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Consortia Team Champions:
Year Boys Champs Girls Champs
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2016 Einstein Blair
2015 Einstein Blair
2014 Paint Branch Einstein
2013 Paint Branch Einstein
2012 Einstein Blair
2011 Einstein Blair
2010 Einstein Blair
2009 Einstein Blair
The historical list of meet champions may look rather lopsided, but last year's boys team championship was decided by just two points. The 2017 Consortia Championship will be just as hotly contested.
 50% of Consortia coaches polled predicted that Northwood would win the boys team title and 50% of Consortia coaches predicted that it would once again be Einstein.
Einstein head coach, Eric DaSilva, added a third and fourth alternative. He commented that the boys team race will be a battle with Northwood, Einstein, and Paint Branch with Blair lurking.
What does recent history tell us in terms of recent matchups? Very little. There has been surprisingly little crossover among Consortia teams in the first six weeks of the season.
Paint Branch and Einstein were in the same MCPS division. Einstein beat Paint Branch in their only meeting, but the Panthers showed DaSilva enough to be on high alert.
Northwood has had no meetings with either Einstein or Paint Branch this season. Northwood has not raced very much in general, but they showed at the Spiked Shoe Invitational that their boys team has five quality runners including the defending Consortia Champion, Obsaa Feda. The intrigue and mystery of the boys race is at an all-time high for one primary reason: nobody is quite sure just how good the Gladiators are.
 Most coaches believe that the girls race will not have nearly the drama of the boys race. The majority of coaches (75%) predicted that Blair would win the girls team title for the seventh time in nine years. In Mocorunning's view, there should be no dissenters. Blair's girls team should approach last year's point total of 21 points.
Both male and female defending champions are back and they are having great seasons, but neither is guaranteed an easy win. Paint Branch's Yasmine Kass will likely be challenged by Blair's Morgan Casey. Northwood's Obsaa Feda will try to shake off Einstein's trio of Simeon Mussie, Noah Clifford, and Tyler Wilson. 100% of coaches polled believe that Obsaa Feda will defend his title while 75% of coaches predicted that Yasmine Kass will repeat her title. One coach had an alternative view that Northwood's Madison Armonda would win the individual title at home.
Individual Meet Champions
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2016 Obsaa Feda Northwood 16:45
2015 Michael Abebe Northwood 16:35
2014 Lorenzo Neil Paint Branch 16:27 (Meet Record)
2013 Lorenzo Neil Paint Branch 17:00
2012 Ben Withbroe Einstein 16:45
2011 Nick Simpson Einstein 17:30
2010 Andrew Ceruzzi Einstein 17:31.23
2009 Andrew Ceruzzi Einstein 18:34
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2016 Yasmine Kass Paint Branch 19:33
2015 Bethlehem Taye Paint Branch 19:26 (Meet Record)
2014 Ciciely Davy Einstein 20:14
2013 Karen Escobedo Springrbook 20:33
2012 Sydney Almeida Springbrook 20:26
2011 Morgana D'Ottavi Blair 20:42
2010 Morgana D'Ottavi Blair 20:12.22
2009 Morgan Kershner Northwood 22:19
Top Ten Performances at the Consortia Championships
Boys
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Athlete School Year Result
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Lorenzo Neil Paint Branch 2014 16:27
Michael Abebe Northwood 2014 16:32
Michael Abebe Northwood 2015 16:35
Obsaa Feda Northwood 2016 16:45
Binyam Tadesse John F. Kennedy 2014 16:45
Ben Withbroe Albert Einstein 2012 16:45
Nick Simpson Albert Einstein 2012 16:45
Alejandro Arias Albert Einstein 2015 16:52
Lorenzo Neil Paint Branch 2013 17:00
Simeon Mussie Albert Einstein 2016 17:02
Girls
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Athlete School Year Result
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Bethlehem Taye Paint Branch 2015 19:26
Yasmine Kass Paint Branch 2016 19:33
Ciciely Davy Albert Einstein 2015 19:38
Josephine Brane-Wright Montgomery Blair 2016 19:49
Morgana D'Ottavi Montgomery Blair 2010 20:12.22
Ciciely Davy Albert Einstein 2014 20:14
Morgan Casey Montgomery Blair 2016 20:25
Sydney Almeida Springbrook 2012 20:26
Catherine Oberfield James H. Blake 2015 20:29
Karen Escobedo Springbrook 2013 20:33
Top Ten Performances at the Consortia Championships
(ONE PERFORMANCE PER ATHLETE)
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Athlete School Year Result
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Lorenzo Neil Paint Branch 2014 16:27
Michael Abebe Northwood 2014 16:32
Obsaa Feda Northwood 2016 16:45
Binyam Tadesse John F. Kennedy 2014 16:45
Ben Withbroe Albert Einstein 2012 16:45
Nick Simpson Albert Einstein 2012 16:45
Alejandro Arias Albert Einstein 2015 16:52
Simeon Mussie Albert Einstein 2016 17:02
James Newport James H. Blake 2015 17:07
Harold Dorsey Paint Branch 2012 17:09
Athlete School Year Result
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Bethlehem Taye Paint Branch 2015 19:26
Yasmine Kass Paint Branch 2016 19:33
Ciciely Davy Albert Einstein 2015 19:38
Josephine Brane-Wright Montgomery Blair 2016 19:49
Morgana D'Ottavi Montgomery Blair 2010 20:12.22
Morgan Casey Montgomery Blair 2016 20:25
Sydney Almeida Springbrook 2012 20:26
Catherine Oberfield James H. Blake 2015 20:29
Karen Escobedo Springbrook 2013 20:33
Mahlet Bauerle Albert Einstein 2015 20:37
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