Math Team ties for first in CAML

Last year, the Saratoga Math Team, led by adviser P.J. Yim, finished off its successful season with a tie for first place in the California Math League (CAML).

The CAML is a series of six tests, each 25 questions long, held during lunch over the course of the school year. The top six students’ scores on each individual test represent the school for that test. These six scores from each of the six different tests held are ultimately combined into a cumulative score for the school.

Junior Kristine Zhang was among 17 students in the state to get perfect scores on each of the six tests.

“I think it’s challenging in that you have to try really hard not to make stupid mistakes, because the questions aren't as hard as some other tests, so a lot of people have high scores,” Zhang said. “So you have to be careful.”

Math Club core members included sophomore Keshav Narayan; juniors Alex Li, Celine Liang, Brendan Ney, Nathan Ney, Sean Shi, Dorrie Tang and Kristine Zhang; seniors Kevin Chiang and Landon Chow; and 2014 alumni Edgar Chen, Priyanka Krishnamurthi and Matthew Lee.

Current Math Club team captain senior Kevin Chiang said that the perfect cumulative score of the Math Club was an unexpected feat.

“It’s definitely a huge accomplishment,” Chiang said. “A lot of the members are super strong, and it’s super impressive that they would have such consistency and be on top of their game every time.”