Northwood's Obsaa Feda and Eldad Mulugeta claimed the top two spots in the boys 4A state championship race while Northwood took second place in the team standings behind Severna Park.

In an homage to last year's 4A state champion, Mulugeta said that he made his move where Adam Nakasaka made his decisive move in 2017. After Severna Park's Garrison Clark led the race for the better part of the second mile, Mulugeta surged to the lead and created space at about the two mile mark. By all accounts, his decisive move broke the race open.

Feda went with his teammate, and the two cruised the third mile nearly stride-for-stride. After ascending the dip for the final time, there was little doubt that the teammates would claim the top two spots in the race. They had amassed at least a fifteen second lead on their pursuers, but for Feda, an unfamiliar trepidation set in.

Said Feda, "The way he was moving, I thought he felt really good...50 meters, I was like, 'ok, I can't go out like that. I have to give it all I got.' I just sprinted."

Mulugeta, who ran the majority of the race with one shoe and broke the wind for his teammate in the second half, was thinking along the same lines: "I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm about to win states,' but then it looked like he was coming. I was like, 'Oh my God, I need to hold on.' But he had more than me today."

Neither runner conceded to the other as they sprinted across the finish line. Feda won by a split-second, 15:44.05 to 15:44.29. There was a pause, a glance back, and then a hug.

"It was a dream come true: winning states with my teammate, Northwood going first and second at states. It's a dream come true for me," said Feda.

They are the first male teammates to finish one-two in the Maryland 4A classification since 2001, and the first from Montgomery County to do it since 1992.

1-2 Male Teammates in Maryland's Largest Classification Since 1970
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2018: Obsaa Feda and Eldad Mulugeta  	Northwood
2001: Pat Bailey and Aaron Smith  	C. Milton Wright
1992: Troy Harry and Kevin Birdsell  	Quince Orchard
1979: Robby Raisbeck and Mark Burney  	High Point
1971: Gordon Oliver and Kent Staver  	B-CC

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