Over 300 Mathletes Competed at Math Superbowl

Source: Santa Barbara County Education Office

Over 300 mathletes gathered on May 29 at Earl Warren Showgrounds to test their math skills at the 38th Annual South Coast Math Superbowl. Fourth through sixth graders from 32 public and private schools in Carpinteria, Goleta, and Santa Barbara competed in this annual event sponsored by the Santa Barbara County Education Office, Montecito Union School District, Cold Spring School District, and Peabody Charter School.

“This event brings together students who love math to compete in a subject they are passionate about. It not only tests their individual acumen, but promotes collaboration and teambuilding in a fun, positive, and motivating environment,” said Jeff Linder, Math Superbowl coordinator and math specialist at Montecito Union School District. “It’s great to see the joy on their faces as they tackle these challenges.”

The competition includes two individual and one team round at each grade level. The first part focuses on mathematical concepts and the second part includes five problems for each student to solve. The team round is a collaborative problem solving contest with five challenging problems.

This year’s winners are as follows:

Overall school scores

1st Place: Washington Elementary, 729
2nd Place: Mountain View, 686
3rd Place: Montecito Union, 678
4th Place: Isla Vista Elementary, 626
5th Place: Kellogg Elementary, 575
6th Place: Monte Vista, 573

Grade-level winners

4th grade overall

1st Place: Montecito Union, 245
2nd Place: Washington, 232
3rd Place: Monte Vista School, 212; Peabody Charter, 212
4th Place: Mountain View, 201
5th Place: Crane Country Day School, 196
6th Place: Foothill Family School, 191; Kellogg Elementary, 191

5th grade overall

1st Place: Isla Vista, 222
2nd Place: Mountain View, 217
3rd Place: Washington, 211
4th Place: Monte Vista School, 190
5th Place: Hope, 184; Montecito Union, 184
6th Place: Kellogg Elementary, 177

6th grade overall

1st Place: Washington, 286
2nd Place: Mountain View, 268
3rd Place: Montecito Union, 249
4th Place: Vieja Valley, 240
5th Place: Foothill Family School, 227
6th Place: Isla Vista, 218

Fourth grade individual scores

1st Place: Eddie Perko, Adams Elementary
2nd Place: Jasper Fischer, Washington Elementary
3rd Place: Atria Husein, Peabody Charter; Caroline Wang, Foothill Family; Charles Le Renard; Montecito Union; and Tosh Whitworth, Montecito Union
4th Place: Maddox Denver, Montecito Union and Santhosh Srinivasan, Isla Vista Elementary
5th Place: Ethan Coombes, Monte Vista; Izzy Schow, Mountain View; and Paloma Rudnicki, Montecito Union
6th Place: Elaine Hu, Kellogg Elementary and Kellan Cotter, Washington Elementary

Fifth grade individual scores

1st Place: Bennett Sullivan, Mountain View and Mel Mayo, Washington Elementary
2nd Place: Noah Slotnick-Lastrico, Washington Elementary
3rd Place: Joy Xie, Brandon Elementary and Levi Reece, Washington Elementary
4th Place: Angelina Bustillo, Isla Vista Elementary and Jonathan Yang, Mountain View
5th Place: Brian Chen, Kellogg Elementary; Liam Hickey, Washington Elementary; Malia Hetrick, Monte Vista; and Ryan Shen, Kellogg Elementary
6th Place: Dale Polchin, Roosevelt Elementary and Ruby Bargiel, Vieja Valley

Sixth grade individual scores

1st Place: Charles Palmer, Montecito Union and Cooper Salts, Washington Elementary
2nd Place: Alexander Hajda, Mountain View; Liam Avolio, Santa Barbara Charter; Rainier Mayo, Washington Elementary; and Sophia Hale, Washington Elementary
3rd Place: Jack Gainer, Isla Vista Elementary
4th Place: Kaya Gehlbach, Foothill Family
5th Place: Anna Butler, Montecito Union and Rio Valle, Montecito Union
6th Place: Hailey Haslem, Marymount of Santa Barbara and Joshua Hahs, Vieja Valley