Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, sponsored the 38th annual Brother Christian Jones Eighth Grade Mathematics Contest Oct. 17. The contest was named for Brother Jones, chairman emeritus of the mathematics department at CBA and the founder and long-time host of the event.

Patrick Melosh, chairman of the school’s math department, served as host of the contest, which involved eighth grade students competing for awards in basic mathematics and algebra-based questions. Thirty-eight private and public schools were featured.

Reflecting on the history of the contest, Melosh said that it was Brother Christian’s “love for math and students that led to his starting the contest.”

“He built an incredibly successful competition which schools from all over New Jersey look forward to attending each year,” said Melosh, adding that Brother Christian was his math teacher when he was a student at CBA in the 1970s.

Team awards were won by: Private School Division, first, Oak Hill Academy, Lincroft; second, The Ranney School, Tinton Falls; third, St.

Veronica, Howell; fourth, St. Joseph, Toms River; fifth, Holy Innocents, Neptune.

In the Public School Division, first, William R. Satz School, Holmdel; second, Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School; third, Marlboro Middle School; fourth, Cranbury School; fifth, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Fair Lawn.

In the Private School Division, individual awards were presented to: first, Julian Gau, Oak Hill Academy, Lincroft; second, Andrew Kubis, St.

Benedict, Holmdel; third, Morgan Burrell, Oak Hill Academy; fourth, Marc Owitz, The Ranney School; fifth, Matthew O’Malley, St. Dominic, Brick; sixth, Charley Furey, St. Joseph, Toms River; seventh, Francis Klincewicz, Holy Innocents, Neptune; eighth, Matthew Chin, Oak Hill Academy; ninth, Michael Wong, St. Veronica, Howell; tenth, Alexander Grundwerg, Solomon Schechter Day School, Marlboro.

In the Public School Division, individual awards were presented to: first, Newton Xie, William R. Satz School, Holmdel; second, Cynthia Guo, Marlboro Middle School; third, Kenneth Luo, Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School; fourth, Kevin Ha, Tenafly Middle School; fifth, Matthew Koutsoutis, Ocean; sixth, Jeffrey Lu, William R. Satz School; seventh, Zachary Liu, William Satz; eighth, Avi Desai, Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School; Samuel Dai, Cranbury; tenth, Sashank Parigi, Marlboro Memorial.