North Carolina
North Carolina | |
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General Information | |
Member of SO since | 1985 |
Total teams | 406 ( 41.96% 2021 to 2022) |
Division B Champion | Fred J. Carnage Middle School |
Division C Champion | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics |
State Tournament Location | North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
Date | April 24, 2021 |
Website | ncscienceolympiad |
North Carolina is one of the largest state organizations in the nation, with approximately 600 teams between Division B and Division C (before 2020) and approximately 200-300 Division A teams. It ran a version of Science Olympiad in the 1970s, which partially inspired the modern incarnation originating in Michigan. Historically, teams from North Carolina that compete at nationals have done well, placing as high as 2nd place in Division B and 5th place in Division C.
Past State Champions
This is a record of the past state champions and runners-up, and their respective places at the national competition, if applicable. Scores at the state competition may be shown in parentheses.
Season | Division B | Division C | ||||||||
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Champion | Runner-Up | Third Place | Champion | Runner-Up | Third Place | |||||
Team | Nats Place | Team | Nats Place | Team | Team | Nats Place | Team | Nats Place | Team | |
1985 | - | - | - | - | Page High School | 5th | - | - | ||
1986 | - | - | - | - | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | 12th | Northeast Guilford High School | 26th | ||
1987 | Drexel Junior High School | 11th | West Rowan Junior High School | 26th | Chapel Hill High School | 19th (tied) | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics [1] | n/a | ||
1988 | Drexel Junior High School | 12th | Chapel Hill High School | 21st | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | 39th | ||||
1989 | Drexel Junior High School | 14th | Chapel Hill High School | 28th | ||||||
1990 | Nash Central Middle School | 34th | - | Page High School | 27th | Chapel Hill High School | 48th | |||
1991 | Drexel Junior High School | 17th | Liberty Junior High School | 35th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | 19th | ||||
1992 | Liberty Junior High School | 7th | Our Lady of Lourdes Middle School | 31st | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | 18th | Chapel Hill High School | 21st | ||
1993 | Hillcrest Junior High School | 33rd | Our Lady of Lourdes Middle School | 36th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | 18th | Garner Senior High School | 25th | ||
1994 | Our Lady of Lourdes Middle School | 21st | Greene County Middle School | 26th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | 3rd | Garner Senior High School | 29th | ||
1995 | Arendell Parrott Academy | 13th | Our Lady of Lourdes Middle School | 42nd | Chapel Hill High School | 19th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | 12th | ||
1996 | Arendell Parrott Academy | 27th | Our Lady of Lourdes Middle School | 47th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics [2] | 7th | Chapel Hill High School | 28th | ||
1997 | Arendell Parrott Academy | 14th | Mendenhall Middle School | 29th | Chapel Hill High School | John T. Hoggard High School | ||||
1998 | Arendell Parrott Academy | 10th | Our Lady of Lourdes Middle School | 38th | Chapel Hill High School | 25th | John T. Hoggard High School | 40th | ||
1999 | Arendell Parrott Academy | 5th | Toisnot Middle School | 31st | William G. Enloe High School | 26th | John T. Hoggard High School | 39th | ||
2000 | Arendell Parrott Academy | 3rd | R. Max Abbott Academy | 29th | William G. Enloe High School | 25th | John T. Hoggard High School | 37th | ||
2001 | Arendell Parrott Academy | 2nd | Davidson IB Middle School | 44th | Grimsley High School | 23rd | Southeast Raleigh High School | 40th | ||
2002 | Arendell Parrott Academy | 5th | Seventy-First Middle School | 32nd | Grimsley High School | 34th | Durham Academy | 35th | ||
2003 | Arendell Parrott Academy | 14th | Seventy-First Middle School | 37th | Washington High School | 30th | Durham Academy | 32nd | ||
2004 | Arendell Parrott Academy | 16th | Davidson IB Middle School | 9th | Raleigh Charter High School | 30th | Durham Academy | 31st | ||
2005 | Davidson IB Middle School | 11th | Jay M. Robinson Middle School | 38th | Washington High School | 34th | Raleigh Charter High School | 26th | ||
2006 | Davidson IB Middle School | 13th | Arendell Parrott Academy | 26th | Washington High School | 36th | East Chapel Hill High School | 24th | ||
2007 | Jay M. Robinson Middle School | 2nd | Arendell Parrott Academy | 26th | Raleigh Charter High School | 26th | Washington High School | 23rd | ||
2008 | Jay M. Robinson Middle School | 16th | Davidson IB Middle School | 13th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | 23rd | Raleigh Charter High School | 12th | ||
2009 | Jay M. Robinson Middle School (136.5) | 21st | Davidson IB Middle School (215.5) | 24th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (189) | 18th | Raleigh Charter High School (244) | 11th | ||
2010 | Jay M. Robinson Middle School | 29th | Arendell Parrott Academy | 17th | Raleigh Charter High School | 15th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | 19th | ||
2011 | Arendell Parrott Academy | 28th | Piedmont IB Middle School | 31st | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | 17th | Raleigh Charter High School | 20th | ||
2012 | Piedmont IB Middle School (204) | 20th | Jay M. Robinson Middle School (216) | 35th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (100) | 21st | William G. Enloe High School (111) | 15th | ||
2013 | Fred J. Carnage Middle School (141) | 28th | Piedmont IB Middle School (146) | 23rd | Raleigh Charter High School (147) | 21st | William G. Enloe High School (170) | 23rd | ||
2014 | Piedmont IB Middle School (96) | 9th | Jay M. Robinson Middle School (225) | 23rd | William G. Enloe High School (131) | 18th | Raleigh Charter High School (132) | 30th | ||
2015 | Piedmont IB Middle School (57) | 4th | J.M. Alexander Middle School (145) | 28th | William G. Enloe High School (202) | 20th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (206) | 28th | ||
2016 | Piedmont IB Middle School (138) | 13th | Fred J. Carnage Middle School (226) | 22nd | William G. Enloe High School (224) | 31st | Raleigh Charter High School (263) | 38th | ||
2017 | Piedmont IB Middle School (106) | 7th | Fred J. Carnage Middle School (195) | 27th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (186) | 32nd | William G. Enloe High School (196) | 26th | ||
2018 | Piedmont IB Middle School (146) | 6th | Fred J. Carnage Middle School (194) | 27th | William G. Enloe High School (86) | 10th | Raleigh Charter High School (222) | 38th | ||
2019 | Piedmont IB Middle School (102) | 26th | Wilmington Academy of Arts & Sciences (168) | 25th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (143) | 26th | William G. Enloe High School (144) | 13th | ||
2020 | Cancelled due to the 2019-20 Coronavirus outbreak | |||||||||
2021 | Piedmont IB Middle School (95) | 8th | Fred J. Carnage Middle School (125) | 24th | William G. Enloe High School (62) | 8th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (119) | 17th | ||
2022 | Fred J. Carnage Middle School (160) | 17th | Wilmington Academy of Arts & Sciences (215) | 37th | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (133) | 15th | William G. Enloe High School (143) | 7th | Green Hope High School (158) |
Competitions
There are 14 regions in North Carolina. All regions except for Laurinburg and Cullowhee host competitions for divisions B and C. Laurinburg and Cullowhee only host Division B. Over 14,000 students participated in NCSO activities in 2014, and 18,000 in 2018.
Name | Type | Date | Division | Format |
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NCSO Mockvitational | Invitational | 2020-12-05 | B/C | Mini SO |
Duke Invitational | Invitational | 2021-01-30 | C | Mini SO |
North Carolina Regional Tournaments (All Regions) | Regional | 2021-02-20 & 2021-03-06 | B/C | TBD |
2021 North Carolina State Tournament | State | 2021-04-23 | B/C | TBD |
Previous Invitational Tournaments and Dates
O'Neal Invitational- Division B
Science Olympiad Showcase at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences - Division B/C
Duke Invitational - Division C
Piedmont IB Middle School Invitational - Division B
CPCC Invitational - Division B
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Regional Competitions
- See also: Regions of North Carolina
All regional tournaments in the 2020-21 season will be held simultaneously online across two days, February 20 and March 6. Approximately half of events will occur on February 20, and another half will occur on March 6. There will be six reorganized regional tournaments (Charlotte, Northeast, Raleigh, Southeast, Triad, and West) run through the Mini SO format and one statewide Satellite tournament that teams may opt to participate in instead of their regular regional tournament.
Pre-2021 Regions:
Region | Counties Served | Division | Location | Date |
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Asheville | Avery, Buncombe, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey |
B & C | UNC Asheville | |
Charlotte | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union, Rowan | B & C | UNC Charlotte | |
Cullowhee | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain | B | Western Carolina University | |
Durham | Durham | B & C | Riverside High School | |
Fayetteville | Anson, Cumberland, Hoke, Montgomery, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, Stanley | B & C | Fayetteville Tech Community College | |
Greensboro | Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rockingham | B & C | UNC Greensboro | |
Greenville | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrell, Washington, Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton |
B & C | East Carolina University | |
Hickory | Alexander, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Watauga | B & C | Catawba Valley Community College | |
Kinston | Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Green, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | B & C | Lenoir Community College | |
Laurinburg | Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, Stanley | B | St. Andrews University | |
Raleigh | Granville, Vance, Wake, Franklin, Warren | B & C | Southeast Raleigh High School | |
Southern Wake | Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake (south), Northern Cumberland | B & C | South Garner High School | |
Wilmington | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | B & C | UNC Wilmington | |
Winston-Salem | Alleghany, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | B & C | Wake Forest University |
National Ready
North Carolina offers an invitation to compete in their National Ready Regional tournament for the top 10 teams at the previous year's state tournament. Teams that chose to compete in the National Ready Regional forego their regional tournament and automatically receive a bid to the current season's state tournament.
State Competition
- North Carolina State University- April 24, 2021
Previous State Tournament Dates
April 5-6, 2003 |
Past State Competition Results
- Note: During the 2006 season, the state office implemented the First Place Overall Winner (FPOW) policy, which allows individuals to advance to the state tournament if they receive first place overall in an event at the regional level AND their team does not advance to the state tournament.
Division B
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2006 - No FPOWs
- 2006 - With FPOWs
- 2008 - No FPOWs
- 2011 - No FPOWs
- 2011 - With FPOWs
- 2013 - No FPOWs
- 2014 - No FPOWs
- 2014 - With FPOWs
- 2015 - No FPOWs
- 2015 - With FPOWs
- 2016 - No FPOWs
- 2016 - With FPOWs
- 2017 - No FPOWs
- 2017 - With FPOWs
- 2018 - No FPOWs
- 2019 - No FPOWs
Division C
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2006 - No FPOWs
- 2006 - With FPOWs
- 2008 - No FPOWs
- 2011 - No FPOWs
- 2011 - With FPOWs
- 2014 - No FPOWs
- 2014 - With FPOWs
- 2015 - No FPOWs
- 2015 - With FPOWs
- 2016 - No FPOWs
- 2016 - With FPOWs
- 2017 - No FPOWs
- 2017 - With FPOWs
- 2018 - No FPOWs
- 2019 - No FPOWs
- 2019 - With FPOWs
Events
North Carolina frequently runs an altered event slate at its tournaments. Below is the updated information for the 2020-2021 season.
Division B
- Digital Structures replaced Boomilever.
- Codebusters and Picture This were official events.
- Elastic Launched Glider and Ping Pong Parachute were not run.
- Fast Facts and Mystery Architecture were run as trial events.
- Mission Possible was designated a trial event.
Division C
- Digital Structures replaced Boomilever.
- Picture This was an official event.
- Detector Building, Wright Stuff, and Ping Pong Parachute were not run.
- Bottle Rocket, Fast Facts, and Mystery Architecture were run as trial events.
Previous Event Changes
2011-2012
Division B
Division C
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2014-2015
Division B
Division C
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2015-2016
Division B
Division C
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2016-2017
Division B
Division C
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2017-2018
Division B
Division C
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2018-2019
Division B
Division C
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2019-2020
Division B
Division C
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Teams
This list includes teams that were active in the 2018 season as well as teams that previously participated in those regions. Inactive teams are still listed in the case that a school returns to Science Olympiad and to preserve their memory. For lists of active participants only, see each regional page.