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1<\/td>\n1000<\/td>\nCertificate of Excellence<\/strong><\/td>\nAlphaStar Mercury<\/strong><\/td>\nAli Gurel<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nDylan Wang
\nJingxuan Bo
\nJustin Kim
\nZi-Jie Ni<\/td>\n		AlphaStar Academy<\/td>\nSanta Clara<\/td>\nCA<\/td>\nAli Gurel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nEason Li
\nMehmet Gelgi<\/td>\n		AlphaStar Academy<\/td>\nSanta Clara<\/td>\nCA<\/td>\nAli Gurel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n1000<\/td>\nCertificate of Excellence<\/strong><\/td>\nTeam team<\/strong><\/td>\nLily Zhang<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nTiffany Han
\nEli Zhang
\nMinxing Yang
\nAnyang Chen<\/td>\n		Ms. Lily Education Center<\/td>\nSan Jose<\/td>\nCA<\/td>\nLily Zhang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n950<\/td>\nCertificate of Excellence<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0AlphaStar Earth<\/strong><\/td>\nAli Gurel<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nAhana Dhammawat
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2<\/td>\n950<\/td>\nCertificate of Excellence<\/strong><\/td>\nAlphaStar Pluto (still beloved!)<\/strong><\/td>\nAli Gurel<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nAlan Yu
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\nAnnabelle Lee<\/td>\n		AlphaStar Academy<\/td>\nSanta Clara<\/td>\nCA<\/td>\nAli Gurel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n950<\/td>\nCertificate of Excellence<\/strong><\/td>\nNewton<\/strong><\/td>\nJoMarie Broccoli<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nNishank Seth
\nVikram Mehan
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3<\/td>\n925<\/td>\nCertificate of Excellence<\/strong><\/td>\nAlphaStar Jupiter<\/strong><\/td>\nAli Gurel<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nAdvik Garg
\nAlexander Braun
\nPaixiao Seeluangsawat
\nRyan Kim<\/td>\n		AlphaStar Academy<\/td>\nSanta Clara<\/td>\nCA<\/td>\nAli Gurel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n875<\/td>\nCertificate of Excellence<\/strong><\/td>\nCookies!<\/strong><\/td>\nSusan Cheng<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nJames Liang-Cheng
\nAsher Kim
\nRoyce Yu<\/td>\n		Discovery Charter School Phoenix Campus<\/td>\nSan Jose<\/td>\nCA<\/td>\nTaner Alakus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n825<\/td>\nCertificate of Excellence<\/strong><\/td>\nTeam STEAM<\/strong><\/td>\nKranthi Marupaka<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nAarav Chopra
\nNeil Bhatia
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6<\/td>\n800<\/td>\nCertificate of Excellence<\/strong><\/td>\nChimpandas<\/strong><\/td>\nSharon Ma<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nNathan Bar
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\nAriel Zhang
\nArjun Moghe<\/td>\n		AoPS Academy Redmond<\/td>\nRedmond<\/td>\nWA<\/td>\nSharon Ma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n800<\/td>\nCertificate of Excellence<\/strong><\/td>\nIdeaventions MS – CG<\/strong><\/td>\nAllan Michaels<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nCole Urwongse
\nNevyan Prabakar<\/td>\n		Ideaventions Academy for Math & Science<\/td>\nReston<\/td>\nVA<\/td>\nJuliana Heitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n800<\/td>\nCertificate of Excellence<\/strong><\/td>\nOrlando Math Circle – OGA 7\/8.3<\/strong><\/td>\nGokul Kumar<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nVelvhizhi Sethirayar
\nAugust Makan
\nJohnathan Chen
\nRishi Kumar<\/td>\n		Orlando Math Circle<\/td>\nOrlando<\/td>\nFL<\/td>\nMargarita Azbel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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