The county believes that the once dominant Gaithersburg team is ready to regain the top spot with favorites in 5 events.

Between December 8 and December 10, MoCoRunning.com conducted an open online poll. The poll results are just to see what the general audience thinks and it is just for fun. Participants were instructed to select their favorites in each event and rank the top teams for the indoor county championship meet. Roughly 71 valid votes were used. Below you will find the results. The county champion favorites are listed with the percentage of people that voted for them.

All-American sprinter from Wootton, Olivia Ekpone is back and better than ever this season.

Event Name, School % Name, School % 55m Dash Avery Graham, Clarksburg 65.2 Olivia Ekpone, Wootton 96.3 55m Hurdles Keith Hudson, Northwood 32.3 Olivia Durr, Poolesville 72.2 300m Jonathan Haughton, Blair 44.6 Olivia Ekpone, Wootton 90.9 500m Antonio Palmer, Gaithersburg 63.1 Arielle Statham, Paint Branch 38.9 800m Antonio Palmer, Gaithersburg 71.2 Alex Doll, B-CC 41.8 1600m Solomon Haile, Sherwood 61.5 Alex Doll, B-CC 49.1 3200m Solomon Haile, Sherwood 95.3 Britt Eckerstrom, Northwest 57.1 4x200 Clarksburg 44.4 Paint Branch 45.5 4x400 Northwest 34.4 Wootton Paint Branch 34.5 34.5 4x800 Damascus 32.8 B-CC 40.7 High Jump Owen Cain, Gaithersburg 55.2 Vanessa Jules, Paint Branch 52.8 Long Jump Hassan Dixon, Northwest 36.2 Thea LaFond, Kennedy 26.5 Triple Jump Owen Cain, Gaithersburg 43.1 Arielle Statham, Paint Branch 58.8 Shot Put Sean Stanley, Gaithersburg 58.3 Octavia King, Blake 28.0 Top Scorer Antonio Palmer, Gaithersburg 32.8 Olivia Ekpone, Wootton 86.0

Rk Boys School Poll Points Rk Girls School Poll Points 1 Gaithersburg 337 1 Wootton 333 2 Clarksburg 292 2 B-CC 261 3 Damascus 187 T-3 Churchill 220 4 Sherwood 182 T-3 Paint Branch 220 5 Whitman 177 5 Northwest 214 6 Walter Johnson 160 6 Damascus 170 7 Churchill 159 7 Gaithersburg 150 8 Northwest 148 8 Whitman 116 9 Blair 128 9 Clarksburg 105 10 Richard Montgomery 111 10 Poolesville 98