2026 Math and AI 4 Girls Competition Results​

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Award Recipient List:

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Top 5: 

1st Place: Jelena Dong, GA, 8th grade​

2nd Place: Evie Elgart, VA, 8th grade

3rd Place: Stella Cheng, NJ, 7th grade

4th Place: Alexandra Baskakova, MA, 7th grade

5th Place: Catherine Pennington, CT, 8th grade

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6th-10th: ​​

6th Place: Angie Zhu, MD, 7th grade

​7th Place: Ella Yu, NY, 7th grade

​8th Place: Sophia Chen, IN, 8th grade

9th Place: Ishani Dasgupta, CA, 6th grade​

10th Place: Sharon Luk, CA, 7th grade​

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High Honors (11th-20th in order): 

• Samhita Yellepeddi, TX, 8th grade

• Claire Zhuang, AZ, 8th grade

• Youan Wu, IL, 8th grade

• Isabelle Wang, CA, 8th grade

• Ivy Li, MD, 8th grade

• Harika Appalla, CA, 8th grade

• Kate Gao, MN, 8th grade

• Joanna Liu, MD, 8th grade

• Stuti Chitradurga, CA, 8th grade

• Emma Yan, MA, 7th grade

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Rising Stars:​

• Bryanna Bu, MA, 5th and under

• Ginger Kellogg, MA, 5th and under

• Hamsini Venkatesh, NH, 5th and under

• Claire Wang, CA, 6th grade

• Demi Cui, IN, 6th grade

• Aadya Trivedi, CA, 6th grade

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Problem of the Week (POTW) Winner:

Given to the contestant who scored the highest cumulative score over our problem of the week series:

Ishanvi Jha, CT, 7th grade

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Problem of the Month (POTM) Winner:

Given to the contestant who scored the highest cumulative score over our problem of the month series:

Kalie Jia, MA, 8th grade

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The Visionary Award:

Given to the student who recieved the highest score on the interview section given to the top 10 participants, a 26.06 out of 30:

Catherine Pennington, CT, 8th grade

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The Computation Award:

Given to the student who received the highest score on the problem set, a 99 out of 100:

Jelena Dong, GA, 8th grade

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The Inspire Award:

Given to the student who received the highest total essay score, a 37.25 out of 40:

Angie Zhu, MA, 7th grade

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Special thanks: ​

Many thanks to our gracious sponsors, Hudson River Trading, Jane Street, Automation Anywhere, Wolfram Alpha, & AOPS.

Thank you to the below individuals:

Jane Street: Pearl Ngai

Hudson River Trading: Michael Ma

Automation Anywhere: Joseph Lam, Celena Vasquez, Mari Vega-Valencia

Wolfram Alpha: Rachel Meenattor

AOPS: Patrick Ashman

 

 

Thank you so much to our guest speakers Vicki Salzman and Rachel Thomas!

 

Additionally, thank you to Natalie Shell (founder) and Wendy Cheng (Board member).

 

This year's competition wouldn't be possible without our wonderful co-presidents, acting co-presidents, leadership team, and team members. These girls, a group drawn exclusively from previous year's top scorers, have been exemplary in their talent, passion and thoughtfulness. Thank you so much to the below individuals:

Co-Presidents: Angie Huang and Sophia Jin.

Acting co-presidents: Ellie Su and Angelina Wang.

Leadership team: Adya Garg, Evelyn Qiao, Fiona Liu, Minlu (Lulu) Wang-He, Christina Lu, and Michelle Lin.

Problem Set Team Members: Avery Xu, Eileen Wu, Melody Wu, Thanishkka Vijayabaskar, Emma Yu, Ella Zheng, Aashita Mandiwal, Adwita Mandiwal, Violette Yang, Elaine Zhou, and Helen Wan.

Communications Team Members: Advika Asthana, Rory Hu, Michelle Zheng, Sahanya Pallikonda, Eva Lin, Chelsea Lu, Melody Jing, and Yuvika Kandel.

Marketing Team Members: Kaylee Jeon, Olivia Lee, Manalee Chowdhury, Eesha Vanamala, Arya Nayak, Lily Ma, Stella Hong, and Lisa Cao.​

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