Pinoys win 3 bronzes at Int'l Math Olympiad
MANILA, Philippines - Filipino high school students representing the country bagged 3 bronze medals at the 52nd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Amsterdam this month.
Henry Jefferson Morco of Chiang Kai Shek College and Vance Eldric Go and Carmela Antoinette Lao, both from St. Jude Catholic School, won the medals at the prestigious math contest.
Their victory represents the highest medal haul of the country ever since it joined the IMO in 1988.
Prior to this, the highest medal haul the Philippines got at the IMO was recorded in 1991, 2 bronze medals and 1 honorable mention bagged by Wyant Chan, Wilbin Chan, and Jose Ernie Lope, who headed this year's Philippine Mathematical Olympiad (PMO).
The 2011 Philippine team to the IMO was led by Dr. Julius Basilla and Glen Mackenzie Ong from the Mathematical Society of the Philippines.
Because of the Philippine team's performance in IMO this year, the country's standing in the contest went up to 54 from 74 in 2010 out of 101 countries.
Scores
Morco got the highest score among the members of the Philippine team, garnering 20 points. He ranked 171st among 564 participants in the contest.
Go and Lao scored 19 and 17 points, respectively. Go landed at 186th, while Lao placed 222nd.
Lao previously won a bronze medal in the 2009 IMO, and a silver medal in the 2010 IMO.
Morco, meanwhile, was given honorable mention in the 2010 IMO in Germany.
Kenneth Co of Philippine Science High School Main Campus, another Philippine team member, got 12 points and ranked 321st in this year's IMO.
Dr. Filma G. Brawner, director of the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI), congratulated the team for their victory.
“In our 23 years of participation in the IMO, we have gathered two silvers, 11 bronze medals and 13 honorable mentions. Our performance is improving as well and we are optimistic that we can get even better in the coming years,” Brawner said.
She added that DOST-SEI will continue to support the IMO and PMO so talented students can have an avenue to improve their skills and test them against those of students abroad.
“We shall continue to be on a lookout for young science and mathematics human resource that in the future will be part of our science community and bolster it with exemplar research and development,” Brawner said.
07/23/2011
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| The Philippine team to the 52nd International Mathematical Olympiad in Amsterdam, Netherlands (L-R): Vance Eldric Go, Carmela Antoinette Lao, Kenneth Co, Henry Jefferson Morco, Russelle Guadalupe, and Glen Mackenzie Ong. Photo courtesy of DOST-SEI |
MANILA, Philippines - Filipino high school students representing the country bagged 3 bronze medals at the 52nd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Amsterdam this month.
Henry Jefferson Morco of Chiang Kai Shek College and Vance Eldric Go and Carmela Antoinette Lao, both from St. Jude Catholic School, won the medals at the prestigious math contest.
Their victory represents the highest medal haul of the country ever since it joined the IMO in 1988.
Prior to this, the highest medal haul the Philippines got at the IMO was recorded in 1991, 2 bronze medals and 1 honorable mention bagged by Wyant Chan, Wilbin Chan, and Jose Ernie Lope, who headed this year's Philippine Mathematical Olympiad (PMO).
The 2011 Philippine team to the IMO was led by Dr. Julius Basilla and Glen Mackenzie Ong from the Mathematical Society of the Philippines.
Because of the Philippine team's performance in IMO this year, the country's standing in the contest went up to 54 from 74 in 2010 out of 101 countries.
Scores
Morco got the highest score among the members of the Philippine team, garnering 20 points. He ranked 171st among 564 participants in the contest.
Go and Lao scored 19 and 17 points, respectively. Go landed at 186th, while Lao placed 222nd.
Lao previously won a bronze medal in the 2009 IMO, and a silver medal in the 2010 IMO.
Morco, meanwhile, was given honorable mention in the 2010 IMO in Germany.
Kenneth Co of Philippine Science High School Main Campus, another Philippine team member, got 12 points and ranked 321st in this year's IMO.
Dr. Filma G. Brawner, director of the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI), congratulated the team for their victory.
“In our 23 years of participation in the IMO, we have gathered two silvers, 11 bronze medals and 13 honorable mentions. Our performance is improving as well and we are optimistic that we can get even better in the coming years,” Brawner said.
She added that DOST-SEI will continue to support the IMO and PMO so talented students can have an avenue to improve their skills and test them against those of students abroad.
“We shall continue to be on a lookout for young science and mathematics human resource that in the future will be part of our science community and bolster it with exemplar research and development,” Brawner said.
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