Math Field Day 2026 winners announced

So, just how much interest are you paying on that credit card and what does it mean for your monthly household expenses, exactly?

And that square footage your contractor is talking about – well, heck, you just needed the driveway resurfaced. You weren’t counting on fractions and division, and all that.

Good luck doubling up on that recipe while you’re at it: What’s two-thirds times two, anyway?

Nothing like those grown-up revelations about math, the subject you used to love to hate in school, Monica McCartney says.

“You never get away from math,” as she likes to say, and she should know.

McCartney is the middle school math coach for Monongalia County Schools.

It’s her job to demystify that subject, so youngsters can grow up to be comfortable adults in a world brimming with ledgers of numbers – like it or not.

Mon’s district in the meantime just came out of its 2026 Math Field Day competition, the annual showcase for top-equation solvers in the elementary, middle and high school columns across the county. 

Mon’s winners:

Fourth grade

1^st place – Toby Nguyen, Mylan Park Elementary 

2^nd place – Xinhe Xu, North Elementary

3^rd place – Teodor Prisneac, Suncrest Elementary

Alternates – Henry Gerber, Cheat Lake Elementary; Anthony Tabone, St. Francis Central Catholic

Fifth grade

1^st place – Emma Lu, Suncrest Elementary

2nd place – Bruce Chen, Suncrest Elementary

3^rd place – Eric Dai, Cheat Lake Elementary

Alternates – Caleb White and Decker Harris, both of Eastwood Elementary

Sixth grade

1^st place – Dan Nguyen, Mountaineer Middle

2^nd place – Pierino Silveri, Suncrest Middle

3^rd place – Vedhik Venkatesh, Suncrest Middle

Alternates – Sahaja Guppi, Suncrest Middle; Lacey Gross, Clay-Battelle

Seventh grade

1^st place – Luke Wan, Suncrest Middle

2^nd place – Xinxi Xu, Suncrest Middle

3^rd place – Sam Griffith, Mountaineer Middle

Alternates – Lucy Mapunda, South Middle; Samuel Joseph, Covenant Christian

Eighth grade

1^st place – Riya Zinn, Suncrest Middle

2^nd place – Nirav Nimbarte, Mountaineer Middle

3^rd place – Anand Subramani, Suncrest Middle

Alternates – Laura Du, Suncrest Middle; Isaac Richards, Mountaineer Middle

Ninth grade

1^st place – Gloria Hu, Morgantown High

2^nd place – Isabell Tabone, Morgantown High

3^rd place – Leo Grammer, University High

Alternates – Ishaan Patel and Umit Avci, both of Morgantown High 

10^th-12^th grade

1^st place – Larry Du, Morgantown High 

2^nd place – Sanketh Guppi, Morgantown High 

3^rd place – Solas Chhin-Kreiner, Morgantown High

4^th place – Caden Yao, Morgantown High 

5^th place – Maxwell Chen, Morgantown High

6^th place – Sreyan Das, Morgantown High

7^th place – Elliot Jackson, University High

8^th place – Mark Wang, Morgantown High 

9^th place – Maxwell Abildso, Morgantown High

10^th place – William Tapia, Morgantown High

Alternates – Angela Yao, Morgantown High; Eliza Bandura, University High

Other awards

Best Physical Estimation: Xinhe Xu, North Elementary; Maverick Haifley, Covenant Christian; Lacey Gross, Clay-Battelle; Alexander Rogers, Mountaineer Middle; Riya Zinn, Suncrest Middle.

Maxwell Chen, Solas Chhin-Kreiner, Sreyan Das, Sanketh Guppi  and Mark Wang, all of Morgantown High, took home the 10^th-12^th Team Award.