Of the 794 papers submitted to this year’s Challenge, 148 advanced to the second round of judging. A total of 37 distinctions are awarded with scholarship prizes, less than 4.7% 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 28 to teams representing the following high schools.

M3 Challenge Champion, $20,000 Team Prize

Mason High School (Team #18111), Mason, Ohio
Coach: Colleen Everett
Students: Aneesh Iyer, Ramya Rajan, Raymond Shao, Vivian Tang, Mingjia Zhang

M3 Challenge Runner Up, $15,000 Team Prize

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (Team #17928), Durham, North Carolina
Coach: Michael Lavigne
Students: Steven Gu, Grace Luo, Brandon Willoughby, Brandon Yang, Jessica Yang

M3 Challenge Third Place, $10,000 Team Prize

St. John’s School (Team #17524), Houston, Texas
Coach: Dwight Raulston
Students: Anik Banerji, David Qian, John Vu, Brandon Wu, Helen Yang

M3 Challenge Finalist, $5,000 Team Prize

Flint Hill School (Team #17839), Oakton, Virginia
Coach: Elizabeth Van Lieshout
Students: Jack Dunn, Kevin Harvey, Billy Ho, Divya Kudva, Neev Patel

M3 Challenge Finalist, $5,000 Team Prize

Rye Country Day School (Team #18015), Rye, New York
Coach: Seb Mineo
Students: Chaaranath Badrinath, Dana Balin, Alyssa Chu, Jaymin Ding, Leah Steyn

M3 Challenge Finalist, $5,000 Team Prize

Zionsville High School (Team #18231), Zionsville, Indiana
Coach: Dwight Moser
Students: Truman Greaves, Prabanjan Jayachandran, Tianle Liang

Technical Computing Finalist Teams

The top three awards, ranging from $1,000 to $3,000, were awarded after the final round of judging on April 28 to teams representing the following high schools.

Technical Computing Winner, $3,000 Team Prize

Winchester College (Team #17781), Winchester, Hampshire, England
Coach: Corina Cirstea
Students: Alexander Cirstea, Andrei Diachuk, Henry Ng, Victor Sim, Yuyao Xie

Technical Computing Runner Up, $2,000 Team Prize

Haberdashers’ Boys’ School (Team #17705), Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England
Coach: Kim Harrison
Students: Rajarshi Mandal, Devarshi Mandal, Aryan Prabhudesai, Dawei Tao, Oliver West

Technical Computing Third Place, $1,000 Team Prize

Trinity Preparatory School (Team #18076), Winter Park, Florida
Coach: Donald Worcester
Students: Katherine Alvarez, Connor Brady, Jerry Chen, Victor Fang, Kangyi Huang

SPARK Awards

The top three awards, ranging from $1,000 to $3,000, were awarded to teams that developed Solutions with Passion, Resourcefulness, and Knowledge. These awards recognize teams from Title 1 schools in the U.S. that demonstrated excellence and creativity in solving one or more parts of the Challenge problem..

SPARK Winner, $3,000 Team Prize

Clare High School (Team #17756), Clare, Michigan
Coach: Amber Hull
Students: Kassidy Allen, Adrian Nummerdor, Catherine Taft, Sophia Winkler

SPARK Runner Up, $2,000 Team Prize

Druid Hills High School (Team #18097), Atlanta, Georgia
Coach: Raju Patel
Students: Ash DeFrancisco, Max Ebaugh, Alexander Hart, Oliver Francois Watkins, Sudipta Rudra

SPARK Third Place, $1,000 Team Prize

Marana High School (Team #18067), Tucson, Arizona
Coach: Mark Bixby
Students: Kallem Rhein, Matthew Rohen-Trapp, Tyler Winterton

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.

Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Team #17393), Lincolnshire, Illinois
Coach: Paul Kim
Students: Jaden Chen, Audrey Hong, Diana Tang, Lillian Wang, Catherine Zou

High Technology High School (Team #17523), Lincroft, New Jersey
Coach: Raymond Eng
Students: Rohan Arni, James Chen, Sophia Gao, Niyel Hassan, Vinil Polepalli

Memphis University School (Team #18359), Memphis, Tennessee
Coach: Steve Gadbois
Students: Joephen Chen, Alan Cheng, Albert Ding, Rushil Komeravelli, Michael Liu

Metea Valley High School (Team #17621), Aurora, Illinois
Coach: Diane Hendrix
Students: Ayush Chandra, Nitin Gopala, Ajay Teja Kavuri, Parry Nall, Sanchit Sidhu

Nueva School (Team #18287), Hillsborough, California
Coach: Ted Theodosopoulos
Students: Oliver Cho, Aryan Mehra, Max Spivakovsky, Cami Yen, William Zhu

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Team #18177), Alexandria, Virginia
Coach: Sewon Yang
Students: Andrew Choi, Jason Hao, Smaran Kudapa, Vrishak Vemuri, Leah Zhang

Honorable Mention Teams

Teams representing the following 19 schools were recognized with Honorable Mention distinction. Team prizes of $1,000 each were awarded to them for noteworthy submissions.

American Heritage-Boca Delray (Team #17766), Delray Beach, Florida

Basis School-Chandler (Team #17442), Chandler, Arizona

Conestoga High School (Team #18146), Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Conestoga High School (Team #18149), Berwyn, Pennsylvania

East Brunswick High School (Team #17730), East Brunswick, New Jersey

Haberdashers’ Boys’ School (Team #17705), Hertfordshire, England

Jericho Senior High School (Team #18313), Jericho, New York

 Lambert High School (Team #18213), Suwanee, Georgia

Livingston High School (Team #17595), Livingston, New Jersey

Livingston High School (Team #17622), Livingston, New Jersey

Queen Elizabeth’s School (Team #17410), Hertfordshire, England

Queen Elizabeth’s School (Team #17997), Hertfordshire, England

Sachse High School (Team #18379), Sachse, Texas

Sagemont Prep Upper School (Team #17589), Weston, Florida

 St John’s School (Team #17540), Houston, Texas

Summit Senior High School (Team #17866), Summit, New Jersey

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Team #18178), Alexandria, Virginia

Trinity Preparatory School (Team #18076), Winter Park, Florida

Winchester College (Team #17781), Hampshire, England

Technical Computing Honorable Mention Teams

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

Centennial High School (Team #17422), Ellicott City, Maryland

Exeter Mathematics School (Team #17473), Devon, England