Senate President Koko Pimentel greets the winners of the 2016 International Math Olympiad (IMO), held in Hong Kong last July. The Philippine team, who ranked 17th out of 109 countries, won two gold medals, the country’s first in 28 years, two silver medals and two honourable mentions from the IMO. The winners are (standing, from left) Shaquille Wyan Que of Grace Christian College, Vince Jan Torres of Sta. Rosa Science, (seated, from left) Farrell Eldrian S. Wu of MGC New Life Christian Academy, Clyde Wesley S. Ang of Chiang Kai Shek College, Kyle Patrick F. Dulay of the Philippine Science High School-Main Campus, and Albert John Patupat of Holy Rosary College.The team was accompanied by their coach, Dr. Richard Eden (2nd from right, standing) from the Department of Mathematics in Ateneo de Manila, and Dr. Marian Roque (left, standing) from the Mathematical Society of the Philippines.
