Below are the results to the 4A State Championship Fan Poll conducted by mocorunning.com and runningmaryland.com between February 13th and February 17th, 2008. Fans were instructed to choose their favorites in every event and their pick for winning team. Only complete submissions were used in the tally. 139 valid submissions were used for boys. 133 valid submissions were used for girls. Below, the favorites are listed with the percentage of people that voted for them.
Field 1 - The Boys
Event
Name
%
55m Dash:
Patrick Balderson, Linganore
29.7
55m Hurdles:
Tyler Jackson , R. Montgomery
40.0
300m Dash:
Brendan Etzel, R. Montgomery
51.1
500m Dash:
Leslie Murray , High Point
29.4
800m Run:
Daniel Edmunds , E. Roosevelt
42.0
1600m:
Neal Darmody, Q. Orchard
44.9
3200m:
Neal Darmody , Q. Orchard
52.9
4x200:
Montgomery Blair
28.5
4x400:
Eleanor Roosevelt
50.4
4x800:
Eleanor Roosevelt
41.5
High Jump:
Leslie Murray, High Point
33.3
Shot Put:
Sean Stanley , Gaithersburg
51.2
Pole Vault:
Shawn Meyers , Perry Hall
20.6
Team:
E. Roosevelt
34.3
Field 2 - The Girls
Event
Name
%
55m Dash:
Olivia Ekpone, Wootton
47.3
55m Hurdles:
Imani Colbert , CH Flowers
32.0
300m Dash:
Olivia Ekpone, Wootton
41.2
500m Dash:
Tasha Stanley, E. Roosevelt
67.2
800m Run:
Tasha Stanley , E. Roosevelt
47.3
1600m:
Morgane Gay , Whitman
42.1
3200m:
Louise Hannallah , Churchill
44.4
4x200:
Eleanor Roosevelt
68.7
4x400:
Eleanor Roosevelt
79.7
4x800:
Eleanor Roosevelt
56.1
High Jump:
Chowan Brightful, Linganore
24.8
Shot Put:
Emily Vannoy , Thomas Johnson
50.8
Pole Vault:
Jess Huber, N Carroll
33.1
Team:
E. Roosevelt
69.5
Fans were given the option to leave their name to see who had the best predictions. These votes were not necessarily counted in the poll talley, but were kept for the purposes of the competition.