Montgomery County girls win 16 of 18 4A state titles
Magruder Freshman Stephanie Davis sweeps 100/200m Dash in 12.01/24.47
Magruder sweeps girls 4x100 & 4x200 relays in 47.71 and 1:41.61
Martha Sam of Blake takes second place 100/200m and clocks 54.52 400m, #10 all-time at state meet
Blake girls win 4x400 relay in 3:47.76, #3 all-time at state meet and #2 all-time by Montgomery County team
Whitman's Clare Severe wins 800m state title in 2:14.54
B-CC's Nora McUmber sweeps 1600/3200 in 5:01.74/10:45.68, #9 3200m all-time at state meet
Clarksburg's Alexus Pyles wins 100m Hurdles state title in 14.54
B-CC's Laila Ismail wins 300m Hurdles state title in 43.17, #7 all-time at state meet, and #1 all-time by Montgomery County athlete
Walter Johnson girls win 4x800 relay in 9:27.26
Kendra Meredith of Northwest wins long jump state title with mark of 18-07.00, #2 in Montgomery County last ten years
Kara Huie of Wootton wins triple jump state title with mark of 38-01.75
Claudia Ababio wins shot put state title with mark of 43-11.50, #6 all-time at state meet
Ozioma Edokobi wins discus state title with mark of 139-07
Urgy Eado of Wootton wins 800m state title in 1:54.88
Diego Zarate of Northwest wins 1600m in 4:15.95 and sets personal best 9:18.16 in 3200m
Alan Banks of Wootton wins 300m hurdles in 38.57, first Montgomery County male athlete to win 300m hurdles state title since 2003
Richard Montgomery boys win 4x800 state title in 7:57.34
Austin Castleberry of Northwest wins high jump state title with mark of 6-04.00
Michael Scott of Kennedy wins long jump state title with mark of 23-04.75 (6.0 wind-aided)
Matthew Adedeji of Clarksburg wins triple jump state title with mark of 44-01.75
Devonte Johnson of Paint Branch wins shot put state title with mark of 54-01.50
Chase Weaverling of Poolesville wins 2A 3200m state title in 9:25.37, accumulating a total of 5 career track state titles
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Northwest Girls and Clarksburg Boys win 2014 4A West Region titles
Bullis girls are the first ISL track team champions from the state of Maryland in more than a decade
Northwest Girls and Wootton Boys win 2014 outdoor county titles
MoCo Girls Outdoor Track Divisions
Walter Johnson
5-0
B-CC
4-1
Churchill
3-2
Whitman
1-4
Wootton
1-4
R. Montgomery
1-4
Northwest
6-0
Clarksburg
5-1
Quince Orchard
3-3
Poolesville
3-3
Damascus
2-4
Seneca Valley
1-4
Watkins Mill
0-5
Sherwood
5-0
Paint Branch
4-1
Magruder
3-2
Springbrook
2-3
Gaithersburg
0-4
Blake
0-4
Kennedy
5-0
Einstein
3-1-1
Blair
3-1-1
Northwood
2-3
Wheaton
1-4
Rockville
0-5
MoCo Boys Outdoor Track Divisions
Wootton
5-0
B-CC
4-1
R. Montgomery
2-3
Walter Johnson
2-3
Churchill
2-3
Whitman
0-5
Clarksburg
5-1
Northwest
5-1
Quince Orchard
5-1
Seneca Valley
2-3
Watkins Mill
1-4
Damascus
1-5
Poolesville
1-5
Paint Branch
5-0
Gaithersburg
3-1
Sherwood
3-2
Springbrook
2-3
Magruder
1-4
Blake
0-4
Kennedy
5-0
Northwood
4-1
Wheaton
3-2
Blair
2-3
Rockville
1-4
Einstein
0-5
Launching into National Prominence
Edit: Claudia has since improved her shot put mark to 45-10.75. She broke outdoor county meet records in the shot put and discus.
With a discus mark of 145-02 and shot put mark of 44-02.75 in the same day, Clarksburg's Claudia Ababio not only cemented herself as the greatest all-around female thrower in MoCo prep history, she made a statement to throwers around the nation that she is climbing the ranks.
The local significance is that she just threw 23 feet better than the current outdoor county championship meet record in the discus (122-08) and about 20 feet better than any MoCo athlete has ever thrown that we are aware of. The shot put mark is more than 4 feet better than the current county meet record of 40 feet even.
Both marks are top 20 in the nation according to Dyestat.com on 4/5/2014. Both marks would have ranked her among the top 3 Americans at Penn Relays in 2013. The discus and shot marks would have been 4th and 8th respectively at last year's New Balance Outdoor Nationals.
Maryland Indoor State Championship Highlights
Northwest Boys Win 4A State Title
The Richard Montgomery Boys 4x800 Relay won a tight 4A race over Paint Branch and QO: 8:05.59 to 8:06.41 to 8:07.77
The Paint Branch girls won the 4A 4x200 and 4x400 relays in 1:43.91 and 4:03.12. The 4x2 was the best by an MCPS team indoors since 2010.
Alexus Pyles of Clarksburg followed up her 4 county titles and 2 region titles with her first state title (8.32 55m hurdles)
Kennedy's Devon Hairston wrapped up the finest indoor season by a MoCo hurdler in over a decade with a runner-up performance in the 55-meter hurdles (7.62)
Two milers emerged as 4A state champions with tremendous kicks. Kiernan Keller of WJ kicked to 5:07.39 while Diego Zarate of Northwest pulled away to win in 4:21.83.
Austin Castleberry helped Northwest to the team state title by clearing 6-02 to win the 4A high jump individual state title
MoCo swept the 4A shot put state titles between Clarksburg's Claudia Ababio (43-01.25) and Paint Branch's Devonte Johnson (50-07)
Speedsters Bethany White, Magruder (7.07 55m) and Martha Sam, Blake (40.01 300m) captured first individual 4A state titles
Einstein and Watkins Mill went 1-2 in the 3A girls 4x800, 10:05.88 to 10:06.17
Whitman girls won 4A 4x800 in 9:39.16 behind individual 800m state champion, Clare Severe (2:18.83)
9:29.76 3200m, 2A state record for Poolesville's Chase Weaverling Photo by Craig Amoss
9:46.17 4x800, 2A state title for Poolesville girls Photo by Craig Amoss
Devon Hairston of JFK won the 55-meter hurdles at the prestigious Virginia Tech Invitational in 7.51.
An elite sprinter from Georgia, senior transfer Simone Glenn led the Bullis girls to an all-out assault on Mocorunning's all-time leaderboards. Glenn replaced Olivia Ekpone at the top of Mocorunning's 300m leaderboard with a time of 38.82. Also at Virginia Tech, the Bullis 4x2 and 4x4 relays clocked 1:43.00 and 3:59.15.
With a shot put PR of 43-05.50, the indoor county meet record at 42-06, and the outdoor county meet record at 40-00, Clarksburg's Claudia Ababio is the greatest Montgomery County has ever seen.
Clarksburg girls and Paint Branch boys take home team titles
Clarksburg's Claudia Ababio earns meet record in shot put with mark of 42-06
Paint Branch runs meet record boys 4x400 relay in 3:29.89
Clarksburg's Alexus Pyles wins four events with three PR's. 55m hurdles (8.28, PR), HJ (5-02), LJ (17-04.25, PR), and TJ (36-05, PR)
Kennedy's Devon Hairston clocks 7.50, fastest automatic 55-meter hurdle time ever at the MoCo Championship (meet record is 7.2h) and fastest by any MoCo athlete in any meet since 1998. The meet record holder, Matt McGuire, ran 7.2h at the county meet and won the state title in 7.50 (FAT) in 1998.
Wootton's Urgy Eado wins 800m in 1:58.42, 0.31 shy of meet record and fastest time by MCPS athlete in any indoor meet since 2010.
Churchill's Lucy Srour wins twice in the 800m/1600m (2:21.89/5:13.99), first girl to do so at a MoCo Championship Meet indoors or outdoors since the 2005 outdoor meet.
More Indoor Track 2014:
Clarksburg's Claudia Ababio throws 43-05.50, top indoor/outdoor SP mark in at least 20 years
Kennedy's Devon Hairston clocks fastest MoCo 55-meter hurdle time since 1998 - 7.50
Good Counsel girls ran 4:20.80 SMR, fastest by MoCo team indoors since 2011
SV's Tyatianna Johnson is top five in LJ and TJ on MoCoRunning's all-time indoor leaderboard
Northwest boys run fastest MoCo indoor SMR since 2010 - 3:41.28
Montgomery Blair's Wynston Reed is first MoCo athlete to clear 6-03 indoors since 2010
Clarksburg's Carlos Vanzego triple jumps 45-09, top indoor mark in MoCoRunning's history (since Dec. '05)
Mocorunning's All-Time Indoor Leaderboard (since 2005/06): BoysGirls
B-CC Coach Chad Young on 2013 NXN Trip to Portland, Oregon: "I think the trip to compete at NXN was a great way for Nora to celebrate her successful season. She seemed to have such a good time socializing with the other high school runners and professional runners. This was her first time running against such elite high school competition and I thought it was a great experience for her. I am so proud of the way she competed and of her journey to earn a spot at this meet."
Jessie Rubin, Wootton Class of 2010; 2009 MD State Champ and NXN Qualifier: "Cold weather, mud, and hay bales aside- the toughest part about the NXN course is the competition itself, which brings mental toughness to a whole new level. You go from leading and controlling races to being lost in the frenzied mix of runners who are just as good as or better than you. Nora handled this adverse situation in stride. I'm so proud of her and all of her accomplishments this cross country season and am excited to see what she will do on the track!"
B-CC's Nora McUmber is the NXN Southeast Regional Champion: 17:34.3 (First Ever Regional Champion From Maryland, Third All-Time NXN Qualifier From MoCo)
The NXN Southeast regional has been hosted in Cary, North Carolina since 2008. After Nora McUmber scored the first ever NXN regional victory for a Maryland athlete, it's worth taking a look back at Maryland's top ten finishers in the last six years. Did you know that twice as many Maryland girls finished in the top ten this year than in the previous five years combined?
Year Place Name M/F School Time Qualified?
2013 1 Nora McUmber F Bethesda-CC 17:34.3 Qualified
2013 2 Ellie Gonzalez F Catholic 17:47.0 Qualified
2013 5 Isabel Griffith F Dulaney 17:49.8 Qualified
2009 7 Jessie Rubin F Wootton 18:05.20 Qualified
2012 9 Caroline Beakes F Bethesda-CC 17:50.40 -
2013 10 Meggan Grams F Williamsport 18:07.9 -
2010 2 Matt Jablonski M Loyola Blakefield 15:18.50 Qualified
2013 3 Tyler Spear M Loyola Blakefield 15:07.9 Qualified
2009 3 Andrew Palmer M Whitman 15:21.50 Qualified
2008 5 Andrew Palmer M Whitman 15:16 Qualified
2013 7 Ryan Forsyth M Severna Park 15:12.6 Qualified
2011 8 Braden Bruning M Linganore 15:30.40 -
2010 8 Alex Willett M Walter Johnson 15:25.30 -
2010 9 Nick Regan M Walter Johnson 15:28.50 -
The predecessor to NXN, Nike Cross Nationals, was NTN, Nike Team Nationals. Originally teams were voted to the NTN championship based on a panel of "experts."
In 2007, the first ever NTN regional races were hosted all over the country with the top two teams qualifying for the championship race from each region. Individuals were not permitted to enter the race without a team, and competitors did not qualify for the NTN championship individually. The following year, the meet changed to its current format and the southeast regional race moved from Hoover, Alabama to its current location in Cary, NC.
Notable Maryland NTN Southeast Regional finishers in 2007:
Year Place Name M/F School Time
2007 4 Louise Hannallah F Churchill 19:01.7
2007 5 Erin McManus F Churchill 19:04.9
2007 7 Neal Darmody M Quince Orchard 16:18.2
Poolesville's Chase Weaverling is the first male athlete since 1998 (Jarrett Van Tine, B-CC) to win two (2) Montgomery County XC titles and a state XC title.
A young and motivated Walter Johnson squad wins its first state title since 1999 and its first ever in the 4A classification.
