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Has a black or mestizo ever even competed at this.? I'm sure some latins have since many of them are of spanish ( white european) descent. But mestizos i doubt.
August 13, 2013 2:00 AM
EXETER Phillips Exeter Academy graduate Ray Y. Li, Class of 2013, of Cranberry Township, Pa.; Zhuo Qun "Alex" Song '15, of Sunnyvale, Calif; and Kevin C. Sun '16, of Naperville, Ill., earned individual silver, gold and bronze medals, respectively, when they competed at the 54th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), held in Santa Marta, Colombia, July 18-28.
The U.S. team placed third overall. Li, who was the only Exonian on the team, was selected from a pool of 18 top scorers who attended the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP); the MOSP is a three-week, invitation-only training camp for participants trying to qualify for a seat on the U.S. team.
Song, who earned Exeter's only gold medal from this year's IMO, competed on Team Canada; this is his third IMO medal in three consecutive years. Sun also competed on Team Canada and earned an individual bronze medal. Team Canada placed 11th overall.
Li and Song were named as part of this year's top PEA champions at the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO), which also included: Ravi Jagadeesan '14, from Naperville, Ill.; Pakawut Jiradilok '13, from Bangkok, Thailand; and David H. Yang '13, from Corona, Calif, who received an honorable mention. The top 12 USAMO winners were honored at an awards ceremony on June 3, in Washington, D.C.
The USAMO is a six-question, two-day, nine-hour essay/proof examination with problems requiring pre-calculus methods to be solved.