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2025 Chapter Contest

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Godmar Back
BMS Mathcounts Coach

On Feb 8 we traveled by bus to Liberty University in Lynchburg for the VA Southwest Mathcounts Chapter competition.

BMS Mathcounts Team (Bus)

The following students represented BMS: (from left to right) Moses Park, Franklin Liu, Matthew Cao, Theta Back, Abraham Du, Sara Awate, Avi Vijayan, XiXi Liu, Jacob Ji, Giang Nguyen, Michael Yang, Maximilian Li, Natalia Migan-Gandonou, and Alexander Keptsovich.

The BMS team and contestants won several prizes.

BMS Mathcounts Team (All)

Team Competition Results​

  1. Place: Franklin Liu, Matthew Cao, Maximilian Li, Theta Back

BMS Mathcounts Team (1st Place)

Individual Competition Results​

  1. Place: Franklin Liu
  2. Place: Theta Back

The Top 25% of competitors were listed; we swept 11 of the 12 spots.

Countdown Round Results​

  1. Place: Franklin Liu
  2. Place: Theta Back
  3. Place: Natalia Migan-Gandonou

In total, we advanced 9 students to the Countdown Round. The others were Moses Park, Matthew Cao, Abraham Du, Avi Vijayan, Jacob Ji, and Michael Yang.

Advancing to State​

At this point, we know that the 4 teams members

  • Franklin Liu
  • Matthew Cao
  • Maximilian Li
  • Theta Back

will advance to state. Individual contestants are still being decided. The State round will take place March 22 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

Congratulations to all!

Thank you to Mrs. Marti Hale for sponsoring Mathcounts this year and accompanying us on the trip and thank you to principal Dr. Johnson for supporting it.