The 3^rd Annual Cheetah Cup

A Math Olympiad Competition for 4^th, 5^th and 6^th Graders

Creek View Elementary School, 3995 Webb Bridge Road, Alpharetta, GA 30005

Press Release

April 25, 2012

220 students representing, 23 schools participated in the 3^rd Annual Cheetah Cup, a Math Olympiad Compeition for 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th graders.  Held on Saturday, April 21, 2012 and hosted by the Creek View Elementary Academic Bowl Team, students competed for awards in both team and individual categories.  The students had to solve 20 clever, engaging, and challenging problems on a variety of mathematical topics. This produced an exciting atmosphere for students and teachers alike.

Although friendly, the competition was fierce, and students used many different strategies to tackle the problems.  Tie-break questions were necessary to determine all individual prizes.  All participants are to be commended for their enthusiastic and positive acceptance of the challenge to compete. Special congratulations go to the following teams and individuals for their outstanding performance:

Individual Winners 

Overall High Score

Benjamin Koehler, Webb Bridge Middle School 

6^th Grade 

1^st – Benjamin Koehler, Webb Bridge

2^nd – Kori Vocke, Webb Bridge

3^rd – Tony Elengickal, Webb Bridge

5^th Grade

1^st – Max Guao, Crabapple Crossing

2^nd – Will Fuss, Spalding Drive    

3^rd – Nicholas Sanchez, Manning Oaks

4^th Grade

1^st – Jonathan Fang, Fulton Sunshine Academy

2^nd – Rahul Chandrappa, Crabapple Crossing

3^rd  - Drew Phipps, Birmingham Falls

Team Winners

Overall High Scores

Webb Bridge Middle School – Team A

Caleb Colburn, Benjamin Koehler, Mary Lou, Stephen Tong, Evan Zhang

6^th Grade 

1^st – Webb Bridge A: Caleb Colburn, Benjamin Koehler, Mary Lou, Stephen Tong, Evan Zhang

2^nd – Webb Bridge B: Udisha Bhattaryya, Tony Elengickal, Divyesh Gutta, Michael Tang, Kori Vocke

3^rd – Haynes Bridge: Chelsea Summers, Andrew Duffy, Olivia Chapman,

  John Healy, Lydia Eisenmann

5^th Grade 

1^st – Fulton Sunshine Academy: Jonathan Fang, Niraj Jinan, Vatan Kapadia, Praneeth Kolichala, Ananya Terala

2^nd – Crabapple Crossing A: Max Guao, Owen Schertz, Rachel Germany, Rahul Chandrappa,

  Nithik Bala

3^rd – Medlock Bridge B: Amy Tau, Richa Sehgal, Luke Zhou, Emma Menardi, Ema Goh

4^th Grade

1^st – Roswell North B: Rohan Gandhi, Zekun Li, Abery Ohayon, Charlie Tropower, Ayden Guinn

2^nd – Abbotts Hill: Anna Chung, Theodor Elvebak, Adin R. Hof, Cade Kurzner, Charlie Liu

3^rd  - Creek View 4^th B: Eon Lu, Lowry Hicks, Varun Kasibhatla, William Myslajek, Grant Thomson

For information about next year’s Cheetah Cup, visit us at: cheetahcupmathtournament.pbworks.com and/or contact Helaine Becker at beckerh@fultonschools.org.

Enjoy these pictures of the 2nd Annual Cheetah Cup!

Pictures are available for download via Picassa Web Albums

FYI: The short video played during snack was produced by Vi Hart. A variety of Math related experiments can be found on her blog. This post explains how Google is helping to fund the Museum of Math in New York City.

Save the Date: April 2012   

Location: Creek View Elementary School  Alpharetta, GA.

Check In Begins: 9:00am

Opening Remarks and Instructions: 9:30am

Competition Begins: 9:45am

Awards:  Approx. 1:20pm

The Cheetah Cup is a unique math tournament geared for students in 4th, 5th and 6th grades. It encourages students at all ability levels to stretch their thinking, and test their math skills against students from other schools. The Cheetah Cup engenders the spirit of healthy academic competition in a well orchestrated test of skill. It is an engaging learning experience for all participants.  Please register early as registration is limited to 30 teams.

Printable tournament forms:

Cheetah Cup Information Flyer pdf

Cheetah Cup REGISTRATION and PHOTO RELEASE Form .pdf