Capture Ohio ’26: A Statewide Cybersecurity Win for Students Across Ohio

Thank you to the 68 teams (226 students across Ohio) who participated in our Capture Ohio '26: OCRI Statewide CTF over the weekend.

This statewide Ohio collaboration brought together 19 of our Regional Programming Centers and two Cincinnati-area high schools, giving students the opportunity to deepen their cybersecurity skills while competing in hands-on cyber challenges for a coordinated day of learning.

We gave out cool swag (posters, branded coins, tote bags, Raspberry Pi's), consumed more than 135 pizzas across Ohio and had meaningful statewide collaboration around a shared cybersecurity mission.

Congratulations to our winners:

🏆First Place: Team Cyber@UC, University of Cincinnati: Ethan Bernhardt, Gabriel Lowden, Nathan Hagan, Ian Balfour, and Sean Huggins.

🏆Second Place: Team cu_sweetpotatoes, Cedarville University: Stephen Reid, Isaac Lloyd, Jaden Butler, Matthew Dudley, and Benjamin Thayer.

🏆Third Place: Team Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio University: Tin Vuong, Drew Tumblin , Tommy Miller, and Andrew Gill.