Mathematics Field Day Results
Nearly 900 middle school students from 40 schools put their math skills to the test Saturday, April 27 during the 50th annual Kern County Middle School Mathematics Field Day held at Liberty High School.
Sixth, seventh and eighth-graders competed in a variety of events testing their math talents both individually and in teams, mostly by grade level.
The 2019 winners are as follows:
Power Relays — 6th Grade
1st — Reagan Elementary: Avni Kalra, Caleb Im, Tilak Leva, Anurag Banerjee, Veera Pandya
2nd — Stockdale Elementary: Thomas Woods, Haydn Chambers, Gurshaar Sidhu, Tanveer Chatrath, Harshil Patel
3rd — Discovery Elementary: Jagriti Jha, Christian Mills, Oliver Rimstidt, Brendon Daniels, Sofia Heron
Power Relays — 7th Grade
1st — La Vina Middle: Cristian Duran, Navjot Sahote, Jacob Micu, Ivan Perez, Adriel Gulapa
2nd — Warren Jr. High: Tia Patel, Aarohi Patel, Tu Truong, Reena Pangaluri, Phillip Lin
3rd — Murray Middle: David Miranda, Stephen Rogers, Eldon Mason, Rayaan Dhar, Ruben Perez
Power Relays — 8th Grade
1st — Fruitvale Jr High: Aden Stovall, Vaishvi Joshi, Simone Basilio, Garrett Redstone, Alex Zaletel
2nd — Almond Tree Middle: Julianna Munoz, Desiree Quismorio, Alejandra Rocha, Robert Leva, Luis Castro
3rd — Actis Jr. High: Vivienne Preciado, Kiara Santander, Radisson Banks, Ruth Antonet Arrieta, Elizabeth Acevas
Leap Frog — 6th Grade
1st — Alliza Barrera & David Deleon – Bessie Owens Intermediate
2nd — Elijah Noel & Ethyn Popoy – Endeavour Elementary
3rd — Mark Pablante & Marvin Paat – Almond Tree Middle
Leap Frog — 7th Grade
TIED for 1st — Nandita Ravikumar & Amery Ruiz – Warren Jr. High
TIED for 1st — Zachary Larsen & Louis Tran – Fruitvale Jr. High
2nd — Jack Wang & Jacob Heer – St. Francis
3rd — Dion Reyez & Renz Manonig – La Vina Middle
Leap Frog — 8th Grade
1st — Riley Strickler & Kaela Wilstead – Fruitvale Jr. High
2nd — Ryan Wong & Nathan Chen – Warren Jr. High
3rd — Emily Bell & Cristal Ramirez – Actis Jr. High
Circuit Training — 6th Grade
1st — Bree Harris & Ethan Comstock – Quailwood Elementary
2nd — Milo Nemetz & Nidhi Pandya – Stockdale Elementary
TIED for 3rd — Mohammed Ahmed & Marie Salazar – Franklin Elementary
TIED for 3rd — Lana Ybarra & Benigno Valenzuela – Sequoia Elementary
Circuit Training — 7th/8th Grade
TIED for 1st — Thomas Wannacot & Owen Wong – Murray Middle
TIED for 1st — Cristian Arellano & Cooper Koerner – Fruitvale Jr. High
TIED for 2nd — Lauren Trinh & Aimee Lum – St. John’s Lutheran
TIED for 2nd — Faith Rivas & Elliot Marroquin – Chipman Jr. High
TIED for 2nd — Melissa Peoples & Lilyanna Doolan – Cato Middle
Mad Hatter — 6th Grade
TIED for 1st — Parker Anderson – Murray Middle
TIED for 1st — Kevin Tun & Kunal Gaikwad
TIED for 2nd — Rhyen Moses & Tessa Marquez – Franklin Elementary
TIED for 2nd — Brandon & Antongiovani & Gianna Barrica – St. Francis
3rd — Xavier Lopez & Salvador Rios – Almond Tree Middle
Mad Hatter — 7th Grade
1st — Justin Magugat & Esteban Gonzalez – Tevis Jr. High
TIED for 2nd — Bella Rivera & Raylee Look – Grimmway Academy
TIED for 2nd — Carolina Cano & Albert Labasan – La Vina Middle
TIED for 2nd — Arhan Aggarwal & Lillian Shanyfelt – St. John’s Lutheran
TIED for 2nd — Digby Anderson & Kelvin Panergo – Murray Middle
TIED for 2nd — Lulu Scott & Jenna Spittler – Fruitvale Jr. High
Mad Hatter — 8th Grade
TIED for 1st — Kristine Kipp & Sydney Fay – Fruitvale Jr. High
TIED for 1st — Ryan Fong & Cody Herman – Jacobsen Middle
TIED for 2nd — Glenn Young & Isaiah Esparza – Cato Middle
TIED for 2nd — Angel Hernandez & Audrey Rice – Actis Jr. High
TIED for 3rd — Alex Gallardo & Jayleen Garcia – Grimmway Academy
TIED for 3rd — Pricilla Almendarez & Carlos Navarro – La Vina Middle
Field Day Games — 6th Grade
1st — Megan Gibson – John L. Prueitt
2nd — Vaughn Forsyth – Stockdale Elementary
3rd — Luke Allred – Sequoia Elementary
Field Day Games — 7th Grade
1st — Aidan Worthington – Fruitvale Jr. High
2nd — Denize Orhan – Warren Jr. High
3rd — Felipe Valadez – McFarland Middle
Field Day Games — 8th Grade
1st — Justin King – Fruitvale Jr. High
2nd — Eric Tong – Actis Jr. High
3rd — Madison Young – Jacobsen Middle
SUDOKU — 6th Grade
1st — Chloe Donnelly – Franklin Elementary
2nd — Ja’Leya Stoudemire – Murray Middle
3rd — Claudia Hipolito – Myrtle Avenue
SUDOKU — 7th Grade
1st — Jersey Goodwin – Fruitvale Jr. High
2nd — Joshua Botello – Mountain View Middle
3rd — Jazmine Rocha – Stonecreek Jr. High
SUDOKU — 8th Grade
1st — Damien Purisima – Tevis Jr. High
2nd — Nerissa Zobell – Monroe Middle
3rd — Kyle Kimbriel – Stonecreek Jr. High
Traditional Relay — 6th Grade
1st — Reagan Elementary: Daniel Yuan, Tilak Leva, Caleb Im, Anurag Banerjee
2nd — Murray Middle: Kathryn Pfahl, Parker Anderson, Farris Javaid, John Baronowski
3rd — Bessie Owens Intermediate: Alliza Barrera, Xavier Jaimes, Julian Prado, Luca Gutcher
Traditional Relay — 7th Grade
1st — La Vina Middle: Albert Labasan, Harshan Sunner, Caroline Cano, Jacob Micu
2nd — Fruitvale Jr. High: Zach Larsen, Lulu Scott, Jenna Spittler, Aaron Ramirez
3rd — Grimmway Academy: Bella Rivera, Christina Ela, Jessica Ela, Aaron Ramirez
Traditional Relay — 8th Grade
1st — Tevis Jr. High: Lauren George, Damien Purisima, Julian Green, Elijah Olsen
2nd — Warren Jr. High: Sofia Truong, Ajooni Behl, Aiden Park, Mukul Anand
3rd — Actis Jr. High: Emily Bell, Daniel Hall, Vivienne Preciado, Cristal Ramirez
School Problem Solving
1st — Warren Jr. High: Anum Khan, Alexander Zhang, Harsh Patel, Krrish Kapadia
2nd — Chipman Jr. High: GT McSperitt, Gabriel Moore, Penelope Green, Christian Cavadi
3rd — Murray Middle: Emma Kimbler, Amanda Ngo, Mahnoor Ahmad
Rubik’s Cube
6th Grade: Matthew Mora – John L. Prueitt – 36.09 seconds
7th Grade: Riley Truong – Warren Jr. High – 40.94 seconds
8th Grade: Kurtis Brennan – Cato Middle – 14.55 seconds
KENKEN — 6th Grade
1st — Anjana Chandrasekhar – Reagan Elementary
2nd — Sebastian Adame – Myrtle Avenue
3rd —Ashley Cutamora – Discovery Elementary
KENKEN — 7th Grade
1st — Steven Han – Warren Jr. High
2nd — Karina De Lo Santos – Actis Jr. High
3rd — Neftaly Perez – Chipman Jr. High
KENKEN — 8th Grade
1st — Joshua Howard – Chipman Jr. High
2nd — Franc Oria – Actis Jr. High
3rd — Henry Blodorn – Warren Jr. High