2012 College Decisions
Name		High School		College		Comment
Alex Tritell		CES Jewish Day		Bates		XC/Track
Alexander Blum		Churchill		Brown
Andrew Kyeremeh		Northwest		UNC Chapel Hill		Undecided
Andrew Gyenis		Georgetown Prep		Stanford		Undecided
Anna Ucheomumu		Albert Einstein		Miami		Cheerleading
Anna Ryba		Walt Whitman		Williams		Distance
Ato Pinkrah		Magruder		New Haven		Football & Track
Ava Farrell		B-CC		Vassar		Distance
Bailee Freeman		Clarksburg		High Point		Track & Field
Barry Solomon		Clarksburg		Seton Hill		Football & Track
Brandon McDowell		Quince Orchard		Bowie State		Football & Track
Caroline Guiot		Walt Whitman		Middlebury		XC/Track
Caroline Su		Churchill		UC Berkeley
Carravita Pape-Calabrese		Good Counsel		Stanford		Club Track
Casey Dowling		Thomas S. Wootton		New Mexico		Track & Field
Christine Hildreth		Churchill		Princeton
Colin Losey		Sidwell Friends		U. Chicago		Distance
Daniel Valero		Winston Churchill		Maryland		Club Running
Daniel Samet		Georgetown Day		Davidson		Track/XC
Darius Lewis		Seneca Valley		West Virginia Wesleyan		Football
David Hamilton		Richard Montgomery		American		Indoor/Outdoor Track
Derrell Howard		Clarksburg		Old Dominion
Devan Daniel		Paint Branch		Morehouse		Track & Field
Elad Covaliu		Walter Johnson		Holy Cross		Football & Track
Elena De La Paz		Richard Montgomery		MIT		Track/XC
Elijah Thomas		Albert Einstein		Saint Anselm		Football
Elizabeth Frank		Walt Whitman		U. Chicago		Distance
Emily Blagg		Bishop O'Connell		Washington U		XC/Track
Emily Balcolmbe		Northwest		Cornell
Erin Brown		Clarksburg		Messiah		XC & Track
Evan Laratta		Quince Orchard		La Salle		XC/Track
Evan Burnham		Quince Orchard		USMA West Point		Possible Walkon
Grace Corbett		Thomas S. Wootton		Vanderbilt		Mid distance
Hallie Jester		B-CC		Colby		XC/Track
Hilary Gelfond		Thomas S. Wootton		Cornell
India Knight		Northwest		Drake		Sprints
Jack Riely		Good Counsel		Notre Dame		XC/Track Walk on
Jacqui Young		Clarksburg		Messiah		XC & Track
Javier Nieto		Magruder		Maryland
Jeff Berger		Sherwood		Stevenson		XC/Track
Jessica O'Brien		Clarksburg		Williams		Track
Joey Chapin		Georgetown Prep		Dartmouth		Distance
Jonathan Onasanya		Magruder		Mount St. Mary's		Track & Field
Jordan Psaltakis		Poolesville		UMBC		Undecided
Josh Ellis		Walter Johnson		Appalachian State		Distance
Julian Weiss		Sidwell Friends		Wesleyan		Mid-Distance
Kaifa Boyce		Gaithersburg		Mount St. Mary's		Track & Field
Karen Cohen		Thomas S. Wootton		Towson		Distance
Kenny Lang		Quince Orchard		Miami
Kyle Martin		Good Counsel		Virginia Commonwealth		Track & Field, Hurdles
Laila Judeh		Churchill		Cornell		Tennis
Mac Hightower		Landon		Claremont McKenna		Track
Madeline Rico		Thomas S. Wootton		Mount St. Mary's		Distance
Malik Keels		Paint Branch		Howard		Track & Field
Maliza Namude		Churchill		Harvard
Mark Henry		Churchill		Cornell
Marvin Oduro		Paint Branch		Bethany		Paint Branch
Matthew Kim		Sidwell Friends		Wesleyan		Distance
Mike Crozier		Gonzaga		Georgetown		Distance
Mike Fitzgerald		Good Counsel		Salisbury		Distance
Nadim Elhage		Churchill		Bowdoin		Football & Track
Nathan Evans-Bonaparte		Northwest		Bacone		Track & Field
Nick Adams		Walt Whitman		Tufts		XC/Track
Njerakey Naimbai		Wheaton		Walsh		XC & Track
Nneoma Edokobi		Richard Montgomery		UMBC		Throws
Noella Anyangwe		Clarksburg		Maryland		Track
Rachel Watkins		Magruder/Tuscarora		James Madison		Track
Ramiz Ahmad		Gaithersburg		Maryland		Terp Runners
Rene Molinari		Albert Einstein		Lehigh		Football
Samuel Adedeji		Clarksburg		UMES		Track & Field
Scott Sheehan		Walter Johnson		Johns Hopkins		XC/Track
Sophie Ettinger		Churchill		U. Chicago
Sushen Thiyagarajan		Churchill		Indiana University Bloomington		Running Club
Tariq Beidleman		Poolesville		Maryland
Taylor Caulk		Churchill		Tulane		Track & Field
Taylor Swift		Walter Johnson		Oberlin		Field Hockey & Track
Trever Reed		Gaithersburg		Misericordia		Basketball
Virginia Owusu-Mainoo		Seneca Valley		Mount St. Mary's		Track & Field
Will Conway		Churchill		Brown		Distance
William Yougnia		Watkins Mill		Wesley		Soccer & Track
Yamundow Sarr		Northwood		Towson		Track
Zach Weinstein		Churchill		Stanford		Undecided

Clarksburg's Noella Anyangwe has committed to compete for the University of Maryland next year. Anyangwe ranked second in the 100m hurdles and 3rd in the 300m hurdles in Montgomery County this year.


Famous for four years as "the girl with the American flag bandana," Wootton's Casey Dowling let her hair down to sign with the University of New Mexico. Despite off-and-on injuries in high school, Dowling has been one of the best jumpers/sprinters in MoCo history with a personal best long jump of 18-03.50 and a 200-meter dash time of 25.51.


Wootton's Madeline Rico has signed to compete for Mount St. Mary's University. Rico has a 3200-meter PR of 11:41.75 and finished 9th in this year's XC state championship.


Josh Ellis of Walter Johnson HS has signed to compete for Appalachian State University. Ellis won the Virginia Tech Invite mile in a personal best 4:20 this winter and has also won an 800-meter county title. App State is a division I school in Boone, North Carolina where former Walter Johnson runners Chris Moen and Brian Graves have had successful college careers.


Wootton's Grace Corbett has committed to compete for Vanderbilt University in track and field. Corbett has personal best times of 2:16.72, 5:04.60, and helped Wootton break the 4x800 relay state record in 2010.


February 1 was NLI Signing Day. Elad Covaliu of Walter Johnson is busy on the wrestling mat this winter with a 31-0 record and #1 state ranking, but we expect to see him this outdoor season as the top county returner in the 300-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 40.08. Elad signed to Holy Cross to play football but plans to also compete in track.


Rachel Watkins will graduate from Tuscarora High School but only after cementing her place on the Montgomery County all-time leaderboards as a member of the Magruder track team. Watkins clocked personal best times of 7.24, 12.24, 25.01 and helped Magruder break county meet records in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays. She will compete for James Madison University.


India Knight of Northwest HS has signed to compete for Drake University in Des Moines Iowa.