74 valid votes were tabulated for Mocorunning's XC County Championship Poll. Below are the composite results of that poll.

1. Rohann Asfaw, Richard Montgomery 2017 415 Poll Points The top returner from last year's race, Asfaw has won every race this season except for one (an impressive fourth place finish at Oatlands). He could join Chase Weaverling as the only other non-senior to win the county championship in the last decade.

2. Liam Walsh, Quince Orchard 2016 308 Poll Points Since 2000, four different schools (Walter Johnson, Northwest, Gaithersburg, and Quince Orchard) have had two different county champions. While he may not be the favorite, Walsh certainly has a chance to make it three for the Cougars on Monday.

3. Michael Abebe, Northwood 2016 277 Poll Points Abebe was the top MCPS finisher not named Rohann Asfaw at the Oatlands Invitational, and he beat Liam Walsh head-to-head with one shoe in his hand at DCXC. He could be Asfaw's biggest threat on Monday.

4. Branson Oduor, Northwest 2016 274 Poll Points Oduor embodies this year's Northwest team: the improbable underdog, now ready to make a statement on a big stage. He's also the first boy to receive a top three pre-meet poll ranking after not appearing on Mocorunning's preseason poll since Jackson Reams in 2009.

5. Dylan Kannapell, B-CC 2016 215 Poll Points It's been an up-and-down year for Kannapell, but his 16:06 at the Adidas XC Invite shows that he is one of the best in Moco when he's on his game. He and Lucas Heinzerling could form the top duo in the county race.

6. Colin SyBing, Thomas S. Wootton 2016 158 Poll Points After an injury plagued junior season, SyBing's is faring much better in his senior campaign. He has two runner-up finishes at Track & Trail and Coyote (both finishing behind Asfaw) and was just four seconds behind Abebe at the DCXC Invite. He is the top runner for a team that many favor to win this meet.

7. Lucas Heinzerling, B-CC 2016 122 Poll Points One of the most improved runners in the county, he's been right with Kannapell (and occasionally ahead) this season. He was Moco's top runner at the Bull Run Invite this year.

8. Alejandro Arias, Albert Einstein 2016 88 Poll Points Aside from racing sick at William & Mary, Arias hasn't finished outside the top three in a race this season. His 17:02 at Bull Run was the third fastest by a MoCo runner this season. The Titans last had a runner in the top ten in 2012 with Nick Simpson and Ben Withbroe.

9. Ben Gersch, Walt Whitman 2016 82 Poll Points Gersch has finished in the top 25 at both Oatlands and DCXC this season. He will try to continue Whitman's streak of having a runner in the top eleven for four straight seasons. Only Walter Johnson has a longer active stretch.

10. Cliff Tilley, Thomas S. Wootton 2016 71 Poll Points Tilley's best race came at the DCXC Invite where he beat Gersch and finished just sixteen seconds behind Abebe. 2012 was the last time MoCo saw two separate duos in the top ten (Kannapell/Heinzerling and SyBing/Tilley have a shot, as do Richard Montgomery's Asfaw/Joachim El-Masry).

Other notables:

Joachim El-Masry, Richard Montgomery: A breakout race at the Coyote Run last Thursday throws him into top ten contention.

James Newport, Blake: He's consistently been about 15 seconds behind Arias this season. Blake hasn't had a top fifteen runner since Kyle Gaffney in 2006.

Adam Sarsony, Rockville: He doesn't attract much attention because Rockville hasn't run many big meets, but he was Moco's fourth fastest at Bull Run, just one second behind Arias.