This page features every photo we have, so far, from any of the awards ceremonies at the 2026 National Middle School (K-8) Championship. These photos are categorized and tagged to the best of our ability. All coverage from this event can be found here.
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All photos are by Javier Carrera unless labeled otherwise.
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K-8 Blitz Championship
First place: Ethan Guo (CA)
Not Pictured
Second place (co-champion): Jashith Karthi (CA)
Third place: Yuntao Liu (WA)
First place team: The Speyer Legacy School
Second place team: Dalton School
Third place team: Hunter College Elementary and High School
K-8 Blitz Under-1600
First place: Tarun Vinayagaram (TX)
Not Pictured
Second place (co-winner): Inba Siva Sai (TX)
Third place: Giordan Muhammad (MI)
First place team: Bates Academy (MI)
Second place team: Joseph Nicollet Middle School (MN)
Third place team: Memorial Middle School (TX)
Bughouse
First place: Elliott Goodrich and Tariq Yue
Second place: Trevor Tang and Uther Rodrigues
K-8 Championship:
First place: Bryan Enming Lin (NY)
Second place: Jashith Karthi (CA)
Third place: Vijay Srinivas Anandh (TX)
First place team: Hunter College Elementary and High School
Second place team: Success Academy Midtown West
Third place team: Dalton School
K-8 Under-1700:
First place: Vyas Omshankar (TX)
Second place: Orlando Falcon (TX)
Third place: Ian Gagnier (WA)
First place team: IS 318 Eugeno Maria De Hostos (NY)
Second place team: The Seeall Academy (NY)
Third place team: Success Academy Hudson Yards (NY)
K-8 Under-1400:
First place: Yotam Doron-Repa (NY)
Second place (co-winner): Louie Nakamura (NY)
Third place: Ron Li (WA)
(Not pictured)
First place team: IS 318 Eugeno Maria De Hostos (NY)
Second place team: Bold Charter School (NY)
Third place team: The Seeall Academy (NY)
K-8 Under-1100:
First place: Thiago Briceno (MN)
Second place: Briant Hodge (VA)
Third place: Matthew Valladares (FL)
First place team: The Seeall Academy (NY)
Second place team: Academy Prep Center of Lakeland (FL)
(Not pictured)
Third place team: BASIS Cedar Park (TX)
K-8 Under-900:
First place: Alex Alaniz (CA)
Second place: Hamza Kedir (MN)
Third place: Matthew Roelle (TX)
First place team: Mandarin Immersion Magnet School (NY)
Second place team: Joseph Nicollet Middle School (MN)
Third place team: IS 318 Eugeno Maria De Hostos (NY)
K-8 Under-700:
First place: Andrew Bonner Hodge (TX)
Second place: Isaac Gil (TX)
(Not pictured)
Third place: Bryson Richard Bennett (TX)
First place team: Academy Of Accelerated Learning (TX)
(Not pictured)
Second place team: Joseph Nicollet Middle School (MN)
Third place team: Mandarin Immersion Magnet School (TX)
K-8 Unrated:
First place: Adonis Landry (TX)
Second place: Owen L. Fisk (TX)
Third place: Luke Strong (TX)
First place team: Sudie L Williams Talented And Gifted Academy (TX)
Second place team: Academy Of Accelerated Learning (TX)
(Not pictured)
Third place team: GT School (TX)
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