Del Mar’s six-seven Mathletes team takes second in tournament

Del Mar Middle School’s Mathletes includes, standing from left, Shirley Ning, Karya Noy, Korbinian Neumeier, Carson Ning, Roye Hsu, Arthur Ghaffary and Henry Robinson. In the front row are Kaveh Zolfaghari-Ashcroft, Alexander Davis and Surya Allidina. (via Wendy Yang)

Del Mar Middle School’s sixth- and seventh-grade Mathletes team finished second out of 14 teams countywide for the 2025-2026 season, the only public school to place in the top three.

The team competed in four meets — Nov. 18, Jan. 13, Feb. 10 and March 10 — finishing first, second, third and second, respectively. At each meet, students answer five individual questions and five more as a group; the team with the highest combined score wins.

Eighth-grader Shirley Ning earned recognition at the February meet for a perfect individual score.

Mathletes participants also included Surya Allidina, Rohan Atkins, Alexander Davis, Arthur Ghaffary, Roye Hsu, Korbinian Neumeier, Carson Ning, Karya Noy, Henry Robinson and Kaveh Zolfaghari-Ashcroft.

Coaches were Andy Ashcroft, Mike Ghaffary, Christine Neumeier, Sammi Yang and Wendy Yang.

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