HSNCT 2022:
TJ A placed 5th
TJ B placed 7th
TJ C placed 60th
TJ D placed 112th
TJ E placed 82nd
TJ F placed 230th
PACE 2022:
TJ A placed runner-ups
TJ B placed 23rd
TJ C placed 34th and won the JV Championship
TJ D placed 45th and placed JV third
TJ E placed 66th
IPNCT 2022:
Elle Lee placed 22nd
Abigail Lee placed 34th
TJ Quizbowl went undefeated throughout the VHSL circuit. The team championed Occoquan Region 6C by going 6-0 and won the state title at the VHSL Class 6 state championships going 3-0, making this the 17th VHSL state championship title and seventh in a row. This is the first state title in Class 6.
Special congratulations to our team of Elliot Lee, Justin Chen, Pratyush Jaishanker, and Elle Lee on their district, regional, and state titles!
We also participated in It’s Academic!, the longest-running television quiz show. In the first game, our team (Pratyush Jaishaker, Elliot Lee, and Elle Lee) won over Springbrook High School and Einstein High School. The students received a perfect score, and the taping aired on October 24. In the second round, our team (Elliot Lee, Justin Chen, Pratyush Jaishanker) came in second during the second-round playoffs! The team got every question right except for one.
Cavalier Classic (10/2/2021): TJ sent four teams and volunteer staff to UVA's Cavalier Classic. TJ A and C tied for seventh, with two students placing in the top ten in individual stats (Andrew Shi and Abigail Lee).
VCU Winter (12/4/2021): TJ sent four teams to VCU Winter. TJ B (Alec Fan, Elliott Lee, Alec Riso, and Ryan Zhang) placed second overall and TJ A and D tied for third. Three of our students placed in the top 8 in individual scoring (Deven Hagen, Elle Lee, Abigail Lee)!
Richard Montgomery Winter Novice (10/18/2021): TJ sent three teams to the Richard Montgomery Winter Novice. TJ A (Ian Lee, Samuel Lee, Rohan Manroa, Ishara Shanmugasundaram, and Chris Yoo) placed first with 9 wins and 0 losses, and Chris Yoo and Samuel Li placed in the top ten in individual performances!
VCU Collegiate (2/19/2022): TJ competed at VCU's college-level mirror of the mRNA Vaccine set in Richmond. We placed second overall, despite competing against colleges such as JMU, UMD, VTech and after winning tiebreakers against two University of North Carolina teams. Justin Chen received a prize as one of the top individual performers.
Centennial Invitational (3/5/2022): In our largest regular season showing, TJ sent 25 students on five teams to Centennial. TJ C placed third (Deven Hagen, Brian Lai, Abigail Lee, Brian Zhou), while TJ D and E tied for fifth. We had three players place in the top 8 for individual performance (Deven Hagen, Elle Lee, and Daniel Lian)!
JHU Winter Invitational (3/12/2022): TJ sent two teams to the online medium-advanced difficulty JHU Winter Invitational, and both teams tied for second. Two students (Elle Lee and Abigail Lee) earned 2nd and 6th place individual awards!
Elle Lee, Justin Chen, Pratyush Jaishanker, and Elliot Lee placed second at a college level tournament!
TJ sent the states team of Elle Lee, Justin Chen, Pratyush Jaishanker, and Elliot Lee to VHSL Occoquan Regionals, where they placed first!
TJ Quizbowl sends 4 teams to Charlottesville, VA to bring home big wins
TJ Quizbowl hosts first summer practice since COVID!