MANILA, Philippines — All four contestants from the Philippines bagged medals in the inaugural Raffles Invitation Mathematical Olympiad which ended in Singapore Saturday.

Mikaela Angelina Uy, third year student of St. Jude Catholic School, won a silver medal in the competition held Feb. 6 to 11 and organized by the prestigious Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore.

“I am very thankful to everyone who has helped me along the way,” Uy said, adding that the questions in the contest “were challenging.”

The Filipino bronze medalists are Camille Dee, fourth year student of the Immaculate Conception Academy-Greenhills; Brandon Chan, fourth year student of the Philippine Cultural College-Caloocan; and Ruselle Guadalupe, fourth year student of the Valenzuela Science High School.

All four have been coached by the Mathematics Trainers’ Guild-Philippines (MTG), said Dr. Simon Chua, guild president.

“We are very happy that all the four won a medal each,” he said.

Chua said 100 contestants from nine countries joined the contest. They were from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand.

“From among the 100 contestants, 8 got gold medals, 16 bagged silver, 36 got bronze, and 15 got honorable mention,” he said.

The Philippines’ team leader is Man Fai Anthony Ang. The coach is Arvie Ubarro, both MTG officials.

The Raffles Invitational Mathematical Olympiad is “a biennial international mathematics event that provides a platform for discovering, encouraging, and challenging Grades 7-12 mathematically gifted school students to pit their skills in a rigorous competition.”