Dunbar High School

Dunbar High School students rock national math competition: Participants bring home numerous awards
By: Shari Armstrong

Dunbar High School recently competed in the National Mu Alpha Theta math competition held in Las Vegas. In only its second year of competing at nationals, the team finished in 15th place. Dunbar has quickly risen from anonymity to become one of the top math teams in the nation. The members of the team brought home numerous awards and are looking forward to having an even stronger 2019-20 competition season.

Below are the individual winners who were led by head coach Phillip Savage:
Connor Giordano: 4th in Calculus Limits & Derivatives; 18th in Open Speed Math; 17th in Calculus Integration.
Kevin Dimaculangan: 16th in Analytic Geometry; 19th in Alpha Individual; 10th in Open Speed Math; 3rd Combinations & Probability; 13th in Ciphering; 4th in Complex Numbers; 12th in Wide Open Speed Math.
Dennis Whitener: 20th in Trigonometry; 18th in Open Speed Math; 10th in Alpha Chalk Talk; 8th in Logs and Exponents.
Carson Mulvey: 19th in Circles; 4th in Chalk Talk; 10th in Combinations & Probability; 8th in Conics & Analytic Geometry.
Julian Larsen: 12th in Theta Gemini.
School Placements: Mu School Bowl – 7th; Alpha School Bowl – 11th; Theta School Bowl – 6th; Overall Place – 15th.