104 graduates from the class of 2008 shared their college decisions with mocorunning.com. Email webmaster@mocorunning.com if you would still like to add yourself to this page.
Name		High School		College		Comment
Philip Adams		DeMatha		Mary Washington		XC/Track
Kathy Aherne		Northwest		UNC Wilmington		xc and track
Alison Albrecht		Magruder		Susquehanna University
Owoade Ayorinde		Winston Churchill		University of Maryland		XC/ Track
Nick Bax		St. Albans		Princeton		lightweight crew
petros bein		clarksburg		methodist university		running track
Nick Betts		Damascus		VCU
Cory Boatman		Good Counsel		Syracuse		Football
Alex Bodaken		Einstein High School		University of Wisconsin		Yo, I'm done, son
Zach Boodie		Springbrook		Morgan State
Sarah Britton		Richard Montgomery		Washington Universiy in St. Louis		xc/track
Liz Calhoun		Wootton		Georgia Tech
Efayomi Carr		St. Albans		University Of Pennsylvania		Track
Ian Chasler		Magruder		University of South Carolina		walk on (if i feel good)
Brandon Clark		Good Counsel		La Salle		Track
Alexander Conant		WJ		Bowdoin College		XC and Track
Grace Corbett		Sherwood		UMD-College Park
kereem cumberbatch		gaithursburg		salisbury university
Drew Daggan		Damascus		Waynesburg university		track and football
Neal Darmody		Quince Orchard		High Point University		Cross Country and Track
Holly Defnet		Poolesville		Salisbury University		Track and Field
Sebi Devlin-Foltz		Einstein		Occidental College		XC/Track/Warm Weather
kelsey dorset		quince orchard		appalachian state university		playing field hockey
Becky Durling		National Cathedral		University Chicago		XC/Track
Alix Dyer		French International		Emory College		sprints
Emma Eckerstrom		Northwest		Colgate		XC/Track
Ifeanyi Edochie		Georgetown Preparatory School		Lehigh University		track
Brendan Etzel		Richard Montgomery		IUP		sprints
Alonzo Evans-Chase		Richard Montgomery		United States Marine Corps		Its not college but the real deal.
Suzanne Falk		Wootton		University of Wisconsin-Madison		jumps
carlye fenner		damascus high school		MC-Rockville Campus		My sister & I want to run XC,Indoor, & Outdoor Track.
Ian Francis		WJ		Emory		Track&Field
Emilio Galis		Magruder		Duquesne		(possibly) XC
Morgane Gay		Walt Whitman		Universtiy of Virginia		XC/Track
Monica Gerald		Blake		Towson
Brian Graves		Walter Johnson		Appalachian State		Track and Cross
Johanna Gretschel		Montgomery Blair		Tulane University		track/XC
Charlie Grimsley		Walter Johnson		Clemson
Louise Hannallah		Winston Churchill		Vanderbilt University		XC/ Track
Daniel Hausman		Sherwood		Pittsburgh		Ultimate Frisbee
Chase Hendrigsman		Walt Whitman		LSU		if extremely lucky walk on track
Chris Hogan		Good Counsel		West Virginia		Track?/XC?
Yoshi Horiguchi		Wootton		UMBC		Music
Denesha Jiles		St. John's College HS		Winston-Salem State Univ
John Jones		Paint Branch High School		Delaware State Univ.
Josh Joson		Quince Orchard		IUP		distance
Joseph Kelly		Albert Einstein		Saint Augustine's college		I do plan to run track, and from what i hear and know the are the best in D2
Sharif Kronemer		Springbrook		Ohio- Wesleyan University		Cross Country/ Track
David Laratta		Quince Orchard		La Salle		Track and XC
Michael Leaman		Clarksburg		Massachusetts Institute of Technology		XC/ Track
Kevin levine		Churchill		Washington University
James Lough		B-CC		United States Military Academy		Track
Iona Machado		Wootton		Cornell University
Mohamed Mansaray		Montgomery Blair		FIU		great track program and basketball
Max Marinelli		Landon		Colorado College		Cross Country
Ian McDermott		Good Counsel		University of Maryland, College Park		XC and Track (hopefully)
Erin McManus		Winston Churchill		Vanderbilt		XC/Track
Mike Migdall		Quince Orchard		Oberlin		XC & Track
Ashley Mitchell		Holton-Arms		Washington University in St. Louis		Track
Chris Moen		WJ		App st.		cross country and track
Rafi Moersen		WJ		George Washington		xc (hopefully)
Marcelo Morinigo		Walter Johnson		University of San Diego
Leslie Morrison		Walt Whitman		Duke		Track
Morgan Mott		Clarksburg		methodist		im done with high school track
Christina Mullen		Blair		Dickinson College		Undecided
Ryan Mullsteff		Damascus		Loyola University Chicago		playing volleyball
Jordan Myers		Good Counsel		Villanova		Track
Ashleigh Nesselt		Poolesville		Towson University
William Orndorff		Rockville High School		Lynchburg College
Artem Panasenkov		Quince Orchard		Rochester Institute of Technology		XC/ Track (Steeple)
David Payne		Northwood		Howard		Track and Football
Derrick Powell		Northwood		Marist College		Full scholarship for football also running track
Alex PREVOST		B-CC		ECU		Cross/Track
Jacquie Price		Walter Johnson		Lehigh University		possibly track
Darius Ray		Magruder		Montgomery College		Track
Giovanni Reumante		Northwood		Hampton University		XC and Track
Chad Rogers		Dematha Catholic High School		North Carolina A&T State University		Middle Distance/XC
Arleigh Rose		Sherwood High School		Colorado State University		Hammer, Discus, & Shot Put
Johns Ross		The Potomac School		Duke		XC / Track
Veronica Salcido		Wootton		University of Pennsylvania
Liza Schalch		Whitman		Amherst
Adam Schnapp		Blake		UNC Asheville		XC/Track
Nilan Schnure		Montgomery Blair High School		Princeton University		hopefully walk on for track
Aaron Schulman		WJ		Univ Colorado- Boulder		May run track
Kyle Short		BCC		Washington University in St. Louis		XC/Track
Kenny Siu		Wootton		Maryland
Russell Speiden		Sherwood		Elizabethtown College
Becca Stinner		Northwest		Salisbury
Dylan Straughan		BCC		Dickinson College		XC/Track
Matthew Sushinsky		The Heights		University of Notre Dame
Martin Swift		Einstein		Carnegie Mellon		Bagpipes and pole vault
Ebou Touray		Springbrook		Goucher
Louis Varella		Blair		Jackson State
Pat Vaughan		Good Counsel		Harvard University		Chess Team
Evan Vaughn		John F. Kennedy		Rochester Institute of Technology		track
DeRon von Ballmoos		Watkins Mill		George Mason University		I will be running track for GMU in the upcoming season
Carter Ward		Gonzaga		Fordham University		Middle Distance
Rianne Webb		Richard Montgomery HS		Brown University		Track
Akia Wesley		WJ		Howard
Courtney Whalen		Magruder		Elon University		XC/track
Keenan Woods		Northwood		Morgan State		Walk on track & field
Garvey Young		Georgetown Prep		Vermont
Wil Zahorodny		Damascus		UNC Wilmington
Jill Zdenek		Whitman		Vermont

Brendan Etzel of Richard Montgomery has signed to run track with Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). IUP is a Division II school about an hour east of Pittsburgh. This past indoor season, Brendan was the county, region, and 4A state champion in the 300-meter dash. He finished the indoor season ranked in the top 5 in the nation in the 300 with his season best time of 34.47. He has competed on multiple state champion relay teams and has helped his team to win the past five indoor and outdoor county titles. Above, he is pictured with Richard Montgomery head track coach Matt Wheeler.		Leslie Morrison of Whitman High School will attend Duke University in the fall. Leslie has racked up nine individual county titles in her high school career, including three consecutive indoor 500-meter county titles and five consecutive indoor and outdoor 800-meter county titles. She has won an outdoor 800-meter state title in a personal best 2:14.02 and an outdoor state title this year in the 1600 in a personal best 5:04.59. She hopes to focus on the 1500 in college.
Louise Hannallah of Churchill High School signed with Vanderbilt University to run cross country and track. Louise has been one of the top runners in Maryland for four years. She has won two county titles in the 3200m run with a personal record of 11:06. She finished in the top 5 in each of the last 3 cross country county and state championship meets. She was recently named to the Washington Post All-Met cross country team and was named Maryland's Gatorade Athlete of the Year for the 2007 cross country season.		Morgane Gay of Whitman High School signed with the University of Virginia to run cross country and track. Morgane first started running at an elite level in her sophomore year on Whitman's nationally ranked 4x800m relay and DMR. She came on very strong in her junior year when she smashed the county cross country course record and was later named a Washington Post All-Met athlete. She went on to win numerous country, region, and state titles in the 1600m run with a personal record of 4:55. This fall she again broke her county course cross country record and was named a repeat All-Met athlete.
Erin McManus of Churchill High School will be joining her teammate Louise Hannallah for four more years at Vanderbilt University beginning next fall. As Vanderbilt recruited Louise, it did not take long for them to realize that there would be a place on the roster for Erin as well. She tore up cross country courses last fall with a personal best time of 18:43. She was fifth at the county championship and eighth at the state championship. She also recently placed 2nd in the county in the 3200-meter run with a personal best time of 11:23. Louis Varella will be attending Jackson State University in Jackson Mississippi this fall. Louis was accepted into Jackson States Honors College, where he will major in Biology with a concentration in Physical Therapy. Louis was also awarded a track scholarship to run for the Division I Blue Tigers. He developed along with his teammates at Blair to form some of the fastest sprint relays this county has ever seen. Despite some injuries in his high school career, he finished his senior year with county and regional titles in the 400-meter dash and the fastest 400-meter time of mocorunning.com's three year history at 48.48.		Damascus Hornets Drew Daggan and Amanda Zyzak have committed to join the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets, an NCAA Division III team located in Waynesburg, PA about an hour south of Pittsburgh. Drew has risen to become a state level competitor in the throwing events this year. Amanda does it all for Damascus and will do the heptathlon and cross country in college. Wil Zahorodny has signed with UNC Wilmington to compete in cross country and track and major in marine biology. UNC Wilmington is an NCAA Division I school which competes in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). This past indoor season, Wil set the county and state records in the 500-meter dash, at one point running the fastest time in the nation at that distance. He also helped his 3200-meter relay team break the 3A state record. He was named the 2008 Washington Post Indoor Track All-Met Athlete of the Year.

Elisabeth Warren of Connelly School of the Holy Child in Potomac, Maryland recently selected for the 2008 All Gazette 1st Track Team member has signed a National Letter of Intent and will attend Fordham University in New York City on track scholarship. Fordham is a D-1 program that competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference in all sports except football which they play in the Patriot League. Elisabeth will compete in the 100, 200, 400, Long Jump and possibly the Triple Jump at Fordham. She is part of highly recruited incoming class. Elisabeth is a 4 time All-ISL Selection and the 2008 Long Jump Champion. She holds three school records in the 100 (12.25); 200 (25.62), Long Jump (17'2.25) and ran 58.33 in the 400 meters. She was a starter on Holy Child's varsity soccer and basketball teams and a member of the National Honor Society. Elisabeth is one of eight seniors from the 2008 senior class of 80 students that will compete at the D - 1 level from Holy Child.

Rachel Karanian of Connelly School of the Holy Child has signed to play soccer and run track for Loyola College of Baltimore. Rachel is a All-ISL Track and Soccer selection and 2008 All Met Honorable Mention in soccer. Rachel is member of Holy Child school record relay teams - 4 X 100 (50.21), 4 X 200 (1:46.53) and 4 x 400 (4:06.43). She is an ISL 400 and 200 meter finalist and has run 59.23 and 26.61 in the 400 and 200 meters respectively. In recognition of her talent, Loyola has agreed to her competing in both sports. While at Holy Child, Rachel was a multi-sport athlete competing in soccer, varsity swimming and track. She holds the school record of most goals in a season (22) and will play for Loyola which is two time MAAC soccer champions. The Greyhounds have the top D-1 women's program in Maryland and have made the NCAA Women's soccer tournament the last two years.