Max Lahlou.

"I am always impressed by the commitment of the outstanding students who are willing to compete for our school in the math league competitions," said team advisor, Holmdel High math teacher Jason Lewis. "This year, however, stands out as the year we ran away with the first place trophy."

According to Alicia Killean, school supervisor of math and science, Holmdel HS noticed the advanced ability of several of its students in math, and started offering Multivariable Calculus two years ago; that is an AP-level course that is essentially Calculus 3.