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Cross country. What does it mean? It means that you run on, over, and around just about anything. Cross country can be anywhere, and for 25 public high schools in Montgomery County, each school is required to host at least one home meet whether they have land or not. Some teams have great campuses for running. Some schools have great parks nearby. Some schools have hosted medium sized invitationals or championship meets. Some schools don't have squat. The good, the bad, and the ugly: it will all be documented here, and if there is interest, the survey can be repeated in future years.
Runners and coaches agreed that this summer's DC Area XC Scorecard Survey developed a good set of criteria to judge what makes up a great cross country race course. The greatest advantage to doing a Scorecard Survey is that nobody has to know all the courses and we are not directly pitting the courses against one another. We asked survey respondents to judge the courses that they saw this year and skip the courses that they did not see this year. Even though the schools are ranked in this article, the scores were derived from the opinions of those who assessed each course independently on its own merits.
I am determined for this article not to be click-bait although I do hope it generates buzz. The survey results are intended to be meaningful and constructive. I ask readers to also be constructive in the comments if you choose to add anything. Obviously, there is no reason to pile on to a bad score, and if you disagree with something, first ask yourself if you actually saw that course this year and if you know if there were any changes. MoCo alumni will be surprised to learn how quickly their experiences become outdated.
SURVEY RESULTS BY SCHOOL
All courses were rated on a scale of 0 to 100 in ten different categories where 100 was the most positive outcome except in the case HILLINESS. HILLINESS was not considered positive or negative and not included in the final score.
30. JOHN F. KENNEDY Course Rating = 40
Only two surveys were collected for Kennedy's course, and those who voted were not kind. Kennedy's course received a decent score for SETTING, but received the lowest scores for START, SPECTATOR ACCESS, and GROOMING.
START 33 SPECTATOR ACCESS 15
PASSIBILITY 56 STIMULATION 27
SURFACES 45 GROOMING 27
SAFETY 53 HILLINESS 43
SETTING 71 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 31
29. POOLESVILLE Course Rating = 44
Poolesville's course received good scores for START, PASSIBILITY, and SAFETY, but runners gave it the lowest score in the county for SURFACES. One athlete called it essentially a road race. One coach said, "We do what we can."
START 62 SPECTATOR ACCESS 25
PASSIBILITY 69 STIMULATION 43
SURFACES 17 GROOMING 48
SAFETY 63 HILLINESS 33
SETTING 35 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 38
28. NORTHWEST Course Rating = 46
Northwest's course received top half scores for SAFETY and SPECTATOR ACCESS, but runners slammed it with the lowest scores for SETTING and OVERALL ENJOYMENT. Ouch. Two athletes characterized the course (and even the course map) as confusing.
START 44 SPECTATOR ACCESS 70
PASSIBILITY 59 STIMULATION 38
SURFACES 53 GROOMING 29
SAFETY 62 HILLINESS 43
SETTING 30 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 26
27. SENECA VALLEY Course Rating = 47
Just three surveys were collected for Seneca Valley's course, but athletes and coaches were consistent in their votes for this course. Seneca's course came in with a top-5 score for SETTING and #1 score for hilliest XC course in MoCo. It tied Poolesville for the lowest score for SURFACES and had the second lowest score for START.
START 35 SPECTATOR ACCESS 53
PASSIBILITY 60 STIMULATION 57
SURFACES 17 GROOMING 34
SAFETY 46 HILLINESS 84
SETTING 80 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 45
26. ALBERT EINSTEIN Course Rating = 48
Einstein can hang its hat on being a top 10 most STIMULATING XC course in MoCo. Otherwise the campus loop course received bottom 10 scores in most categories.
START 49 SPECTATOR ACCESS 43
PASSIBILITY 55 STIMULATION 67
SURFACES 44 GROOMING 43
SAFETY 45 HILLINESS 54
SETTING 46 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 47
25. PAINT BRANCH Course Rating = 49
Paint Branch gets a passing grade for SURFACES and GROOMING, but flunked the survey in START, PASSIBILITY, and SETTING. Some runners pointed out hazards in the survey comments while others gave it a perfectly fine SAFETY score.
START 42 SPECTATOR ACCESS 57
PASSIBILITY 42 STIMULATION 40
SURFACES 69 GROOMING 74
SAFETY 40 HILLINESS 51
SETTING 30 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 44
24. WALT WHITMAN Course Rating = 49
Runners appreciated the GROOMING and SPECTATOR ACCESS on Whitman's course but STIMULATION and PASSIBILITY scores were among the lowest in the county. Runners who added comments also did not appreciate that the course was too long.
START 53 SPECTATOR ACCESS 64
PASSIBILITY 46 STIMULATION 27
SURFACES 48 GROOMING 70
SAFETY 51 HILLINESS 57
SETTING 45 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 39
23. RICHARD MONTGOMERY Course Rating = 50
SAFETY is the only category in which RM's course finished in the top half of MoCo XC courses. SURFACES and SETTING were weaknesses according to the survey. Some runners pointed out that the course was too short.
START 58 SPECTATOR ACCESS 43
PASSIBILITY 65 STIMULATION 52
SURFACES 33 GROOMING 59
SAFETY 58 HILLINESS 49
SETTING 36 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 45
22. DAMASCUS Course Rating = 51
With survey scores in the top 5 in the county in SURFACES, STIMULATION, and HILLINESS, Damascus's overall course score was depressed by the lowest score by a long shot in PASSIBILITY as well as low scores in SAFETY and SPECTATOR ACCESS. These survey scores scream, "difficult trail race."
START 44 SPECTATOR ACCESS 17
PASSIBILITY 17 STIMULATION 77
SURFACES 89 GROOMING 70
SAFETY 33 HILLINESS 75
SETTING 64 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 49
21. WINSTON CHURCHILL Course Rating = 52
Churchill's course received top half scores in SPECTATOR ACCESS, SAFETY, and PASSIBILITY, but runners were not impressed with Churchill's course SETTING, STIMULATION, or GROOMING. One runner called it repetitive and another runner called it a "mess."
START 55 SPECTATOR ACCESS 75
PASSIBILITY 68 STIMULATION 29
SURFACES 56 GROOMING 46
SAFETY 62 HILLINESS 40
SETTING 40 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 35
20. MONTGOMERY BLAIR Course Rating = 53
Blair's course finished top half in the county in SETTING, GROOMING, and OVERALL ENJOYMENT. I would say don't change a thing, but Blair's course finished dead last in the SAFETY category. I hope everyone is alright.
START 59 SPECTATOR ACCESS 39
PASSIBILITY 50 STIMULATION 46
SURFACES 59 GROOMING 72
SAFETY 24 HILLINESS 55
SETTING 75 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 57
19. SPRINGBROOK Course Rating = 54
Springbrook's out-and-back, pavement-heavy course received very low scores in SURFACES and SPECTATOR ACCESS. The course received top half scores in most other categories including the third highest rated START.
START 74 SPECTATOR ACCESS 17
PASSIBILITY 71 STIMULATION 63
SURFACES 24 GROOMING 73
SAFETY 64 HILLINESS 62
SETTING 54 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 48
18. WALTER JOHNSON Course Rating = 54
Walter Johnson's course received top ten scores in PASSIBILITY, SAFETY, and SPECTATOR ACCESS. Runners dinged the repetitive course in the STIMULATION category. One runner was adamant that the course should have avoided pavement.
START 54 SPECTATOR ACCESS 70
PASSIBILITY 69 STIMULATION 36
SURFACES 57 GROOMING 47
SAFETY 64 HILLINESS 49
SETTING 47 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 46
17. ROCKVILLE Course Rating = 55
Once a venue for Maryland's 3A/4A West Championship Meets, Rockville's course at the Rockville Civic Center finished middle of the road in most categories. A top ten course in HILLINESS and SURFACES, one athlete said, "A decent course to be fair!"
START 58 SPECTATOR ACCESS 58
PASSIBILITY 63 STIMULATION 45
SURFACES 75 GROOMING 47
SAFETY 38 HILLINESS 66
SETTING 62 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 47
16. BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE Course Rating = 57
We have known it for years, but now it is official. B-CC has the flatest home course in MoCo with a HILLINESS score of 13 out of 100. A great deal of pavement garnered a low score in the SURFACES category but the woodsy PR-generating course received the sixth highest OVERALL ENJOYMENT score.
START 56 SPECTATOR ACCESS 44
PASSIBILITY 60 STIMULATION 58
SURFACES 41 GROOMING 56
SAFETY 60 HILLINESS 13
SETTING 74 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 64
15. THOMAS S. WOOTTON Course Rating = 57
Wootton's course confirmed my suspicions when introducing a new category to this survey: SPECTATOR ACCESS is diametrically opposed to STIMULATION. Wootton's course is #1 in SPECTATOR ACCESS and #30 in STIMULATION. Wootton's course also proved an inverse correlation between HILLINESS (#4) and OVERALL ENJOYMENT (#25). Averaging out these yo-yo scores resulted in a course ranked #15 out of 30.
START 43 SPECTATOR ACCESS 85
PASSIBILITY 68 STIMULATION 25
SURFACES 62 GROOMING 75
SAFETY 69 HILLINESS 74
SETTING 46 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 39
14. NORTHWOOD Course Rating = 58
Northwood got the opportunity to showcase the longtime Consortia Championship XC course to MCPS Division I schools. Northwood's course was the most reviewed course in this survey, and the survey scores suggest that the new visitors were only moderately impressed. Northwood's course earned top ten scores in SETTING, STIMULATION, and OVERALL ENJOYMENT, but the partial trail race earned demerits for PASSIBILITY, SAFETY, and SPECTATOR ACCESS.
START 66 SPECTATOR ACCESS 49
PASSIBILITY 45 STIMULATION 74
SURFACES 54 GROOMING 63
SAFETY 32 HILLINESS 61
SETTING 77 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 64
13. WATKINS MILL Course Rating = 59
It is interesting to see how Watkins Mill was judged in the DC Area Scorecard as a Regional Championship course versus how it was judged in this survey as a dual/tri/quad meet course. As a regional course, Watkins Mill was rebuked for having a bottleneck START. As a dual meet course, it has a top ten best START. Watkins Mill also earned top ten scores in SURFACES and HILLINESS.
START 69 SPECTATOR ACCESS 65
PASSIBILITY 64 STIMULATION 52
SURFACES 77 GROOMING 51
SAFETY 37 HILLINESS 73
SETTING 65 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 52
12. WHEATON Course Rating = 60
Wheaton's course scored high marks in categories that it could control: SAFETY and GROOMING. Scores were underwhelming in categories reflective of the venue selection: SETTING and STIMULATION.
START 68 SPECTATOR ACCESS 69
PASSIBILITY 66 STIMULATION 41
SURFACES 55 GROOMING 76
SAFETY 74 HILLINESS 55
SETTING 42 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 55
11. COVENANT LIFE Course Rating = 61
Undeniably a beautiful campus course with top ten scores in SETTING and OVERALL ENJOYMENT, Covenant Life probably makes for the perfect middle school XC race course. Unfortunately, the campus footprint may be a little small for a high school 5k. Survey respondents knocked it for a tight loop-the-loop START, repetition, and below average SPECTATOR ACCESS.
START 53 SPECTATOR ACCESS 50
PASSIBILITY 66 STIMULATION 53
SURFACES 71 GROOMING 70
SAFETY 52 HILLINESS 58
SETTING 73 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 66
10. SHERWOOD Course Rating = 62
Whitman runners were grateful to not be at Whitman while Northwood runners preferred their own course over Sherwood's. Whitman runners gave Sherwood's course a composite rating of 66 versus 53 for their home course. Northwood runners gave Sherwood's course a composite score of 60 versus 69 for their home course. Sherwood runners gave their home course a composite score of 62. Most agreed that the SETTING was a strength and SAFETY was a weakness. One Whitman runner said, "The course was great, very pretty, and well-marked. It was hot the day we ran there, but it was still great!"
START 60 SPECTATOR ACCESS 61
PASSIBILITY 69 STIMULATION 59
SURFACES 70 GROOMING 69
SAFETY 47 HILLINESS 48
SETTING 78 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 46
9. JAMES H. BLAKE Course Rating = 64
In the domain of XC courses that begin and end on MCPS property, Blake edged out its neighbor Sherwood for the #1 spot. All XC courses ranked ahead of Blake in this survey are either located at private schools or off-campus parklands. Normally a spike-friendly course, this year's Blake course took a hit in the SURFACES category, but one coach said that that was only temporary: "We had some issues this year with the trail so we did it mostly on pavement, but it should be good for spikes in the future."
START 78 SPECTATOR ACCESS 84
PASSIBILITY 76 STIMULATION 55
SURFACES 45 GROOMING 75
SAFETY 65 HILLINESS 51
SETTING 54 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 46
8. LANDON Course Rating = 64
Between middle school and high school, Landon's campus is the most utilized grounds for the sport of cross country in Montgomery County. The course has a few shortcomings including SURFACES and PASSIBILITY. Liberally described as a horseshoe-shaped course, it is remarkably spectator-friendly without any repetition. It received high marks from runners in the categories of START, STIMULATION, and SPECTATOR ACCESS.
START 71 SPECTATOR ACCESS 73
PASSIBILITY 58 STIMULATION 69
SURFACES 57 GROOMING 71
SAFETY 59 HILLINESS 60
SETTING 62 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 58
7. MAGRUDER Course Rating = 66
This is not your father's Lake Needwood course. Previously renowned for its HILLINESS and difficulty, Magruder's home course has been altered repeatedly over the past decade due to construction and wind storms according to Coach Stan Pawlowski. Ranked sixth flattest in this survey, the current layout is working for runners as the course ranks top-5 in PASSIBILITY, SETTING, and OVERALL ENJOYMENT.
START 68 SPECTATOR ACCESS 42
PASSIBILITY 75 STIMULATION 66
SURFACES 60 GROOMING 69
SAFETY 57 HILLINESS 47
SETTING 85 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 70
6. CLARKSBURG Course Rating = 66
As a mid-season dual meet course, Clarksburg's High Point Farm course was reportedly a work-in-progress as coaches prepared for the return of the 4A West Regional. SAFETY and PASSIBILITY scores were low, but one coach explained, "Back loop is a little rough at the moment, but we were told that would change by regionals. Easily one of the best home courses in the county." Surveys ranked Clarksburg's course among the top-5 in SURFACES, SETTING, STIMULATION, and HILLINESS.
START 71 SPECTATOR ACCESS 55
PASSIBILITY 55 STIMULATION 76
SURFACES 93 GROOMING 61
SAFETY 37 HILLINESS 73
SETTING 83 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 64
5. GEORGETOWN PREP Course Rating = 67
Georgetown Prep seems to be a divisive cross country course: most either love it or have it. A bottleneck START may be a shortcoming for Georgetown Prep's course, but the trail around campus makes up for it with top-5 scores in PASSIBILITY, SURFACES, SAFETY, and SPECTATOR ACCESS. Compared to this summer's DC Area Scorecard Survey, GP improved in PASSIBILITY and SAFETY. Several survey respondents observed with negative sentiment that hills make it a particularly challenging course. Very few boys have broken 17:00 and few girls have broken 20:00 on the 5k course in the past three years, but HILLINESS is not included in the final score in this survey.
START 49 SPECTATOR ACCESS 80
PASSIBILITY 73 STIMULATION 56
SURFACES 78 GROOMING 74
SAFETY 73 HILLINESS 67
SETTING 60 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 60
4. QUINCE ORCHARD Course Rating = 68
If you are looking at your wrist watch, you might not appreciate one of the great cross country venues in Maryland. Smokey Glen Farm hosted the Battle of the Potomac for 11 years from 2006 to 2016, and it may rival the Agricultural Farm Park as the best XC venue in MoCo. Why is it only ranked #4 in this survey? Much like its hilly terrain, survey scores revealed higher highs and lower lows compared to the courses rated ahead of it. Despite landing the #1 spots in START, PASSIBILITY, and SURFACES and taking the #2 spot in SETTING, QO's course got bottom-10 scores in SAFETY, STIMULATION, and GROOMING. It is definitely spike country with all the elements that you want in a cross country course, but it is rugged and difficult so look up and leave the wrist watch at home.
START 79 SPECTATOR ACCESS 71
PASSIBILITY 78 STIMULATION 43
SURFACES 96 GROOMING 57
SAFETY 43 HILLINESS 78
SETTING 89 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 62
3. GAITHERSBURG Course Rating = 71
The primary difference between this survey and the DC Area Scorecard from last summer is that the SHADE category was swapped out for SPECTATOR ACCES. Well, that certainly benefited the Gaithersburg home course, which we all know as the Montgomery County Championship course at Bohrer Park. A high SPECTATOR ACCESS score is offset by a low STIMULATION score. Other than that, Gaithersburg's course scored almost straight 70's across the board which makes it a very good cross country course. Perfect? No. The best course for an MCPS dual meet? Survey says: YES.
START 73 SPECTATOR ACCESS 82
PASSIBILITY 73 STIMULATION 45
SURFACES 69 GROOMING 79
SAFETY 71 HILLINESS 29
SETTING 71 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 71
2. BULLIS Course Rating = 73
Bullis's campus course checks just about every box. Some critics were hard on Bullis for a tight bottleneck START, but overall the course garnered top-5 ratings in PASSIBILITY, SURFACES, SAFETY, STIMULATION, and GROOMING. If I may interject my own opinion as a spectator, I do believe Bullis's SPECTATOR ACCESS score is a bit inflated because there is no way to watch more than the beginning and end of a race, but that is not to take away from high scores in all other categories. The combination turf and wooded trail course deserves all the praise heaped upon it by survey respondents, many of whom return year after year for the Bullis Invitational. Careful, though. If the Bullis Invitational gets too popular, course organizers will certainly need to rethink their starting line.
START 51 SPECTATOR ACCESS 71
PASSIBILITY 76 STIMULATION 70
SURFACES 81 GROOMING 84
SAFETY 83 HILLINESS 51
SETTING 66 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 73
1. SANDY SPRING FRIENDS Course Rating = 75
This year's PVAC Championship course ranks #1 in the county in SETTING, STIMULATION, and OVERALL ENJOYMENT. It received additional high marks for GROOMING and SPECTATOR ACCESS. Detractors had little to say about Sandy Spring's course in a negative light save for a below average SAFETY score. Multiple coaches that I spoke to after the survey believe that the PASSIBILITY score of 70 is inflated and in fact the PASSIBILITY severly limits Sandy Spring from being considered a great cross country course. Said one coach, "SSFS serves a great purpose for big weekday meets and is solid championship course for our little league...But it also has its quirks in that the second mile is almost all single track so positioning is key when someone enters the woods...All that being said, our families love the course because you can see the runners so many times and you don't have to move too much...Many of our kids also rank it as their favorite." So if this was a customer satisfaction survey and runners were the customers, the OVERALL ENJOYMENT score lifts Sandy Spring to the top of the first ever Montgomery County home meet XC Scorecard Survey.
START 64 SPECTATOR ACCESS 77
PASSIBILITY 70 STIMULATION 80
SURFACES 77 GROOMING 80
SAFETY 51 HILLINESS 56
SETTING 90 OVERALL ENJOYMENT 83
0. Agricultural History Farm Park
This article only includes HOME cross country courses in Montgomery County; therefore, the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, Maryland was not included in this survey. I want to mention that it was included in the DC Area XC Scorecard Survey earlier this summer and it was rated highest among XC courses in the entire Washington DC Area. Formerly the home of the DC-MD Private Schools State Championship Meet, the Magruder Invitational, the 2009 USATF Cross Country Championships, and currently the home of the Skip Grant Invitational and the IAC/ISL/MAC Championship Meet, the Ag Farm Park is universally loved by runners and coaches. Check out the DC Area XC Scorecard Survey HERE.
SURVEY RESULTS BY CATEGORY
All courses were rated on a scale of 0 to 100 in ten different categories where 100 was the most positive outcome except in the case HILLINESS. HILLINESS was not considered positive or negative and not included in the final score.
START
START was defined in the survey on a scale of "Long and Wide Open" to "Bottlenecks Rapidly."
1. Quince Orchard 79 11. SandySpring Friends 64 21. Whitman 53
2. Blake 78 12. Poolesville 62 22. Bullis 51
3. Springbrook 74 13. Sherwood 60 23. Georgetown Prep 49
4. Gaithersburg 73 14. Blair 59 24. Albert Einstein 49
5. Landon 71 15. Rockville 58 25. Northwest 44
6. Clarksburg 71 16. Richard Montgomery 58 26. Damascus 44
7. Watkins Mill 69 17. B-CC 56 27. Wootton 43
8. Magruder 68 18. Churchill 55 28. Paint Branch 42
9. Wheaton 68 19. Walter Johnson 54 29. Seneca Valley 35
10. Northwood 66 20. Covenant Life 53 30. Kennedy 33
PASSIBILITY
PASSIBILITY was defined in the survey on a scale of "Adequately Wide for Passing Throughout" to "Constant Logjam."
1. Quince Orchard 78 11. Poolesville 69 21. Northwest 59
2. Bullis 76 12. Wootton 68 22. Landon 57
3. Blake 76 13. Churchill 68 23. Kennedy 56
4. Magruder 75 14. Covenant Life 66 24. Albert Einstein 55
5. Georgetown Prep 73 15. Wheaton 66 25. Clarksburg 55
6. Gaithersburg 73 16. Richard Montgomery 65 26. Blair 50
7. Springbrook 71 17. Watkins Mill 64 27. Whitman 46
8. Sandy Spring Friends 70 18. Rockville 63 28. Northwood 45
9. Walter Johnson 69 19. B-CC 60 29. Paint Branch 42
10. Sherwood 69 20. Seneca Valley 60 30. Damascus 17
SURFACES
SURFACES was defined in the survey on a scale of "100% Spike Country" to "100% Impenetrable."
1. Quince Orchard 96 11. Paint Branch 69 21. Northwest 53
2. Clarksburg 93 12. Gaithersburg 69 22. Whitman 48
3. Damascus 89 13. Wootton 62 23. Kennedy 45
4. Bullis 81 14. Magruder 60 24. Blake 45
5. Georgetown Prep 78 15. Blair 59 25. Albert Einstein 44
6. Watkins Mill 77 16. Walter Johnson 57 26. B-CC 41
7. Sandy Spring Friends 77 17. Landon 57 27. Richard Montgomery 33
8. Rockville 75 18. Churchill 56 28. Springbrook 24
9. Covenant Life 71 19. Wheaton 55 29. Seneca Valley 17
10. Sherwood 70 20. Northwood 54 29. Poolesville 17
SAFETY
SAFETY was defined in the survey on a scale of "Country Club Smooth" to "Ankle Twisting Roots and Bears."
1. Bullis 83 11. Northwest 62 21. Seneca Valley 46
2. Wheaton 74 12. B-CC 60 22. Albert Einstein 45
3. Georgetown Prep 73 13. Landon 59 23. Quince Orchard 43
4. Gaithersburg 71 14. Richard Montgomery 58 24. Paint Branch 40
5. Wootton 69 15. Magruder 57 25. Rockville 38
6. Blake 65 16. Kennedy 53 26. Watkins Mill 37
7. Springbrook 64 17. Covenant Life 52 27. Clarksburg 37
8. Walter Johnson 64 18. SandySpring Friends 51 28. Damascus 33
9. Poolesville 63 19. Whitman 51 29. Northwood 32
10. Churchill 62 20. Sherwood 47 30. Blair 24
SETTING
SETTING was defined in the survey on a scale of "Breathtaking Natural Beauty" to "Urban Dump."
1. Sandy Spring Friends 90 11. Gaithersburg 71 21. Walter Johnson 47
2. Quince Orchard 89 12. Kennedy 71 22. Wootton 46
3. Magruder 85 13. Bullis 66 23. Albert Einstein 46
4. Clarksburg 83 14. Watkins Mill 65 24. Whitman 45
5. Seneca Valley 80 15. Damascus 64 25. Wheaton 42
6. Sherwood 78 16. Rockville 62 26. Churchill 40
7. Northwood 77 17. Landon 62 27. Richard Montgomery 36
8. Blair 75 18. Georgetown Prep 60 28. Poolesville 35
9. B-CC 74 19. Blake 54 29. Paint Branch 30
10. Covenant Life 73 20. Springbrook 54 30. Northwest 30
SPECTATOR ACCESS
SPECTATOR ACCESS was defined in the survey on a scale of "Spectators can Support Runners at Many Locations (without interference)" to "Spectator Access Extremely Limited."
1. Wootton 85 11. Northwest 70 21. Northwood 49
2. Blake 84 12. Wheaton 69 22. B-CC 44
3. Gaithersburg 82 13. Watkins Mill 65 23. Richard Montgomery 43
4. Georgetown Prep 80 14. Whitman 64 24. Albert Einstein 43
5. Sandy Spring Friends 77 15. Sherwood 61 25. Magruder 42
6. Churchill 75 16. Rockville 58 26. Blair 39
7. Landon 73 17. Paint Branch 57 27. Poolesville 25
8. Bullis 71 18. Clarksburg 55 28. Springbrook 17
9. Quince Orchard 71 19. Seneca Valley 53 29. Damascus 17
10. Walter Johnson 70 20. Covenant Life 50 30. Kennedy 15
STIMULATION
STIMULATION was defined in the survey on a scale of "Exhilirating Start to Finish" to "Monotonous and Repetitive."
1. Sandy Spring Friends 80 11. B-CC 58 21. Poolesville 43
2. Damascus 77 12. Seneca Valley 57 22. Quince Orchard 43
3. Clarksburg 76 13. Georgetown Prep 56 23. Wheaton 41
4. Northwood 74 14. Blake 55 24. Paint Branch 40
5. Bullis 70 15. Covenant Life 53 25. Northwest 38
6. Landon 69 16. Richard Montgomery 52 26. Walter Johnson 36
7. Albert Einstein 67 17. Watkins Mill 52 27. Churchill 29
8. Magruder 66 18. Blair 46 28. Whitman 27
9. Springrbook 63 19. Gaithersburg 45 29. Kennedy 27
10. Sherwood 59 20. Rockville 45 30. Wootton 25
GROOMING
GROOMING was defined in the survey on a scale of "Well Groomed, Well Marked" to "Someone Better Know Where to Go."
1. Bullis 84 11. Landon 71 21. B-CC 56
2. Sandy Spring Friends 80 12. Damascus 70 22. Watkins Mill 51
3. Gaithersburg 79 13. Whitman 70 23. Poolesville 48
4. Wheaton 76 14. Covenant Life 70 24. Rockville 47
5. Wootton 75 15. Magruder 69 25. Walter Johnson 47
6. Blake 75 16. Sherwood 69 26. Churchill 46
7. Paint Branch 74 17. Northwood 63 27. Albert Einstein 43
8. Georgetown Prep 74 18. Clarksburg 61 28. Seneca Valley 34
9. Springbrook 73 19. Richard Montgomery 59 29. Northwest 29
10. Blair 72 20. Quince Orchard 57 30. Kennedy 27
HILLINESS
HILLINESS was defined in the survey on a scale of "Practically All Uphill" to "Flat." Neither end of the spectrum was considered positive or negative.
1. Seneca Valley 84 11. Landon 60 21. Walter Johnson 49
2. Quince Orchard 78 12. Covenant Life 58 22. Richard Montgomery 49
3. Damascus 75 13. Whitman 57 23. Sherwood 48
4. Wootton 74 14. SandySpring Friends 56 24. Magruder 47
5. Clarksburg 73 15. Blair 55 25. Kennedy 43
6. Watkins Mill 73 16. Wheaton 55 26. Northwest 43
7. Georgetown Prep 67 17. Albert Einstein 54 27. Churchill 40
8. Rockville 66 18. Blake 51 28. Poolesville 33
9. Springbrook 62 19. Bullis 51 29. Gaithersburg 29
10. Northwood 61 20. Paint Branch 51 30. B-CC 13
OVERALL ENJOYMENT
OVERALL ENJOYMENT was defined in the survey on a scale of "Runner's High" to "No Redeeming Qualities."
1. Sandy Spring Friends 83 11. Landon 58 21. Sherwood 46
2. Bullis 73 12. Blair 57 22. Seneca Valley 45
3. Gaithersburg 71 13. Wheaton 55 23. Richard Montgomery 45
4. Magruder 70 14. Watkins Mill 52 24. Paint Branch 44
5. Covenant Life 66 15. Damascus 49 25. Wootton 39
6. B-CC 64 16. Springbrook 48 26. Whitman 39
7. Clarksburg 64 17. Rockville 47 27. Poolesville 38
8. Northwood 64 18. Albert Einstein 47 28. Churchill 35
9. Quince Orchard 62 19. Walter Johnson 46 29. Kennedy 31
10. Georgetown Prep 60 20. Blake 46 30. Northwest 26
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