2015 PhysicsBowl Results: Regions 01 – 14
Dear Physics Teachers,
Enclosed are lists of
 the overall top 10 students in each division
 the overall top 5 schools in each division
 the first and second place students in each division by region.
 the top 4 schools in each region by division
Unfortunately, we received many answer sheets which did not properly fill in the required information which
resulted in the student’s score being disqualified for consideration of either individual prizes or for the team
score. This is an unfortunate necessity because of the amount of data that must be analyzed. Also, some
instructors appear not to have followed the instructions resulting in some students being disqualified. We
cannot go and check exams individually to look for errors, so it is up to the proctors and instructors to be sure to
follow the instructions.
This year, we are able to award the following prizes:
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To the top overall school in each Division
o $100 gift certificate awarded from Pasco Scientific
To the top 5 overall schools in each Division:
o $100 gift certificate awarded from CPO Science
o “PhysicsBowl Champion” T-shirts awarded to the five top students from each school from AAPT.
o A copy of “Electricity and Magnetism” from Cambridge University Press.
o A copy of “Problems and Solutions in Intro Mechanics” from Cambridge University Press.
To the top two scoring schools in each region/division:
o $50 gift certificate awarded from Vernier Software & Technology
o A rattleback from Arbor Scientific.
o “PhysicsBowl Champion” T-shirts awarded to the five top students from the 1st place school in
each region from AAPT.
All student winners will receive a copy of “Used Math” from AAPT. In addition, student winners receive
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To the top 10 overall students in each Division:
o Div. 02 only: A copy of “Particle Physics” from John Wiley & Sons.
o Div. 01 only: A copy of “Introduction to Classical Mechanics” from Cambridge University Press.
To the 1st place student in each Division by Region
o A copy of “Geek Physics” from Turner Publishing
To the 2nd place student in each Division by Region
o A Mysterious Glowing Ball from Educational Innovations, Inc.
A copy of this year’s test along with solutions, as well as individual and team winners for all regions can be
found at the following web site: http://www.delta.edu/michaelfaleski/PhysicsBowl
We had the good fortune of having many wonderful sponsors again this year. We hope to continue our
relationship with these companies in the future. One way to ensure that this happens is for teachers to send
thank you’s to the companies when ordering materials and to use the gift certificates provided. We hope that
you use your certificates to help your physics program in the coming years.
Instructors can obtain the scores of their students from the AAPT website and that link will be provided to you
in an email from the national office. Please realize that we were able to retrieve some scores that were
disqualified for improperly recording the required information, but this was done after-the-fact. If the
information was not encoded correctly, the student was immediately disqualified from winning prizes even
though we may be able to link that student to your code now. Some students provided no codes, the wrong
regions, no name, just a last name, etc. There are a lot of records and we cannot go back and fill in missing
information. While it is unfortunate to disqualify anyone, these are the rules of the contest. Sadly, some very
high scores were disqualified. If you still are missing a student’s score… please email [email protected] with
student information (CEEB, teacher codes, etc.) and we can try to find the information.
We will, as always, be trying to improve the contest and we look forward to your participation in 2016.
Michael C. Faleski
PhysicsBowl Academic Coordinator
Physics Department – Delta College
University Center, MI 48710
[email protected]
TOP TEN OVERALL DIVISION 1 SCORES: Regions 01 – 14
#
1
2
3
4
Reg
13
09
03
13
Score
32
31
30*
30*
Student
XIE, BRIAN B
ZHENG, GEOFFREY
LYNCH, CORY J
MENG, SEAN T
5
6
7
8
9
03
04
13
13
08
30*
30
29*
29*
29*
HACKETT, SEAN J
SOMMERS, GRACE
LIANG, CELINE K
HUANG, JONATHAN J
VOICHICK FINNEGAN
10
12
29*
WANG, RICHARD M
School
Mission San Jose HS
Lincoln Park Academy
Guilford High School
SpringLight Education
Institute
Guilford High School
Bridgewater Raritan HS
Saratoga High School
University HS - Irvine
James Madison Memorial
HS
North Hollywood HS
City
Fremont
Fort Pierce
Guilford
San Jose
State
CA
FL
CT
CA
Guilford
Bridgewater
Saratoga
Irvine
Madison
CT
NJ
CA
CA
WI
North Hollywood
CA
TOP TEN OVERALL DIVISION 2 SCORES: Regions 01 – 14
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
Reg
13
08
01
05
07
03
Score
38
30*
30
29
27*
27
Student
SAMINENI, ANEESH V
LU, JASON
WINER, MIKE H
AN, SEUNG HWAN
GAO, JERRY
NASH, BEATRICE A
7
04
26*
SHI, JASON
8
04
26*
SHAO, CHRISTOPHER
9
10
12
04
26*
26*
CHEN, KEVIN
HUANG, BRICE
School
The King's Academy
Stevenson HS
Montgomery Blair HS
Olympiad Academia
Troy High School
King And Low-Heywood
Thomas School
West Windsor - Plainsboro
High School South
West Windsor - Plainsboro
High School North
The Bishop's School
West Windsor - Plainsboro
High School North
City
Sunnyvale
Lincolnshire
Silver Spring
New York
Clarkston
Stamford
State
CA
IL
MD
NY
MI
CT
West Windsor
NJ
Plainsboro
NJ
La Jolla
Plainsboro
CA
NJ
* = place determined by tiebreaker
Note: Ranking for tied scores is based on the tiebreaker rules… scoring from the end of
the test to the front.
Note: These students are recognized as “overall” winners and are removed from the
regional winners pool.
Top Two Highest Scoring Division 1 Students in each Region
Reg
01
01
Score
28
27
Student
Hsiang, Samuel
Beasley, Nicholas
School
Thomas Jefferson HSST
Stuyvesant High School
City
Alexandria
New York
State
VA
NY
02
02
28
27
Meng, Jesse
Zhou, Jinpeng J
Victoria Park Collegiate Inst.
Ay Jackson Secondary School
Toronto
Toronto
ON
ON
03
03
25
24*
Pantalone, Guiseppe A
Reik, Christopher E
Guilford High School
New Canaan High School
Guilford
New Canaan
CT
CT
04
04
27
26*
Barber, Rebecca L
Bommasani, Rishi
Millburn High School
Manalapan HS
Millburn
Englishtown
NJ
NJ
05
05
26
25
Shim, Peter C
Ko, Kwonil
Olympiad Academia
Olympiad Academia
New York
New York
NY
NY
06
06
22
21*
Zhao, Joe Y
Dickey, Nolan J
North Allegheny Senior HS
Pittsburgh Allderdice HS
Wexford
Pittsburgh
PA
PA
07
07
28
23*
Stanescu, Alexandru D
Keaton, Matthew
Morgantown High School
Morgantown High School
Morgantown
Morgantown
WV
WV
08
08
26
24*
Zou, Daniel W
Metzger, Eric J
Libertyville High School
Libertyville High School
Libertyville
Libertyville
IL
IL
09
09
25
24*
Marks, Samuel P
Bunker, Christian P
Walton High School
Stanton College Preparatory
Marietta
Jacksonville
GA
FL
10
10
28
25
Ding, Tony D
Mehta, Sanat D
Montgomery Bell Academy
Arapahoe High School
Nashville
Centennial
TN
CO
11
11
25
23
Balaji, Shreyas
Zeng, Victor
John Foster Dulles High School
John Foster Dulles High School
Sugar Land
Sugar Land
TX
TX
12
12
27*
27
Li, Ding
Shen, Xincheng
Arcadia High School
Temple City Homeschool
Arcadia
Temple City
CA
CA
13
13
29
28
Shi, Sean
Zhang Kristine A
Saratoga High School
Saratoga High School
Saratoga
Saratoga
CA
CA
14
14
27
25
Tang, Michael S
Barnard, Martha J
Edina Center For Acad. Exc.
Minnetonka HS
Eden Prairie
Minnetonka
MN
MN
Top Two Highest Scoring Division 2 Students in each Region
Reg
01
01
Score
26*
26
Student
Zhao, Dennis
Xu, Victor Z
School
Montgomery Blair HS
Montgomery Blair HS
City
Silver Spring
Silver Spring
02
02
State
MD
MD
25
23
Wang, Oliver Jin
Wu, Wilson
St. Robert CHS
Olympiads School
Thornhill
North York
ON
ON
03
20*
Savage, Andrew R
Stamford
CT
03
20
Rungta, Ahaan S
King And Low-Heywood
Thomas School
UMass Boston Testing Center
Boston
MA
04
04
26
24
McKeon, Connor T
Huang, Yan Bill
Ridge High School
West Windsor - Plainsboro
High School South
Basking Ridge
West Windsor
NJ
NJ
05
05
21
20*
Glueck, Jacob N
Kato, Ryo
Thomas S Wootton HS
Walter Johnson HS
Clarksburg
Bethesda
MD
MD
06
06
21
20*
Thompson, Matthew A
Gray, Robert M
Hawken School
Hawken School
Gates Mills
Gates Mills
OH
OH
07
07
23
22*
Xu, Justin *
Fernando, Chrisham M
Troy High School
Carmel High School
Clarkston
Carmel
MI
IN
08
08
24
20*
Yim, Justin H
Cuzmanko, Cameron E
Vernon Hills High School
Libertyville High School
Vernon Hills
Libertyville
IL
IL
09
09
22*
22
Gromko, Zackary
Haider, Momin
Saint Stephen's Episcopal Sch.
Stanton College Prep. School
Bradenton
Jacksonville
FL
FL
10
10
21
20*
Muralidharan, Shreyas
Cowsik, Aditya R
Farragut High School
Clayton High School
Knoxville
St Louis
TN
MO
11
11
23
22*
Iyer, Vishnu V
Bell, Brian D
John Foster Dulles High School
John Foster Dulles High School
Sugar Land
Sugar Land
TX
TX
12
12
26
25
L, Tung
Mao, David
Arcadia High School
San Diego Math Circle @
UCSD
Arcadia
Poway
CA
CA
13
13
24*
24
Schlesinger, Alexander
Guo, Di
Kehillah Jewish High School
Monta Vista High School
Palo Alto
San Jose
CA
CA
14
14
25
23
Lu, Allen R
Sivaprasasd, Abhinand
Newport High School
Interlake HS
Bellevue
Seattle
WA
WA
TOP FIVE OVERALL DIVISION 1 TEAM SCORES: Regions 01 – 14
#
1
2
3
4
5
Reg Score
13
140
03
131
13
128
13
13
125
124
School
Saratoga High School
Guilford High School
SpringLight Education
Institute
University HS - Irvine
Mission San Jose High
School
City
Saratoga
Guilford
San Jose
State
CA
CT
CA
Irvine
Fremont
CA
CA
TOP FIVE OVERALL DIVISION 2 TEAM SCORES: Regions 01 – 14
#
1
Reg Score
01
131
2
04
110
3
11
108*
4
01
108
5
07
106
School
Montgomery Blair High
School
West Windsor - Plainsboro
High School South
John Foster Dulles High
School
Thomas Jefferson HS for
Science and Tech
Carmel High School
City
Silver Spring
State
MD
West Windsor
NJ
Sugar Land
TX
Alexandria
VA
Carmel
IN
Note: The team tie-break (*) is that the tie goes to the school with the highest
scoring student.
Note: These schools are recognized as “overall” winners for each Division and are
removed from that Division’s regional winners pool.
Top 4 schools in each Region by Division
The columns are “Rank,” “Score,” “School,” “Location”
Yellow indicates First Place winner
Blue indicates Second Place winner
Green indicates highest scoring non top 2 winner!
Top 5 overall schools are removed from the Regional competition
REGION 01
1
112
2
104
3 100*
4
100
DIV 1
Thomas Jefferson HS
for Science and Tech
Bergen County
Academies
Stuyvesant High School
School for the Talented
and Gifted
VA
1
98
NJ
2
91
NY
3
90*
TX
3
90
DIV 2
Bergen County
Academies
Oklahoma School of
Science and Math
Science Academy of S
TX
Stuyvesant High School
NJ
OK
TX
NY
REGION 02
1 112
2 103
3
99
4
95
DIV 1
Ay Jackson Secondary
School
Victoria Park
Collegiate Institute
New Westminster
Secondary School
Sir Winston Churchill
Secondary
ON
1
85
ON
2
82
BC
3
81
BC
4
78
DIV 2
Ay Jackson Secondary
School
University Of Toronto
Schools
Western Canada HS
Victoria Park Collegiate
Institute
ON
ON
AB
ON
REGION 03
1 109
DIV 1
New Canaan High
School
CT
1
93
2 101
Hopkins School
CT
2
85
3
96
Middlesex School
MA
3
74
4
84
Winchester High School
MA
4
71*
DIV 2
King And LowHeywood Thomas
School
New Canaan High
School
Academy of Aerospace
and Engineering
Greater Hartford
Academy Math And
Science
CT
CT
CT
CT
REGION 04
1
119
2
116
3 113*
4
113
DIV 1
Manalapan High
School
Ridge High School
Bridgewater Raritan
HS
Millburn High School
DIV 2
West Windsor Plainsboro High School N
Union County Magnet
High School
NJ
1
95
NJ
2
94
NJ
3
92
NJ
4
86
Bergen County Technical
High School
Ridge High School
DIV 2
St Anthony High School
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
REGION 05
1
98
2
97
DIV 1
Thomas S Wootton
High School
Fayetteville-Manlius HS
3
4
94
92
River Hill High School
Herricks High School
MD
1
92
NY
2
89
MD
NY
3
4
80
76*
Thomas S Wootton
High School
Walter Johnson HS
Herricks High School
NY
MD
MD
NY
REGION 06
1
98
2
92
DIV 1
Pittsburgh Allderdice
High School
B Reed Henderson HS
3
90
4
89*
DIV 2
Hawken School
PA
1
95
PA
2
87
Hawken School
OH
3
69
North Allegheny Senior
High School
PA
4
60
Dallastown Area High
School
Pittsburgh Allderdice
High School
B Reed Henderson HS
WV
1
93
DIV 2
Troy High School
MI
2
87
MI
VA
3
4
56
55
OH
PA
PA
PA
REGION 07
DIV 1
1 114
Morgantown High
School
2 94
Detroit Country Day
High School
East Lansing HS
3 91
4 88 Woodberry Forest School
Detroit Country Day
High School
Archmere Academy
St Stephens & St Agnes
School
MI
MI
DE
VA
REGION 08
1
117
2
108
3
106
4
81
DIV 1
Libertyville High
School
Vernon Hills High
School
James Madison
Memorial High School
Marshfield High School
1
109
DIV 1
Walton High School
2
105
3
4
IL
1
96
IL
2
91
WI
3
82
WI
4
78
DIV 2
Vernon Hills High
School
Libertyville High
School
Northside College
Preparatory High School
Marshfield High School
IL
IL
IL
IL
REGION 09
DIV 2
Stanton College
Preparatory School
Cypress Bay High
GA
1
88
FL
2
85
98
Stanton College
Preparatory School
Canterbury School
FL
3
78
96
West Shore Jr/Sr HS
FL
4
76
Saint Stephen's Episcopal
School
Suncoast HS
MO
1
94
DIV 2
Clayton High School
MO
TN
2
83
Memphis Univ School
TN
CO
LA
3
4
78
70
Farragut High School
Chaparral HS
TN
CO
TX
TX
TX
TX
FL
FL
FL
FL
REGION 10
1
108
2
104
3
4
97
95
DIV 1
John Burroughs
School
Montgomery Bell
Academy
Chaparral HS
Baton Rouge Magnet
High School
REGION 11
1
99
2
3
4
90
84
81
DIV 1
John Foster Dulles
High School
Allen High School
Martin High School
Saint Mary's Hall
School
TX
1
84
DIV 2
Grapevine High School
TX
TX
TX
2
3
4
75
74
69
Allen High School
Saint Mary's Hall School
Taylor High School
REGION 12
1
123
2
110
3
4
109
106
DIV 1
North Hollywood
High School
Temple City
Homeschool
Arcadia High School
Palos Verdes Peninsula
High School
CA
1
96
CA
2
84
CA
CA
3
4
77*
77
DIV 2
The Bishop's School
San Diego Math Circle
@ UCSD
Arcadia High School
Palos Verdes Peninsula
High School
CA
CA
CA
CA
REGION 13
1
112
2
102
3
4
95
84
DIV 1
Monta Vista High
School
Henry M. Gunn High
School
The Nueva School
Stanford OHS
CA
1
104
CA
2
94
CA
CA
3
4
92
91
DIV 2
Monta Vista High
School
Evergreen Valley High
School
The Harker School
San Francisco University
High School
CA
CA
CA
CA
REGION 14
1
111
2
99
3
95
4
94
DIV 1
Minnetonka High
School
Radley College
Academy Of Holy
Angels
Edina Center For
Academic Excellence
MN
1
88
UK
2
72
MN
3
MN
4
DIV 2
Interlake HS
WA
MN
68
Saint John's Prep
School
Kentridge High School
64
Catlin Gabel School
OR
WA