Brunswick Upper School computer science students delivered an impressive series of performances this spring across two of Lockheed Martin’s premier national competitions, showcasing both depth and emerging talent in the program.

On Saturday, February 28, Brunswick competed in the 2026 Lockheed Martin Code Quest, one of the largest high school programming competitions in the world, with more than 200 teams participating across 24 sites in the United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Australia, Singapore, and New Zealand. Teams tackled 20 to 30 coding challenges in languages such as Java, Python, C#, and C++.

Brunswick’s team of juniors — Sami Muhtadie, Lucio Costantini, and George Wang — began the competition in the Novice division but quickly distinguished themselves. Their performance earned them a promotion to the Advanced division, where they went on to place first with a final score of 1,290 points.

Building on that success, Brunswick sent two teams to Lockheed Martin’s CyberQuest on Saturday, March 28, a global cybersecurity challenge hosted across 14 in-person and virtual sites in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. Two hundred thirty teams spent three intense hours tackling real-world security problems — cracking codes, testing system vulnerabilities, and thinking like professional cyber attackers and defenders.

A junior team — Sami Muhtadie, Lucio Costantini, Teddy Hojlo, Gabriel Levy, and Ryan Kaseta — turned in another outstanding performance, finishing fifth at their U.S. virtual site. Brunswick’s freshman team — Colin McCreath, Luke Feng, and Bradey Sherman — made an impressive debut, placing 16th in their division in their first appearance.

Together, the results highlight the strength and continuity of Brunswick’s computer science program, from experienced upperclassmen competing at the highest levels to younger students gaining valuable exposure in their first competitions. Both Code Quest and CyberQuest challenge students with concepts that go well beyond the traditional curriculum, emphasizing advanced problem-solving and hands-on application in fast-paced, competitive environments.

Building on this momentum, Brunswick will launch a new AP Cybersecurity course this fall, designed to dive deeper into the kinds of concepts featured in CyberQuest and to further expand opportunities for students in this rapidly growing field.