Watkins Mill proved me wrong once and they proved me wrong twice. I wouldn't dare pick against Watkins Mill a third time. All aboard the Watkins Mill bandwagon express! Tickets are good until at least 2012.

I'm not saying it will be easy. In fact, it's a long shot. They need several huge performances to pull it off. They could use two more inches out of high jumper Fola Akinnibi. They need Damiete Roberts to repeat his 44 foot triple jump from a few weeks ago, and William Yougnia and Daniel Upson need to run under 11.2 in the 100. They need to score big in all of the sprint relays and maybe even grab a point in the 4x800. Most importantly, they need Brandon Addison to show up and win gold in the 200 and 400. Addison is due for a big sub-49 performance in the open 400.

None of these things are unattainable, but most of these things were not done at the regional meet. It will probably take about 70 points to take down the strong teams from Reservoir of Howard County and Potomac of PG County.

Of course, I am not counting out the indoor state champions from Damascus. Their cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track "triple crown" is still within reach despite losing team leader Thomas Arias to a season-long injury suffered during the Nike Indoor Nationals Meet. Damascus is similar to Reservoir with a strong core of middle distance runners and throwers, and therefore they have the opportunity to cut down Reservoir in head-to-head competition. Take care of business in the 800 and 4x800 and get a big throw out of Jake Furr and they could take the bite out of Reservoir's bark.

Another rematch between Damascus and Watkins Mill in the 4x400 will be exciting to see at the end of the day. Who knows? Maybe the team title will come down to that race.

Check out Anthony Donnay-Wood of Blake behind the stadium as he competes for a discus state title in his first year (although he is senior). His mark of 148-03 is the top MCPS mark this year and earns him the second best seed in the competition.

Wilde Lake's star distance runner Kikanae Punyua will lead the 3200 field as five Moco distance runners, all coming off of breakout races, attempt to chase after him.