Latin Tournament

The Classical Association of Virginia is proud to present its

Ninety-Fifth Annual Latin Tournament

February 23 – March 27, 2026

These challenging examinations are designed to test the student’s understanding and mastery of the Latin language and, in the case of the upper level exams, the ability to read and interpret authentic Latin literature at their particularly level of study. The exams include two sections: a set of multiple-choice questions on vocabulary, forms, syntax, and (where appropriate) rhetorical and poetic devices, and reading passages for students to provide a written translation in order to show comprehension. The exams are administered on bubble-sheets filled in by #2 pencils with separate blank sheets for the written translations. N.B. The written translation section is optional and should be completed by those students looking for a challenger and interested in earning first, second, or third places, or honorable mention on the exams.

Levels of Exams

• Introduction to Latin
• Beginning Latin
• Intermediate Latin
• Advanced Latin
• Latin Literature: Prose
• Latin Literature: Poetry

Please see descriptions of exams in the syllabi below.

Divisions of Competition

• Alpha: public schools
• Beta: independent and private schools
• Gamma: charter, magnet, and governor’s schools

Administration of Exams

• Exams will be given at the school of the participants.
• Exams may be administered by the Latin teacher during the specified testing window.
• Students will have 60 minutes to complete their exams.
• All students on a given level must take the exam at the same time. 

Please see specific instructions for administration of exams below.

Awards

The awards on the CAV Latin Tournament are designed to recognize students’ efforts to learn and hone their skills in Latin at their level, as well as to identify and recognize outstanding Latin students in the state of Virginia. 

• Placements will be awarded to the three students with the highest scores in each division for each exam (combined score of multiple-choice and translation sections). First place winners will receive an engraved Jefferson Cup and paper certificate; second and third place winners will receive medals and certificates. The CAV will publish the names of each student who places in its newsletter*.
  
  
• Certificates of Honorable Mention will be awarded to those students who score within the top 20% of students from their division on their exam (combined score of multiple-choice and translation sections). The CAV will publish the names of each student who receives honorable mention in its newsletter*.
  
  
• The written translation section is optional and should be completed by those students who are interested in earning first, second, or third places, or honorable mention on the exams.
  
  
• Cum Laude Certificates will be awarded to any student who scores 30/40 on the Introduction to Latin, Beginning Latin, and Intermediate Latin exams, or a 20/30 on the Advanced Latin, Latin Literature: Prose, and Latin Literature: Poetry exams. The CAV will publish in its newsletter the names of schools who have students receiving Cum Laude Certificates*.
  
  
• A plaque will be awarded to the top school in each division (Alpha, Beta, and Gamma) with the highest number of students who place on all the exams.
  
  
• Awards will be announced and distributed at the Spring Meeting of the CAV, so participating teachers should plan to attend to receive their awards!

N.B. The CAV will not publish in its newsletter or on its website the names of students who receive recognition if they or their families do not wish to make that information public. It is the responsibility of the individual Latin teacher to inform the Tournament Director if any student opts out of having their name listed among the winners in the newsletter.

Cost & Registration

• Cost:
• $3.00 per exam
• Teachers giving the exam for the first time (or the first time in five years) can offer the exams FOR FREE!
• All fees are non-refundable.

• Registration:
• Teachers must complete the registration form and submit a check or money order by the deadline.
• All registrations are due to the Latin Tournament Registrar by February 14.

CAV Latin Tournament Director & Registrar:
Lexi Harrell

Results of the 2026 CAV Latin Tournament

SCHOOL AWARDS

Alpha Division: Yorktown High School (Ian Hochberg)

Beta Division: Flint Hill School (Ken Andino, Theri Andino, Jason Bowler, Brad Savage)

Gamma Division: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Karen Donohue, Patty Lister)

Cum Laude (for multiple choice scores of 30/40 or 20/30) was awarded to students from:

Classical Cottage Consortium
Flint Hill School
Lylburn Downing Middle School
Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School  
Rockbridge County High School
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Yorktown High School

Alpha Division

Introduction to Latin

• First Place: McMillan Johnson, VI, Lylburn Downing Middle School, Laura Joyner
• Second Place: Caleb Rodocker, Lylburn Downing Middle School, Laura Joyner
• Third Place: Beau Ditzel, Lylburn Downing Middle School, Laura Joyner
• Honorable Mentions: Elijah Maher, Lylburn Downing Middle School, Laura Joyner

Beginning Latin

• First Place: Aria Hedderly, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg
• Second Place: Theo Rahl, Lylburn Downing Middle School, Laura Joyner
• Third Place: Caitlin Burke, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg
• Honorable Mentions: Eve Niebur, Lylburn Downing Middle School, Laura Joyner; Saori Toda, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg; Josephine Brooke, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg; Melody Coddington, Lylburn Downing Middle School, Laura Joyner; Jamie Michelmore,
  Lylburn Downing Middle School, Laura Joyner

Intermediate Latin

• First Place: Camila Borisov, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg
• Second Place: Noah Cochran, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg
• Third Place: Will Ditzel, Lylburn Downing Middle School, Laura Joyner
• Honorable Mentions: Zoe Lee, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg; Alexei Ross, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg

Advanced Latin

• First Place: Joey Krettek, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg
• Honorable Mentions: Jude Eichholz, Rockbridge County High School, Patrick Bradley (scores: 42-37); Ashley Kauffman, Rockbridge County High School, Patrick Bradley; Eve Rosenthal, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg; Ian Cochran, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg

Latin Literature: Prose

• First Place: Layla Michener, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg
• Second Place: Kathryn Schwartzbeck, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg
• Third Place: Cara Van Gieson, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg
• Honorable Mention: Jonathan Whitten, Rockbridge County High School, Patrick Bradley

Latin Literature: Poetry

• First Place: Laura Su, Yorktown High School, Ian Hochberg
• Second Place: Samuel Eastwood, Rockbridge County High School, Patrick Bradley

Beta Division

Introduction to Latin

• First Place: Clare Dhanagoem, Classical Cottage Consortium, Ann Waterman
• Second Place: Malachi Chen, Dominion Christian School, Jocelyn Robertson
• Third Place: Nora Wyckoff, Classical Cottage Consortium, Nancy Juday
• Honorable Mentions: John Waterman, Classical Cottage Consortium, Nancy Juday; Eugene Beer, Classical Cottage Consortium, Nancy Juday; Marco Stocco , Classical Cottage Consortium, Nancy Juday; Eloise Buzzell, Dominion Christian School, Ethan Snider

Beginning Latin

• First Place: Henry Robertson, Dominion Christian School, Jocelyn Robertson
• Second Place: Christian Rameika, Flint Hill School, Brad Savage
• Honorable Mentions: Grace Taylor, Flint Hill School, Theri Andino; Jonathan Zhang, Flint Hill School, Theri Andino; Reagan McGuire, Flint Hill School, Theri Andino; Shane Sweet, Flint Hill School, Theri Andino

Intermediate Latin

• First Place: Sophie Acosta, Classical Cottage Consortium, Molaika Beer
• Second Place: Ronia Hatke, Classical Cottage Consortium, Molaika Beer
• Third Place: Ariana Ahrabi, Flint Hill School, Ken Andino
• Honorable Mention: Maria Keogh, Classical Cottage Consortium, Molaika Beer

Advanced Latin

• First Place: Sylvie Zochowski, Flint Hill School, Ken Andino
• Second Place: Seth Walkenhorst, Flint Hill School, Ken Andino

Latin Literature: Prose

• First Place: Mackenzie Sanford, Flint Hill School, Ken Andino

Latin Literature: Poetry

• First Place: Alexander Sweet, Flint Hill School, Ken Andino
• Second Place: Soren McKay, Classical Cottage Consortium, Molaika Beer

Gamma Division

Introduction to Latin

No students competed on this level in this division.

Beginning Latin

• First Place: Kate Kim, TJHSST, Patty Lister
• Second Place: Vihaan Shirodkar, MWGS, Steven Ross
• Third Place: Leonardo Vuong, MWGS, Steven Ross
• Honorable Mentions: Zella Green, MWGS, Steven Ross; Victoria Vatev, MWGS, Steven Ross; Kevin Shen, TJHSST, Patty Lister; Chi Nguyen, TJHSST, Patty Lister; Mia Poovathukaran, MWGS, Steven Ross; Ritika Potdar, MWGS, Steven Ross

Intermediate Latin

• First Place: Emery Mize, TJHSST, Patty Lister
• Second Place: Eesha Bhat, MWGS, Steven Ross
• Third Place: Charlotte Causey, MWGS, Steven Ross
• Honorable Mentions: Kritika Goel, MWGS, Steven Ross; Jaanvi Kanda, MWGS, Steven Ross; Uma Raju, MWGS, Steven Ross; Isha Stauber, TJHSST, Patty Lister; Sophia Wang, TJHSST, Patty Lister

Advanced Latin

• First Place: Isobelle Villarivera, TJHSST, Patty Lister
• Second Place: Caden Cosgrove, TJHSST, Patty Lister
• Third Place: Josh Umapathi, TJHSST, Patty Lister
• Honorable Mentions: Ryan Guo, TJHSST, Patty Lister; Alice Nguyen, TJHSST, Patty Lister; Eleanor Chen, MWGS, Steve Ross;  Timothy Roberts, MWGS, Steve Ross; Lindsey Marsaw , TJHSST, Patty Lister

Latin Literature: Prose

• First Place: Angela Yan, TJHSST, Patty Lister
• Second Place: Yash Maurya, MWGS, Steve Ross
• Third Place: Vir Maniar, TJHSST ,Patty Lister
• Honorable Mentions: Sita Lewis, MWGS, Steve Ross; Sriram Panchagnula, MWGS, Steve Ross; Sarah Park, TJHSST, Karen Donohue; Everett McCoy, MWGS, Steve Ross; Simon Moon, MWGS, Steve Ross;  Sarah Kate Kangas, TJHSST, Patty Lister

Latin Literature: Poetry

• First Place: MEthan O’Hara, , TJHSST, Patty Lister
• Second Place: Sarah Trainer, TJHSST, Patty Lister
• Third Place: Aidan Wright, TJHSST, Patty Lister
• Honorable Mentions: Abigail Barnett, MWGS, Steven Ross (scores: 47-45); Aarav Lodha, MWGS, Steven Ross; Samuel Payne, TJHSST, Patty Lister

CAV LATIN TOURNAMENT LEGENDS

Will Ditzel (Lylburn Downing MS)
Introduction to Latin 2024 – 1st Place
Beginning Latin 2025 – 2nd Place
Intermediate Latin 2026 – 3rd Place

Samuel Eastwood (Lylburn Downing MS & Rockbridge County HS)
Latin One 2022 – 1st Place
Intermediate Latin 2023 – 1st Place
Advanced Latin 2024 – 1st Place
Latin Literature: Prose 2025 – 2nd Place
Latin Literature: Poetry 2026 – 2nd Place

Ethan O’Hara (Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology)
Advanced Latin 2024 – 3rd Place
Latin Literature: Prose 2025 – 1st Place
Latin Literature: Poetry 2026 – 1st Place

Soren McKay (Classical Cottage Consortium)
Latin Literature: Poetry 2024 – 1st Place
Latin Literature: Prose 2025 – 2nd Place
Latin Literature: Poetry 2026 – 2nd Place

Mackenzie Sanford (Flint Hill School)
Advanced Latin 2023 – 1st Place
Latin Literature: Prose 2024 – 1st Place
Latin Literature: Prose 2025 – 1st Place
Latin Literature: Prose 2026 – 1st Place

Alec Sweet (Flint Hill School)
Beginning Latin 2023 – 2nd Place
Intermediate Latin 2025 – 1st Place
Latin Literature: Poetry 2026 – 1st Place

Isobelle Villarivera (Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology)
Beginning Latin 2024 – 2nd Place
Intermediate Latin 2025 – 3rd Place
Advanced Latin 2026 – 1st Place

Angela Yan (Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology)
Intermediate Latin 2024 – 2nd Place
Advanced Latin 2025 – 2nd Place
Latin Literature: Prose 2026 – 1st Place