Virginia


Virginia At a Glance
Total teams	158 (2018)
B Champion	Longfellow Middle School
C Champion	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
States location	University of Virginia
State website	http://www.virginiaso.com

Virginia has sent a team to the National Tournament every year since 2002, and in some prior years, though discontinuously. The state has grown in recent years, and is now one of the larger states in Science Olympiad.

History

During the first few years, from 2002-2005, several different teams won state in Division B. Since then, Longfellow Middle School has consistently won the state tournament, interrupted only once, in 2011` by Kilmer Middle School. They have finished strongly at Nationals, being in the top 10 several times and finishing in 6th at the 2017 National Tournament. Several teams have won in Division C, with the major contenders typically being Fairfax High School, Langley High School, and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. No team in Div C has won state more than three times in a row.

Past State Champions

Year	Division B			Division C
Year	Champion	Nationals Place	Runner-up	Champion	Nationals Place	Runner-up
2002	Longfellow Middle School	47th	2nd	McLean High School	50th	2nd
2003	Carl Sandburg Middle School	43rd	2nd	Fairfax High School	48th	2nd
2004	Rachel Carson Middle School	48th	2nd	Fairfax High School	43rd	2nd
2005	Rocky Run Middle School	44th	2nd	Fairfax High School	46th	2nd
2006	Longfellow Middle School	19th	2nd	Langley High School	43rd	2nd
2007	Longfellow Middle School	23rd	2nd	James Madison High School	48th	2nd
2008	Longfellow Middle School	25th	2nd	Langley High School	48th	2nd
2009	Longfellow Middle School	16th	2nd	Langley High School	38th	2nd
2010	Longfellow Middle School	10th	2nd	Langley High School	31st	2nd
2011	Kilmer Middle School	19th	2nd	Fairfax High School	44th	2nd
2012	Longfellow Middle School (55)	8th	Kilmer Middle School (99)	Langley High School (94)	34th	Fairfax High School (101)
2013	Longfellow Middle School (70)	16th	Luther Jackson Middle School (119)	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (80)	25th	Langley High School (92)
2014	Longfellow Middle School (93)	22nd	Kilmer Middle School (153)	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (68)	23rd	Langley High School (76)
2015	Longfellow Middle School (50)	7th	Lake Braddock Middle School (136)	Langley High School (76)	35th	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (78)
2016	Longfellow Middle School (62)	11th	Lake Braddock Middle School (158)	Langley High School (66)	33rd	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (92)
2017	Longfellow Middle School (53)	6th	Luther Jackson Middle School (104)	Fairfax High School (75)	33rd	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (99)
2018	Longfellow Middle School (68)	10th	Luther Jackson Middle School (159)	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (83)	26th	Fairfax High School (96)
2019	Longfellow Middle School (93)	8th	Cooper Middle School (115)	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (49)	12th	Langley High School (81)