Champions
No two First Place champions (either individual or team) came from the same state. Each of the following states had two top finishers: Virginia, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Indiana, Colorado, Louisiana, Ohio, and Washington. The two who came from both Colorado and South Carolina were pairs of siblings.
| Year | First Place | Home State(s) | Second Place | Home State(s) | Third Place | Home State |
| 2003 | Felix Peng | Connecticut | Kellie Packwood | Indiana | -- | |
| Alexander Smith | North Carolina | John Solter | Kansas | |||
| Steven Young | Virginia | David Beihl | South Carolina | |||
| 2004 | Chris Meyer | South Dakota | Drew Fleeter | Virginia | -- | |
| Nicholas Jachowski | Maryland | Matthew Moran | Massachusetts | |||
| Joshua Baumgartner | Texas | Thomas Beihl | South Carolina | |||
| 2005 | Pratyush Buddiga | Colorado | Bill Isaacs | Ohio | -- | |
| Carson Qing | New Jersey | John Rice | North Dakota | |||
| Michael Oh | New York | Katherine (Katie) Schulz | Louisiana | |||
| 2006 | Individual: Karan Takhar | Massachusetts | Individual: Akshay Buddiga | Colorado | Individual: Matthew Alexander | Ohio |
| Individual: Alexander King | Washington | |||||
| Team: Andrew Lai | California | Team: Ben Schwartz | Rhode Island | -- | ||
| Team: Thimal de Alwis | Louisiana | Team: Matthew Alexander | Ohio | |||
| Team: Erik Bolt | Indiana | Team: Karan Takhar | Massachusetts | |||
| 2007 | Samuel Brandt | Oregon | Yeshwanth Kandimalla | Georgia | Dan Auerbach | Illinois |
| Neeraj Sirdeshmukh | New Hampshire | |||||
| Dallas Simons | Tennessee | |||||
| Stephen Kirkpatrick | Washington | |||||
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Famous quotes containing the word champions:
“Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men’s reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of “the rat race” is not yet final.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)
“Did all the lets and bars appear
To every just or larger end,
Whence should come the trust and cheer?
Youth must its ignorant impulse lend—
Age finds place in the rear.
All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys,
The champions and enthusiasts of the state:”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)