Of the 650 papers submitted to this year’s Challenge, 168 advanced to the second round of judging. A total of 37 distinctions are awarded with scholarship prizes, roughly 6% of submissions.

Finalists (Top 6 teams)

The top six awards, ranging from $5,000 to $20,000, were awarded after the final round of judging on April 25 to teams representing the following high schools.

M3 Challenge Champion, $20,000 Team Prize

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Team #16401), Alexandria, Virginia
Coach: Quinn McFee
Students: Rishabh Chhabra, Om Gole, Rishabh Prabhu, Jerry Sheng, Laura Zhang

M3 Challenge Runner Up, $15,000 Team Prize

St. John’s School (Team #16573), Houston, Texas
Coach: Dwight Raulston
Students: Ananya Das, Caden Juang, Oliver Lin, Ben Lu, Addison Spiegel

M3 Challenge Third Place, $10,000 Team Prize

High Technology High School (Team #16559), Lincroft, New Jersey
Coach: Raymond Eng
Students: Michael Gao, Kevin Guan, Amanda Guan, Amanda Lin, Kevin Liu

M3 Challenge Finalist, $5,000 Team Prize

Conestoga High School (Team #16424), Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Coach: Allison Youndt
Students: James Johnson, Evan Lu, Daniel Tu, Vincent Yao, Evelyn Yu

M3 Challenge Finalist, $5,000 Team Prize

Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Team #16407), Lincolnshire, Illinois
Coach: Paul Kim
Students: Jack Chen, Collin Fan, Aadit Juneja, Aayush Kashyap, Nathan Ma

M3 Challenge Finalist, $5,000 Team Prize

FW Buchholz High School (Team #16629), Gainesville, Florida
Coach: Ziwei Lu
Students: Himal Bamzai-Wokhlu, Nicholas Dang, Nolan Gao, Melissa Li, Nathan Wei

Technical Computing Finalist Teams

The top three awards, ranging from $1,000 to $3,000, will be awarded after the final round of judging on April 25 to teams representing the following high schools.

Technical Computing Winner, $3,000 Team Prize

Eltham College (Team #16474), London, England
Coach: Benjamin Eastley
Students: Oles Chaban, Atharv Gupta, Ben Robinson, Alice Sanderson, and Ethan Southward

Technical Computing Runner Up, $2,000 Team Prize

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology (Team #16401), Alexandria, Virginia
Coach: Quinn McFee
Students: Rishabh Chhabra, Om Gole, Rishabh Prabhu, Jerry Sheng, Laura Zhang

Technical Computing Third Place, $1,000 Team Prize

William Mason High School (Team #16968), Mason, Ohio
Coach: Colleen Everett
Students: Oliver Gao, Matthew Qiu, Jason Wang, Katie Wilson, David Zhang

Semi-Finalist Teams

Papers from the following six teams underwent in-depth discussion and were deemed to be of exceptional quality by judges. They were recognized as Semi-Finalists and received prizes of $1,500 each.

American Heritage School (Team #16844), Plantation, Florida
Coach: Radleigh Santos
Students: Srijan Deoraj, Luke Freed, Anagh Sangavarapu, Sharvaa Selvan, Alan Wu

Blake School – Northrop Campus (Team #16667), Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coach: Christin Winkler
Students: Karn Kaura, Alex Wu, Curtis Ying

Eltham College (Team #16474), London, England
Coach: Benjamin Eastley
Students: Oles Chaban, Atharv Gupta, Ben Robinson, Alice Sanderson, Ethan Southward

Livingston High School (Team #16513), Livingston, New Jersey
Coach: Cheryl Coursen
Students: Jeffrey Xu, Renee Hong, Ben Gantman, Harsh Akunuri, Timothy Wu

Montgomery Blair High School (Team #16767), Silver Spring, Maryland
Coach: David Stein
Students: Jerry Jing, Michael Wang, Alisha Wu, Sophia Zeng, Victor Zhu

Plano West Senior High School (Team #16960), Plano, Texas
Coach: Sam Fung
Students: Albert Jiang, Suden Prashar, Andy Qin

Technical Computing Honorable Mention Teams

Teams representing the following schools were recognized with Honorable Mention distinction for noteworthy submission.

Blake School – Northrop Campus (Team #16667), Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coach: Christin Winkler
Students: Karn Kaura, Alex Wu, Curtis Ying

Legend High School (Team #16604), Parker, Colorado
Coach: Joe Hunt
Students: Samantha Buk, Nicholas Carboni, Nandhana Vivek, Victoria von Buhr

Livingston High School (Team #16513), Livingston, New Jersey
Coach: Cheryl Coursen
Students: Jeffrey Xu, Renee Hong, Ben Gantman, Harsh Akunuri, Timothy Wu

Memphis University School (Team #16536), Memphis, Tennessee
Coach: Steve Gadbois
Students: Amar Kanakamedala, Jeffrey Liu, Evan Wu, Henry Yu, Lou Zhou

Pine View School (Team #16852), Osprey, Florida
Coach: Mark Mattia
Students: Nicholas Brion, Harrison Chojnowski, Devin Gulliver, Duncan Marmash, Lisa Zhang

William Fremd High School (Team #16758), Palatine, Illinois
Coach: Christopher Grattoni
Students: Samarth Chitgopekar, Aditya Gupta, Joseph Jiang, Alex Kim, Megan Wang

Honorable Mention Teams

Teams representing the following 22 schools were recognized with Honorable Mention distinction. Team prizes of $1,000 each were awarded to them for noteworthy submissions.

AMERICAN HERITAGE SCHOOLS PALM BEACH, DELRAY BEACH, Florida
CLEAR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL, HOUSTON, Texas
EXETER MATHEMATICS SCHOOL, EXETER, DEVON
FT LEE HIGH SCHOOL, FORT LEE, New Jersey
GLASTONBURY HIGH SCHOOL, GLASTONBURY, Connecticut
JERICHO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, JERICHO, New York
LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL, LOS ALTOS, California
MAGGIE L WALKER GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL, RICHMOND, Virginia
MONTGOMERY BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL, SILVER SPRING, Maryland
NICOLET HIGH SCHOOL, GLENDALE, Wisconsin
NORTH ALLEGHENY SR HIGH SCHOOL, WEXFORD, Pennsylvania
NUEVA SCHOOL, HILLSBOROUGH, California (two teams)
ORLANDO SCIENCE MIDDLE & HS, ORLANDO, Florida
PINE VIEW SCHOOL, OSPREY, Florida
PINGRY SCHOOL, SHORT HILLS, New Jersey
PITTSFORD MENDON HIGH SCHOOL, PITTSFORD, New York
ST ANDREW’S SCHOOL, MIDDLETOWN, Delaware
WATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS, WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE
WILLIAM FREMD HIGH SCHOOL, PALATINE, Illinois (two teams)
WILLIAM MASON HIGH SCHOOL, MASON, Ohio