The 2009 Philippine Mathematical Olympiad (PMO)
Finalists of the 12th PMO.
The National Finals of
the 12th PMO was held last January 23 in UP Diliman. John Russell P.
Virata, a student of Gideon Academy, emerged as this year's PMO
champion, outperforming 19 other finalists in combined score in the
written and oral portions of the finals. Zheng Rong S. Wu (Zamboanga
Chong Hua High School) and Aldric Cristoval C. Reyes (Chiang Kai Shek
College) won 2nd and 3rd places, respectively. The PMO is a national competition designed to select the best
secondary students in
mathematical problem-solving in the Philippines.
The winners of the PMO received cash prizes and will automatically
qualify to join the training raining pool for the 2010 International
Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), from which the our country's
representatives to the IMO will be chosen. The IMO is the largest and
most prestigious in most prestigious international mathematics
competition among secondary school students from all over the world.
Filipina wins bronze
medal at
2009 International
Mathematical Olympiad
From left
to right: Mrs. Milagros Antonio-Kropp (Cultural Attaché of the Philippine
Embassy in Berlin),
Ambassador Delia Domingo-Albert (Philippine Ambassador to Germany), Carmela
Lao, Earl John Chua,
Carlo
Francisco Adajar, Jonathan Wong, Dr Ian June Garces, and Dr Julius Basilla.
Carmela Antoinette S. Lao (Saint
Jude Catholic School),
2nd place winner at the 11th Philippine Mathematical
Olympiad, was awarded a bronze medal at the 50th International
Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), held last July 10-22, 2009 in Bremen, Germany.
The IMO is the most prestigious and
most challenging international math competition for high school students.
Held annually since 1959, it draws the world's best mathematical
talents. This year 565 young math wizards from 104 countries participated in
the IMO, the largest number in IMO history.
The Philippine IMO Team was composed of Carlo
Francisco E. Adajar of PAREF Southridge School, Earl John R. Chua of Grace
Christian College, Carmela Antoinette S. Lao, Jonathan S. Wong of Grace
Christian College, Dr. Julius M. Basilla (Deputy Leader) of the University
of the Philippines – Diliman, and Dr. Ian June L. Garces (Leader) of the
Ateneo de Manila University.
From among the 2000 students who took the 11th
Philippine Mathematical Olympiad (PMO), the twenty national finalists went
on to the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Camp (MOSC), a multiphase intensive and
extensive training program for the IMO. The final four students who
eventually made it to the team were selected after the third phase of
the MOSC. The MOSC2009 training team was composed of Dr. Garces, Dr Basilla
and former IMO contestants Mr. Richard B. Eden, Mr. Glen C. Ong, and Mr.
Timothy Robin Y. Teng.
The MOSC and the IMO participation are joint
projects of the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education
Institute (DOST-SEI) and the Mathematical Society of the Philippines (MSP).
Congratulations to
Carmela and our Philippine Team to the IMO!
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