Buchholz math team wins 16th national title

Members of Buchholz High School's math team that won its 16th Mu Alpha Theta national championship in 17 years over the weekend in Las Vegas.
Members of Buchholz High School's math team that won its 16th Mu Alpha Theta national championship in 17 years over the weekend in Las Vegas.
Courtesy of Will Frazer

The Buchholz High School math team won the Mu Alpha Theta national championship for the 16th time in 17 years over the weekend. 

The team traveled to Las Vegas, where it won by 613 points, the second-highest margin in history, behind 2021’s COVID-19 year, according to Buchholz coach Will Frazer. 

Frazer said though attendance at the national championship has been declining since COVID, there were still over 500 students from 33 schools competing. 

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“Our kids worked very hard this summer to make sure they were ready,” Frazer wrote in an email. “They performed well above our expectations. Our kids had a great week in Las Vegas seeing the sights and going to a show in addition to all of the math.” 

Last year, the team maintained its streak of winning the national title, but only won second place at state. This year, Frazer said the students rallied to earn back the state title, and they carried that strength to the national competition, bringing back 275 trophies, and taking first place in the following events: 

Team Events: 

Sweepstakes: overall champion 

Theta Division (Algebra 2 and Geometry) 

Alpha Division (Pre-Calculus) 

Mu Division (Calculus) 

Interschool 

Relay (Xi Chen, Bryan Zheng, and Katie He) 

Hustle (Jonathan Lin, Saber Lian, Michael Wei, and Andrew Xing) 

Alpha Division (Pre-calculus): 

Eric Gao: Alpha Analytic Geometry 

Jerry Yao: Alpha Equations and Inequalities 

Jerry Yao: Alpha Applications 

Bryan Zheng: Alpha Trigonometry 

Eric Gao: Alpha Combinatorics and Probability 

Saber Lian: Alpha Individual 

Saber Lian: Alpha Complex Numbers 

Bryan Zheng: Alpha Ciphering 

Theta Division (Algebra 2 and Geometry): 

Xi Chen: Theta Analytic Geometry and Conics 

Antony Kurian: Theta Equations and Inequalities 

Jonathan Lin: Theta Combinatorics and Probability 

Yifan Song: Theta Circles and Polygons 

Aliana Chen: Theta Area and Volume 

Jonathan Lin: Theta Logarithms and Exponents 

Watson Inglett: Theta Ciphering 

Mu Division (Calculus): 

Thomas Wu: Mu Limits and Derivatives 

Will Guan: Mu Math in Physics 

Katie He: Mu Combinatorics and Probability 

Nathan Wei: Mu Area and Volume 

Open: 

Vijay Hans: History of Math 

Michael Wei: Student Speed Math 

Andrew Xing: Student Mental Math 

Ziwei Lu: Sponsor Mental Math 

Members of the Buchholz High School math team hold awards from the 2024 national championship.
Courtesy of Will Frazer Members of the Buchholz High School math team hold awards from the 2024 national championship.
Members of the Buchholz High School math team hold awards from the 2024 national championship.
Courtesy of Will Frazer Members of the Buchholz High School math team hold awards from the 2024 national championship.
Members of the Buchholz High School math team hold awards from the 2024 national championship held in Las Vegas.
Courtesy of Will Frazer Members of the Buchholz High School math team hold awards from the 2024 national championship held in Las Vegas.

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