Rutherford students sweep individual, team titles at math contest

May 1, 2025
Rutherford County Schools

The Middle Grades Math Contest was held at MTSU on Thursday, April 10, with divisions for sixth, seventh and eighth grade. Each student participant took a 60-minute math test during the morning and awards were presented in the afternoon. Below is a list of individual and team award winners. Attached are photos of the team award winners. 

Middle Grades Mathematics Contest Winners

Team Awards (Team Photos Attached)

6^th Grade

1^st Place Central Magnet

3^rd Place Thurman Francis

7^th Grade

1^st Place Central Magnet

2^nd Place Thurman Francis

3^rd Place Blackman Middle School

8^th Grade

1^st Place Central Magnet

2^nd Place Blackman Middle School

3^rd Place Thurman Francis 

Individual Awards

6^th Grade

1^st Place - Ahadu Hailemariam (Thurman Francis)

2^nd Place  - Ishaan Sakthivel (Central Magnet)

3^rd Place - Lekisha Gupta (Central Magnet)

7^th Place - Riston Nguyen (Blackman Middle School)

7^th Grade 

1^st Place - Angela Zhuo (Thurman Francis)

3^rd Place tie - Esther Brodski (Central Magnet)

3rd Place tie - Max Co (Central Magnet)

9^th Place - Ava Dunkley (Siegel Middle School)

8^th Grade

1^st Place - Daniel Hou (Central Magnet)

2^nd Place - Kelley Facine (Central Magnet)

4^th Place - Ryan Coon (Thurman Francis)

5^th Place tie  - Sahaj Desai (Blackman Middle)

5th Place tie - Gabriel Wilkerson (Blackman Middle)

5th Place tie -  Caroline Stewart (Central Magnet)

8^th Place tie  - Sterling Miller (Oakland Middle School)

8th Place tie - Ryan Mau (Blackman Middle School)

10^th Place  - Soukthav Inthaluxay (Thurman Francis)