Telra Math Team
Head Coach: Dr. Tao Hong
Assistant Coach: Leo Hong
Meeting Time: Tuesday 7:15am - 8:10am (for Nov and Dec)
Additional Meeting Time for Girls Team: Thursday 7:15am - 8:10am
Location: Telra Institute, 4150 McKee Rd, Charlotte, NC 28270
What's New
December 7th, 2024 Telra Math Team won 1st place team, countdown round champion, 4 of top 6 individuals at Tri-Mathalon.
September 12th, 2024 Second tryout.
September 6th, 2024 Invitation email sent to parents.
September 5th, 2024 First tryout.
2024-25 Team Selection
The 2024-25 Telra Math Team will include a high school team, a middle school team, and possibly a girls team. The initial team selection will be conducted during in-person tryouts on Khan Academy. Students will be asked to complete the course challenges for 7th grade, 8th grade, Algebra I, and Geometry.
The following cutoffs will be used for initial screening:
High school team: 90% on average for Algebra I and Geometry;
Middle school team: 90% for both 7th grade and 8th grade, and 90% on average for 7th grade, 8th grade, and Algebra I.
Additional team selection tests will be conducted to select the school team for MATHCOUNTS. The school team is made of 4 middle schoolers (6th - 8th graders).
First tryout: 3:30pm - 4:45pm, September 5th, 2024
Second tryout: 3:30pm - 4:45pm, September 12th, 2024
2024-25 Planned Activities
November 6 & 12, 2024: AMC10/12
December 7, 2024: Trimathalon (Community House Middle School)
January 22-28, 2025: AMC8
February 2025: AIME (Ardrey Kell High School)
February 2025: MATHCOUNTS Charlotte Chapter Competition (UNC Charlotte)
March 2025: C of C Math Meet (College of Charleston)
March 2025: MATHCOUNTS State Competition (NCSSM)
March 2025: NCCTM regional contests (TBD)
April 2025: NCCTM State Math Contest (NCSSM)
April 2025: Purple Comet! Math Meet
May 11-12, 2025: MATHCOUNTS Nationals (Washington, DC)
May 2025: Gauss Contest
June 2025: ARML (TBD)
2024-25 Team Roster
Tao Hong (Coach)
Leo Hong (Assistant Coach)
Advaith Gajjala
Allen Li
Angela Hong1
Eric Amirbekyan
Ethan Chen
Henry Wang2
Isaac Xu
James Yuan
Joseph Li
Kapil Shyam Sundar1
Kinley Davis2
Laena Bhatt2
Leo Hong1
Maelin Bhatt2
Rivan Bhatt
Riya Pyaram2
Shreyash Vanapalli
Sri Patel2
Steven (Zixuan) Wang1
1 MATHCOUNTS school team members
2 Girls team members
Selected Math Competitions
American Mathematics Competitions (AMC8; AMC10/12 -> AIME)
MATHCOUNTS (Chapter -> State -> National)
University of Waterloo CEMC (Gauss)
NCCTM State Math Contest (Chapter -> State -> ARML)
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