On Friday, 1 February, 19 Wheatley students competed in the Nassau Mathematics Tournament (NMT) at SUNY College at Old Westbury. This one-day event is open to all high schools (both public and private) in Nassau County. Generally, about 40 schools send students to participate in this competition.
The “Senior” team earned 5th Place overall! This team was comprised of:
- Karen Li
- Vedant Singh
- Trenton Wong
- Kenton Wu
- Brandon Zhu
Two of our students had outstanding individual results:
- Brandon Zhu came in 1st overall
- Vedant Singh finished in 5th place overall
Our “Junior” team brought home 8th Place Honors overall. This team consisted of
- Manav Bansal
- Viraj Jayam
- Victor Li
- Justin Wong
- Ryan Wu
We also had excellent individual contests:
- Ryan Wu finished in 9th place
Valued efforts were also turned in by Adam Aldad, Richard Attardi, Sahil Jain, Siddhant Jain, Jason Koty, Armaan Pahuja, Neil Shah, and Avinash Reddy.
A big “thank you” to our Mathletes Advisor, John Beleckas. Special thanks to our Mathematics Chair Robert Teseo and to NCIML President Kevin Myers for making this event possible.
[Thank you to Mr. Beleckas and Dr. Teseo for the write-up and photos!]
