Math Day at the Beach 2024
On March 23, 2024, the 23rd Math Day at the Beach event was hosted on the California State University, Long Beach campus. Math Day at the Beach is a problem-solving festival for Southern California high school students who want to have fun with mathematics and enjoy a day of camaraderie with university mathematics students and professors.
A total of 34 teams of six high school students each participated in this event, 5 teams in Division A and the others in Division B.
This year's event was hosted on the campus and it was an unequivocal success. There were several parts to this event: an individual round, team round, relay, presentation by an invited speaker, teachers face-off round, and the face-off round to determine individual winners. The problems were designed by the Mathematics and Statistics Department faculty and were selected from algebra, geometry, trigonometry, number theory, combinatorics, and probability.
2024 Winners
Here is a list of the teams and individuals who placed during the competition.
Winning Teams in Division A:
- 1st Place - University High School
- 2nd Place - Sierra Canyon School
- 3rd Place - North Hollywood High School
Winning Teams in Division B:
- 1st Place - La Canada High School, Team 1
- 2nd Place - University High School, Team 1
- 3rd Place - San Marino High School
- 4th Place - Santa Fe Christian Schools, Team 1
- 5th Place - Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Team 1
Individual Winners:
- 1st Place - Evan Li, San Marino High School
- 2nd Place - Natalie Song, Sage Hill School
- 3rd Place - Neal Frankenberg, La Canada High School
- 4th Place - Timi Fang, University High School
- 5th Place - Justin Kchao, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Top New Team:
- Valencia High School
Top Young Team:
- Santa Fe Christian Schools, Team 2
Invitation to 2025
An invitation to participate in the 2025 event will go out to schools in October of 2024. If your school is interested in trying its hand at tackling those math problems, email Dr. Olga Korosteleva at Olga.Korosteleva@csulb.edu to request practice tests.
Division A schools for 2024 (in alphabetical order):
- La Canada High School
- North Hollywood High School
- Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
- San Marino High School
- Santa Fe Christian Schools
- Sierra Canyon School
- University High School
About Math Day at the Beach
This annual event was started in 2000 by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics under the directorship of Dr. Kent Merryfield, a charismatic leader with unparalleled expertise in high-school math competitions, and ran uninterrupted until Dr. Merryfield's untimely death in November of 2018.
In March 2019, the 20th Math Day at the Beach took place under the new directorship of Dr. Olga Korosteleva. Then the pandemic placed this event on hold for two years. The event returned on March 12, 2022, and has been held since.
Math Day at the Beach is completely free, thanks to our generous sponsors, the Jerry Cassaday Family and LBS Financial Credit Union.
