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ACHIEVEMENTS

 

2007-2008

     August

             International

                   International Olympiad in Informatics, Cairo, Egypt

                   Hanson Wang wins gold medal

      

     June

             National

                    Canadian Computing Competition � finals

                        Hanson Wang � gold medal; Hanson will represent Canada at the IOI

                        Brian Bi, Guru Guruganesh, Jacob Plachta � silver medal

                        David Teng, Colman Ing � bronze medal 

 

     May 

             International

                    American Computer Science League, Houston, Texas

                      Woburn intermediate team finished 1st

senior and junior teams finished 3rd

                  individual perfect score: Brian Bi

             Provincial

                    ECOO Final Stage

                      Woburn team (Guru Guruganesh, Hanson Wang, Conan Huang and Ray Yau)  finished 1s

 

 

             April

             International

                    USACO - US OPEN

                        Hanson Wang 9th in Gold Division

David Teng 3rd and Jacob Plachta 7th in Silver Division

Colman Ing 3rd in Bronze Division

 

             Provincial

                    ECOO Regional Competition

                    Woburn 1 (Hanson, Guru, Conan, and Ray) � finished 1st

                    Woburn 2 (Jacob, David, Colman, and Harun � finished 2nd

 

 

             March

             International

                    TOPCODER finals, Purdue University, Indiana

Guru and Hanson won the invitation

                       Hanson Wang � 12th                                    

                        

International

                    USACO

                   

Highest scores in

Gold Division � Guru Gurganesh

Silver Division � Jacob Plachta

Bronze Division

Harun Mustafa and Lucia Li � perfect scores, both will move to the Silver Division 

 

 

February                               

            International

                    USACO

                   

Highest scores in

Gold Division � Hanson Wang (11th)

Silver Division

Brian Bi � perfect score, will move to the Gold Division

Bronze Division � Kevin Singh

 

             National

                    Canadian Computing Competition

                      Senior Division

Four perfect scores (tied for 1st in Canada):

                        Hanson Wang , Guru Guruganesh, Brian Bi, and Jacob Plachta

                     

All of the above students together with David Teng and Colman Ing will attend 2nd stage

 

Provincial

                    DWITE

Hanson 1st

Team: Byakuei (David, Colman, Kevin and Ray) 11th

 

              DWITE: the contest concluded. Final standings:

Hanson finished 1st in the province

Byakuei finished 4th

       

             January            

             International

                    USACO

                   Highest scores in

Gold Division � Hanson Wang

Silver Division - Brian Bi (13th )

Bronze Division

Toby Li � perfect score, will move to the Silver Division

 

Provincial

                    DWITE

Hanson 7th

Team: Byakuei (David, Colman, Kevin and Ray) 9th

 

 

             December                             

             International

                    USACO

                   Highest scores in

Gold Division � Hanson Wang

Silver Division - Brian Bi

Bronze Division � Kevin Singh

Provincial

                    DWITE

Jacob (competing alone) 1st

Hanson 2nd

Team: Byakuei (David, Colman, Kevin and Ray) 5th

 

 

             November                             

             International

                    USACO

                   Highest scores in

Gold Division � Guru Guruganesh

Silver Division - Brian Bi

Bronze Division � Toby Li

 

Provincial

                    DWITE

Guru competing alone 1st

Team: Byakuei (David, Colman, Kevin and Ray) 3rd

Hanson (competing alone) 5th

 

             October 

Provincial

                    DWITE

                      Team: Beat Guru #1 (Hanson, Jacob and Toby) 1st

Guru competing alone 5th

 

 

2006-2007

���� August
������������ International
������������������ International Olympiad in Informatics, Zagreb, Croatia
������������������ Guru Guruganesh
������ 
���� June
������������ National
������������������� Canadian Computing Competition � finals

������������������������ Guru Guruganesh � gold medal; Guru will represent Canada at the IOI

������������������������ Hanson Wang � silver medal

������������������������ Jacob Plachta � bronze medal

 
���� May
������������ International
������������������� American Computer Science League, Houston, Texas
����� ������������� Woburn intermediate and senior team finished 1st

��������������������� individual perfect scores: Hanson, Jacob, David, Roger, Duluxan

 

������������ International
������������������� TOPCODER finals, Purdue University, Indiana
����� ���������� ����Guru Guruganesh � 7th in the individual contest��������������������������������� 
������������������������ Woburn team: Hanson, Jacob and David Teng 7th in the team contest

 

������������ Provincial
������������������� ECOO Final Stage
��������������������� Woburn team (Guru Guruganesh, Hanson Wang, Jacob Plachta and Kshitij Mehta) ������������� 
��������������������finished 1st

 

������������ April
������������ International
������������������� USACO - US OPEN

����� ���������������� Brian Bi � the highest score among Canadian participants in the Silver Division

 

������������ Provincial
������������������� ECOO Regional Competition
�������������������  Woburn 1 � finished 1st
��������������������� Both Woburn teams advance to the finals
 
������������ February������������������������������� 
������������ International
������������������� USACO 
������������������� Jacob Plachta 7th and Hanson Wang 9th in the Silver Division, 
����� ������������ both invited to move to the Gold Division
 
������������ National
������������������� Canadian Computing Competition
��������������������� Senior Division
��������������������� Hanson Wang - perfect score, 1st in Canada
������������ �� ��������� three Woburn students invited to the second stage:
������������ �� ��������� Guru Guruganesh, Hanson Wang, and Jacob Plachta
��������������������� Junior Division
������������ �� ��������� Kshitij Mehta � perfect score
��������������������� 
������������ January������������ 
������������ International
������������ ������� USACO 
������������������� Hanson Wang 11th in the Bronze Division, 
������������������ invited to move to the Silver Division
 
������������ December����������������������������� 
������������ International
������������������� USACO 
������������������� Hanson Wang perfect score and 1stin the Bronze Division, 
������������������ Jacob Plachta � highest score among Canadian participants in the Silver Division
 
������������ November����������������������������� 
������������ International
������������������� USACO 
������������������� Guru Gurugansh � highest score among Canadian participants in the Gold Division
������������������  Jacob Plachta � highest score among Canadian participants in the Silver Division
������������������  Hanson Wang - highest score among Canadian participants in the Bronze Division

 

 

2005-2006

May
������������ International
������������������� American Computer Science League, Cincinnati, OH
����� ������������� Woburn intermediate team finished 3rd
����� ������������� Woburn senior team finished 5th

 

������������ National
������������������  Canadian Computing Competition � finals

������������������������ Woburn wins two bronze medals (Guru Guruganesh and Ying Meng)

 

������������ April
������������ International
������������������� USACO - US OPEN
����� ������������� Guru Guruganesh finished 9th in the gold division

����� ������������� Jacob Plachta ranked 18th in the silver division

 

������������ Provincial
������������������� ECOO Regional Competition
��������������������� Both Woburn teams advance to the finals
 
����� ����� February������������������������������� 
������������ National
������������������� Canadian Computing Competition
��������������������� Senior Division
������������ �� ��������� two Woburn students invited to the second stage:
������������ �� ��������� Guru Guruganesh, and Ying Meng
��������������������� Junior Division
������������ �� ��������� Jacob Plachta (grade 8) � perfect score, 1st in Canada
��������������������� 
������������ 
����� ����� January, February, and March
������������ International
������������������� USACO � Guru Guruganesh scores consistently high in silver division 
������������������ and moves to the gold one
 
����� ����� September � February
������������ Provincial

�� DWITE on-line � Woburn teams are always among top participants

 

 

2004-2005

 

������������ May
����� ����� International
����� ������������ American Computer Science League, Chicago, IL
����� ������������� Woburn junior team finished 3rd
����� ������������� Woburn senior team finished 5th
����� ��������������� (both teams were first in the qualifying rounds)
����� ��������������� Eight students earn individual perfect scores
 
������������ National
������������������ Canadian Computing Competition � finals

������������������������ Woburn wins two silver (Guru Guruganesh and Elaine Wong)

������������������������ and two bronze medals (Ying Meng and Shayak Dutta)������������������� 
 
������������ Provincial
����� ������������ ECOO Final Stage
����� ��������������� Woburn 1 finished 3rd
����� ��������������� Woburn 2 (all-female team) finished 5th
 
 
������������ April
������������ International
������������������ USACO - US OPEN
����� ������������� Elaine Wong ranked 41st in the gold division
����� ������������� Jacob Plachta ranked 6th in the silver division�������������������� 
����� 
������������ Provincial
����� ������������ ECOO Regional Competition
����� ��������������� Both Woburn teams advance to the finals
 
������������ March
������������ International
������������������ USACO � all Woburn students in gold and silver divisions earn high scores
 
����� ����� Provincial
������������������ Toronto East Programming League
����� ��������������� Both Woburn teams advance to the regional level
 
������������ February
����� ����� International
����� ������������ USACO � Guru Guruganesh earns a high score
 
����� ����� National
����� ������������ Canadian Computing Competition
����� ��������������� Senior Division
������������ �� ��������� four Woburn students invited to the second stage:
������������ �� ��������� Guru Guruganesh, Elaine Wong, Ying Meng, Shayak Dutta
������������ �������� Junior Division
������������ �� ��������� Jacob Plachta (grade 7) � perfect score, 1st in Canada
������������ ������� 
������������ January
����� ����� International
����� ������������ USACO � Shayak Dutta qualifies to the silver division
 
������������ November
����� ����� International

����� ��� �������� USACO

����� ������� ���������� Guru Guruganesh ranked 26th in the silver division

 

������������ October
����� ����� International
����� ������������ USACO � Elaine Wong qualifies to the gold division
������������ ��������������� Guru Guruganesh, Chris Sharp, Ying Meng and Jacob Plachta qualify to
��������������������������� the silver division

 

������������ September � February
������������ Provincial

�� STA on-line � Woburn teams are always among top participants

 

 

2003-2004

�����
������������ May
����� ����� International
����� ������������ American Computer Science League
����� ��������������� Chicago, IL
����� ��������������� Woburn junior team finished 3rd
 
����� ����� Provincial
����� ������������ ECOO Final Stage
����� ��������������� Woburn team finished 7th in the province
 
������������ April
������������ International
������������������ USACO - US OPEN
��������������������� Alex Choong places 35th in Green Division
��������������������� Elaine Wong 2nd in Orange Division
��������������������� Jacob Plachta(grade 6) - 1st in Blue Division������������������� 
����� ������������ 
������������ Provincial 
������������������ ECOO Regional Competition
����� ��������������� Woburn team finishes 3rd and advances to the final stage
 
������������ March
����� ����� Provincial 
������������������ Toronto East Programming League
����� ��������������� Both Woburn teams advance to the regional level
 
������������ February
����� ����� International
����� ������������ USACO
����� ��������������� Jacob Plachta (grade 6) - 11th in Blue Division
 
������������ January
����� ����� International
����� ������������ USACO - Thuwaragan Sritharan 4th in Orange Division
����� ��������������� High scores in Blue Division: Chris Sharp, Jacob Plachta, Derek Ho
 
������������ September � February
���� Provincial

STA on-line and USACO competitions� Woburn teams are always among top participants

 

����� 2002-2003

 

������������ June���

������������ National

�� Canadian Computing Competition

����� ��������������� Final stage: Sean Henderson gold medal

����� ��������������� Sean will represent Canada at the IOI

�����

������������ May

����� ����� Provincial

������������������ ECOO Final Stage

����� ������������������ Woburn team finished 4th in the province

 

������������ April��

������������ Provincial

�� ECOO Regional Competition

����� ������������������ Woburn team advances to the final stage

 

����� ����� March

������������ Provincial

������������������ Toronto East Programming League

����� ������������������ Woburn teams 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

 

����� ����� February

������������ National

������������������ Canadian Computing Competition

����� ������������������ Sean Henderson wins an invitation to the second stage

����� ������������������ Jacob Plachta, our fifth grader, 7th in Canada in the junior division

 

����� ����� September � February
������������ Provincial

������������������ STA on-line competitions � Woburn teams are always among top participants

 

2001-2002

 

����� August 18 - 25

����� ������������ International Olympiad in Informatics

����� Yong-In, Korea

����� ��������������� two Woburn students on a 4-member Canadian team:

������������������������ David Zhang and Jason Thean

����� ��������������� Dave wins a silver medal

 

����� June

����� National

����� ����� Canadian Computing Competition

����� ������������ Final stage

����� ������������ Gold medals:

��������������������� David Zhang (1st), Jason Thean (2nd) , Sujeevan Rajayogam (tied for 4th)

����� ������������ Silver medals: Sean Henderson(7th), Anthony Xu (8th)

 

����� May

����� International

����� ����� American Computer Science League, Montreal

����� ��������������� FIRST in both, the Senior and Intermediate Divisions

 

����� ����� Woburn Challenge Competition

����� ������������ Woburn 1st in Suicidal and Senior

����� ������������ Woburn 4th in Intermediate

 

����� International Internet Problem Solving Contest

����� ����� Two teams in top 10 in the world

 

����� Provincial

������������ ECOO Final Stage

����� ������������ Woburn teams 1st and 4th in the province

 

����� April

����� International

����� ����� US Open Olympiad

����� ��������������� David Zhang in top 10

����� ��������������� 15 participants in the competition

 

����� Provincial

������������ ECOO Regional Competition

����� ������������ Woburn teams 1st and 2nd

 

����� March

Provincial

����� ����� Toronto East Programming League

����� ������������ Woburn teams 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

 

����� February

����� International

������������ USACO � US Olympiad

February Contest � Green Division

����� ������������ Dave Zhang 2nd in the world

 

����� January

������������ International

USACO � US Olympiad

Winter Contest � Green Division

����� ������������ Dave Zhang 3rd in the world

 

����� November

������������ International

USACO � US Olympiad

Fall Contest � Orange Division

����� ������������ Michael Wong 1st in the world

 

2000-2001

 

����� July 14 � 21

����� ����� International Olympiad in Informatics

����� ������������ Tampere, Finland

����� ��������������� David Zhang � gold medal, 8th in the world

 

����� May

������������ International

����� ������������ American Computer Science League

����� ��������������� Miami, Florida

����� ��������������� Woburn teams 1st in the Intermediate Division,

����� ��������������� 3rd in the Senior Division

 

Provincial

������������������ ECOO Provincial competition

����� ������������ Woburn 1st and 2nd in the province

 

����� ����� Woburn Challenge competition

����� ������������ Woburn team won the suicidal division

 

����� April

Provincial

������������ ECOO Regional Competition

����� ������������ Woburn teams 1st and 2nd

 

����� International

������������ USACO � US Olympiad

����� ������������ David Zhang 10th in the world

 

����� March

Provincial

����� ����� Toronto East Programming League

����� ������������ Woburn teams 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

 

����� February

National

������������ Canadian Computing Competition

����� ������������ David Zhang 1st, Mike Huang 6th

����� ������������ 25 students made the honor roll

 

����� January

��� International�� ���������������

������������ USA Computing Olympiad � Winter Open Tournament

David Zhang finished 13 in the world; first in the world in his age category

 

1999-2000

 

����� September 23 - 30,

����� ����� International Olympiad in Informatics, China

David Pritchard won gold medal for the Canadian team, and finished second in the world with a score of 690 of 700 points

 

����� May

����� International

������������ American Computer Science League, Texas, May 2000

����� ������������ Invited to participate in this international competition

����� Senior team placed 3rd, with a score of 115 (he highest ever achieved by a Canadian ��������������������� team));Intermediate team finished 5th

����� 5 students got perfect score individually

 

National

����� ����� final stage of the Canadian Computing Competition

����� ������������ David Pritchard � gold medal; Zaid Mian � silver medal;

�� Michael Huang � bronze medal; David to represent Canada at the International Olympiad in Informatics in China

 

Provincial

������������ ECOO Provincial Programming Competition,

����� ������������ Woburn teams 2nd and 3rd

 

����� April

Provincial

������������ ECOO Regional Programming Competition,

����� ������������ Woburn teams 1st and 2nd

 

����� International

����� ����� USA Computing Olympiad

����� ������������ for the first time Woburn students wrote the American Olympiad;

�� 3 Woburn students in the top 20%; David Zhang second in the world in his age �������������� category

 

����� March

Provincial

������������ East-Toronto Programming League, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

 

����� February

����� National
������������ Canadian Computing Competition � National Olympiad in Computer Science

3 Woburn students invited to the Final Stage of the competition to compete among 19 top students from Canada: Zaid Mian, David Pritchard, and Michael Huang; Xin Zhang and Rachel Chang won an Honourable Mention; 17 Woburn students on the CCC Honor Roll

 

����� December

����� ������������ Woburn Challenge Programming Competition

����� ��������������� Intermediate Division � Woburn teams first and third

����� ��������������� Senior Division � Woburn team first

����� Suicidal Division(against graduate students and ACM teams) � Woburn team �������������������������������������������� second

 

����� October

����� ������������ International Olympiad in Informatics,Turkey

����� David Pritchardwon silver medal for the Canadian team

 

 

1998-1999

 

����� May

����� International

������������ American Computer Science League, Virginia, May 1999

����� ������������ Invited to participate in this international competition

����� ������������ Intermediate and Senior teams placed 4th

�� David Pritchard and Zaid Mian got perfect score individually

�����

Fourth annual Woburn Challenge competition

Woburn team placed first against 28 teams from high schools anduniversities from across Ontario; the members of the winning team found summer employment at IBM as programmers

�����

����� Provincial
������������ Final stage of the ECOO Programming Competition

Woburn team wins the Ontario championship

����� April

����� National
������������ Final stage of the Canadian Computing Competition

3 Woburn students invited among the 19 top students from Canada

David Pritchard � 1st� won a gold medal;

Andrew Thomas and Satrukaan Sivagnanasuntharam � both won silver medals;

David Pritchard invited to represent Canada with 3 other Canadians at the International Olympiad in Informatics in Turkey later this year

�����

����� Provincial
������������ Regionals of the ECOO Programming Competition

Woburn team places first

�����

����� Provincial
������������ Scarborough Programming League

Woburn team places 1st, and the unofficial team 2nd

 

����� March

����� National
������������ Canadian Computing Competition � National Olympiad in Computer Science

3 Woburn students invited to the Final Stage of the competition to compete among 19 top students from Canada; Sean Lie won an Honourable Mention; 15 Woburn students on the CCC Honor Roll

 

����� September

����� ����� International Olympiad in Informatics,Portugal

David Pritchardwon silver medal and Neil Girdhar won bronze medal for the Canadian team

 

 

1997-1998

 

����� May

����� International

������������ American Computer Science League, North Carolina

����� ������������ Invited to participate in this international competition

����� Neil Girdhar and David Pritchard got perfect score individually

����� Senior team won the theoretical part

����� Senior team got the highest score ever achieved by the Canadian team

����� and finished 4th overall

 

����� National
������������ Final stage of the Canadian Computing Competition

4 Woburn students invited among the 17 top students from Canada

Neil Girdhar � 1st, David Pritchard � 1st� both won gold medals;

Zaid Mian � silver medal; Andrew Thomas � bronze medal; Neil Girdhar and David Pritchard invited to represent Canada with 2 other Canadians at the International Olympiad in Informatics in Portugal later this year

 

����� April

����� Provincial
������������ Final stage of the ECOO Programming Competition

Woburn team wins the Ontario championship

 

Regionals of the ECOO Programming Competition

Woburn teams place first and second

 

����� March

����� Provincial
������������ Scarborough Programming League

Woburn teams place 1st, 2nd and 3rd

 

����� National
������������ Canadian Computing Competition � National Olympiad in Computer Science

Neil Girdhar and David Pritchard got a perfect score

4 Woburn students invited to the Final Stage of the competition to compete among 17 top students from Canada

 

����� December

Third annual Woburn Challenge competition

Woburn team placed second against 7 high schools and 4 universities

 

����� November 30 - December 7

����� International

Neil Girdhar, who represented Canada along with 3 other Canadian students, won a bronze medal in the International Olympiad in Informatics in South Africa

 

1996-1997

����� June

National

������������ Final stage of the Canadian Computing Competition

Neil Girdhar invited among 17 top students from Canada; won the gold medal

 

����� May

����� International

������������ Woburn team placed 1st in the American Computer Science League; the firstever ���������������������������������� championship of the Canadian team in the ACSL

 

����� March

����� Provincial
������������ Woburn team - a champion in the Scarborough Programming League

 

����� National

Canadian Computing Competition, 1 Woburn student advanced to the

Final Stage of the competition to compete among 17 top students from

Canada

 

����� December

second annual Woburn Challenge competition, Woburn teams placed second in the competition against 2 high schools and 2 universities

 

1995- 1996

����� May

����� International

������������������ Woburn team placed 2nd in the American Computer Science League

 

����� March

����� Provincial

Woburn team - a champion in the Scarborough Programming League

 

����� National
������������ Canadian Computing Competition, 2 Woburn students advanced to the 

Final Stage of the competition to compete among 17 top students from

Canada

 

����� December

first annual Woburn Challenge competition, Woburn team won over the teams from the University of Toronto

 

1994/95

����� May

����� International

Woburn team placed 3rd in the American Computer Science League

 

 

1993 - 1994

�����

����� May

����� International

Woburn team placed 3rd in the American Computer Science League

 

����� Provincial

Woburn team finished 5th in the provincial ECOO programming competition

 

����� April

����� Provincial

Woburn team finished 2nd in the regional ECOO competition

 

 


Goal: $6000
Donations: $2579

Donors will be given credit!

Send your cheques to: Woburn Collegiate Institute 2222 Ellesmere Road Scarborough, ON, M1G 3M3
Phone: 416-396-4575 Subject line: "PEG" or leave with a note for PEG.
A full tax receipt will be provided for the contribution to the team.
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