A completely random smattering of county championship observations.
Girls Team Notes:
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Walter Johnson (10) surpassed Whitman (9) with the most county titles since the first scored meet in 1978.
Wootton's 96 points was the school's lowest point total in school history.
Clarksburg matched its lowest finish in school history - 7th.
Blair matched its lowest finish in school history - 4th.
Wootton matched its lowest finish in school history - 2nd.
Walter Johnson matched its lowest finish in school history - 1st.
Northwood's 15th place finish and 448 points was the school's best since 1983.
QO kept alive a 29 year streak of finishing in the top ten since the school opened in 1989.
Whitman kept alive a 35 year streak of finishing in the top 10 since 1981.
Richard Montgomery and Clarksburg each improved 7 places from 2016 to 2017 to tie for the most improved teams.
The 13th place girls team (Churchill) was the lowest scoring 13th place girls team (284) in meet history.
There has still never been a county championship meet with 25 scoring varsity girls teams.
Boys Team Notes:
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Whitman's 14th county titles is nine more than the next school: Walter Johnson (5).
B-CC kept alive a seven year streak in the top 5.
Wootton kept alive a six year streak in the top 5.
Richard Montgomery kept alive a ten year streak in the top 10 (longest active streak).
Blair's 7th place finish was the school's lowest since 1981.
Northwood's 6th place finish and 224 points was the school's lowest since 1980.
Springbrook's 316 points was the school's lowest since 1998.
Northwood dropped 12 places from 2016 to 2017 to be the most improved team.
123 points was the highest winning team score in meet history.
The 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th place team scores were the lowest 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th place team scores in meet history.
22 points separated the first four teams. The previous smallest point differential for the top four teams was 41 points in 2013.
30 points separated the first five teams. The previous smallest point differential for the top five teams was 48 points in 2014.
114 points separated the first 9 teams. The previous smallest point differential for the top nine teams was 125 points in 2013.
Since 1978 Boys and Girls Team County Title Count:
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School Boys Girls Total
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WALT WHITMAN 14 9 23
WALTER JOHNSON 5 10 15
WINSTON CHURCHILL 4 7 11
NORTHWEST 3 5 8
QUINCE ORCHARD 4 3 7
BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE 1 3 4
GAITHERSBURG 3 0 3
DAMASCUS 0 1 1
ROBERT PEARY 1 0 1
ROCKVILLE 1 0 1
SHERWOOD 1 0 1
THOMAS WOOTTON 1 0 1
Abigail Green is the twelfth athlete (female or male) to earn All-County (Top-10 at the county meet) four times:
Girls Four-Time All-County
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Virginia Mattingly Whitman 1984-1987
Christina Stallings Quince Orchard 1991-1994
Sally Glynn Walter Johnson 1992-1995
Sarah Wassner Watkins Mill 1993-1996
Ashlyn Sinclair Blair 2003-2006
Halsey Sinclair Blair 2003-2006
Britt Eckerstrom Northwest 2007-2010
Abbey Daley Clarksburg 2009-2012
Nora McUmber B-CC 2011-2014
Abigail Green Walter Johnson 2014-2017
Boys Four-Time All-County
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Paul Tufaro Whitman 1996-1999
Andrew Palmer Whitman 2006-2009
Abigail Green is the fifth athlete (female or male) to win three or more individual XC county titles:
Three or More Individual County Titles
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Sally Glynn (4) Walter Johnson 1992-1995
Karen Pulliam (3) Quince Orchard 1999-2001
Halsey Sinclair (3) Blair 2003-2005
Nora McUmber (3) Bethesda-CC 2012-2014
Abigail Green (3) Walter Johnson 2015-2017
The Bohrer Park Course has been used in its current layout since 2011. The following stats pertain to that course since 2011.
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Abigail Green holds the top three girls times in course history (since 2011).
The top 9 finishers from 2017 are now ranked in the top 17 in course history (since 2011).
Richard Montgomery's Garrett Suhr is now the sophomore record holder on the Bohrer Park County Course with a time of 15:43.10.
The 8th fastest boys time from 2017 matched the 8th fastest time from the previous six years combined - 15:50.4.
The 6th and 9th fastest times from 2017 were faster than the 6th and 9th fastest times from previous six year combined.
Nine boys broke 16:00 in 2017. The previous record for most boys sub-16:00 at Bohrer Park course was five in 2015. Six boys broke 16:00 at the old Gaithersburg HS course in 2010.
Varsity boys who finished between 3rd place and 159th place were the fastest ever for their finish position. ie. Mark Unger was the fastest third place finisher in course history and so-on up to place 159.
Just about any boys record that you could dream up except for the course record was broken in 2017.
Girls Hypothetical County Team Scores with Class of 2018 Removed
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Rank Team Hypothetical Points
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1 Walt Whitman 55
2 Thomas S Wootton 68
3 Walter Johnson 167
4 Richard Montgomery 168
5 Poolesville Sr 200
6 Bethesda-Chevy Chase 204
7 Montgomery Blair 222
8 Northwest 235
9 Clarksburg 246
10 Winston Churchill 248
11 Sherwood 260
12 Quince Orchard 304
13 Damascus 325
14 Northwood 404
15 Gaithersburg 412
16 Albert Einstein 481
17 James Hubert Blake 485
18 Col. Zadok Magruder 519
19 Rockville 520
20 Wheaton 531
21 Seneca Valley 556
22 Springbrook 596
23 Watkins Mill 656
- Kennedy NC
- Paint Branch NC
Boys Hypothetical County Team Scores with Class of 2018 Removed
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Rank Team Hypothetical Points
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1 Walt Whitman 75
2 Thomas S Wootton 116
3 Richard Montgomery 147
4 Montgomery Blair 171
5 Sherwood 179
6 Northwood 184
7 Bethesda-Chevy Chase 202
8 Paint Branch 207
9 Winston Churchill 220
10 Albert Einstein 287
11 Poolesville Sr 293
12 Walter Johnson 310
13 Springbrook 337
14 Clarksburg 372
15 Northwest 373
16 Quince Orchard 420
17 Gaithersburg 474
18 Col. Zadok Magruder 548
19 Damascus 558
20 Seneca Valley 598
21 James Hubert Blake 618
22 Watkins Mill 621
23 Wheaton 625
24 Rockville 691
25 John F Kennedy 780
Look for Mocorunning's 2018 XC County Championship Record Book next summer. For now, Download Mocorunning's 2017 XC County Championship Meet Record Book to see all kinds of fun stats about the county championship meet.
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