Of the 770 papers submitted to this year’s Challenge, 153 advanced to the second round of judging. A total of 37 distinctions will be awarded with scholarship prizes, fewer than 4.8% 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 27 to teams representing the following high schools.

M3 Challenge Champion, $20,000 Team Award
Edison Academy Magnet School (Team #19140), Edison, New Jersey
Coach: Michelle Gomes
Students: Sreethan Gangavarapu, Vedaswaroop Kunamneni, Ishan Nagpal, Alexander Poon, Ashwath Ram

M3 Challenge Runner Up, $15,000 Team Award
Arizona College Prep High School (Team #19232), Chandler, Arizona
Coach: Jonathan Thompson
Students: Akil Gopinath, Rishi Malatkar, Varun Sunku, Vishnu Tailor

M3 Challenge Third Place, $10,000 Team Award
American Heritage – Palm Beach (Team #18753), Delray Beach, Florida
Coach: Derek Rampal
Students: Siyuan Du, Rayan Kha, Joseph Levenston, Rishan Thangaraj, David Zapata

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M3 Challenge Finalist, $5,000 Team Award
Lake Ridge Academy (Team #19224), North Ridgeville, Ohio
Coach: Jake Lord
Students: Eric Shin, Kisen Yao, Shirley You

M3 Challenge Finalist, $5,000 Team Award
Liberty High School (Team #19018), Frisco, Texas
Coach: Jennifer Harrison
Students: Rohan Bansal, Toyeshh Medikonda, Abhay Murthy, Akshay Murthy, Vikshar Rajesh
This team was also awarded the Outstanding Communication of Results award in recognition of the exemplary explanation of their work, using clarity, presence, and polish in their live presentation.

M3 Challenge Finalist, $5,000 Team Award
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Team #19421), Alexandria, Virginia
Coach: Sewon Yang
Students: Varun Ananthakrishnan, Adhiraj Chhoda, Shresth Jaiswal, Ashwath Muppa, Agastya Sondhi

MATLAB 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 27 to teams representing the following high schools.

Technical Computing Winner, $3,000 Team Award
Colchester Royal Grammar School (Team #18907), Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom
Coach: Seven Loxley
Students: Diart Olluri, Gyula Rabai, Calvin Vu, Stanislaw Wancerski

Technical Computing Runner Up, $2,000 Team Award
Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools (Team #18612), Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Coach: Kim Harrison
Students: Anika Gupte, Arav Mathur, Aarav Rajput, Sofia Rusche, Aarav Shah

Technical Computing Third Place, $1,000 Team Award
Stuyvesant High School (Team #19068), New York, New York
Coach: Patrick Honner
Students: Jayden Kim, Daniel Li, Katie Wong, Cyrus Yau, Andrew Zhang

SPARK Awards

The top three awards, ranging from $1,000 to $3,000, are awarded to teams that develop 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. Thank you to the Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation for their generous support of the SPARK Awards.

SPARK Winner, $3,000 Team Award
Summit Senior High School (Team #18868), Summit, New Jersey
Coach: Frank Baragona
Students: Ben Levkov, Connor Moon, Abraham Pearlman, Nicolas Solis-Negron, Austin Song

SPARK Runner-up, $2,000 Team Award
Noblesville High School (Team #18953), Noblesville, Indiana
Coach: Terry Gegner
Students: Mobareji Abejide, Kiersten Kang, Harsimran Kaur, Jasleen Kaur

SPARK Third Place, $1,000 Team Award
Chippewa Valley High School (Team #18457), Clinton Township, Michigan
Coach: Irina Pospelova-Mills
Students: Majd Aewas, Elaina Friedmann, Daniel Gjoka, Jenna Kyker, Maksim Pirkola

Semi-Finalist Teams

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

Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Team #18486), Lincolnshire, Illinois
Coach: Paul Kim
Students: Atrey Iyer, Likhith Nimmanapalli, Hemanth Samayamantri

High Technology High School (Team #19058), Lincroft, NJ
Coach: Adam Iatesta
Students: Rohan Arni, Niyel Hassan, Ashwin Kolli-Johnson, Alexander Mazurczyk, Saketh Satti

James B. Conant High School (Team #18908), Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Coach: Meg McCaliano
Students: Skanda Athreya, Aarush Bharthepudi, Ansh Patel, Joshua Park, Austin Wu

King Edward VI Grammar School (Team #19050), Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
Coach: Doug Johnson
Students: William Banthorpe, Jules Bennie, Andy Jaros, Sushant Lankothu, Ellie Sobolev

Mission San Jose High School (Team #18630), Fremont, California
Coach: Ai-Chen Liu
Students: Geetansh Dhuria, Caleb Ma, Aditya Ojha, Aditya Palit, Aashrith Yedavalli

Troy High School (Team #18790), Troy, Michigan
Coach: Margaret Slankster
Students: Aarush Das, William Dong, Pratyush Neelakantan, Matthew Vijayasegar, Nathan Wang

Honorable Mention Teams

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

• Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Team #19353), Lincolnshire, Illinois
• Denmark High School (Team #19398), Alpharetta, Georgia
• Everglades High School (Team #19126), Miramar, Florida
• Haberhashers’ Askes Boys School (Team #18612), Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
• Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (Team #19237), Aurora, Illinois
• King Edward VI School (Team #18536), Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
• Lambert High School (Team #19317), Suwanee, Georgia
• Lightridge High School (Team #18961), Aldie, Virginia
• Livingstone High School (Team #18609), Livingstone, New Jersey
• New Albany High School (Team #19145), New Albany, Ohio
• Novi High School (Team #18601), Novi, Michigan
• Plantation High School (Team #18926), Plantation, Florida
• St. John’s School (Team #18599), Houston, Texas
• St. John’s School (Team #18608), Houston, Texas
• Stuyvesant High School (Team #19077), New York, New York
• The Blue Coat School (Team #18914), Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
• Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Team #19172), Alexandria, Virginia
• White Station High School (Team #19120), Memphis, Tennessee
• Whitney Middle High School (Team #19402), Cerritos, California