Smith (NC)

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Smith Middle
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Location:
Chapel Hill, NC
Coaches Bratton Holmes
State Championships 5: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
National Championships None
National Appearances MSNCT: 2013-2024
Program Status Active
School Size 719
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Smith Middle School is a 6-8 middle school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It is currently coached by Latin Teacher Bratton Holmes. Smith has won the North Carolina state championship five times, including four straight titles as of 2022. Smith finished in the top ten at MSNCT in 2017 and 2019.


State results

2014 - 3rd place

2015 - 2nd place

2016 - state champions

2017 - 3rd place (lost in semifinals by one question)

2018 - state champions

2019 - state champions

2020 - no state tournament due to Covid-19

2021 - state champions

2022 - state champions

2023 - 3rd place (lost in semifinals by one question)

2024 - state champions


Nationals results

2013 - 92nd of 96

2014 - 71st of 128

2015 - 63rd of 128

2016 - 21st of 160

2017 - 5th of 160

2018 - 33rd of 192 (A team); 92nd of 192 (B team)

2019 - 8th of 176 (A team); 49th of 176 (B team)

2020 - no tournament due to Covid-19

2021 - 25th out of 112 (A team); 85th out of 112 (B team)

2022 - 21st out of 141 (A team); 57th out of 141 (B team)

2023 - 62nd out of 160 (A team); 140th out of 160 (B team)


1,000 point scorers

  • Includes only NAQT tournaments in which individual stats are recorded

Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford - 3785 points, 79.02 PP20TH

Krishna Rajagopal - 2055 points, 42.22 PP20TH

Benjamin Knight - 1380 points, 28.55 PP20TH

Arijit Chakrabarty - 1345 points, 54.64 PP20TH

Ian McElreath - 1335 points, 46.92 PP20TH

Bo Chi - 1320 points, 32.12 PP20TH

Luke Chen - 1195 points - 32.43 PP20TH


State Championship Teams

2016 – Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Kai Hoop, Sam Klosowski, Ankita Nandi, Erie Mitchell

2018 – Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (2), Benjamin Knight, Bo Chi, Luke Chen, Krishna Rajagopal, Yichen Sun

2019 – Bo Chi (2), Luke Chen (2), Yichen Sun (2), Krishna Rajagopal (2), Ian McElreath, Srinath Iyer

2021 – Arijit Chakrabarty, Andrew Carneiro, Asa Zengerle, Jaden Mu, Graham Hallquist, Adrian Hito, Ezra Maduskar, Robbie Wisdom

2022 – Graham Hallquist (2), Robbie Wisdom (2), Max Green, Carter Lovelady, Arijit Chakrabarty (2), Noel Neville, Graham Nisbet

2024 - Mira Rajagopal, Lucy Zarzar, Alex An, Lokajith Premkumar, James Li, Ahadi Yara, Alex Wright


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