Longfellow

Longfellow Middle
Location: Falls Church, VA
Coaches	Eugene Huang
National Championships	NHBB MS: 2012, 2015 JNAC: 2009-2011 MSNCT: 2022
National Appearances	JNAC: 2009-2011 MSNCT: 2011-2019, 2021-2022 NHBB MS: 2012-2015 USABB MS: 2016
Program Status	Active
School Size	1400
NAQT Page	link

Longfellow Middle School is a middle school quizbowl team in Falls Church, Virginia. Several students from Longfellow go on to play quizbowl at Thomas Jefferson (VA) after graduating every year.

Longfellow has won three Junior NACs, and won their first MSNCT in 2022 after placing second in 2012, 2016, and 2021. They also won the 2010 Barrington Invitational, 2011 & 2015 Charter Challenge, 2014 & 2015 Centennial middle school tournaments, and frequently won their division of Knowledge Master Open.

In the Middle School Division, Longfellow has won the National History Bowl in 2012 and 2015. Tajin Rogers, a student from the school, won the 2012 National History Bee.

Longfellow is coached by Eugene Huang. Tajin Rogers and Jonathan Leidenheimer previously played for Longfellow, as well as Justin Young and William Wang.

Longfellow hosts the annual LATTE Middle School tournament.

Notable Alumni

• Ryan Golant
• Rohan Hegde
• Alex Howe
• Jonathan Leidenheimer
• Tajin Rogers
• William Wang
• Justin Young
• Deven Hagen
• Abigail Lee

Tournament Results

2014-2015 Academic Year

Date	Tournament	Question Set	Team	Record	Rank	Stats
11/01	UDFT III	SCOP Novice 5	A	5-5	5/12	[1]
11/09	Centennial Invitational	NAQT IS-141A	A	8-1	1/14	[2]
			B	6-3	5/14	[3]
12/6	Great Valley Middle School Quiz Bowl Tournament	NAQT MS-11	A	9-1	3/22	[4]
			B	6-4	7/22	[5]
12/19	Manheim Township Middle School Academic Challenge	NAQT MS-12	A	8-1	2/24	[6]
			B	5-3	5/24	[7]
			C	6-2	3/24	[8]
3/7	Charter Middle School Challenge (Nationals)	NAQT MS-14	A	9-0	1/22	[9]
			B	4-4	17/22	[10]
3/21	LATTE	SCOP MS 5	A	8-0	1/15	[11]
			B	3-5	9/15	[12]
4/18	TJIAT	2014 HFT IX	A	4-4	9/15	[13]
			B	3-6	11/15	[14]
			C	2-6	13/15	[15]
5/9-5/10	2015 MSNCT	NAQT MSNCT-15	A	9-4	8/128	[16]
			B	9-4	12/128	[17]
			C	4-4	56/128	[18]
5/24	NHBB MS Nationals	NHBB MS Nationals	A	11-0	1/74	[19]

2015-2016 Academic Year

Date	Tournament	Question Set	Team	Record	Rank	Stats
10/03	Johns Hopkins Novice	NAQT IS-149A	A	6-3	2/19	[20]
			B	3-6	16/19	[21]
10/10	Maryland Fall	Maryland Fall 2015	A	4-6	12/21	[22]
10/31	Georgetown Invitational	NAQT IS-148	A	5-6	6/14	[23]
			B	2-8	12/14	[24]
11/8	Centennial Invitational (Middle School)	NAQT IS-151A	A	9-0	1/24	[25]
11/15	Washington DC National History Bowl (Junior Varsity)	NHBB C Set	A	4-2	5/19	[26]
			B	2-3	12/19
12/13	TJMST	NAQT MS-15	A	10-0	1/12	[27]
			B	8-2	3/12	[28]
			C	8-2	2/12	[29]
			D	6-4	4/12	[30]
12/19	RM Fall Novice	SCOP Novice 6	A	9-1	2/24	[31]
			B	4-6	17/24	[32]
1/16	Manheim Township MS	MS-17	A	7-2	2/28	[33]
			B	6-2	9/28	[34]
2/27	LATTE	Olympia MS-5	A	8-2	3/18	[35]
			B	7-3	4/18	[36]
3/5	Charter Challenge (Nationals)	IS-155A	A	8-3	2/18	[37]
			B	4-4	9/18	[38]
4/2	TJIAT	IS-155A	A	3-5	13/19	[39]
4/9	Northern Virginia History Bowl (JV)	NHBB B Set	A	6-0	1/5	[40]
4/10	Maryland Academic Bowl	USABB	A	8-0	1/20	[41]
			B	5-2	3/20
			C	3-2	9/20
5/7-5/8	2016 MSNCT	MSNCT-16	A	14-3	2/160	[42]
			B	6-5	33/160	[43]
5/22	USABB Nationals	USABB Nationals	A	8-1	2/46	[44]

2016-2017 Academic Year

Date	Tournament	Question Set	Team	Record	Rank	Stats
10/29	Johns Hopkins Novice	NAQT IS-159A	A	8-2	T-3/30	[45]
			B	4-6	T-21/30	[46]
11/6	Centennial Invitational	NAQT IS-161A	A	10-1	2/36	[47]
			B	8-2	5/36 (tied)	[48]

External Links

• website