Another batch of young and genius Filipino-Chinese math Olympiads had once again raised the Philippine flag in the international Math competition.

A group of Math geniuses from different schools in country, trained by the Mathematics Trainer’s Guild-Philippines (MTG) flew to Australia to compete for the 2009 Australian Mathematics Competition.

Julius Vincent Sy, a sophomore student of St. Stephen High School wowed the judges when he got a perfect score and become one of ony 20 students worldwide to get 100 percent.

Sy received a medal and a Peter O’ Halloran certificate during the AMC awarding ceremony.

Judges and other competitors from other countries were amazed by team Philippines triumphant success. Aside from Sy, 13 other Olympiads received medals as they scored 99.7 percent only misses 3 to get a perfect score.

The 13 other Filipino topnotchers in the AMC were Amiel Sy and Emiliano Tan from Philippine Science High School-Main; Seanne Ng, Adrian Sy, Czarina Lao and Audrey Lao from St. Jude Catholic School; Justin Edric Yturzaeta from Jubilee Christian Academy; John Russell Virata from Gideon Academy; Alvin Uy Lim from Quezon City Science High School; Lormes Pedeglorio from Butuan City Special Education Center; Miguel Lorenzo Ildeza from PAREF-Westrbridge School; Jake Gacuan from the University of the Philippines; and Aldric Cristobal Reyes from Chiang Kai Shek College.

Fifty-six other students also won top honors in the AMC, held simultaneously last August in Australia and 35-plus other countries worldwide, including the Philippines.

Over 2,000 Filipino elementary and high school students took part in the AMC, administered here by AMT representatives, MTG and the Science Education Institute of the Department of Science and Technology.

Students are given 75 minutes to solve the problems which cover arithmetic, algebra, geometry and problem-solving.